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- Briton and CISA panic exit devices to EN 1125 for public escape routes, and emergency exit devices to EN 179 for locations where occupants are familiar with the building. The two standards are not interchangeable: EN 1125 requires a horizontal bar operable by body pressure in a crowd, EN 179 allows a lever or pad.
Application
EN 1125 push bars go on cinemas, malls, stadiums, schools and any route used by the public
EN 179 lever or pad devices suit offices, plant rooms and staff-only exits. Choosing EN 179 on a public route to save cost is the classic specification error, because it assumes an occupant who knows how to operate the handle and can reach it, neither of which holds in an evacuating crowd.
Standards & Reference 5 cited
EN 1125
Panic exit devices operated by a horizontal bar, for escape routes used by the public, where people may not know the building.
EN 179
Emergency exit devices operated by a lever handle or push pad, for routes used by people familiar with the building.
EN 1634-1
The European fire resistance test for door and shutter assemblies, and the basis for CE marking a fire door. Built on a different pressure regime from UL 10C, so the two ratings are not interchangeable.
EN 1154
Controlled door closing devices: closer power size, and the closing behaviour a fire door depends on to latch every time.
EN 13637
Electrically controlled exit systems on escape routes: the standard for holding an escape door closed under access control without trapping anyone.
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