Fire Escape Floor Plans

We have unrivalled experience and expertise in designing ISO 23601 and IS EN ISO 7010 compliant floor plans for virtually every type of built environment, including:

• Nursing Homes
• Hospitality & Leisure
• Offices & Retail
• Factories & Warehouses
• Flats & Apartments
• College Campuses & Schools
• Healthcare & Institutional
• Exhibitions & Events

ISO 23601 is an international standard for the design of fire evacuation plans that are intended to be displayed as safety signs in buildings and public areas. It uses specific design principles to communicate key information about the means of escape in a simplified and standardised format that can be easily understood by people of different nationalities without the use of language.

A fire escape floor plan should be read and understood as a safety sign, not as an architectural or technical drawing. Symbols used on the plan to illustrate fire safety equipment, first aid, fire exits, etc, should comply with IS EN 7010 and be equivalent to safety signs used in Irish workplaces.

Key ISO 23601 design principles include the following:

• A simplified floor layout, with internal walls shown as half the thickness as external walls
• All emergency exits and escape routes, with horizontal routes shown as light green and vertical routes shown as dark green
• The point of location of the user - “You are here”
• The direction of North
• The location of stairs
• Action to take on discovering a fire or hearing the alarm
• Any specific evacuation provisions for people with disabilities
• The location of the lifts as an architectural feature
• An overview plan, assembly points, and legend

Additional information may include the location of:

• Fire-fighting equipment
• Fire protection measures
• Fire brigade provisions
• First aid equipment
• Evacuation provisions
• Other information as relevant

ISO 23601 recommends that plans should be located:

• At positions where occupants can learn the means of escape
• At strategic points of the escape route, which can be:
  • On every floor at primary entry points
  • Near lifts and stairs
  • In every room, e.g. conference rooms, staff rooms, hotel bedrooms
  • At appropriate training points
  • At principal junctions and intersections

Whether you are a landlord who needs one plan for a small apartment or a facilities manager who needs several hundred plans for a complex industrial or institutional site, get in touch and we'll get it sorted for you.

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