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"What happens if the
fire prevents the
moderator from getting
to the locked room?
What happens if the
moderator is a high
school kid and panics
and leaves?"
"The most common solution, as seen
in 37 percent of the facilities," Nicholson
continued, "is to provide the players
with a way to exit the room in an emergency, such as a key for a mechanical
door or a push button for a door lock
powered by electricity (which would
then unlock if the power went out)."
Again, Harrington pointed out that
such a system would not be compliant
with NFPA 101-what would be compliant are doors that don't lock at all. "Just
create the illusion of a locked door, and
that's fine," Harrington said, adding that
when he particpated in an escape room
in Worcester, Massachusetts, about a
year ago, the doors remained unlocked
for the entire game.
In his study, Nicholson found completely unlocked doors in just 22
percent of the rooms. "This percentage
is higher for North and South America
(36 percent) and much higher in Australia (67 percent)," he said. "Another
solution is to provide a secondary exit
that the players can access."
In a series of emails to NFPA Journal
in May, Nicholson was quick to note
that, at least anecdotally, "the industry
has improved significantly" in the four
years since he conducted his research.
While that means fewer rooms are
locking participants in with no way of
getting out except to win the game or
GUTTER CREDIT
Canada, conducted a study on escape
rooms in five of the world's seven continents-Asia, Australia, Europe, and
North and South America. After surveying 175 escape rooms in these areas,
Nicholson found that a surprising
number of facilities said players cannot
get out of the room without a staff
member letting them out.
"In about 30 percent of the responding facilities, the players are actually
locked into the room and have no way to
let themselves out; this poses a significant safety concern," Nicholson wrote in
the study. "Some proprietors state that
this is what the players signed up for-to
be locked in a room-but if there is a
single well-publicized incident, it could
be bad for the escape room industry."
Europe had the highest percentage of
escape rooms in which players couldn't
get out without assistance, at 43 percent; Asian and North American escape
rooms reported 20 and 21 percent,
respectively, with such circumstances,
while none were found in Australia.
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