Fire Safety Design

Fire Safety Design continues to evolve and with technological advances comes new challenges. The 2024 Technical Guidance Document (TGD) Part B, streamlines fire safety design in buildings in Ireland. Understanding the adoption of guidance and the importance of early application to architectural designs is vital. At RYAN+LAMB we have a continuous focus on learning and developing our Fire Safety Design expertise to ensure our clients have an excellent services. 

We have a dedicated team in the office to resource Fire Safety Design. Our use of BIM is a key part of our approach and we illustrate projects in 3D to further assist Building Control in understanding the designs and the Fire Safety Strategy.

  • Pre-planning Fire Safety Design Reviews

  • Fire Safety Certificate Applications

  • Fire safety Risk Assessments

  • Advice note on Fire Safety Certificate requirements for your development 

It is a certification of your proposed fire safety design, not the fire safety design of your finished building. When you receive a fire safety certificate in relation to a proposed design it means that your building, if built in accordance with the proposed design, complies with the fire requirements of the relevant building regulations.

Types of Fire Safety Certificates

There are several types of Fire Safety Certificates that you can apply to Dublin City Council for. Each one is required in different circumstances.

Fire Safety Certificate

This is required where the applicant proposes a new building, a new building extension, material alterations to an existing building or a change of use of an existing building.

Revised Fire Safety Certificate

This is required in respect of works that have already been granted a fire safety certificate, but where significant revisions need to be made for reasons other than fire safety, including conditions attached to planning permission or changes in design.

7 Day Notice 

The submission of a fire safety certificate application can be accompanied by a 7 day notice. This is used where a person intends to commence building works before the relevant fire safety certificate is granted.

Regularisation Certificate

This is required where building works requiring a fire safety certificate were commenced or completed after 1 June 1992 without an associated fire certificate application.

If you build without a fire safety certificate, you will leave yourself open to prosecution under building control legislation. It can also lead to other issues. For example, if you decide to sell the building at a later date, the buyer's solicitor will look for a copy of the building's fire safety certificate. If you are unable to produce one, you may find it difficult to sell. Also, if you build or extend a public house or licensed premises without a fire safety certificate, your licence may not be renewed.

However, if this does occur, you can apply for a regularisation fire safety certificate after building works have been commenced or completed.