by Rebecca Walker — March 11, 2009—Sargent Manufacturing Company a market leader in locksets, cylinders, door closers, and related products, offers the FM8700 Series exit device, the only 2-point latching panic hardware that complies with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 361, Design and Construction Guidance for Community Safe Rooms, according to the company.
Enacted in July 2000, FEMA 361 was created to assist in mandating that emergency shelters must incorporate door and hardware products that not only meet strict testing standards, but also stand up to the destructive forces of a severe windstorm.
The FM8700 is a FEMA 2-point surface vertical rod exit device developed to help protect lives, secure community shelters and safe room entries. This hardware is designed and constructed to not only withstand extreme wind speeds and flying debris, but also to meet all life safety code requirements for panic egress and fire resistance.
The FM8700 requires no complicated or expensive door prep and is surface mounted to the door, says the company.
The FM8700 is part of a complete FEMA compliant, UL certified ASSA ABLOY windstorm system with CECO StormPro 361, CURRIES StormPro 361 and FLEMING BARON F-5 doors and frames and McKINNEY heavy weight hinges. Applications include community shelters and safe rooms, corporate campuses, schools, healthcare facilities and government facilities.
Sargent is a wholly owned subsidiary of ASSA ABLOY, a world-leading lock group. For more information, see the Web site.
