Good morning
Can you please advise us of any legal requirement of level of distance between one row of seating to the next row in front.
Many thanks
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Evacuation in Art Centre - distance between seating rows
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, Sep 10 2011 09:27 AM
seating escape fire
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Posted 10 September 2011 - 05:06 PM
The guidance you need is contained in BS 9999:2008 Code of practice for fire safety in the design, management and use of buildings and to be able to answer that enquiry I would need more information for instance Maximum number of seats in a row, is there a Gangway on one side or on two sides, Type of seating (fixed or temporary seating), and many other conditions also apply.
All my responses only apply to England and Wales and they are an overview of the subject, hopefully it will point you in the right direction and always treat with caution. Scotland and Northern Ireland has differing legislation
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Posted 10 September 2011 - 05:15 PM
Further to the above posting you should also check out Small and medium placesof assembly or Large places of assembly depending on the size of the premises. Where it refers to BS 5588 pt 6 this has been superceded by BS 9999.
All my responses only apply to England and Wales and they are an overview of the subject, hopefully it will point you in the right direction and always treat with caution. Scotland and Northern Ireland has differing legislation
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