EN 1647-2017 pdf download.Leisure accommodation vehicles – Caravan holiday homes- Habitation requirements relating to health and safety.
9.2.3 Wardrobes and bed lockers
Each wardrobe and bed locker shall be ventilated within the caravan holiday home. Wardrobes shall be ventilated at the bottom and top and shall be designed to permit the free passage of air between the ventilators. Such ventilators shall not communicate with the air outside the caravan holiday home.
The minimum free area of ventilation for each wardrobe, or bed locker shall be 200 mm2.
A bed locker shall be defined as a locker situated under a berth. For a wardrobe, there shall be two ventilators, each with a minimum area of 100 mm2, positioned within 25 % of the top and 25 % of the bottom of the wardrobe.
10 Fire precautions
10.1 Means of escape
10.1.1 General
The living area, the areas for preparation and consumption of meals and the sleeping areas shall each be provided with an enwrgency exit (emergency door, emergency panel or emergency window) which gives direct access to the open air. This requirement includes each sleeping area formed as a result of permanent or temporary partitioning (see 10.1.4 or 10.1.6, as applicable).
10.1.2 Escape path
It shall be possible to reach an emergency exit by means of an unobstructed escape path.
Objects such as drawers, doors, bunk ladders, etc. that can be moved quickly and easily from the escape path, emergency exit or door with a single operation shall not be considered as obstructions. One operation is a train of movements effected without removing the hand from the element on which It is acting (e.g. 1, 2 and 3 successively). See Figure 3.
An escape path shall be at least 450 mm wide.
10.1.3 Sanitation compartments
Sanitation compartments shall be equipped with an emergency exit unless:
a) the compartment door Is situated less than 2 000 mm from an emergency exit of the caravan holiday home. This distance or sum of distances is measured from the door handle of the sanitation compartment with the door closed of the sanitation compartment to the nearest part of the emergency exit aperture passing through the escape path; or
b) it is possible to escape from an emergency exit in an adjacent compartment that does not have any naked flame appliances installed.
10.1.4 Emergency doors
Emergency doors shall open outwards or slide horizontally and shall provide a clear opening of not less than 1 800 mm high and 700 mm wide. The door lock(s), even if locked from the outside, shall be capable of being immediately opened from the inside. This requirement is considered fulfilled if opening of the emergency door can be performed in not more than two operations.
If an external sliding door is fitted, this shall be suitably screened to prevent Its movement from being obstructed and shall be clearly marked with an arrow indicating the direction of opening.
10.1.5 Interior doors
Opening mechanisms for interior doors shall be capable of being operated from both sides. When fitted, lever handles shall open interior doors by being pushed downwards.
Where an interior door between compartments is fitted with a locking mechanism on one side, an emergency unlocking system shall be fitted on the other side.
10.1.6 Emergency windows and emergency panels
Emergency windows and emergency panels shall open outwards or inwards, or slide horizontally and shall provide a clear opening, free from obstruction, of not less than 0,25 m2, with a minimum dimension in any one direction of 450 mm. All inward opening emergency windows or emergency panels shall be hinged on their right or left vertical edge, and shall be capable of opening so that the escape path conforms to 10.1.2 without any interference with furniture.
For compartments exclusively for the use of children and in which there are two bunks above the lower bunk, the minimum dimension in any one direction may be reduced to 350 mm so long as the clear opening shall be not less than 0,25 m2 (see FIgure 2). Any projecting element shall be deducted from the total area of the aperture (e.g. catches, locks, fixing for window stays, blinds).EN 1647-2017 pdf download.

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