Debate contribution: Parliament Buildings: Fire Evacuation Procedures

Debate contribution by Mr Alan Chambers on 2 December 2025.

MLA: Mr Alan Chambers
Party at the time: Ulster Unionist Party
Date: 2 December 2025
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Parliament Buildings: Fire Evacuation Procedures
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5272126

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I thank the Commission for that answer. I had never been involved in a full-scale evacuation in all the time that I have been here, but I want to offer a couple of observations that I hope will be seen as helpful. The process was that most people seemed to be coming out of the front of the Building and going down the steps. When they got to the bottom of the steps, there was only one gate to let people out, so it was a case of funnelling people into one exit to get them off the steps. In an orderly situation, that is fine, but, in a panicked situation, it really could be a poor outcome. The other thing was that I thought that —.

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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 2821/22-27.

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