Abloy UK has launched an Escape Door System (EDS) that purports to offer easy access and egress while promising compliance and the capacity to implement dynamic lockdown procedures.EDS combines three components required for BS EN 13637 (electronically controlled escape door systems for doors along escape routes) when read-in and read-out access control is specified:
These three components must be tested together to ensure compliance with BS EN 13637.
Dynamic lockdown permits potentially at-risk specific zones within the building to be cordoned off, while still allowing escape.
Models available include:
Abloy offers free, hands-on academy courses – including ‘Foundations’ and ‘Foundations Plus’ – on operating compliant locking solutions.
“The importance of emergency escape systems is often underestimated because such events are relatively rare, but getting it wrong can lead to the loss of life, substantial fines and even custodial sentences,” said Caroline Jones, OEM product manager at Abloy UK.
“Security products and systems are always implemented to protect some form of asset, but at Abloy UK we firmly believe that the most valuable asset is life – which is why we offer products such as the EDS as well as pioneering education of life safety standards with our free academy courses.”
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