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Zone Details
To ensure a fast and unambiguous identification of the fire source, the protected area should be divided into zones.
When determining the area to be covered by a zone, consideration should be given to accessibility, size, the fire routine determined for the premises, and particularly in occupied premises, that each zone is accessible from the main circulation routes leading from where the control panel is sited.
In general the following guide lines for the size of a zone should be observed:
1. If the total floor area (i.e. the total of the floor areas of each storey) of the building is not greater than 300m 2 then the building need only be one zone, no matter how many floors it has.
2. The total floor area for a zone should not exceed 2000m 2 .
3. The search distance should not exceed 60m . This means the distance that has to be travelled by a searcher inside a zone to determine visually the position of a fire should not exceed 60m. The use of remote indicator lamps outside doors may reduce the number of zones required.
4. Where stairwells or similar structures extend beyond two floors, the stairwell should be a separate zone.
5. If the zone covers more than one fire compartment, then the zone boundaries should follow compartment boundaries.
6. If the building is split into several occupancies, no zone should be split between two occupancies.
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