www.Droit-Afrique.com • • • 1 metre 50 for the evacuation of between twenty-one and one hundred people; 2 metres 50 for the evacuation of between one hundred and three hundred people; 2 metres for the evacuation of between three hundred and five hundred people, plus fifty centimetres per person or a fraction of one hundred persons in addition to the first five hundred. Art.D.170-23.- Doors that can be used to evacuate more than twenty people and, in any case, the doors of premises where flammable substances in the first or second group are stored, as well as those in retail stores shall have to open outwards. Sliding and removing doors cannot be considered when calculating the number and total width of exits. When the size of an institution or the layout of premises so demand, clearly-visible writings shall have to show the way towards the closest exit. An indication in clearly legible characters shall show “emergency exits”. Institutions shall have to have security lighting that can function in case standard lighting is accidentally interrupted. Art.D.170-24.-Work premises located upstairs or in the ground floor shall always have staircases. The presence of lifts, service lifts, track or moving walkways cannot justify a reduction in the number of the width of staircases. Staircases shall on both sides be equipped with banisters or hand railings. The width of staircases shall never be less than 80 centimetres. The total width of staircases shall not be less than: • 1.50 metre for the evacuation of between twenty-one and one hundred people; • 2.50 metres for the evacuation of between one and three hundred people; • 2.50 metres for the evacuation of between three and five hundred people; Implementing Decree of the Labour Code Mali Over 50 cm for every one hundred people or a fraction of one hundred people in addition to the first 500. Art.D.170-25.- The heads of institutions shall have to take the required measures to rapidly and effectively extinguish any fire outbreak. Every institution must have a sufficient number of fire extinguishers in good working condition with sufficient power and using a product suitable for the risk. There shall be at least one fire extinguisher for every floor, store or warehouse. Tests shall be carried out and the fire extinguishers inspected by a qualified person at least once every year. The name and position of this person, the date of the test as well as the inspection and the remarks that would have been made following these activities shall be recorded on a form pasted on each equipment. Art.D.170-26.- In institutions where over fifty people can be found working or gathered regularly, as well as in those, irrespective of their size, where the flammable substances in group one are handled or used, a notice containing the instructions to follow in the event of a fire outbreak shall be placed in each work premises. This notice shall have to indicate notably: • 1° the extinguishing and rescue equipment found in the premises or its surroundings; • 2° the worker tasked with activating the equipment; • 3° those tasked in each premises with heading the evacuation of personnel and, eventually, of the public; • 4° those tasked with informing fire fighters immediately the fire breaks out; • 5° in quite visible characters, the address and telephone number of fire fighters. It shall reiterate the fact that whoever sees a fire outbreak must sound the alarm. Rescue drills shall have to be performed and equipment tested periodically at least every three months. The date of their realisation and the remarks that would have made in their wake shall be recorded in a registered made available to the labour inspector. 19/29