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FIRE SAFETY => Fire Alarm Systems => Topic started by: jakespop on June 13, 2012, 01:49:48 PM

Title: Fire Alarm- Diasbled Toilets
Post by: jakespop 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?

Title: Re: Fire Alarm- Diasbled Toilets
Post by: Golden 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.

Title: Re: Fire Alarm- Diasbled Toilets
Post by: nearlythere on June 13, 2012, 02:31:53 PM

Yes. Why not? Someone is keeping the Fire Risk Assessment up to date.

Title: Re: Fire Alarm- Diasbled Toilets
Post by: kurnal 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.

Title: Re: Fire Alarm- Diasbled Toilets
Post by: colin todd on June 14, 2012, 02:10:01 PM

because they are told to big al.