Can the DDA and fire safety work together?

Access and egress for disabled people can sometimes seem hard to reconcile with tightly controlled fire safety; for example, Building Regulations require internal doors held open by electro-magnetic devices to self-close when activated by smoke detectors, but a disabled person may not be able to open a heavy fire door once it has closed.

Because of conflicts like this, an employer or service provider could have a building that was fully compliant with Building Regulations, making it entirel... (327 more words)

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