Escape route
Human Health and Life Protection
One of the basic requirements of fire safety regulations is creating conditions for safe evacuation from burning buildings. An escape is defined as a "route enables safe evacuation from a building to an open space or to a safe area by the building".
Grena Recommended materials intended: Grenamat AL, Grenamat B, Grenamat C.
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There are 3 types of escape routes:
- Unprotected
- Partially protected
- Protected
Unprotected Escape Route
Unprotected Escape Route is a permanent, freely accessible route within the assessed fire sector, where people can move toward the exit to an open space or to a protected or partially protected escape route in an unhindered way. Such unprotected escape routes can be separated by any structure from the other areas of the assessed fire sector.
Partially Protected Escape Route
Partially protected Escape Route is a permanent free route, where people can move toward the exit to an open in an unhindered way.
Protected Escape Route
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Protected Escape Route must have at least class III fire resistance for h<- 30 m and class IV for h<- 60 m. Types of protected escape routes
According to the time people can safety spend in this escape route, protected escape routes are classified as follows:
- Type A protected escape routes
- Type B protected escape routes
- Type C protected escape routes
Protected escape routes must be equipped with emergency lighting, which must be functional for the following periods: type A 15 minutes, type B 30 minutes, and type C 45 minutes. |
When planning escape routes,designers assume that no combustible materials are stored in corridors and stairwells (escape routes). If there was a fire in these areas, people escaping from the fire would be threatened by combustible products, lack of oxygen, heat and flame. Therefore, onlynon-combustible or hardly combustible materials or equipment can be installed in these areas.
Escape routes shall ensure safe evacuation of people who are threatened by fire as well as facilitate rapid and effective rescue by fire brigades. After a disaster it is too late to ask if everything was all right or if something could have been avoided.
At the same time, we cannot expect escape routes only to serve their purpose, i.e. evacuation of people, and not to be used as a part of interior.Therefore it is also necessary to choose suitable materials, which meet both the safety aspect (non-combustible materials), and the aesthetic aspect. Such materials are the product of the Grena company, non-combustible and fire resistant boards Grenamat, ehich can be used as interior Escape Route Paneling or for manufacturing furniture, inspection doors within escape spaces etc. These boards are non-combustible, according to reaction to fire class A1 (Grenamat AL)or class B (Grenamat B). Both board types can be delivered with various decorative finishes while meeting the technical requirements of fire protection.
Meeting Halls
Meeting Halls shall create favourable conditions for safe evacuation of people. Materials applied shall prevent formation of toxic gases. For such areas, especially materials with Reaction to Fire class A1, A2 or B-s1,d0 are intended, with flame spread index is=0 mm/min depending on further requirement. At the same time if is forbidden to use materials which drip or fall off in fire. These requirements are met when using Grenamat AL or B boards, including their finish. If interested, please ask for more information.