Unprotected escape route - Revision history

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	Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 2, Buildings other than dwellinghouses, defines an escape route as:		Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 2, Buildings other than dwellinghouses, defines an escape route as:

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	The unprotected part of an escape route, ‘…which a person has to traverse before reaching either the safety of a final exit or the comparative safety of a protected escape route, i.e. a protected corridor or protected stairway. Unprotected escape routes should be limited in extent so that people do not have to travel excessive distances while exposed to the immediate danger of fire and smoke. Even with protected horizontal escape routes, the distance to a final exit or protected stairway needs to be limited because the structure does not give protection indefinitely.'		The unprotected part of an escape route, ‘…which a person has to traverse before reaching either the safety of a final exit or the comparative safety of a protected escape route, i.e. a protected corridor or protected stairway. Unprotected escape routes should be limited in extent so that people do not have to travel excessive distances while exposed to the immediate danger of fire and smoke. Even with protected horizontal escape routes, the distance to a final exit or protected stairway needs to be limited because the structure does not give protection indefinitely.'

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	* Fire detection and alarm systems.		* Fire detection and alarm systems.

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	Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 2, Buildings other than dwellinghouses, defines an escape route as:		Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 2, Buildings other than dwellinghouses, defines an escape route as:

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	Escape routes can be protected or unprotected, where an unprotected escape routes is:		Escape routes can be protected or unprotected, where an unprotected escape routes is:

−	The unprotected part of an escape route, ‘…which a person has to traverse before reaching either the safety of a final exit or the comparative safety of a protected escape route, i.e. a protected corridor or protected stairway. Unprotected escape routes should be limited in extent so that people do not have to travel excessive distances while exposed to the immediate danger of fire and smoke. Even with protected horizontal escape routes, the distance to a final exit or protected stairway needs to be limited because the structure does not give protection indefinitely.'~~<br/>~~	+	The unprotected part of an escape route, ‘…which a person has to traverse before reaching either the safety of a final exit or the comparative safety of a protected escape route, i.e. a protected corridor or protected stairway. Unprotected escape routes should be limited in extent so that people do not have to travel excessive distances while exposed to the immediate danger of fire and smoke. Even with protected horizontal escape routes, the distance to a final exit or protected stairway needs to be limited because the structure does not give protection indefinitely.'

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−	*Approved documents.	+
−	*Automatic release mechanism.	+	* Approved documents.
−	*Fire compartment.	+	* Automatic release mechanism.
−	*Fire detection and alarm systems.	+	* Fire compartment.
−	*Fire door.	+	* Fire detection and alarm systems.
−	*Fire Door Inspection Scheme.	+	* Fire door.
−	*Fire Prevention on Construction Sites.	+	* Fire Door Inspection Scheme.
−	*Fire protection engineering.	+	* Fire Prevention on Construction Sites.
−	*Fire resistance.	+	* Fire protection engineering.
−	*Firefighting route.	+	* Fire resistance.
−	*Inner room.	+	* Firefighting route.
−	*Joint fire code.	+	* Inner room.
−	*Means of escape.	+	* Joint fire code.
−	*Protected escape route.	+	* Means of escape.
−	*The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.	+	* Protected escape route.
−	*Visual alarm devices - their effectiveness in warning of fire.	+	* The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
		+	* Visual alarm devices - their effectiveness in warning of fire.
		+	* Vomitory.

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Designing Buildings at 06:26, 16 August 2015

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	*Fire detection and alarm systems.		*Fire detection and alarm systems.
	*Fire door.		*Fire door.

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−	Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 2, Buildings other than dwellinghouses, defines ~~'unprotected~~ escape ~~routes'~~ as:	+	Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 2, Buildings other than dwellinghouses, defines an escape route as:

−	~~The unprotected~~ part of an escape ~~route, ‘…which~~ a ~~person has~~ to ~~traverse before reaching either the safety of~~ a final exit ~~or the comparative safety~~ of ~~a protected~~ escape route, ~~i.e.~~ a ~~protected corridor or protected stairway. Unprotected escape routes should be limited in extent~~ so that ~~people do not have to travel excessive distances while exposed to the immediate~~ danger of fire and smoke. ~~Even with protected horizontal escape routes, the distance to a final exit or protected stairway needs to be limited because the structure does not give protection indefinitely.'<br/>~~	+	‘...that part of the means of escape from any point in a building to a final exit’ where a final exit is, ‘The termination of an escape route from a building giving direct access to a street, passageway, walkway or open space and sited to ensure the rapid dispersal of persons from the vicinity of a building so that they are no longer in danger from fire and/or smoke.’

