Let us revise and develop your emergency evacuation floor plans according to the latest statutory requirements.

SANS 23601 requires emergency evacuation floor plans to identify:

• All possible escape routes
• Identification of expected people movement
• Location of fire fighting equipment and alarms
• Location of emergency equipment and evacuation aids
• The exact location of the user
• Location of refuge and assembly points
• Required action to take during specific emergencies or fire emergencies

Changes from the previous requirements include elements such as:

• Use of specific colours for headings, emergency routes, and point of location of the user
• Scale used for the design
• Size of prints
• Eliminating non-essential details
• Highlighting important elements
• Orientating the plan to the exact position of the user
• Location of stairs
• Provisions made for people with disabilities
• Strategic placement of floor plans (Hospitals and Hotels – behind the door of each occupied room
• Details of plan competent designer