šŸ”„šŸ”„ Donā€™t Miss Out on Our End of Autumn Sale. If you have any questions, feel free to click the bottom right corner to contact our customer service..

Concat us[email protected]
Shopping Cart

No products in the cart.

šŸ”
NFPA 101, Life Safety Code:2021 Edition

NFPA 101, Life Safety Code:2021 Edition

$21.45

NFPA 101, Life Safety Code

Published By Publication Date Number of Pages
NFPA 2021 953
PDF Format Searchable Printable Preview Now
Guaranteed Safe Checkout
Category:

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our online customer service team by clicking on the bottom right corner. Weā€™re here to assist you 24/7.
Email:[email protected]

PDF Catalog

PDF Pages PDF Title
1 Copyright
Edition
Origin and Development
4 Committee Lists for NFPA-101-2021
42 Chapter 1 : Administration
1.1 * Scope. 1.1.1 Title.
1.1.2 Danger to Life from Fire.
1.1.3 Egress Facilities.
1.1.4 Other Fire-Related Considerations.
1.1.5 * Hazardous Materials Emergencies.
1.1.6 Injuries from Falls.
1.1.7 Emergency Communications.
1.1.8 * Considerations Not Related to Fire.
1.1.9 Areas Not Addressed.
43 1.2 * Purpose.
1.3 Application. 1.3.1 * New and Existing Buildings and Structures.
1.3.2 Vehicles and Vessels.
1.4 * Equivalency.
1.4.1 Technical Documentation.
1.4.2 Approval.
1.4.3 * Equivalent Compliance.
1.5 Units and Formulas. 1.5.1 SI Units.
1.5.2 Primary Values.
1.6 Enforcement.
Chapter 2 : Referenced Publications
2.1 General.
44 2.2 * NFPA Publications.
46 2.3 Other Publications. 2.3.1 ACI Publications.
2.3.2 ANSI Publications.
2.3.3 ASCE Publications.
2.3.4 ASME Publications.
47 2.3.5 ASSP Publications.
2.3.6 ASTM Publications.
48 2.3.7 FM Global Publications.
2.3.8 ICC Publications.
2.3.9 NEMA Publications.
2.3.10 RESNA Publications.
2.3.11 UL Publications.
49 2.3.12 US Government Publications.
2.3.13 Other Publication.
2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections.
50 Chapter 3 : Definitions
3.1 General.
3.2 NFPA Official Definitions. 3.2.1 * Approved.
3.2.2 * Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ).
3.2.3 * Code.
3.2.4 Labeled.
3.2.5 * Listed.
3.2.6 Shall.
51 3.2.7 Should.
3.3 General Definitions. 3.3.1 Accessible Area of Refuge.
3.3.2 Accessible Means of Egress.
3.3.3 Accessible Route.
3.3.4 * Actuating Member or Bar.
3.3.5 Addition.
3.3.6 Airport Traffic Control Tower.
3.3.7 Aircraft Loading Walkway.
3.3.8 Air-Inflated Structure.
3.3.9 Airport Terminal Building.
3.3.10 Air-Supported Structure.
3.3.11 * Aisle Accessway.
3.3.12 Aisle Ramp.
3.3.13 Aisle Stair.
3.3.14 Alarm. 3.3.14.1
3.3.14.2
3.3.15 Alternative Calculation Procedure.
52 3.3.16 Ambulatory Health Care Occupancy.
3.3.17 Analysis. 3.3.17.1
3.3.17.2
3.3.18 Anchor Building.
3.3.19 * Animal Housing Facility.
3.3.20 Apartment Building.
3.3.21 Approved Existing.
3.3.22 Area. 3.3.22.1
3.3.22.2
3.3.22.2.1 * Clear Floor Area.
3.3.22.2.2 * Gross Floor Area.
3.3.22.2.3 * Gross Floor Area (Health Care and Ambulatory Health Care Occupancies).
3.3.22.2.4 Net Floor Area.
3.3.22.3
3.3.22.4 *
3.3.22.5
53 3.3.22.6 *
3.3.22.7
3.3.22.8
3.3.23 * Area of Refuge.
3.3.23.1
3.3.24 Assembly. 3.3.24.1
3.3.24.1.1 Fire Door Assembly.
3.3.24.1.1.1 Horizontal Fire Door Assembly.
3.3.24.2
3.3.25 Assembly Occupancy.
3.3.26 Assisted Mechanical Type Parking Structure.
3.3.27 Atmosphere. 3.3.27.1
3.3.27.2
3.3.28 * Atrium.
54 3.3.29 * Attic.
3.3.30 Automated Type Parking Structure.
3.3.31 Automatic.
3.3.32 Barrier. 3.3.32.1 *
3.3.32.2 *
3.3.32.3 *
3.3.33 Basement.
3.3.34 * Birth Center.
3.3.35 Bleachers.
3.3.36 Board and Care.
3.3.37 * Building.
3.3.37.1
3.3.37.2
3.3.37.3 *
3.3.37.4
3.3.37.5 *
55 3.3.37.6 *
3.3.37.7 *
3.3.37.8 *
3.3.37.9 *
3.3.38 * Building Code.
3.3.39 Bulk Merchandising Retail Building.
3.3.40 Business Occupancy.
3.3.41 Categories of Rehabilitation Work.
3.3.42 * Cellular or Foamed Plastic.
3.3.43 Change of Occupancy Classification.
3.3.44 Change of Use.
3.3.45 Combustible (Material).
3.3.46 Combustion.
3.3.47 Common Atmosphere.
3.3.48 * Common Path of Travel.
3.3.49 Compartment. 3.3.49.1 *
3.3.49.2 *
56 3.3.50 Contents and Furnishings.
3.3.51 Court.
3.3.51.1
3.3.51.2
3.3.52 * Critical Radiant Flux.
3.3.53 Data Conversion.
3.3.54 Day-Care Home.
3.3.55 Day-Care Occupancy.
3.3.56 Deep-Fat Frying.
3.3.57 Delayed Action Closer.
3.3.58 Design Fire Scenario.
3.3.59 Design Specification.
3.3.60 Design Team.
3.3.61 Detention and Correctional Occupancy.
3.3.62 Detention and Correctional Residential Housing Area.
3.3.63 Device. 3.3.63.1 *
3.3.63.2
3.3.64 Door.
57 3.3.64.1
3.3.64.2
3.3.65 Door Assembly.
3.3.66 * Dormitory.
3.3.67 Draft Stop.
3.3.68 * Dwelling Unit.
3.3.68.1 *
3.3.68.2
3.3.68.3
3.3.69 Educational Occupancy.
3.3.70 * Electroluminescent.
3.3.71 Elevator Evacuation System.
3.3.72 Elevator Lobby.
3.3.73 Elevator Lobby Door.
3.3.74 Emergency Control Functions.
3.3.75 Emergency Stair Travel Device.
3.3.76 Enclosed Court.
3.3.77 Enclosed Parking Structure.
58 3.3.78 Equipment or Fixture.
3.3.79 Equivalency.
3.3.80 Evacuation.
3.3.81 * Evacuation Capability.
3.3.81.1
3.3.81.2
3.3.81.3
3.3.82 Exhibit.
3.3.83 Exhibitor.
3.3.84 * Existing.
3.3.84.1
3.3.85 Existing Building.
3.3.86 * Exit.
3.3.86.1 *
3.3.87 Exit Access.
3.3.88 Exit Discharge.
3.3.88.1 *
59 3.3.89 Exposition.