−	A protected ~~corridor/lobby~~ is:	+	Escape routes can be protected or unprotected, where an unprotected escape routes is:

−	~~'A corridor or lobby which is adequately protected from fire in adjoining accommodation by fire-resisting construction.'~~	+	The unprotected part of an escape route, ‘…which a person has to traverse before reaching either the safety of a final exit or the comparative safety of a protected escape route, i.e. a protected corridor or protected stairway. Unprotected escape routes should be limited in extent so that people do not have to travel excessive distances while exposed to the immediate danger of fire and smoke. Even with protected horizontal escape routes, the distance to a final exit or protected stairway needs to be limited because the structure does not give protection indefinitely.'<br/>
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−	~~A protected stairways is:~~	+
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−	~~‘designed~~ to ~~provide virtually ‘fire sterile’ areas which lead to places~~ of safety ~~outside the building~~. ~~Once inside~~ a protected stairway~~, a person can~~ be ~~considered~~ to ~~be safe from~~ immediate danger ~~from flame~~ and smoke. ~~They can then proceed to a place of safety at their own pace. To enable this to be done, flames, smoke and gases must be excluded from these~~ escape routes, ~~as far as is reasonably possible, by fire-resisting structures or by an appropriate smoke control system, or by a combination of both these methods. This does not preclude~~ the ~~use of unprotected stairs for day-~~to~~-day circulation, but they can only play~~ a ~~very limited role in terms of means of escape due to their vulnerability in fire situations.'~~	+
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−	~~The~~ final exit ~~is:~~	+
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−	~~'The termination of an escape route from a building giving direct access to a street, passageway, walkway~~ or ~~open space and sited~~ to ~~ensure~~ the ~~rapid dispersal of persons from the vicinity of a building so that they are no longer in danger from fire and/or smoke~~.' ~~Windows are not acceptable as final exits.~~	+

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	*Joint fire code.		*Joint fire code.
	*Means of escape.		*Means of escape.
		+	*Protected escape route.
	*The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.		*The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
	*Visual alarm devices - their effectiveness in warning of fire.		*Visual alarm devices - their effectiveness in warning of fire.

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Designing Buildings at 07:16, 10 August 2015

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	*The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.		*The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
	*Visual alarm devices - their effectiveness in warning of fire.		*Visual alarm devices - their effectiveness in warning of fire.

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Designing Buildings at 07:06, 9 August 2015

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	Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 2, Buildings other than dwellinghouses, defines 'unprotected escape routes' as:		Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 2, Buildings other than dwellinghouses, defines 'unprotected escape routes' as:

−	The unprotected part of an escape route, ‘…which a person has to traverse before reaching either the safety of a final exit or the comparative safety of a protected escape route, i.e. a protected corridor or protected stairway. Unprotected escape routes should be limited in extent so that people do not have to travel excessive distances while exposed to the immediate danger of fire and smoke. Even with protected horizontal escape routes, the distance to a final exit or protected stairway needs to be limited because the structure does not give protection indefinitely.'	+	The unprotected part of an escape route, ‘…which a person has to traverse before reaching either the safety of a final exit or the comparative safety of a protected escape route, i.e. a protected corridor or protected stairway. Unprotected escape routes should be limited in extent so that people do not have to travel excessive distances while exposed to the immediate danger of fire and smoke. Even with protected horizontal escape routes, the distance to a final exit or protected stairway needs to be limited because the structure does not give protection indefinitely.'<br/>
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		+	A protected corridor/lobby is:
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		+	'A corridor or lobby which is adequately protected from fire in adjoining accommodation by fire-resisting construction.'

	A protected stairways is:		A protected stairways is: