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Posted By Darren Crossman
I am looking for information on the numbers of fire exits per person per floor, can anyone help?
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Posted By New Challenge
I’m not an expert on this, but like most things in health & safety, it will be risk assessment based.
It is certainly preferable that there are two means of escape for all areas. However, where this is not possible, you should consider early warning detection.
The following is taken from the HM Government guide for the Regulatory Reform (Fire safety) Order 2005
Escape routes- Suggested range of travel distance
Where more than one escape route is provided
25m in higher fire-risk area
45m in normal fire-risk area
60m in lower fire-risk area
Where only a single escape route is provided
12m in higher fire-risk area
18m in normal fire-risk area
25m in lower fire-risk area
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Posted By Heather Collins Darren Far more detail is needed. What type of premises is it? How many people work on each floor? What are your fire precautions and alarm systems like? Are all people able to leave the building under their own power? Are all people in the building employed there or are we talking about members of the public? I suggest you try reading the free downloadable guide produced under the RRO which most closely fits your type of site as a starter for ten. They are well written IMHO with lots of diagrams and explanation on things like this. Start here http://www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1162101
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Posted By Bob Shillabeer
Your question is most puzzling. You ask how many fire exits per person you need to provide? The question should be how many exits are required for a minimum number of people involved. There is a figure and time involvement according to the size of the fire exit involved, e.g. where you have a narrow exit the number of people who can escape is limited but where the exit is quite wide more people can escape, the crietia is based upon the number of people who can gain exit from the premises and the distance they must travel in order to get safe egress from the building.
I suggest you read the relevant guidance to the RFO and also look at the building regulation, both are available on the web.
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Posted By Ashley Wood
As Bob says, take a look at approved document B as this details the widths of fire exits and the numbers they can accommodate.
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