3.3.90 Exposition Facility.
3.3.91 * Exposure Fire.
3.3.92 Externally Illuminated.
3.3.93 Facility. 3.3.93.1
3.3.93.2 *
3.3.94 Festival Seating.
3.3.95 Finish. 3.3.95.1
3.3.95.2 *
3.3.95.3 *
3.3.95.4 *
3.3.96 Finished Ground Level (Grade).
3.3.97 Fire Barrier.
3.3.98 Fire Barrier Wall.
3.3.99 * Fire Code.
3.3.100 Fire Compartment.
3.3.101 Fire Door.
60 3.3.102 Fire Door Assembly.
3.3.103 Fire Exit Hardware.
3.3.104 * Fire Model.
3.3.105 Fire Protection Rating.
3.3.106 Fire Resistance Rating.
3.3.107 * Fire Scenario.
3.3.107.1
3.3.108 Fire Watch.
3.3.109 Fire Window Assembly.
3.3.110 Fire-Rated Glazing.
3.3.111 Fire-Retardant-Treated Wood.
3.3.112 Fire-Retardant Coating.
3.3.113 First Story Above Grade Plane.
3.3.114 Fixed Seating.
3.3.115 * Flame Spread.
3.3.116 Flame Spread Index.
3.3.117 Flaming Droplets.
3.3.118 Flashover.
61 3.3.119 Flexible Plan and Open Plan Educational or Day-Care Building.
3.3.120 Floor Fire Door Assembly.
3.3.121 Flow Time.
3.3.122 Fly Gallery.
3.3.123 Foam Plastic Insulation.
3.3.124 Folding and Telescopic Seating.
3.3.125 Food Court.
3.3.126 Fuel Load.
3.3.127 General Industrial Occupancy.
3.3.128 Goal.
3.3.129 Grade.
3.3.130 * Grade Plane.
3.3.130.1
3.3.131 * Grandstand.
3.3.132 Gridiron.
3.3.133 Gross Floor Area.
3.3.134 Gross Leasable Area.
3.3.135 Guard.
3.3.136 Guest Room.
62 3.3.137 Guest Suite.
3.3.138 Handrail.
3.3.139 Hardware. 3.3.139.1
3.3.139.2
3.3.140 Hazard Material.
3.3.141 Hazardous Area.
3.3.142 Hazardous Material.
3.3.143 Health Care Occupancy.
3.3.144 Health Hazard Material.
3.3.145 * Heat Release Rate (HRR).
3.3.146 High Hazard Industrial Occupancy.
3.3.147 Highly Toxic Material.
3.3.148 High-Rise Building.
3.3.149 Historic Building.
3.3.150 Home. 3.3.150.1 *
3.3.150.2
3.3.151 Horizontal Exit.
63 3.3.152 Hospital.
3.3.153 * Hotel.
3.3.154 Illuminated. 3.3.154.1 *
3.3.154.2 *
3.3.155 Impractical Evacuation Capability.
3.3.156 Incapacitation.
3.3.157 Index. 3.3.157.1
3.3.157.2
3.3.158 Industrial Occupancy.
3.3.159 Input Data Specification.
3.3.160 Insulation. 3.3.160.1
3.3.160.2
3.3.161 Interior Ceiling Finish.
3.3.162 Interior Finish.
3.3.163 Interior Floor Finish.
3.3.164 Interior Wall Finish.
64 3.3.165 Internally Illuminated.
3.3.166 Joint.
3.3.167 Level of Exit Discharge.
3.3.168 Life Safety Evaluation.
3.3.169 Limited-Access Structure.
3.3.170 Limited Care Facility.
3.3.171 Living Area.
3.3.172 Load. 3.3.172.1 *
3.3.172.2
3.3.173 Load-Bearing Element.
3.3.174 Lock-Up.
3.3.175 Lodging or Rooming House.
3.3.176 Major Tenant.
3.3.177 Mall Concourse.
3.3.177.1 *
3.3.177.2
65 3.3.178 Mall Structure.
3.3.179 Material. 3.3.179.1
3.3.179.2
3.3.179.2.1 Health Hazard Material.
3.3.179.2.2 Physical Hazard Material.
3.3.179.3
3.3.179.4
3.3.179.5
3.3.179.6
3.3.179.7
3.3.179.7.1 Highly Toxic Material.
3.3.179.8
3.3.180 * Means of Egress.
3.3.180.1
66 3.3.181 Means of Escape.
3.3.182 * Membrane.
3.3.183 Membrane Structure.
3.3.184 Mercantile Occupancy.
3.3.185 Metal Composite Material (MCM).
3.3.186 Mezzanine.
3.3.187 Mixed Occupancy.
3.3.188 * Modification.
3.3.189 Multilevel Play Structure.
3.3.190 Multiple Occupancy.
3.3.191 Multiple Station Alarm Device.
3.3.192 Multipurpose Assembly Occupancy.
3.3.193 Net Floor Area.
3.3.194 Non-Patient-Care Suite (Health Care Occupancies).
3.3.195 Normally Unoccupied Building Service Equipment Support Area.
3.3.196 Nursing Home.
3.3.197 * Objective.
3.3.198 Occupancy.
3.3.198.1 *
67 3.3.198.2 *
3.3.198.2.1 Multipurpose Assembly Occupancy.
3.3.198.3 *
3.3.198.4 *
3.3.198.5 *
3.3.198.6 *
3.3.198.7 *
3.3.198.8 *
3.3.198.8.1 * General Industrial Occupancy.
3.3.198.8.2 * High Hazard Industrial Occupancy.
3.3.198.8.3 Special-Purpose Industrial Occupancy.
3.3.198.9 *
3.3.198.10
3.3.198.11
3.3.198.12 *
68 3.3.198.13 *
3.3.198.14
3.3.198.15 *
3.3.199 Occupant Characteristics.
3.3.200 Occupant Load.
3.3.201 Occupiable Area.
3.3.202 Occupiable Story.
3.3.203 Oneand Two-Family Dwelling Unit.
3.3.204 One-Family Dwelling Unit.
3.3.205 Open Parking Structure.
3.3.206 Open Structure.
3.3.207 Open-Air Mercantile Operation.
3.3.208 Outside Stair.
3.3.209 Panic Hardware.
3.3.210 Parking Structure.
3.3.211 Patient Care Nonsleeping Suite (Health Care Occupancies).
3.3.212 Patient Care Sleeping Suite (Health Care Occupancies).
3.3.213 Patient Care Suite (Health Care Occupancies).
3.3.214 * Performance Criteria.
69 3.3.215 Permanent Structure.
3.3.216 * Personal Care.
3.3.217 * Photoluminescent.
3.3.218 Physical Hazard Material.
3.3.219 Pinrail.
3.3.220 * Platform.
3.3.220.1
3.3.221 Plenum.
3.3.222 Point of Safety.
3.3.223 Previously Approved.
3.3.224 Power Doors. 3.3.224.1 *
3.3.224.2 *
3.3.224.3
3.3.225 Private Party Tent.
3.3.226 Professional Engineer.
70 3.3.227 Prompt Evacuation Capability.
3.3.228 * Proposed Design.
3.3.229 Proscenium Wall.
3.3.230 * Public Way.
3.3.231 * Ramp.
3.3.231.1
3.3.232 Ramp Type Parking Structure.
3.3.233 Rating. 3.3.233.1 *
3.3.233.2
3.3.234 * Reconstruction.
