But in theory I would never need to jumo from top floor.

If fire breaks out in loung at groundfloor level and main stairs catch fire,
firealarm will sound in loft as they are all connected. Lobby at bottom of
loft stairs has fire door to main landing which is now on fire, so I open
other door in lobby that goes into 1st floor room with window as escape
route, without having to go near the fire.

Blakey

"Christian McArdle" wrote in message
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So why does an extra floor make you prone to fire then? Id there was a
fire
on the ground floor stairs, trust me I wouldnt jump out the new floor.

Several reasons.

a) Much quicker to bolt down one flight of stairs and through the door
than
2.

b) You might not notice the fire so quickly being so remote from it, so
downstairs
will be well alight before escape attempt made.

c) More rooms. More people to shift. More babies to collect. May need to
go
up two flights of stairs to collect baby before returning to ground floor.
Need stairs not to be on fire during this procedure. Need smoke not to be
rising up staircase.

d) Jump out of 1st floor window: Broken leg if unlucky. May even be a
porch
or conservatory to clamber on to. Jump out of 2nd floor window: Broken
neck
if unlucky.

e) It is sensible to have the same level of protection for a 2 storey
house
too.

Christian.