BS 5588-8:1988
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Fire precautions in the design, construction and use of buildings Code of practice for means of escape for disabled people
Hardcopy , PDF
05-15-1999
English
02-29-1988
Foreword
Committees responsible
Code of practice
Section one. General
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Use of this code
Section two. Horizontal escape
4 General
5 Horizontal escape routes
6 Refuges
Section three. Vertical escape
7 General
8 Stairways
9 Ramps
10 Lifts
Section four. Construction and fire warning systems
11 Construction of refuges and evacuation lift
enclosures
12 Fire warning systems
Appendices
A Advice to management
B Application of the code to existing buildings
Figures
1 Principles of evacuation
2 Examples of refuges in buildings not provided with
evacuation lifts
3 Examples of refuges in buildings provided with
evacuation lifts
4 Wheelchair spaces in protected stairways
5 Examples of fire plan strategies in buildings
provided with evacuation lifts
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