Fire Safety Instructions: Hilaire De Fauw Building

MEANS OF EGRESS
"Means of egress" is defined as the way to exit a building or structure, especially during an emergency.

FINDINGS:
The exit doors are free from obstruction and it has a width of 81cm.
On the 2nd floor their is only one exit door in each classroom ( F201 and F202) while on the 1st floor, room
F101 has two doors , F107 has also one exit door.
The exit doors swing on the direction of travel and they are marked clearly.
Their is one installed emergency lighting on the second floor .
The fire escape stairs have a rise of cm and a width of cm.
There are two installed escape ladders on the building but the other one is obstructed by stones along it.
 The corridor has a width of 1.80 meters.
 The classrooms in the basement ( F101 and F107) have an exit that leads directly to the exterior without entering the floor above.

FOR WARNING AND PROTECTION
 The building doesn’t have a fire alarm that is manually operated  We did not see any smoke detector and heat detector installed. There is no emergency plan posted/ displayed on the building. There are directional signs and they are readily visible.
 The building has no firewall and it does not have an automatic sprinkler protection.
 The building doesn’t have any additional features for handicapped persons.

FIRE EXTINGUISHER
• There is one fire extinguisher installed in every 200 square meters.
• The fire extinguisher is distributed uniformly but not on a floor by floor basis
• It provides an easy access because it can be reach by a normal person (based on height).
•It is also readily visible because it is near the normal paths of travel

WINDOWS FOR RESCUE AND VENTILLATION
 The windows on the 1st floor are not readily opened but on the 2nd floor the two windows near the escape ladders can be readily opened.
 The window openings are 1 meter above the floor.

RECOMMENDATION
MEANS OF EGRESS:
 doors:

RECOMMENDATION
FOR WARNING AND PROTECTION
Provide a manual fire alarm on the building