PEEP

[Guest Ben]

A PEEP written for a person with mobility impairment , should that person and their buddy be leaving first in an evacuation or last ?? 3 rd floor so 3 flights of stairs ,

[AnthonyB]

Last after using a temporary waiting space (aka refuge) as their descent will be slow and to go first will cause a log jam, pushing, trips, etc as the main flow builds up behind them.

Protected routes are never less than 30 minutes so there is plenty of safe evacuation time if they are last.

Note - in some large/tall buildings with complex phased evacuations or where a PEEP involves the managed use of a firefighting or evacuation lift this can change to leave first, but usually it's last after refuge