Non rebated double door door type.
Inward opening door fire.
The exidor 500 series can work on pull to open fire escape doors as well as the more usual push to open.
When people were able to pull the doors open enough to get out some people were then wedged in the door opening as people continued to push on the door.
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There were no exit signs.
There was no emergency.
Tools used in the level4 testing include a disc grinder felling axe hole saw jigsaw sledgehammer and plate shears.
Many exits were concealed by flammable drapery and many were locked.
For this reason an effective emergency exit needs to open outward moving with the force of the mob.
Centre latch or bolt only.
Use 502a b for public access areas or 502a p for workplace areas inward opening doors.
They were unfamiliar with the exits and some refused to open locked exit doors.
The kds4 range offers a selection of certified single double and leaf and half outward opening doorsets and single inward opening doorsets suitable for all personnel fire exit access control and utility applications.
To achieve certification the kds4 doors were subjected to an attack test simulating experienced attempts of forced entry.
This is because the handle opens the lock when you pull it upwards as well as when you push it down.
Theater staff had never had a fire drill.
When a mob of people rushes an exit it s very hard for somebody to open the door inward everyone pushes up against the door and there is no room for it to open.
No key or two handed operation is required to exit through the door.
Door is securely bolted to prevent unauthorised entry.