Requirements regarding distance to emergency exit of car parking in Vietnam

19:07, 10/07/2024

The contents are specified in detail in Circular 12/2018/TT-BXD of Ministry of Construction (Hanoi, Vietnam) on the promulgation of the national technical regulation on car parking, code QCVN 13:2018/BXD.

According to Circular 12/2018/TT-BXD, each floor of a fire compartment in a car parking must have no fewer than two dispersed emergency exits leading directly outside or into the stairwell. To be specific:

- One of the emergency exits is permitted to be arranged on an isolated ramp. The passage along the ramps on the mezzanine leading into the stairwell can be considered as an emergency exit.

- The ramps in car parkings that are also used as emergency routes must have a sidewalk width of no less than 0.8 m on one side of the ramp.

- Stairways used as emergency routes must have a width of no less than 1 m.

Ensure the permissible distance from the furthest parking position to the nearest emergency exit:

Type of car parking	Distance to the Nearest Emergency Exit, when Arranging Vehicle Storage Spaces (m)
Type of car parking	Between Emergency Exits	At the Dead End of the Room
Underground	40	20
Above Ground	60	25
NOTE: The length of the emergency route is measured from the axis of the pedestrian ways and driveway, taking into account the distribution of vehicles.

More details can be found in Circular 12/2018/TT-BXD, which comes into force in Vietnam from March 15, 2019.

- Thanh Lam -

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