London Fire Safety Guidance for Houses in ... - Harrow Council

Initial dead endIn any situation where an escape route consists initially of a dead end andthen has alternative routes to a final exit or door to a stairway which is aprotected route, the distance in the room and the dead end together shouldnot generally exceed the appropriate distance in column (B) of Table B andthe total travel distance should not normally exceed the distance shown incolumn (B) of Table A appropriate to the location from which it is beingmeasured. See diagram 2 (B1) for example.Requirements regarding means of escape for hostel-type accommodationare set out in the following paragraphs in relation to each of the stages atwhich means of escape have to be considered, ie: Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3Travel within roomsTravel from rooms to a stairway or final exitTravel within stairways and to final exitsStage 1 – Travel within roomsInner and access roomsThe travel distance from any point in an inner room to the nearest exit fromthe access room should not normally exceed:from an inner room used as sleeping accommodation:from an inner room constituting an area of higher fire risk:from an inner room used for any other purpose:6m6m9m(see note 4 and diagram 3)Diagram 3 : Inner rooms and Access roomsNotesLondon Fire Safety Guidance for Houses in Multiple OccupationVersion 2: 06/06