Hose reels in a old hotel

[stewbow]

Just wondering what people's opinions are regarding hose reels in an old victorian hotel. 63 bedrooms, 5 floors including the basement, one on each floor through the centre of the building.
From a risk assessment point of view, are they more of a hinderance than a help?

[Clevelandfire]

more of a hinderance - Id remove them personally

Replace with extingiushers

[John Webb]

Stewbow, there was a lengthy discussion recently along similar lines about hosereels in offices - see "Fixed Hosereels in an office environment" (Topic 2891) in this Fire Safety part of the Forum.

[Tom Sutton]

I have do it for you John http://www.fire.org.uk/punbb/upload/viewtopic.php?id=2891 (Fixed Hosereels in an office environment)

[AnthonyB]

Ditto, best to phase out - see the previous thread for detail.

The only time I've not been able to remove reels is when they had been included on the listed buildings schedule for a site (they had been in over 60 years) they were drained, signed as out of use & had extinguishers, but had to stay