General Von Clinkerhoffen wrote:
Can someone explain why the gates being closed for exit when the side

gate was open is a breach of safety?



At a guess the amount of people specified in the 'fire capacity'
cannont be evacuated quickly enough through only the side gate. Also,
if the gate is unlocked but closed, how does one know to try it?

Chris! wrote:
At a guess the amount of people specified in the 'fire capacity'
cannont be evacuated quickly enough through only the side gate.

Do the gates not all automatically open in the event of a fire alarm
signal? We operate a restricted entry system at work, and several days
was spent testing that they would open in the event of an alarm being
triggered.

Chris wrote:
Chris! wrote:

At a guess the amount of people specified in the 'fire capacity'
cannont be evacuated quickly enough through only the side gate.


Do the gates not all automatically open in the event of a fire alarm
signal? We operate a restricted entry system at work, and several days
was spent testing that they would open in the event of an alarm being
triggered.

They should do.

I've been in the ticket hall (at Stepney Green, as it happens) when an
Inspector Sands announcement turned into an evacuation, and as soon as
the evacuation announcement started all the gates opened automatically.

Where would one find the fire alarm, just incase the next time I can't
get out. I looked around but couldn't see any obvious emergency release
buttons.

Kevin

If there is a fire then the gates will open automatically and a bloody
annoying voice tells you where to go!

Chris! wrote:
General Von Clinkerhoffen wrote:

Can someone explain why the gates being closed for exit when the side


gate was open is a breach of safety?




At a guess the amount of people specified in the 'fire capacity'
cannont be evacuated quickly enough through only the side gate. Also,
if the gate is unlocked but closed, how does one know to try it?

General Von Clinkerhoffen wrote:
If there is a fire then the gates will open automatically and a
bloody
annoying voice tells you where to go!

If theres a fire? Or if the fire alarm is activated

Only assuming that the alarm has been given. As I stated in a previous
posting, one day last week the gates were in operation but the booking
office not open, the staff were busy putting money in the ticket
machine and therefore not available to respond to a fire. I have not
seen any obvious alarms available for public use.
It is this sort of cavalier attitude towards safety that resulted in
the Kings Cross fire.

Kevin