Author Topic: Fire Alarm- Diasbled Toilets  (Read 2866 times)

jakespop

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Fire Alarm- Diasbled Toilets
« on: June 13, 2012, 01:49:48 PM »
Would any of my colleagues out there expect to see a visual alarm device/emergency lighting in an existing disabled toilet in a small village hall?

Offline Golden

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Re: Fire Alarm- Diasbled Toilets
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2012, 02:31:06 PM »
Hi Jake, I wouldn't unless there were particular circumstances that increased the risk of numbers of visually impaired or deaf people using the hall. To be honest I wouldn't always expect to see a fire alarm system in a small village hall.

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Re: Fire Alarm- Diasbled Toilets
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2012, 02:31:53 PM »
Yes. Why not? Someone is keeping the Fire Risk Assessment up to date.
We're not Brazil we're Northern Ireland.

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Re: Fire Alarm- Diasbled Toilets
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2012, 02:51:19 PM »
Emergency lighting might be important so they can see where the emergency assistance cord is if the power goes off.
As for the strobe it is certainly a standard recommendation for new builds and new installations but it puzzles me why it is assumed that people with a hearing impairment will use the disabled toilet.

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Re: Fire Alarm- Diasbled Toilets
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2012, 02:10:01 PM »
because they are told to big al.
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