Technical Booklet E Fire Safety·Page 73·Diagram 2.13, para. 2.78

Refuge formed by compartmentation in stairway

Diagram 2.13 shows how a storey can be divided by a compartment wall into two separate refuges, with dual doorsets in the partition to ensure occupants have access to a refuge even if one doorset is blocked by fire.

Diagram 2.13 Refuge formed by compartmentation Storey divided into two refuges by compartment wall (stairways not provided with wheelchair space). Note: Persons occupying the left-hand compartment would not reach a refuge until they had entered the right-hand compartment. Two doorsets in the partition are necessary in case access to one of the doorsets is blocked by fire.

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