Application
Schools & educational buildings
Many children, predictable peak hours and laboratories — early alarm and escape routes come first.
What we install & maintain
The systems for this type of space
In a school, evacuation must be quick and orderly, with children who need guidance. The code requires extinguishers in proportion to floor area and a hydrant system (at least a fire hose cabinet) in every school. It also requires a manual alarm when the design occupancy exceeds 50 people, and automatic detection in higher-risk rooms. Detection covers the whole building where children under 6 or people with special needs attend, or where there are four or more floors (counting ground floor and basement). We supply, install and maintain fire detection, extinguishers and passive fire protection.
Fire Detection & Alarm
Conventional and addressable systems, voice alarm to EN 54-16.
The service →Fire Extinguisher Maintenance & Refilling
Periodic inspection, maintenance and refilling of portable and wheeled fire extinguishers.
The service →Passive Fire Protection
Fire-resisting doors, fire stopping and fire compartmentation.
The service →Regulatory framework
What governs this type of space
| Occupancy category | Education — pupils over 5, from kindergartens to universities and tutoring schools (P.D. 41/2018, Ch. B, art. 4). Nurseries fall under welfare (E1). |
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| Fire extinguishers | One per 150 m² gross area (4.6.1); at least two in any case (Ch. A, 7.2.1). |
| Manual fire alarm | With a design occupancy over 50 people (4.6.2). |
| Automatic fire detection | Where children under 6 or people with special needs attend; with four or more floors (counting ground floor and basement); in every physics-chemistry lab, computer room, archive and library (4.6.3). |
| Fire hydrant system | Permanent hydrant system with four or more floors and at least 2,000 m², or from 4,000 m². Otherwise a hose cabinet (4.6.4). |
| Sprinklers | In buildings over 23 m high (4.6.5). |
| Existing schools | Permit applied for before 17-2-1989: Fire Service Ordinance 16/2015. |
Which framework binds a given building depends on the date the building permit was applied for and on its occupancy classification. The binding requirement comes from the approved fire-safety study.
Frequently asked questions
Schools & educational buildings — what clients ask us
Does the whole school need fire detection?
Not always. Throughout the building when children under 6 or people with special needs attend (e.g. kindergartens, schools for the blind), or when it has four or more floors (counting ground floor and basement); in every case in physics-chemistry labs, computer rooms, archive rooms and libraries.
How many extinguishers does a school need?
One per 150 m² gross area and at least two, on escape routes, near stairs and hazardous rooms. Supply across Greece; maintenance within Attica.
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