RoSPA Membership

RoSPA Membership

What this means for us: 

• Safety: Committed to safety and best practice when it comes to gate and railing design, installation and O&M guidance
• Innovation: Innovation led ideas and solutions that encourage safety built into the design at the beginning and not as a retrofit or aftermarket solution
• Influence policy: Influence policy, allowing First Fence to become a leading voice in safety for parks and open spaces. Ensuring manufacturers area heard from a safety and feasibility perspective
• Learning: Webinars geared around encouraging safe thinking and best practices for ensuring safety in open spaces

What this means for you: 

Key design considerations promoted by RoSPA include: 

• An ambulance requires an opening of at least 2.15m
• Where possible don't have gates that open directly onto a hazard such as a road or open water
• Gates should be a minimum of 1m open width to allow passage of wheelchairs
• Gates should open outward where possible as dogs find it easier to push than pull it
• Gates should ideally not close any quicker than 5 seconds to prevent striking the back of a child and to provide easier acccess for wheelchair users
• A minimum gap width of 12mm between posts to prevent finger entrapment
• Rubber stops t least 12mm thick on the gate slam plates
• Clearance of between 60mm and 110mm between the bottom of the gate and the ground to reduce foot injuries
• Gates should ideally be a different colour to the fencing to help the visually impaired