The width of egress in any building depends upon its use & number of occupants. Most buildings require a minimum unobstructed 1m wide ‘path of travel’. For some reason…

Here are the basic Rules for Compartmentation in high risk buildings: Egress or paths of travel to safety must remain unobstructed and remain free of fire…

Really big factories & warehouses (usually Class 7 & 8) create a high risk to adjacent buildings. That is why there are RULES for their Compartmentation…

Interesting …. I’ve inspected hundreds of these, but I’m clueless about Atriums. Atriums are common in Hotels, Office lobbies, Shopping complexes & some Education & Entertainment…

There are different distances to exits for different uses of a building …. & our new Tools™ Egress O’meter makes this easy to unpack  Shorter travel…

With every Fire Detection System, there will be an external alarm and / or light / sounder. There are Rules where these can be placed. At…

Almost every large building has a Fire Detection & Alarm System to quickly detect, warn occupants and help the Fire Brigade to manage a fire. Our…

How many times have you seen Ground Floor fire doors wedged open? Or couldn’t find the emergency release on an automatic door? Scary! Illegal & stupid!…

You must be worried if someone like me seriously likes  these technical Tools™ which tell us: the precise areas / clearances for the different sprinkler types –…

Tools™ now includes everything about the install of fire resisting products. The most common for little jobs is still plasterboard. We usually need to know the…

Fire | Egress   You may not design or install many of these doors but when you do it is not as simple as just planning…