Fire Exits

A local pub has had a telling off (well the landlord anyhow) for not paying attention to fire safety regarding exit doors. All the doors in the pub are the type which would have to be open with a key and not one is the push bar type door. T he landlord always locks the doors just after 11pm (I only go once per week btw) and even the windows are bolted down! even in the summer. He says he has had the local fire brigade safety officer pay a visit and told him its not good enough and he has concluded a customer must have tipped them off and he isn't happy. He has not taken a bit of notice of the safety order, only he has the keys to the pub on him none of the staff do and if something did happen in there he would be upstairs with them on him and everyone unable to get out without going looking for him. I am no trouble maker and I certainly didn't tell the local safety officer but I think it is ridiculous. Other premises I have been to have at least one push bar door he says because the pub building is over 50 year old it would spoil the appearance by putting proper fire exit doors on and cost him money. He even allows people to smoke indoors in the entrance foyer even though there is a smoking shelter at the rear. I don't think a locked pub and drunken smokers make a safe combination to be fair. He says the safety officer told him he will be monitoring the situation and the landlord is keen to know the identity of the person who he thinks tipped them off.