Emergency Exit Doors in Non Residential/Domestic Premises

Emergency Exit Doors in Non Residential/Domestic Premises / CFPA 2024

ID 24585 | 14.09.2025 / CFPA-E Guidelines No 06:2024

The document assists specialists and end users in selecting suitable means to secure buildings against intrusion via emergency exit doors. They relate to commercial and public premises only and relates specifically to emergency exit doors. Windows and other openings are outside the technical scope of this document.

Contents 
Introduction 
2 Scope
3 Principles
3.1 General
3.2 Risk assessment
3.3 Ease of escape
3.4 Management systems
4 Security considerations
4.1 Construction of emergency exit doors
4.2 Security hardware for emergency exit doors
4.2.1 General requirements
4.2.2 Small business, stable workforce, no public areas
4.2.3 Larger businesses and/or public access
4.3 Door bolts for emergency exit doors
5 Additional security vulnerabilities
5.1 Glazing in, or adjacent to, doors
5.2 Letter plate openings
5.3 Hinge bolts
6 Enhanced security
6.1 General
6.2 "Drop-in" bars
6.3 Padlocks
6.4 Grilles, gates and shutters
6.5 Intruder alarm systems
6.5.1 Local door alarm devices
6.5.2 Premises intruder alarms
6.6 VSS
6.7 Access control/building management systems.
European guidelines

CFPA Europe

[box-info]CFPA Europe / Organismo riconosciuto DM 3 agosto 2015

G.1.4 Normazione volontaria

5. Norma riconosciuta a livello internazionale: norma adottata da un organismo riconosciuto a livello internazionale.

Nota
Sono organismi riconosciuti a livello internazionale tutti gli organismi di normazione extra europei citati nel presente documento e quelli comunque tradizionalmente riconosciuti nel settore antincendio. Ad esempio: NFPA, ANSI/UL, ASTM, API, FM Global, FPA, NIST, SFPE, TNO, VDS, Energy Institute, IGEM, VTT, BRANZ, …
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S.5.9 Riferimenti

1. Si indicano i seguenti riferimenti
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d. European guideline CFPA-E No 1:2014 F “Fire protection management system”.[/box-info]

Collegati
[box-note]Prevenzione Incendi
Decreto Presidente della Repubblica 1° agosto 2011 n. 151
Codice Prevenzione Incendi DM 3 agosto 2015 | RTO II[/box-note]