Should school room doors be fire doors?

[Guest GaryBi]

Just a quick question on fire doors. I recently visited my childs new school which consists of 3 floors. Although there was detection in the corridors i noticed that none of the classrooms along the corridors had fire doors fitted. my thoughts are that they should be fire rated to protect the escape route. Can you confirm if classrooms should have fire doors?

Regards Gary

[Tom Sutton]

Without a lot more information and viewing the fire strategy plan/fire risk assessment it is difficult to make any comments.

Check out http://schools.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/Assets/designing-and-managing-against-the-risk-of-fire-in-schools.pdf and

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/buildingregulations/approveddocuments/partb/bcapproveddocumentsb/bcapproveddocbvol2/

[Guest Neil Ashdown]

Agree with Tom. The school should have a fire safety strategy and if fire doors are required to protect escape routes then they must be correctly maintained and fit for purpose. BS9999 gives details about fire door inspection and maintenance.

Regards, Neil.

[Guest Geofcar]

Hi
Just wondering if you have any advice regards fire doors, question is, do class rooms in educational establishments on a level more than 2 storeys high have to have Fire doors on each individual class room or is compartmentation to stairwells by double fire doors at each end of corridor enough?
many thans
regards
Geoff

[Tom Sutton]

How far does a person have to travel before they reach a place of comparable safety. (a protected route leading to a place of ultimate safety, outside and away from the premises)