3.3.235 Reflective Insulation.
3.3.236 Registered Architect.
3.3.237 Registered Design Professional (RDP).
3.3.238 Regular Stage.
3.3.239 Rehabilitation Work Area.
3.3.240 Relocation.
3.3.241 Renovation.
71 3.3.242 Repair.
3.3.243 Residential Board and Care Occupancy.
3.3.244 Residential Board and Care Resident.
3.3.245 Residential Occupancy.
3.3.246 Safe Location.
3.3.247 Safety Factor.
3.3.248 Safety Margin.
3.3.249 Sally Port (Security Vestibule).
3.3.250 Seating. 3.3.250.1 *
3.3.250.2
3.3.250.3
3.3.250.4
3.3.251 Self-Closing.
3.3.252 * Self-Luminous.
3.3.253 Self-Preservation Capability (Health Care and Ambulatory Health Care Occupancies).
3.3.254 * Self-Preservation (Day-Care Occupancy).
3.3.255 Sensitivity Analysis.
3.3.256 Separate Atmosphere.
72 3.3.257 Separated Occupancy.
3.3.258 Severe Mobility Impairment.
3.3.259 Single Station Alarm.
3.3.260 Site-Fabricated Stretch System.
3.3.261 * Situation Awareness.
3.3.262 Slow Evacuation Capability.
3.3.263 Smoke Alarm.
3.3.264 Smoke Barrier.
3.3.265 Smoke Compartment.
3.3.266 Smoke Detector.
3.3.267 Smoke Developed Index.
3.3.268 * Smoke Partition.
3.3.269 * Smokeproof Enclosure.
3.3.270 Smoke-Protected Assembly Seating.
3.3.271 Special Amusement Building.
3.3.272 Special Inspection.
3.3.273 Special-Purpose Industrial Occupancy.
3.3.274 Specification. 3.3.274.1 *
3.3.274.2
73 3.3.275 Staff (Residential Board and Care).
3.3.276 Stage.
3.3.276.1
3.3.276.2
3.3.277 * Stair. 3.3.277.1
3.3.277.2
3.3.278 Stakeholder.
3.3.279 Storage Occupancy.
3.3.280 * Stories in Height.
3.3.281 * Story.
3.3.281.1
3.3.282 Street.
3.3.283 * Street Floor.
3.3.284 * Structure.
3.3.284.1
3.3.284.2 *
74 3.3.284.3
3.3.284.4 *
3.3.284.5
3.3.284.6
3.3.284.7 *
3.3.284.8 *
3.3.284.8.1 Parking Structure, Assisted Mechanical Type.
3.3.284.8.2 Parking Structure, Automated Type.
3.3.284.8.3 Parking Structure, Enclosed.
3.3.284.8.4 Parking Structure, Open.
3.3.284.8.5 Parking Structure, Ramp Type.
3.3.284.9
3.3.284.10
3.3.284.11
3.3.284.12 *
3.3.284.13
3.3.285 Suite. 3.3.285.1
75 3.3.285.2
3.3.285.3
3.3.285.4
3.3.285.5
3.3.286 System. 3.3.286.1
3.3.286.2
3.3.287 Technically Infeasible.
3.3.288 Temporary Platform.
3.3.289 Temporary Structure.
3.3.290 Tensioned-Membrane Structure.
3.3.291 * Tent.
3.3.291.1
3.3.292 Thermal Barrier.
3.3.293 Tower.
3.3.293.1
76 3.3.294 Toxic Material.
3.3.295 Two-Family Dwelling Unit.
3.3.296 Uncertainty Analysis.
3.3.297 Underground Structure.
3.3.298 Verification Method.
3.3.299 * Vertical Opening.
3.3.300 Vision Panel.
3.3.301 Vomitory.
3.3.302 Wall. 3.3.302.1
3.3.302.2
3.3.303 * Wall or Ceiling Covering.
3.3.304 Water-Surrounded Structure.
3.3.305 Weathered-Membrane Material.
3.3.306 Yard.
Chapter 4 : General
4.1 * Goals. 4.1.1 * Fire.
77 4.1.2 * Comparable Emergencies.
4.1.3 * Hazardous Materials Emergencies.
4.1.4 * Crowd Movement.
4.2 Objectives. 4.2.1 Occupant Protection.
4.2.2 Structural Integrity.
4.2.3 * Hazardous Materials Emergencies Protection.
4.2.4 * Security Features.
4.2.5 Systems Effectiveness.
4.3 * Assumptions. 4.3.1 * General.
4.3.2 Single Fire Source.
4.4 Life Safety Compliance Options. 4.4.1 Options.
4.4.2 Prescriptive-Based Option. 4.4.2.1
78 4.4.2.2
4.4.2.3
4.4.3 Performance-Based Option.
4.5 Fundamental Requirements. 4.5.1 Multiple Safeguards.
4.5.2 Appropriateness of Safeguards.
4.5.3 Means of Egress. 4.5.3.1 Number of Means of Egress.
4.5.3.2 Unobstructed Egress.
4.5.3.3 Awareness of Egress System.
4.5.3.4 Lighting.
4.5.4 * Occupant Notification.
79 4.5.5 * Situation Awareness.
4.5.6 Vertical Openings.
4.5.7 System Design/Installation.
4.5.8 Maintenance.
4.6 General Requirements. 4.6.1 Authority Having Jurisdiction. 4.6.1.1
4.6.1.2
4.6.1.3
4.6.1.4 Technical Assistance. 4.6.1.4.1
4.6.1.4.2
4.6.1.4.3
4.6.2 Previously Approved Features.
4.6.3 Stories in Height.
80 4.6.4 Historic Buildings. 4.6.4.1
4.6.4.2 *
4.6.5 * Modification of Requirements for Existing Buildings.
4.6.6 * Time Allowed for Compliance.
4.6.7 Building Rehabilitation. 4.6.7.1
4.6.7.2
4.6.7.3
4.6.7.4 *
4.6.7.5 *
4.6.8 Provisions in Excess of
Requirements.
81 4.6.9 Conditions for Occupancy. 4.6.9.1
4.6.9.2
4.6.10 Construction, Repair, and Improvement Operations. 4.6.10.1 *
4.6.10.2
4.6.10.3 *
4.6.10.4
4.6.11 Change of Use or Occupancy Classification.
4.6.12 Maintenance, Inspection, and Testing. 4.6.12.1
4.6.12.2
4.6.12.3 *
4.6.12.4 *
82 4.6.12.5
4.6.12.6
4.6.12.7
4.6.13 * Noncombustible Material. 4.6.13.1
4.6.13.2
4.6.14 * Limited-Combustible Material.
4.6.14.1
4.6.14.2
4.6.14.3
4.6.14.4
83 4.6.15 Fire-Retardant-Treated Wood.
4.6.15.1
4.6.15.2
4.6.15.3
4.6.15.4
4.6.15.5
4.6.16 Fire-Retardant-Treated Wood Treatment. 4.6.16.1 Pressure Process.
4.6.16.2 Other Means During Manufacture.
4.6.16.3 Wood Structural Panels.
4.6.16.4 Lumber.
4.6.16.5 Exposure to Weather or Damp or Wet Locations.
84 4.6.16.6 Interior Applications.
4.6.16.7 Moisture Content.
4.6.17 Grade Plane.
4.7 * Fire Drills. 4.7.1 Where Required.
4.7.2 * Drill Frequency.
4.7.3 Orderly Evacuation.
4.7.4 * Simulated Conditions.
