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Temporary Means of Escape Checklist

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This Temporary Means of Escape checklist helps hotel teams ensure a safe, compliant escape route during refurbishments or construction. It covers external and internal checks including distances from buildings, fire-resisting glazing, stable stairways with non-slip landings, handrails and toe boards, emergency lighting and signage, assembly points, smoke detection, fire doors with push bars and self-closers, alarm call points, fire stopping, isolations, and actions to decommission old escape routes.

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