Views please....
a purpose built block of flats. single enclosed staircase. basement, ground and 4 upper levels. there are 2 escape routes from the staircase, one through the main entrance and one down to basement and along a corridor (past a basement flat entrance) to a side exit. The building is on a slope so the side exit is actually at ground level and the main entrance is up a few steps. Currently they have battery smoke detectors outside each flat entrance. All flat entrances apart from the basement one exit into hallways separated from the staircase. Normally I would be saying to take out the detectors etc etc but on this occasion there is an issue. off of the basement level there is a boiler room and also a large residents storage area. the storage area is basically a dumping ground. Each tenant has their own small area and as you can imagine there is everything dumped there with no control. Would you be inclined to recommend a fire alarm system in the basement areas only with sounders throughout, a fire alarm system within the common areas or none...?
at the moment it seems unlikely that the residents or the storage area will change from what it is.
a caretaker is on site for a period during the day 6 days a week. Not live in though.
Against my principals on flats but i'm considering some level of detection but any comments / discussion gratefully received.