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#1 Posted : 25 October 2006 16:48:00(UTC)
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Posted By Melanie Harrison We are holding a Christmas party for our employees' children in a room measuring 198 square metres. There will be around 100 people. What would be the maximum number considered to be safe in a room of this size?
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#2 Posted : 25 October 2006 16:54:00(UTC)
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Posted By SeanThompson Check the fire regs. How many emergency exits are there? Take 1 of the exits out of the equation. With reference to the regs see how many people the door will allow out taking into account its size.
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#3 Posted : 25 October 2006 16:56:00(UTC)
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Posted By Geoff Parkinson How many exits? How close to each other are they? If you could sketch out a floor plan - dimensions, table layout, exits etc, I'd be happy to do the calculations for you :-) Geoff.Parkinson1@btinternet.com
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#4 Posted : 25 October 2006 20:07:00(UTC)
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Posted By Ron Impey Consideration also needs to be given to the activities that will be taking place, e.g. running games or just sitting down having some food then receiving a gift from some dodgy character in a red suit. I have several great video clips showing how quickly a dry christmas tree can burn.
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#5 Posted : 25 October 2006 20:14:00(UTC)
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Posted By Anwar Afzal If your that concerned Melanie, you can always hire my venue in Birmingham Room for over 300 around the tables
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#6 Posted : 26 October 2006 00:03:00(UTC)
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Posted By rjhills Hire a room in a hotel and let them worry about the H&S ramifications at Christmas!!! Enjoy the party and let your hair down!! Happy Christmas in advance!
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#7 Posted : 26 October 2006 08:52:00(UTC)
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Posted By The Expert From your figures the number of people allowed safely would be 122.35732, or 122 really
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#8 Posted : 26 October 2006 09:41:00(UTC)
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Posted By Melanie Harrison Thank you for the responses - very helpful!
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