Places of Entertainment and Assembly
The following guide is applicable to general fire safety in places of entertainment and assembly. Such premises are wide ranging in their design and may include any building, installation on land or tent/movable structure. The following are examples:
- Public houses, restaurants and cafes;
- Refectories;
- Theatres and concert halls;
- Ballrooms, dance halls, discotheques, and nightclubs;
- Agricultural or storage premises used for public entertainment, such as barn dances;
- Floating theatres/nightclubs/restaurants;
- Private members clubs, Masonic lodges and similar premises;
- Conference halls/centres;
- Indoor leisure centres, adventure/activity centres;
- Sports clubs (golf, tennis, bowling etc);
- Cinemas;
- Religious worship buildings;
- Public halls;
- Assembly areas (including those within schools, etc);
- Premises used for the day care of adults (which provide a non-medical “support service” as defined in the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001);
- Courthouses;
- Exhibition halls, games halls, bingo halls;
- Museums and art galleries;
- Libraries;
- Casinos;
- Tented structures;
- Sports grounds/stadia and race tracks;
- Fairgrounds and amusement parks;
- Zoos; and
- Open air events including:
- Music concerts;
- Markets;
- Car boot sales;
- Fetes/fairs;
- Agricultural shows and Highland games;
- Sporting events; and
- Air displays.
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