Issue 4 2012 detailing the requirements for any fixtures and fittings used with fire doors and fire.
Fire exit door width.
An applied force not to exceed 15 pounds will cause the door latch to release.
Does a 30 inch wide pair of doors have a clear width of 60 inches.
These doors must swing.
Side hinged exit doors must be used to connect rooms to exit routes.
Where there is only one exit access leading to an exit or exit discharge the width of the exit and exit discharge must be at least equal to the width of the exit access.
There is an approved document guidance available from the builders hardware industry federation bhif hardware for fire and escape doors.
What are the maintenance safeguarding.
Approved fire door that remains closed or automatically closes in an emergency.
There are specific requirements for electronically controlled egress doors.
By the sounding of the fire alarm.
Objects that project into the exit must not reduce its width.
The width of the exit and exit discharge must be at least equal to the width of the exit access.
If there is a fire in the area where occupants are they are already being exposed to smoke fire and heat.
An escape route is the width at 1 500 mm above floor level when defined by walls or elsewhere the minimum width of passage available between any fixed obstructions.
A stair is the clear width between the walls or balustrades.
Panic hardware and fire exit hardware consist of bars that must extend across not less than one half the width of the door leaf not less than 30 inches or more than 44 inches above the floor.
Article 14 of the fso has many sub sections to ensure that the escape routes and exits within a building are sufficient in type width number location and that the exit doors are fitted with the correct door furniture and open in the right direction where necessary.
Fire exit doors are the final door on an emergency exit route that must lead to a place of safety.
It is important that each floor plan of a building indicates the shortest route s to a place of comparative or ultimate safety should an emergency evacuation be triggered e g.
1910 36 g 3 the width of an exit route must be sufficient to accommodate the maximum permitted occupant load of each floor served by the exit route.
An exit access must be at least 28 inches wide at all points.
The nfpa emergency exit door requirements code states there is a maximum travel distance allowed to find an exit.
Where there is only one exit access leading to an exit or exit discharge the width of the exit and exit discharge must be at least equal to the width of the exit access.
This doesn t mean that a pair of 30 inch wide doors is sufficient because of the requirements for multiple exit locations and minimum clear width read on i m a little confused.
