Fire Performance of Escape Stairs – Report and Guidance now published

A report on the timber stairs project in which BWF was involved is now available on the Communities & Local Government (CLG website). This is the final research report for the project ‘Fire Performance of Escape Stairs’ commissioned by Communities and Local Government and carried out by BRE. The overall aim of the project is to extend the methodology adopted in the TF2000 research project to develop guidance based on a test method that provides a realistic assessment of the fire performance of escape stairs in practice. The experimental programme was developed in consultation with a Steering Group of key stakeholders.
An experimental programme consisting of 13 fire tests has been conducted. This report contains the test methodology, results and observations from the fire tests. Members can view the report using the following link https://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/13506191 Both documents can also be downloaded free of charge.