Rules & regulations
Fire exits and escape routes
Whilst forms are provided as a guide, completion of these does not necessarily mean they will be approved. All Risk Assessment’s, Method Statement’s and Health & Safety Declaration’s must be compliant, suitable and sufficient. When completing your documents, please take into account as much as reasonably possible, all risks and hazards associated with your activities at the Event, in particular the construction and dismantling of any structures. All of these risks must be assessed to an acceptable level.
Safety Rules
Please carefully click here to read the Electrical Safety Rules before ordering additional electrical switchboards.
Double Deck Power
If you are building a Double Deck Stand and require electricity on the upper level please contact Servifira in order to make sure that the cables reach up to the required location.
UPS Availability
A limited number of UPS’s (Uninterruptible Power Supply) are available from Servifira to protect your equipment in the event of a temporary power cut, please contact Servifira for more information and prices.
24h Power Setup
Orders of additional power will be installed with a separate switchboard. Hence, if you need a 24-hour power supply you will have two different switchboards. Each switchboard will be clearly labelled to distinguish between daytime and 24h supplies.
Board Location Required
It is compulsory for any additional switchboards ordered to show a location in the online plan provided during the ordering process.
- Exit door lighting, fire signage and safety equipment signs must not be obstructed unless permission has been given by the Organiser and alternative arrangements made
- Stands must be set out in such a way that they do not interfere with access to any firefighting devices
- If firefighting devices are located inside the stand perimeter, they must always remain visible and accessible
- It is strictly forbidden to custom build cupboards or doors in front of venue firefighting equipment such as fire alarm buttons, fire hoses or fire extinguishers
- It is possible to build cupboards or doors in front of firefighting equipment with the following conditions:
- Fire hoses, fire extinguishers and alarm button must be easily accessible. Note that fire hoses are provided with a glass door that must be easily open and hose must be pull out of its cabinet
- Fire hoses, fire extinguishers and alarm buttons must be properly signposted with normalized signs
- Door must be easily open without any lock
- Please note, these regulations apply for all periods, build-up, event days and dismantling
Please click here to view to Pillars & Wall Services section for further information.
- The number, capacity and distribution of exits must be sufficient to allow visitors safe access and egress to ensure effective means of escape in the event of an emergency
- The exits must always be kept available and unobstructed and should generally be arranged so that there are alternative escape routes from any point within the event
- The capacity of exits is subject to the specifications under Spanish build regulations CTE (Código Técnico de la Edificación). Please click here to view the Spanish CTE (Código Técnico de la Edificación)
All Emergency Exit Doors must comply with the following:
- Doors must be non-lockable, for example with a anti panic push bar
- Doors must have a system of easy and fast opening accessibility, on the side from which an evacuation would occur
- Doors must open in the direction of the evacuation
- Doors cannot invade hall aisles
Stands over 150m2 require minimum two emergency exits on opposite sides of the stand on the ground level. Escape routes within a stand perimeter must comply with the following lengths and widths:
- Stands up to 100m2 1m width minimum
- Stands over 100m2 1.5m width minimum
- The maximum length of an escape route on a stand is 15m until an open area is reached
- Should the escape route be longer than 15m a 2m width minimum or an alternative escape route must be created, leading to the opposite side of the stand
- If the above cannot be achieved due to the large size of the stand, the stand should be designed in such way to ensure the shortest possible escape route. All layouts must be checked individually by the stand plan inspection agencies and are subject to onsite inspection. Please read through the Stand Plan Submission section below for further information
All emergency signs must be visible and always illuminated. As standard practice Exhibitors should review the area where the emergency sign is situated in order to decide if the sign can be photoluminescent or if additional lights must be installed. For example:
A sign which is automatically charged by surrounding lights, hall lights or a strong source of natural light. Sufficient ambient lighting needs to be available to charge the sign.
If a sign is located in a theatre, sufficient light to charge a photoluminescent charge will not be present, therefore attendees will not be able to see a photoluminescent sign.
Areas which do not provide additional lights to charge a photoluminescent sign must use an illuminated sign. Spanish regulations state that all signs must always be visible even when there is a blackout.
