Fire exits signs correct size please inside flats.

System

The information that the OP wants is contained in
The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 and also
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. For Scotland it is the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005

Poppie68

SkipClick wrote: »

Because they are very large signs "Size 35cm width x 11.5cm depth". two signs for each floor, six in total. Yes I know their for a reason but not every day I'm going to see a fire just for a two floor building of a flat.

Thankyou for Hickman info but their have more floors than us. We have two little floors!!!!.

People become disoriented and panic in a fire so the bigger the sign the better especially someone not over familiar with a building. Would you also want to reduce the number of smoke alarms in your flat or building because you think you're never going to have a fire? If your not happy move you may actually be doing your landlord a favour!

SkipClick

!!!!!! wrote: »

The information that the OP wants is contained in
The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 and also
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. For Scotland it is the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005

Thankyou! going to have a look!.

PasturesNew

You do not own the space where the signs are fitted.

The signs are very very important and need to be prominent for people who have poor eyesight, for people who can't see well when it's smokey from a fire and for people who have never been there before when a fire starts.

You stand no chance getting them changed.

Close your eyes and you won't see them.

Fire safety in communal buildings, public buildings, etc is taken VERY SERIOUSLY ....

marksoton

SkipClick wrote: »

Thankyou! going to have a look!.

You'll get nowhere.

And frankly i think you're a complete plank.

antrobus

marksoton wrote: »

For a start those aren't large signs.

Here are some fire exit signs provided by Screwfix. The smallest they provide is 300mm by 100mm. A quick shufty on the interweb suggests that is the smallest that you can get.

http://www.screwfix.com/c/safety-workwear/fire-exit-signs/cat5590008#category=cat5590008&sort_by=price

35cm x 11.5cm ain't that much bigger, so they are really quite small signs.

marksoton wrote: »

...And secondly,what the hell is the problem?!

Frogs. Box of. Crazier than.

DaftyDuck

But exactly what size is the box containing the frogs? Can it not be smaller? Possibly fewer frogs.....

Seldom have I seen an OP that forces me to think of the forum rules before I say what I think of him. I was involved in a couple of minor, minor fires at work and, even though I knew the building well, I'd have preferred one huge arrow from my desk straight to the exit.

Next post: can we block the fire doors, as there's a draught!

Mojisola

DaftyDuck wrote: »

Next post: can we block the fire doors, as there's a draught!

Or - it's too warm, can I take the fire extinguisher off the wall and use it to hold the fire door open? (One that my firefighter relative often found done when he inspected workplaces - the fire spreads rapidly because the doors are propped open and anyone who goes to the fire point can't find an extinguisher so a small fire becomes a big one.)

G_M

It's OK to use a fire extinguisher to prop open door because that way occupants can follow the draught to the door and find the extinguisher...

(Sarcasm smiley - PLEASE!)

Does this thread win the award for most pointless question asked this month?

DaftyDuck

C'mon, G_M, it's only the 15th, plenty of time yet...

Actually, it's only March; it might top the shortlist for 2016 at that!

My ghast is truly flabbered.