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5FIRE PREVENTION
& COMMUNITY FIRE SAFETY
Dublin Fire Brigade provides the Fire Prevention & Regulations is achieved through good building design
Community Fire Safety service to the four Dublin Local practice by competent professional designers and
Authorities, this service is underpinned by The Fire finally to help ensure fire safety standards are being
Services Act 1981 & 2003 (FSA), the Building Control adhered to in existing buildings. Consequently, our
Act 1990 and the Dangerous Substances Act 1972. role is to ensure best practice in terms of fire safety
in both new and existing buildings. We are guided by
Our objective is to promote fire safety through the the “engineer, educate and enforce” approach to fire
design stage and construction of buildings, and then safety in Ireland.
through advice, to ensure compliance with Building
NEW BUILDINGS AND BUILDING CONTROL
Dublin Fire Brigade’s Fire Prevention & Community Fire Building Regulations B1-B5 is demonstrated, for all
Safety Section work in conjunction with the Building the newly constructions or extended buildings in the
Control Authorities in the four Dublin Local Authorities Dublin region since 1992.
- Dublin City Council, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
County Council, South Dublin County Council and A Fire Safety Certificate once granted indicates that
Fingal County Council. a building if built in accordance with the design which
was submitted, will be in accordance with Building
Building Control Regulations apply to the construction Regulations. It is the responsibility of the designer,
of new buildings and to existing buildings, which the builder and the owner to ensure that the building
undergo an extension, a material alteration or a is built in accordance with the Fire Safety Certificate
material change of use, with some exceptions. A and the Building Regulations.
Fire Safety Certificate application is required where
these changes occur, to demonstrate compliance of The Building Control Regulations 1997 to 2015 set
the works with Building Regulations Part B (Fire). Fire out procedures and controls which require owners,
Prevention Officers process Fire Safety Certificate builders, and registered construction professionals to
applications, to establish if compliance with the demonstrate that the works or buildings concerned
have been designed and constructed in compliance
with Building Regulations.
With the advent of the Building Control Amendment
Regulations (BCAR) in 2014, there is now greater
oversight and accountability of the construction of
building and works.
The Building Control Management System was
created by the National Building Control Office
(NBCO), to enable online applications of Fire
safety Certificate applications. The BCMS can
be accessed here https://nbco.localgov.ie/
ANNUAL REPORT 2023 Tuarascáil Bhliantúil 2023 We currently receive 99% of all
applications on the BCMS.
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