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Means for detecting fire and giving warning in case of fire

6.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies to these parts of station premises—

(a)those referred to in regulation 5(1);

(b)any office which is not separated from other parts of the premises by fire-resisting construction; and

(c)any staff room for persons employed to work in the premises.

(2) The parts to which this paragraph applies must be provided with a means for detecting fire which is activated automatically in case of fire in that part.

(3) The station premises must be provided with an electrically operated system for giving warning in case of fire.

(4) The system referred to in paragraph (3) must—

(a)be designed to transmit a warning to a place where it can be received by the station manager or by some other member of staff; and

(b)be capable of being activated both by manual operation at call points in the premises, including call points for use by members of the public, and by the means referred to in paragraph (2) for detecting fire in the premises.

(5) The station premises must be provided with a public address system for use by or on behalf of the occupier of the premises to give warning of fire to members of the public in the premises and advise them of the action to be taken in case of fire.

(6) Arrangements must be made to secure that in case of fire the station manager and any member of staff who is on duty in any part of the station premises can communicate with each other by personal radio or by telephone.