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Hospital Fire Doors and Progressive Evacuation

2025-08-16•Sectors•6 min read

Hospital Fire Doors and Progressive Evacuation

Why healthcare buildings move patients horizontally - and what that means for corridor door performance.

Patients cannot always take the stairs

Progressive horizontal evacuation relocates patients to adjacent compartments. Corridor doors must latch, seal and survive heavy clinical traffic.

Written by BÖLDT Technical Team

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