Fire Exits

I part of a community group consulting on a library building with residential accommodation above the library. The library has a basement room with DDA compliant lift and stair access, however the fire exit on the ground floor does not have direct external access. Is this acceptable? I note: Disabled people should not use any part of a building where it would be difficult for them, even with help, to escape in the event of fire. Use of basements by wheelchair users, where there is no basement level exit, is likely to be an example of this. Activities which might take place in such areas should be moved to different areas, so far as reasonably practicable, to avoid exc…

Good Afternoon, What do you class as '1 Unit' in your calculation of Exit widths ?

If I have an exit closed off for a few months in a licenced premises and the exit now directs people into a building to an emergency exit and the distance is 40/50 metres. Is this legal? It could take them towards a fire and not away from it. People will, as you know just follow signs and they would not know where the fire was. This involves 2 rooms that can hold 60 each.

I have been asked to investigate the signage requirement for exits in our church. Please could you direct me to the present law.

My son is a Tenant with a housing association and shares a small apartment block with three other Tenants. He has been told that Fire regulation do not allow him to have a door mat. Is this true?

We are fitting new external doors to a building with push bars as they are fire exit doors. Is there a legal requirement that they must be RED? or can they be any colour, ie our company colour? Thank you,

I'm currently volunteering in a charity shop where the fire door is regularly locked overnight with both bolts and keys. When I'm in, I usually get in for 1000 after the store opening at 0900, and the fire door out the back is still locked and bolted. I brought this issue up with one of the volunteer managers who told me she didn't care and the place could burn down for all she cared. I then raised this with the paid manager, who told me that a fire door can be locked and bolted, so long as it's easy to unlock during a fire, then he demonstrated how it took him four steps to unlock the door. I'm concerned as to whether or not I've been lied to by the managed about the…

dear sirs i have flower pots outside my door on bottom floor distance from stairs is 28 inches iam told this is a breach of health and safty act? but they have been outside for the last 13 years can you advice me please?

hi, im just looking for a bit of advice. i rent a house and the back door has broke and wont open, my landlord is messing me about coming to fix it. is the back door being jammed shut a fire hazard?

I am due to open a new showroom of roughly 200m2 split by a dividing wall (with an access door) in the centre of the room, creating 2 100m2 rooms. Do both rooms require a fire escape?

i work in a bakery of which i have to use an office as part of my job, there are 3 offices which are joined by a single door, if a fire was to start blocking my office door this would leave me with no way to get out as the other office doors are locked which if left open could lead me to a point of escape but this is being blocked leaving me vunreble , can this doors be allowed to be locked or are they meant to be open as part of an escape route.

I run a pub with living quarters upstairs I have 3 young kids there is no fire escape and no fire extinguishers in the pub is this legal as the fire escape as been cut off to make a smoke room and who do I report it too thanks

We have locks on our fire doors which require you to break the middle section to be able to open the fire door, are these ok to use as we had an Auditer who say otherwise. Sharon

In a two storey office accomodation, the nearest exit for me is on the ground floor (witihin 20 paces of my usual sitting position) which is a partially glazed door with a twist lock (easily openable). However this is not a fire exit. After a minor altication with our office manager over the use of the nearest exit and a fire exit, could you please advise if it is ok to use the nearest available exit during the event of a fire/fire drill. Many thanks

I was wondering if there is such a thing as a panic bar that can be fitted to an inward opening door? I can't change the door but it's recently been designated a fire exit. Any advice gratefully received.

Could I ask advice, please? An electircal fault in communal stairway lighting causes the circuit breaker to trip frequently. This activates the emergency lights, draining down the batteries and leaving the stairwell that serves 6 flats in complete darkness until the circuit breaker (in a locked cupboard) is reset. The stairwell is the only route into and out of the block of flats and this has been the situation for nearly a year. Could I ask for some help in finding whether there is some regulation we can wave at the landlord to require them to find and repair the fault? Would the regulatory body be the local authority or fire department? We are in Tower Hamlets and the l…

My question is that should external metal fire doors have a entry method ie door handle?

Is it within the regulations to fit a door closer to a outward fire exit door which has an internal single latch push pad and an external mechanical keypad codelock?

What are the construction requirements for a Fire Exit door which opens to the outside. Can it have vision Panels?

We are looking into the maximum number of people we can have in a room with only one exit. Looking at 3.20 we could have 220 people with an exit 1050mm wide. Is this correct or have I misunderstood the table in 3.20? Kind regards, David

is it possible for any final exit fire door to be fitted with a panic exit bar and still satisfy insurers requirements for a 5 lever lock or equivalent?

Hi there We have a fire/emergency door in the basement, but when we recently held an evacuation, the door didnt close tight from the outside. When closed from the inside there is still quite a draft. Can you confirm the regulations required for this type of door and if there are any companies in London who would be help to assist with fixing it?

I have a shop which is going to be a subway store. The total size for the store is 650 square feet. Would I need a fire exit as it is a small store?

i work in a factory that employs about 50 people. recently the building has had new doors fitted to the outside. some of these doors were fire escapes. now all of the doors are just like standard house front doors. I have raised my concerns with my management. which body do i complain to and what can be done?

I have to provide an alternative emergency escape route in the shared house I let out. Can a first floor window be used as a fire exit?