4.7.5 Relocation Area.
4.7.6 *
4.8 Emergency Action Plan. 4.8.1 Where Required.
4.8.2 Plan Requirements. 4.8.2.1 *
85 4.8.2.2
4.8.2.3 *
Chapter 5 : Performance-Based Option
5.1 General Requirements. 5.1.1 * Application.
5.1.2 Goals and Objectives.
5.1.3 Qualifications.
5.1.4 * Independent Review.
5.1.5 Sources of Data.
5.1.6 * Final Determination.
5.1.7 * Maintenance of Design Features.
5.1.8 Definitions. 5.1.8.1 General.
5.1.8.2 Special Definitions.
86 5.2 Performance Criteria. 5.2.1 General.
5.2.2 * Performance Criterion.
5.3 Retained Prescriptive Requirements. 5.3.1 * Systems and Features.
5.3.2 Means of Egress.
5.3.3 Equivalency.
87 5.4 Design Specifications and Other Conditions. 5.4.1 * Clear Statement.
5.4.2 Assumptions and Design Specifications Data. 5.4.2.1
5.4.2.2
5.4.2.3
5.4.3 Building Characteristics.
5.4.4 * Operational Status and Effectiveness of Building Features and Systems.
5.4.5 Occupant Characteristics. 5.4.5.1 * General.
5.4.5.2 * Response Characteristics.
5.4.5.3 Location.
5.4.5.4 * Number of Occupants.
5.4.5.5 * Staff Assistance.
5.4.6 Emergency Response Personnel.
5.4.7 * Post-Construction Conditions.
88 5.4.8 Off-Site Conditions.
5.4.9 * Consistency of Assumptions.
5.4.10 * Special Provisions.
5.5 * Design Fire Scenarios. 5.5.1 Approval of Parameters.
5.5.2 * Evaluation.
5.5.3 * Required Design Fire Scenarios.
5.5.3.1 * Design Fire Scenario 1.
5.5.3.2 * Design Fire Scenario 2.
5.5.3.3 * Design Fire Scenario 3.
89 5.5.3.4 * Design Fire Scenario 4.
5.5.3.5 * Design Fire Scenario 5.
5.5.3.6 * Design Fire Scenario 6.
5.5.3.7 * Design Fire Scenario 7.
5.5.3.8 * Design Fire Scenario 8.
5.5.4 Design Fire Scenarios Data. 5.5.4.1
5.5.4.2
5.5.4.3
5.6 * Evaluation of Proposed Designs. 5.6.1 General.
90 5.6.2 Use.
5.6.3 Input Data. 5.6.3.1 Data.
5.6.3.2 Data Requirements.
5.6.3.3 * Uncertainty and Conservatism of Data.
5.6.4 * Output Data.
5.6.5 Validity.
5.7 * Safety Factors.
5.8 Documentation Requirements. 5.8.1 * General.
5.8.2 * Technical References and Resources.
5.8.3 Building Design Specifications.
5.8.4 Performance Criteria.
5.8.5 Occupant Characteristics.
5.8.6 Design Fire Scenarios.
91 5.8.7 Input Data.
5.8.8 Output Data.
5.8.9 Safety Factors.
5.8.10 Prescriptive Requirements.
5.8.11 * Modeling Features. 5.8.11.1
5.8.11.2
5.8.12 Evidence of Modeler Capability.
5.8.13 Performance Evaluation.
5.8.14 Use of Performance-Based Design Option.
Chapter 6 : Classification of Occupancy and Hazard of Contents
6.1 Classification of Occupancy. 6.1.1 General. 6.1.1.1 Occupancy Classification.
6.1.1.2 Special Structures.
6.1.2 Assembly.
6.1.2.1 * Definition ā€” Assembly Occupancy.
92 6.1.2.2 Other. (Reserved) 6.1.3 Educational.
6.1.3.1 * Definition ā€” Educational Occupancy.
6.1.3.2 Other Occupancies.
6.1.3.3 Incidental Instruction.
6.1.4 Day Care.
6.1.4.1 * Definition ā€” Day-Care Occupancy.
6.1.4.2 Other. (Reserved) 6.1.5 Health Care.
6.1.5.1 * Definition ā€” Health Care Occupancy.
6.1.5.2 Other. (Reserved) 6.1.6 Ambulatory Health Care.
6.1.6.1 * Definition ā€” Ambulatory Health Care Occupancy.
6.1.6.2 Other. (Reserved) 6.1.7 Detention and Correctional.
6.1.7.1 * Definition ā€” Detention and Correctional Occupancy.
93 6.1.7.2 * Nonresidential Uses.
6.1.8 Residential.
6.1.8.1 Definition ā€” Residential Occupancy.
6.1.8.1.1 * Definition ā€” Oneand Two-Family Dwelling Unit.
6.1.8.1.2 Definition ā€” Lodging or Rooming House.
6.1.8.1.3 * Definition ā€” Hotel.
6.1.8.1.4 * Definition ā€” Dormitory.
6.1.8.1.5 Definition ā€” Apartment Building.
6.1.8.2 Other. (Reserved) 6.1.9 Residential Board and Care.
6.1.9.1 * Definition ā€” Residential Board and Care Occupancy.
6.1.9.2 Other. (Reserved) 6.1.10 Mercantile.
6.1.10.1 * Definition ā€” Mercantile Occupancy.
6.1.10.2 Other. (Reserved) 6.1.11 Business.
6.1.11.1 * Definition ā€” Business Occupancy.
6.1.11.2 Other. (Reserved) 6.1.12 Industrial.
94 6.1.12.1 * Definition ā€” Industrial Occupancy.
6.1.12.2 Other. (Reserved) 6.1.13 Storage.
6.1.13.1 * Definition ā€” Storage Occupancy.
6.1.13.2 Other. (Reserved) 6.1.14 Multiple Occupancies. 6.1.14.1 General. 6.1.14.1.1 *
6.1.14.1.2
6.1.14.1.3 *
6.1.14.2 Definitions. 6.1.14.2.1 Multiple Occupancy.
6.1.14.2.2 Mixed Occupancy.
6.1.14.2.3 Separated Occupancy.
6.1.14.3 Mixed Occupancies. 6.1.14.3.1
6.1.14.3.2 *
6.1.14.4 Separated Occupancies.
6.1.14.4.1
96 6.1.14.4.2
6.1.14.4.3
6.1.14.4.4
6.1.14.4.5 *
6.1.14.4.6
6.2 Hazard of Contents. 6.2.1 General. 6.2.1.1
97 6.2.1.2
6.2.1.3 *
6.2.2 Classification of Hazard of Contents. 6.2.2.1 * General.
6.2.2.2 * Low Hazard Contents.
6.2.2.3 * Ordinary Hazard Contents.
6.2.2.4 * High Hazard Contents.
Chapter 7 : Means of Egress
7.1 General. 7.1.1 * Application.
7.1.2 Definitions. 7.1.2.1 General.
7.1.2.2 Special Definitions.
98 7.1.3 Separation of Means of Egress.
7.1.3.1 Exit Access Corridors.
7.1.3.2 Exits. 7.1.3.2.1
99 7.1.3.2.2
7.1.3.2.3 *
7.1.4 Interior Finish in Exit Enclosures. 7.1.4.1 * Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish in Exit Enclosures.
7.1.4.2 * Interior Floor Finish in Exit Enclosures.
