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Security Manual Perimeter
Annex D – Protection and security for areas
frequented by the public by fencing and gates –
Leaflet for practical implementation (informative)
FACHVERBAND METALLZAUNTECHNIK E .V.
GÜTEGEMEINSCHAFT METALLZAUNTECHNIK E .V.
IM FACHVERBAND INDUSTRIE VERSCHIEDENER EISEN- UND STAHLWAREN E.V.
AN DER PÖNT 48-40885 RATINGEN-FON 02102/186200- FAX 02102/186169 -E-MAIL: [email protected]
Protection and security for areas frequented by the public by fencing and
gates – Leaflet for practical implementation
What public, corporate and private sponsors of schools, day care centres, sports
facilities, playgrounds and leisure centres, parks and zoos etc. need to focus on!
Introduction
Kids‘ day care centres, schools of all kinds, playgrounds as well as sport and leisure centres for children, adolescents and adults often have fencing or other enclosures and corresponding access facilities (e.g. doors and/or gates, turnstiles, barriers and blockades).
Their purpose is to protect these establishments and their users from unauthorised or
“uninvited guests“ (e.g. animals) on the one hand and to shield adjacent areas (e.g. traffic
routes) from sport equipment and toys and prevent children and adolescents from careless departure on the other. However, these facilities must be safe (design). Time and
again, there have been reports about accidents involving children and other groups of
people that can be attributed to shortcomings and/or non-compliance with safety rules for
fence(s) and their access. They clearly show that sponsors and operators do not necessarily meet their obligation to maintain safety in this context. The following recommendations and hints are the result of practical experience on a day-to-day basis as well as
standards and regulations with a legal background.
Recommendations and hints
A. Planning and selection of fences and gates
(1)
When planning schoolyards, playgrounds, sport and leisure facilities, day care
centres and similar establishments, sponsors/operators should consult “experts
on industrial health and safety“ on the one hand and experienced construction
engineers and contractors on the other. Regarding enclosures of metal fences
and metal door(s) and/or gate(s), RAL quality-approved fence companies in line
with the quality and test requirements of RAL GZ 602 “Metallzauntechnik” (issue 2007-07) should be consulted.
(2)
The most important premise should be to apply suitable, that is, permanently safe
metal fences and doors/gates/barriers only, in particular as early as the design
phase. Fences and gates/barriers installed in line with RAL GZ 602 guarantee
this claim through additional compliance with health and safety regulations and/or
standards for doors/gates (e.g. fences with double bar grating or flat bar grating,
wire mesh fences, revolving doors and/or gates).
(3)
A prior risk assessment is recommended for leisure and sport centres and public
playgrounds for which there are no explicit and specific legal or other rules or
regulations.
B. Installation and operation
(4)
In general, it is necessary to make sure that fences and other enclosures do not
have any protruding tips or sharp edges or projecting parts.
[Source: Health and safety regulations for schools and day care centres]
(5)
It is necessary to make sure that manually or power-operated doors or gates of
fences or barriers do not pose any risk of crushing, shearing, being pulled in or hit
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