DIN 14092-1:2024-06

Part 1 of the DIN 14092 standard series applies for fire brigade buildings, in particular fire stations, and specifies their general elements for design which shall enable architects, planners, fire brigades and administrative authorities to design fire stations in a demand-oriented manner. Fire stations are structures for accommodation of vehicles, devices and equipment. Furthermore, premises for staff as well as sanitary installations and training rooms shall be provided. Depending on the local conditions, spaces with separate functions, for example, for rescue services, may be required. The room schedules, features, dimensional and guideline values serve as the basis for planning from which a selection shall be made depending on the local conditions. During planning, the specific potential risks, other risks, structural, economic and industrial developments of the operating range as well as contents from fire contingency plans shall be taken into account. Fire stations are part of critical infrastructures, the failure or impairment of which would cause significant disturbances to public safety and therefore need inner and outer protection. Maintenance of functionality shall be ensured even during extreme weather conditions such as flood, storm, earthquake, extreme snow and rain falls. The objectives resulting from the assessment basis according to the relevant standards shall be included in the planning of fire stations. To prevent sabotage it may be necessary to provide a boundary to public traffic areas and neighbouring buildings by construction of gate and fencing systems. Depending on local circumstances the use of video surveillance systems may be necessary. Within the building, separation of the functional areas by limited access to sensitive areas shall take place. In order to adopt the aforementioned requirements to the state of the art and sets of rules the standard differs from DIN 14092-1:2001-10 and DIN 14092-2:2001-10 as follows: a) space requirements converted into table form; b) requirements completely revised; c) normative references and bibliography updated; d) editorial revision of the standard content. The DIN 14092 series of standards for fire stations consists of Part 1: Elements for design, Part 3: Training tower for fire stations, and Part 7: Workshops. Working Committee NA 031-04-02 AA "Bauliche Anlagen und Einrichtungen" ("Constructional facilities and equipment") at DIN Standards Committee Firefighting and Fire Protection (FNFW) is responsible for this standard.