7.1.5 * Headroom. 7.1.5.1
7.1.5.2
7.1.5.3
100 7.1.6 Walking Surfaces in the Means of Egress. 7.1.6.1 General. 7.1.6.1.1
7.1.6.1.2
7.1.6.2 Changes in Elevation.
7.1.6.3 Level. 7.1.6.3.1
7.1.6.3.2
7.1.6.4 * Slip Resistance.
7.1.7 Changes in Level in Means of Egress. 7.1.7.1
7.1.7.2 *
7.1.7.2.1
7.1.7.2.2
7.1.7.2.3
7.1.7.2.4
7.1.8 * Guards.
101 7.1.9 Impediments to Egress.
7.1.10 Means of Egress Reliability. 7.1.10.1 * Maintenance.
7.1.10.2 Furnishings and Decorations in Means of Egress. 7.1.10.2.1
7.1.10.2.2
7.1.10.2.3
7.1.11 Sprinkler System Installation.
7.2 Means of Egress Components. 7.2.1 Door Openings. 7.2.1.1 General. 7.2.1.1.1
7.2.1.1.2
7.2.1.1.3 Occupied Building. 7.2.1.1.3.1
7.2.1.1.3.2
7.2.1.2 Door Leaf Width.
102 7.2.1.2.1 * Measurement of Clear Width. 7.2.1.2.1.1 Swinging Door Assemblies.
7.2.1.2.1.2 Other than Swinging Door Assemblies.
7.2.1.2.2 * Measurement of Egress Capacity Width. 7.2.1.2.2.1 Swinging Door Assemblies.
7.2.1.2.2.2 Other than Swinging Door Assemblies.
7.2.1.2.3 Minimum Door Leaf Width. 7.2.1.2.3.1
7.2.1.2.3.2
103 7.2.1.3 Floor Level. 7.2.1.3.1
7.2.1.3.2
7.2.1.3.3
7.2.1.3.4
7.2.1.3.5
7.2.1.3.6
7.2.1.3.7
7.2.1.4 Swing and Force to Open. 7.2.1.4.1 * Swinging-Type Door Assembly Requirement.
104 7.2.1.4.2 * Door Leaf Swing Direction.
7.2.1.4.3 * Door Leaf Encroachment. 7.2.1.4.3.1
7.2.1.4.3.2
7.2.1.4.3.3
7.2.1.4.4 Screen Door Assemblies and Storm Door Assemblies.
7.2.1.4.5 Door Unlatching and Leaf Operating Forces.
105 7.2.1.4.5.1
7.2.1.4.5.2
7.2.1.4.5.3
7.2.1.5 Locks and Latches. 7.2.1.5.1
7.2.1.5.2
7.2.1.5.3 * Latch-Release Devices.
7.2.1.5.3.1
7.2.1.5.3.2 *
7.2.1.5.3.3
7.2.1.5.3.4 *
7.2.1.5.3.5
7.2.1.5.3.6
7.2.1.5.3.7
106 7.2.1.5.3.8
7.2.1.5.4
7.2.1.5.5 *
7.2.1.5.6 Key-Operated Locks. 7.2.1.5.6.1
7.2.1.5.6.2 *
7.2.1.5.6.3
7.2.1.5.7 * Stair Enclosure Re-entry.
7.2.1.5.7.1
7.2.1.5.7.2
107 7.2.1.5.7.3
7.2.1.5.8
7.2.1.5.9
7.2.1.5.10 *
7.2.1.6 * Special Locking Arrangements. 7.2.1.6.1 * Delayed-Egress Electrical Locking Systems. 7.2.1.6.1.1
108 7.2.1.6.1.2
7.2.1.6.2 * Sensor-Release of Electrical Locking Systems. 7.2.1.6.2.1
7.2.1.6.2.2
7.2.1.6.3 Door Hardware Release of Electrically Locked Egress Door Assemblies. 7.2.1.6.3.1
109 7.2.1.6.3.2
7.2.1.6.4 * Elevator Lobby Exit Access Door Assemblies Locking. 7.2.1.6.4.1
7.2.1.6.4.2
7.2.1.7 * Panic Hardware and Fire Exit Hardware. 7.2.1.7.1
7.2.1.7.2
7.2.1.7.3 *
7.2.1.7.4
110 7.2.1.7.5
7.2.1.8 Self-Closing Devices. 7.2.1.8.1 *
7.2.1.8.2
7.2.1.8.3
7.2.1.8.4 Delayed Action Closers.
7.2.1.9 * Powered Door Leaf Operation. 7.2.1.9.1 * General.
7.2.1.9.1.1
7.2.1.9.1.2
7.2.1.9.1.3
7.2.1.9.1.4
7.2.1.9.1.5
7.2.1.9.1.6
111 7.2.1.9.1.7
7.2.1.9.1.8 *
7.2.1.9.1.9
7.2.1.9.1.10
7.2.1.9.1.11
7.2.1.9.2 Self-Closing or Self-Latching Door Leaf Operation.
7.2.1.10 Revolving Door Assemblies. 7.2.1.10.1
112 7.2.1.10.2
7.2.1.10.3
7.2.1.10.4
7.2.1.11 Turnstiles and Similar Devices. 7.2.1.11.1
7.2.1.11.1.1
113 7.2.1.11.1.2
7.2.1.11.1.3 *
7.2.1.11.2
7.2.1.11.3
7.2.1.12 Door Openings in Folding Partitions.
7.2.1.12.1
114 7.2.1.12.2
7.2.1.13 Special-Purpose Horizontally Sliding Accordion or Folding Door Assemblies.
7.2.1.14 Inspection of Door Openings. 7.2.1.14.1 *
7.2.1.14.2 *
7.2.1.14.2.1
7.2.1.14.2.2
7.2.1.14.2.3
7.2.1.14.3
7.2.1.14.4
7.2.1.14.5
7.2.1.14.6
115 7.2.1.14.7 *
7.2.1.15 * Inspection of Grille Assemblies. 7.2.1.15.1
7.2.1.15.2
7.2.1.15.3
7.2.1.15.4
7.2.1.15.5
7.2.1.15.6
7.2.2 Stairs. 7.2.2.1 General. 7.2.2.1.1
116 7.2.2.1.2
7.2.2.2 Dimensional Criteria. 7.2.2.2.1 Standard Stairs. 7.2.2.2.1.1
117 7.2.2.2.1.2 * Minimum New Stair Width.
(A)
(B) *
(C)
(D)
(E)
(F)
7.2.2.2.2 Curved Stairs. 7.2.2.2.2.1
7.2.2.2.2.2
7.2.2.2.3 Spiral Stairs. 7.2.2.2.3.1
7.2.2.2.3.2
118 7.2.2.2.3.3
7.2.2.2.3.4
7.2.2.2.4 * Winders. 7.2.2.2.4.1
7.2.2.2.4.2
7.2.2.2.4.3
7.2.2.3 Stair Details. 7.2.2.3.1 Construction. 7.2.2.3.1.1
7.2.2.3.1.2
7.2.2.3.2 Landings. 7.2.2.3.2.1
7.2.2.3.2.2
7.2.2.3.2.3
119 7.2.2.3.2.4
7.2.2.3.2.5
7.2.2.3.3 Tread and Landing Surfaces. 7.2.2.3.3.1
7.2.2.3.3.2 *
7.2.2.3.3.3 *
7.2.2.3.3.4
7.2.2.3.3.5
7.2.2.3.4 * Tread and Landing Slope.
7.2.2.3.5 * Riser Height and Tread Depth.
