Guest Tommy Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 Hi All, I am responsible for some large student accommodation buildings, all of which are purpose built which appear to support a stay put policy, the buildings have no MCPs. However the head of health and safety post Grenfell has decided to make all buildings 'Simultaneous Evacuation' which I disagree with as the buildings bar some minor breaches have adequate compartmentation. The question is, if this person insists on keeping simultaneous evacuation I have told him the alarm systems will have to be modified. (MCPs at each storey exit and final exit), currently the alarm has been partially modified to sound automatically when a detector is triggered. Is this the correct advice in anyone's opinion?. Also would this be the same configuration in Phased Evacuation where each block evacuates separately. Thanks for any help in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Sutton Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 I think I would follow the guidance in the following National Fire Chiefs Council guidance. https://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/NFCC Guidance publications/Protection/01052018NFCC_simultaneous_Evacuation_guidance_final_doc.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tommy Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 Thanks Tom much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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