Technical Booklet E Fire Safety·Page 171·6.21
Vehicle access and hardstanding for high reach appliances
Buildings over 11 m height require vehicle access routes suitable for high reach appliances, while lower buildings need routes suitable for pump appliances. Hardstanding areas must be level or have gradients not exceeding 1 in 12.
Where the height of the top storey of a building is more than 11 m above the level of the adjoining ground the vehicle access route and the vehicular hardstanding area should be suitable for a high reach appliance. For lower buildings a vehicle access route should be suitable for a pump appliance.
Vehicular hardstanding areas should be as level as possible and should not exceed a gradient of 1 in 12.
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