I have a doctors surgery that has a single staircase to the offices upstrairs, under the stairs they keep the computer servers. All doors upstairs are fire doors but I am concerned that there is only one exit and the electrics under that fire route. Should I be concerned? They have said if I advice them they will put in an additional fire escape.

Hi Simon Please don’t take this the wrong way, but you say that they will put an additional escape route in if you advise them. So are you proving professional advise to this surgery or acting as a concerned patient? If it’s the former then as you are no doubt aware the assessment should be performed by a competent person, so you may need to seek expert advise. If it’s the latter then you could simply suggest that they have their assessment reviewed by a competent person.

Thanks for that, it would be better to enclose the ignition source.

JohnV, not disagreeing really, but surely the fact that there is a source of ignition under the stairs is not really the issue - it's the presence of a fuel that would give me cause for concern Or are you thinking the servers will cause the stairs to ignite?