Technical Booklet E Fire Safety·Page 28
Refuge
A refuge is an area protected from fire by fire-resisting construction and served by a safe route to a storey exit, providing a temporarily safe place for people as part of their personal emergency evacuation plan.
Refuge – an area that is adequately protected from fire in adjoining accommodation by fire-resisting construction and which is served directly by a safe route to a storey exit, thus constituting a temporarily safe place for people to use as part of their personal emergency evacuation plan.
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