Escape from enclosed covered car park area.

[kurnal]

Discharging from a protected stairway (I take it that is the case?) into an enclosed carpark and by so many people is a big problem. This coupled with a locked final exit gate and the lack of detection on some floors including the staircases is a recipe for disaster if override facilities are envisaged.
As an interim measure I would insist that the gate is maintained open (even if that exit point has to be manned for security purposes 24/7) at all times that anyone is on the premises. I would then have a risk assessment carried out without delay.

I agree nearlythere but we would assume that the car park is in a seperate compartment and people will not all arrive at the same instant and as employees they can be familiarised with the arrangements? Or have I had too much medication again (takes rose tinted glasses off nose and polishes them)

[nearlythere]

Discharging from a protected stairway (I take it that is the case?) into an enclosed carpark and by so many people is a big problem. This coupled with a locked final exit gate and the lack of detection on some floors including the staircases is a recipe for disaster if override facilities are envisaged.
As an interim measure I would insist that the gate is maintained open (even if that exit point has to be manned for security purposes 24/7) at all times that anyone is on the premises. I would then have a risk assessment carried out without delay.

I agree nearlythere but we would assume that the car park is in a seperate compartment and people will not all arrive at the same instant and as employees they can be familiarised with the arrangements? Or have I had too much medication again (takes rose tinted glasses off nose and polishes them)

Manageable in some circumstances K but the gate can be locked so at the minute you could have up to 150 people slowly filling an enclosed car park. Can the car park take that many? What do they do then? A little bit of panic could set in.