Section 36: Safety provisions in case of fire.

(1) Every factory shall be provided with adequate means of escape in case of fire for the persons employed therein, having regard to the circumstances of each case.
(2) All such means of escape as aforesaid shall be properly maintained and kept free from obstruction.
(3) The contents of any room in which persons are employed shall be so arranged or disposed that there is a free passage-way for all persons employed in the room to a means of escape in case of fire.
(4) While any person is within a factory for the purpose of employment or meals, the doors of the factory, and of any room therein in which the person is and any doors which afford a means of exit for persons employed in the factory from any building or from any enclosure in which the factory is situated, shall not be locked or fastened in such manner that they cannot be easily and immediately opened from the inside.
(5) All doors affording a means of exit from a factory for the persons therein shall, except in the case of sliding door, open outwards.
(6) Every hoistway or liftway inside a building shall, subject as hereafter in this subsection provided, be completely enclosed with fire-resisting materials, and all means of access to the hoist or lift shall be fitted with doors of fire-resisting materials; provided that any such hoistway or liftway shall be enclosed at the top only by some material easily broken by fire or be provided with a vent at the top.
(7) Every window, door or exit affording means of escape in case of fire or giving access thereto, other than the means of exit in ordinary use, shall be distinctively and conspicuously marked by a notice printed in red letters of an adequate size; all such notices shall be in such form, and in English and in such Nigerian languages, as an inspector may direct.
(8) In every factory effective steps shall be taken to ensure that all the persons employed are familiar with the means of escape in case of fire and the route to be followed in case of fire.