7.2.2.3.6 * Dimensional Uniformity. 7.2.2.3.6.1
7.2.2.3.6.2
7.2.2.3.6.3
7.2.2.3.6.4
120 7.2.2.3.6.5 *
7.2.2.3.6.6
7.2.2.4 Guards and Handrails. 7.2.2.4.1 Handrails. 7.2.2.4.1.1
7.2.2.4.1.2
7.2.2.4.1.3
7.2.2.4.1.4 *
7.2.2.4.1.5
7.2.2.4.1.6
7.2.2.4.2 Continuity.
7.2.2.4.3 Projections.
7.2.2.4.4 Direction.
7.2.2.4.5 * Handrail Details. 7.2.2.4.5.1
121 7.2.2.4.5.2
7.2.2.4.5.3
7.2.2.4.5.4 *
7.2.2.4.5.5
7.2.2.4.5.6
7.2.2.4.5.7
7.2.2.4.5.8
7.2.2.4.5.9
7.2.2.4.5.10
7.2.2.4.5.11
7.2.2.4.6 Guard Details.
7.2.2.4.6.1
7.2.2.4.6.2
122 7.2.2.4.6.3 *
7.2.2.5 Enclosure and Protection of Stairs. 7.2.2.5.1 Enclosures. 7.2.2.5.1.1
7.2.2.5.1.2
7.2.2.5.1.3
7.2.2.5.2 * Exposures. 7.2.2.5.2.1
7.2.2.5.2.2
7.2.2.5.2.3
7.2.2.5.3 * Usable Space.
7.2.2.5.3.1
7.2.2.5.3.2
7.2.2.5.4 * Stairway Identification. 7.2.2.5.4.1
123 (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
(F)
(G)
(H)
(I)
(J)
(K)
(L)
(M) *
(N)
(O)
(P)
7.2.2.5.4.2
124 (A)
(B)
7.2.2.5.4.3 * Stairway Tread Marking.
7.2.2.5.4.4 *
7.2.2.5.5 Exit Stair Path Markings.
7.2.2.5.5.1 * Exit Stair Treads.
(A)
(B)
7.2.2.5.5.2 Exit Stair Landings.
7.2.2.5.5.3 Exit Stair Handrails.
125 7.2.2.5.5.4 Perimeter Demarcation Marking.
(A)
(B)
7.2.2.5.5.5 * Obstacles.
7.2.2.5.5.6 Doors Serving Exit Enclosure.
7.2.2.5.5.7 Door Hardware Marking. (A)
(B)
126 7.2.2.5.5.8 Emergency Exit Symbol.
7.2.2.5.5.9 Uniformity.
7.2.2.5.5.10 Materials. (A)
(B)
(C)
7.2.2.5.5.11 Exit Stair Illumination.
7.2.2.6 Special Provisions for Outside Stairs. 7.2.2.6.1 Access.
7.2.2.6.2 * Visual Protection.
127 7.2.2.6.3 Separation and Protection of Outside Stairs. 7.2.2.6.3.1 *
7.2.2.6.3.2
7.2.2.6.3.3
7.2.2.6.4 Protection of Openings.
7.2.2.6.5 * Water Accumulation.
7.2.2.6.6 Openness.
7.2.3 Smokeproof Enclosures. 7.2.3.1 General.
7.2.3.2 Performance Design.
7.2.3.3 Enclosure. 7.2.3.3.1
128 7.2.3.3.2
7.2.3.3.3
7.2.3.4 Vestibule.
7.2.3.5 Discharge. 7.2.3.5.1
7.2.3.5.2
7.2.3.6 Access.
7.2.3.7 Natural Ventilation.
7.2.3.8 Mechanical Ventilation.
7.2.3.8.1
7.2.3.8.2
129 7.2.3.8.3
7.2.3.8.4
7.2.3.9 Enclosure Pressurization. 7.2.3.9.1 *
7.2.3.9.1.1
7.2.3.9.2 *
7.2.3.9.3
7.2.3.9.4
7.2.3.10 Activation of Mechanical Ventilation and Pressurized Enclosure Systems. 7.2.3.10.1
7.2.3.10.2
130 7.2.3.11 Door Leaf Closers.
7.2.3.12 Emergency Power Supply System (EPSS).
7.2.3.13 Testing.
7.2.4 Horizontal Exits. 7.2.4.1 General. 7.2.4.1.1
7.2.4.1.2 *
7.2.4.1.3
7.2.4.2 Fire Compartments. 7.2.4.2.1
7.2.4.2.1.1
7.2.4.2.1.2
7.2.4.2.2
131 7.2.4.2.3
7.2.4.2.4
7.2.4.3 Fire Barriers. 7.2.4.3.1 *
7.2.4.3.2 *
7.2.4.3.3
7.2.4.3.4
7.2.4.3.5 *
132 7.2.4.3.6
7.2.4.3.7
7.2.4.3.8
7.2.4.3.8.1
7.2.4.3.8.2
7.2.4.3.9
7.2.4.3.10 *
7.2.4.3.11
7.2.4.4 Bridges Serving Horizontal Exits Between Buildings.
7.2.4.4.1
7.2.4.4.2
7.2.4.4.3
7.2.4.4.4
133 7.2.4.4.5
7.2.4.4.5.1
7.2.4.4.5.2
7.2.4.4.5.3
7.2.4.4.6
7.2.4.4.7
7.2.4.4.8
7.2.5 Ramps. 7.2.5.1 General.
7.2.5.2 Vehicle Ramps.
7.2.5.3 Dimensional Criteria.
134 7.2.5.4 Ramp Details. 7.2.5.4.1 Construction.
7.2.5.4.2 Landings.
7.2.5.4.3 Drop-Offs.
7.2.5.5 Guards and Handrails. 7.2.5.5.1
7.2.5.5.2
135 7.2.5.5.3
7.2.5.5.4
7.2.5.6 Enclosure and Protection of Ramps.
7.2.5.7 Special Provisions for Outside Ramps. 7.2.5.7.1 * Visual Protection.
7.2.5.7.2 * Water Accumulation.
7.2.6 * Exit Passageways. 7.2.6.1 * General.
7.2.6.2 Enclosure.
7.2.6.3 Stair Discharge.
7.2.6.4 Width. 7.2.6.4.1
7.2.6.4.2
7.2.6.5 Floor.
136 7.2.7 Escalators and Moving Walks.
