Fire Doors/Areas controlled by swipe cards

[Dirk Pitt]

Around a Hospital are restricted areas, the doors are fire doors and controlled by a swipe card to pass in one direction. To pass in the other direction is a push button.

In an emergency, there is no way to pass through the fire door to a fire exit unless you have a swipe card.  On the other side of the door where the push button is to allow people to pass through, is a Green Break glass unit. 

To me, the Green Break Glass is on the wrong side, it should be on the same side as the swipe card.

 

I said above in an emergency, I did not mention the fire alarm. These doors may go to unlock in the event of the fire alarm going off but what if it has not been activated or fails?

 

What side of the door should the Green Break Glass be on ?

 

thanks

Dirk Pitt

 

[AnthonyB]

In theory it could be both - unfortunately security almost always overrides safety it seems, the security risk should usually be high enough to justify from not having the required failsafe's in the direction of escape.