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The term used to describe the fire safety strategy for apartment builidngs designed and constructed using BS9991 and Approved document B.

Defend in place is a term use to describe the strategy for ensuring the occupants of apartment buildings (usually) do not have to evacuate in the event of a fire in another apartment in the same building. The phrase is preferred to 'stay put' which is a phrase often used to describe the same strategy, however it has been misunderstood and in a notorious case resulted in people being told to remain in their apartments when they were affected by fire and smoke.