7.2.8 Fire Escape Stairs. 7.2.8.1 General. 7.2.8.1.1
7.2.8.1.2
7.2.8.1.2.1
7.2.8.1.2.2
7.2.8.1.2.3
7.2.8.1.3
7.2.8.2 Protection of Openings.
7.2.8.2.1
7.2.8.2.2
7.2.8.2.3
7.2.8.3 Access. 7.2.8.3.1
137 7.2.8.3.2
7.2.8.3.3
7.2.8.3.4
7.2.8.3.5
7.2.8.4 Stair Details.
139 7.2.8.5 Guards, Handrails, and Visual Enclosures. 7.2.8.5.1
7.2.8.5.2
7.2.8.6 Materials and Strength. 7.2.8.6.1
7.2.8.6.2 *
7.2.8.7 * Swinging Stairs. 7.2.8.7.1
7.2.8.7.2
7.2.8.7.3
7.2.8.7.4
7.2.8.7.5
7.2.8.7.6
7.2.8.7.7
140 7.2.8.7.8
7.2.8.7.9 *
7.2.8.8 Intervening Spaces. 7.2.8.8.1
7.2.8.8.2
7.2.9 Fire Escape Ladders. 7.2.9.1 General.
7.2.9.2 Construction and Installation. 7.2.9.2.1
7.2.9.2.2
7.2.9.3 Access.
7.2.10 Slide Escapes. 7.2.10.1 General. 7.2.10.1.1
7.2.10.1.2
141 7.2.10.2 Capacity. 7.2.10.2.1
7.2.10.2.2
7.2.11 * Alternating Tread Devices. 7.2.11.1
7.2.11.2
7.2.11.3
7.2.12 Areas of Refuge. 7.2.12.1 General. 7.2.12.1.1
142 7.2.12.1.2
7.2.12.2 Accessibility. 7.2.12.2.1
7.2.12.2.2
7.2.12.2.3 *
7.2.12.2.4 *
7.2.12.2.4.1
7.2.12.2.4.2
7.2.12.2.5
7.2.12.2.6 *
7.2.12.3 Details. 7.2.12.3.1 *
143 7.2.12.3.2 *
7.2.12.3.3
7.2.12.3.4 *
7.2.12.3.4.1
7.2.12.3.4.2
7.2.12.3.4.3
7.2.12.3.4.4
7.2.12.3.5
7.2.12.3.5.1
7.2.12.3.5.2
7.2.12.3.6
7.2.13 Elevators in Towers. 7.2.13.1 * General.
144 7.2.13.2 Elevator Evacuation System Capacity. 7.2.13.2.1
7.2.13.2.2
7.2.13.3 Elevator Lobby.
7.2.13.4 Elevator Lobby Door Assemblies.
7.2.13.5 Door Leaf Activation.
7.2.13.6 * Water Protection.
7.2.13.7 * Power and Control Wiring.
7.2.13.8 * Communications.
7.2.13.9 * Elevator Operation.
7.2.13.10 Maintenance.
7.2.13.11 Earthquake Protection.
145 7.2.13.12 Signage.
7.3 Capacity of Means of Egress. 7.3.1 Occupant Load. 7.3.1.1 Sufficient Capacity. 7.3.1.1.1
7.3.1.1.2
7.3.1.2 * Occupant Load Factor.
2 a 2 a
147 Figure 7.3.1.2(a) Mall Structure Occupant Load Factors (U.S. Customary Units). Figure 7.3.1.2(b) Mall Structure Occupant Load Fa
148 7.3.1.3 Occupant Load Increases. 7.3.1.3.1
7.3.1.3.2
7.3.1.4 Exits Serving More than One Story.
7.3.1.5 Capacity from a Point of Convergence.
7.3.1.6 Egress Capacity from Balconies and Mezzanines.
7.3.2 Measurement of Means of Egress. 7.3.2.1
7.3.2.2
7.3.2.3
149 7.3.3 * Egress Capacity. 7.3.3.1
7.3.3.2 *
7.3.3.3
7.3.4 Minimum Width. 7.3.4.1
7.3.4.1.1 *
7.3.4.1.2
150 7.3.4.1.3
7.3.4.2
7.3.4.3
7.4 * Number of Means of Egress. 7.4.1 General. 7.4.1.1
7.4.1.2
7.4.1.3
7.4.1.4
7.4.1.5
7.4.1.6 Elevator Landing and Lobby Exit Access. 7.4.1.6.1
7.4.1.6.2
7.4.1.6.3
151 7.4.2 Spaces About Electrical Equipment. 7.4.2.1 1000 Volts, Nominal, or Less. 7.4.2.1.1 Number of Means of Egress.
7.4.2.1.2 Door Unlatching and Direction of Door Swing.
7.4.2.2 Over 1000 Volts, Nominal. 7.4.2.2.1 Number of Means of Egress.
7.4.2.2.2 Door Unlatching and Direction of Door Swing.
7.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress. 7.5.1 General. 7.5.1.1
7.5.1.1.1 *
7.5.1.1.2
7.5.1.1.3
7.5.1.1.4
7.5.1.2
7.5.1.2.1 *
7.5.1.2.2
152 7.5.1.2.3
7.5.1.3
7.5.1.3.1
7.5.1.3.2 *
7.5.1.3.3
7.5.1.3.4 *
7.5.1.3.5
7.5.1.3.6
7.5.1.3.7
7.5.1.4
7.5.1.4.1
7.5.1.4.2 *
7.5.1.5
7.5.2 Impediments to Egress.
153 7.5.2.1 *
7.5.2.2 *
7.5.2.2.1
7.5.2.2.2
7.5.3 Exterior Ways of Exit Access. 7.5.3.1
7.5.3.2
7.5.3.3
7.5.3.4
7.5.4 Accessible Means of Egress. 7.5.4.1 *
7.5.4.1.1
7.5.4.1.2
7.5.4.1.3
7.5.4.1.4
154 7.5.4.2
7.5.4.2.1
7.5.4.2.2
7.5.4.2.3
7.5.4.3
7.5.4.4
7.5.4.5
7.5.4.6
7.5.4.7
7.5.4.8
7.5.4.9
7.6 * Measurement of Travel Distance to Exits. 7.6.1 *
155 7.6.2
7.6.3 *
7.6.4
7.6.5
7.6.6
7.6.7
7.7 Discharge from Exits. 7.7.1 * Exit Termination.
7.7.1.1
7.7.1.2
7.7.1.3
7.7.1.4
7.7.1.5
7.7.2 Exit Discharge Through Interior Building Areas.
156 7.7.3 Arrangement and Marking of Exit Discharge. 7.7.3.1
7.7.3.2
7.7.3.3 *
7.7.4 Components of Exit Discharge.
7.7.5 Signs.
7.7.6 Discharge to Roofs.
7.8 Illumination of Means of Egress. 7.8.1 General. 7.8.1.1 *
7.8.1.2
157 7.8.1.2.1
7.8.1.2.2 *
7.8.1.2.3 *
7.8.1.3
7.8.1.4 *
7.8.1.5
7.8.2 Sources of Illumination. 7.8.2.1
7.8.2.2
7.9 Emergency Lighting. 7.9.1 General. 7.9.1.1 *
158 7.9.1.2
7.9.1.3
7.9.2 Performance of System. 7.9.2.1
7.9.2.1.1
7.9.2.1.2
7.9.2.1.3
7.9.2.2
7.9.2.3 *
7.9.2.4
7.9.2.5
7.9.2.6
159 7.9.2.7
7.9.3 Periodic Testing of Emergency Lighting Equipment. 7.9.3.1
7.9.3.1.1
7.9.3.1.2
7.9.3.1.3
7.9.3.1.4
7.10 Marking of Means of Egress. 7.10.1 General. 7.10.1.1 Where Required.
7.10.1.2 Exits. 7.10.1.2.1 *
160 7.10.1.2.2 *
7.10.1.3 Exit Door Tactile Signage.
7.10.1.4 Existing Exemption.
7.10.1.5 Exit Access. 7.10.1.5.1
7.10.1.5.2 *
7.10.1.6 * Floor Proximity Exit Signs.
7.10.1.7 * Floor Proximity Egress Path Marking.
7.10.1.8 * Visibility.
7.10.1.9 Mounting Location.
7.10.2 * Directional Signs. 7.10.2.1
7.10.2.2
161 7.10.3 * Sign Legend. 7.10.3.1
7.10.3.2 *
7.10.4 * Power Source.
