Last edited 11 Oct 2017

Firefighting lobby

Approved Document B2, ‘Fire safety: Buildings other than dwellinghouses’, requires that other than in blocks of flats, firefighting stairs and firefighting lifts should be approached through a firefighting lobby.

A firefighting lobby is:

A protected lobby providing access from a firefighting stair to the accommodation area and to any associated firefighting lift’.

Where:

A firefighting stair is ‘… a protected stairway communicating with the accommodation area through a firefighting lobby’.
A firefighting lift is ‘... a lift designed to have additional protection, with controls that enable it to be used under the direct control of the fire and rescue service in fighting a fire'.

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