Building Analysis, Level 5

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On the ground floor, there are 7 fire doors, 4 of these are fire exit out of the building. These exits are equipped with an alarm so if one fire exit door is opened this will trigger the fire alarm and the whole building will be evacuated. The doors also have push bars which are easily opened in an emergency. Furthermore, these doors have a self-closing mechanism on them and open in the direction of the exit. The majority of the fire associated equipment are surrounding the fire escape doors. As you can see in this diagram. These include 2 fire extinguishers next to each escape door, one is water and the other a CO2 fire extinguisher. Other equipment on this floor includes 4 fire audio alarms, three of which are above are next to fire doors. The fourth is located at the stairs, this is the most central point of this floor and is also near to a half landing fire escape route. Furthermore, at the bottom of the stairs, there is an evacuation chair which can be taken to any refuge or call points in the event of a fire for anyone who is unable to get down the stairs such as wheelchair users. Throughout this floor, relevant fire signage can be seen for the event of a fire such as directional fire exit signs, emergency door release and fire door signs. Further signage can be seen in the diagram. Majority of these signs are located near to or on the route of a fire exit.

On the second floor, there are 7 fire doors. 4 of these fire doors lead to vertical escape routes down the stairs. 1 of the escape routes is a call point for anyone who needs assistance in the event of a fire, and another is assigned to a refuge point. There are 3 additional fire doors for cupboards, these would most likely contain flammable products. Similar to the ground floor most fire safety equipment is near the doors. On this floor there are 6 points at which there are fire extinguishers, again there are both water and CO2. There are 5 fire alarms on this floor which are located around the majority of the fire exits. Further fire-related signage is shown on this diagram which is also mainly located on the route to or at the vertical fire exits.


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