7.10.5 Illumination of Signs. 7.10.5.1 * General.
7.10.5.2 * Continuous Illumination. 7.10.5.2.1
7.10.5.2.2 *
7.10.6 Externally Illuminated Signs. 7.10.6.1 * Size of Signs. 7.10.6.1.1
7.10.6.1.2
7.10.6.2 * Size and Location of Directional Indicator. 7.10.6.2.1
162 Figure 7.10.6.2.1 Chevron-Type Indicator. 7.10.6.2.2
7.10.6.3 * Level of Illumination.
7.10.7 Internally Illuminated Signs. 7.10.7.1 Listing.
7.10.7.2 * Photoluminescent Signs.
7.10.8 Special Signs. 7.10.8.1 Sign Illumination. 7.10.8.1.1 *
7.10.8.1.2
7.10.8.2 Characters.
7.10.8.3 * No Exit. 7.10.8.3.1
163 7.10.8.3.2
7.10.8.4 Elevator Signs.
7.10.8.5 * Evacuation Diagram.
7.10.9 Testing and Maintenance.
7.11 Special Provisions for Occupancies with High-Hazard Contents.
7.11.1 *
7.11.2
7.11.3
7.11.4
7.11.5
164 7.11.6
7.11.7
7.12 * Special Provisions for Hazardous Materials. 7.12.1
7.12.2
7.13 Mechanical Equipment Rooms, Boiler Rooms, and Furnace Rooms. 7.13.1
7.13.2
7.14 Normally Unoccupied Building Service Equipment Support Areas. 7.14.1 * Hazard of Contents. 7.14.1.1
7.14.1.2
165 7.14.2 Egress Doors. 7.14.2.1 *
7.14.2.2
7.14.2.3
7.14.3 Means of Egress Path. 7.14.3.1
7.14.3.2
7.14.3.3
7.14.3.4
7.14.3.5
7.14.3.6
7.14.3.7
7.14.3.8
7.14.4 Illumination. 7.14.4.1
7.14.4.2
7.14.5 Number of Means of Egress.
166 7.14.5.1
7.14.5.2
7.14.5.3
7.15 Occupant Evacuation Elevators. 7.15.1 General. 7.15.1.1 *
7.15.1.2
7.15.1.3 *
7.15.1.4
7.15.2 Reserved. 7.15.3 Information Features. 7.15.3.1 *
7.15.3.2
7.15.3.3 Conditions for Safe Continued Operation. 7.15.3.3.1
167 7.15.3.3.2
7.15.3.4
7.15.4 Fire Detection, Alarm, and Communication. 7.15.4.1
7.15.4.2 *
7.15.4.3 *
7.15.4.4 Two-way Communication System.
7.15.4.4.1 Design and Installation.
7.15.4.4.2 Instructions. 7.15.4.4.2.1
7.15.4.4.2.2
7.15.5 Sprinklers. 7.15.5.1
7.15.5.1.1
7.15.5.1.2
168 7.15.5.2 *
7.15.5.3 *
7.15.6 Elevator Installation. 7.15.6.1
7.15.6.2 *
7.15.6.3
7.15.7 Elevator Machine/Control Rooms and Machinery/Control Spaces. 7.15.7.1 *
7.15.7.2 *
7.15.8 Electrical Power and Control Wiring. 7.15.8.1
7.15.8.2
7.15.8.3 *
7.15.9 Occupant Evacuation Shaft System. 7.15.9.1
169 7.15.9.2 * Elevator Lobby Size. 7.15.9.2.1
7.15.9.2.2
7.15.9.3
7.15.9.4
7.15.9.5
7.15.9.6 *
7.15.9.7
7.15.9.8
170 7.15.9.9
7.16 * Emergency Stair Travel Devices.
Chapter 8 : Features of Fire Protection
8.1 General. 8.1.1 Application.
8.1.2 Automatic Sprinkler Systems.
8.2 Construction and Compartmentation. 8.2.1 Construction. 8.2.1.1
8.2.1.2 *
8.2.1.3
8.2.2 General. 8.2.2.1
8.2.2.2
8.2.2.3
171 8.2.2.4
8.2.2.5 * Wall Marking and Identification.
8.2.3 Fire-Resistance-Rated Construction. 8.2.3.1 *
8.2.3.1.1
8.2.3.1.2
8.2.3.2
8.2.3.3
8.2.3.4
8.2.4 * Analytical Methods. 8.2.4.1
8.2.4.2 *
172 8.2.4.3
8.2.4.4
8.2.4.5
8.3 Fire Barriers. 8.3.1 General. 8.3.1.1
8.3.1.2 *
8.3.1.3
8.3.1.4 Smoke Barrier Used as a Fire Barrier.
8.3.2 Walls. 8.3.2.1
8.3.2.1.1 *
8.3.2.2
8.3.2.3
173 8.3.3 Opening Protectives. 8.3.3.1 General.
8.3.3.2 Minimum Fire Protection Rating. 8.3.3.2.1 *
8.3.3.2.2 *
174 8.3.3.2.3
8.3.3.2.4
8.3.3.2.5
8.3.3.2.6
8.3.3.3 * Fire Doors. 8.3.3.3.1 *
8.3.3.3.2
8.3.3.3.3
8.3.3.3.4
8.3.3.3.5
8.3.3.4 Floor Fire Door Assemblies.
175 8.3.3.4.1
8.3.3.4.2
8.3.3.5 Fire Windows. 8.3.3.5.1
8.3.3.5.2
8.3.3.5.3 *
8.3.3.6 Glazing. 8.3.3.6.1
8.3.3.6.2
8.3.3.6.3
8.3.3.6.4
8.3.3.6.5
8.3.3.6.6 *
176 8.3.3.6.7
8.3.3.6.8
8.3.3.6.9
8.3.3.6.10
8.3.3.6.11
8.3.3.7 Sidelights and Transoms.
8.3.4 Penetrations. 8.3.4.1 General. 8.3.4.1.1
8.3.4.1.2
8.3.4.1.3
8.3.4.2 * Firestop Systems and Devices Required. 8.3.4.2.1
8.3.4.2.2 Testing.
8.3.4.2.3 F Ratings.
8.3.4.2.4 T Ratings.
177 8.3.4.2.4.1
8.3.4.2.4.2
8.3.4.2.5 Alternative Firestop Requirements. 8.3.4.2.5.1
8.3.4.2.5.2
8.3.4.3 Sleeves.
8.3.4.4 Insulation and Coverings.
8.3.4.5 Vibration Isolation Equipment or Systems.
8.3.4.6 Transitions. 8.3.4.6.1
8.3.4.6.2
8.3.4.7 Membrane Penetrations.
178 8.3.4.7.1
8.3.4.7.2
8.3.4.7.3
8.3.4.8 Ducts and Air-Transfer Openings.
8.3.5 Joints. 8.3.5.1 General. 8.3.5.1.1
8.3.5.1.2
8.3.5.2 Joint System Requirements. 8.3.5.2.1 *
179 8.3.5.2.2
8.3.5.2.3
8.3.5.2.4
8.3.5.2.5
8.3.5.2.6
8.3.5.2.7
8.3.5.2.8
8.3.5.3
8.3.5.4 * Exterior Curtain Walls and Perimeter Joints. 8.3.5.4.1
8.3.5.4.2
8.4 Smoke Partitions. 8.4.1 * General.
8.4.2 Continuity.
180 8.4.3 Opening Protectives. 8.4.3.1
8.4.3.2
8.4.3.3
8.4.3.4 *
8.4.3.5
8.4.3.6
8.4.4 Penetrations.
8.4.4.1
8.4.4.2
8.4.5 Joints. 8.4.5.1
8.4.5.2
8.4.6 Air-Transfer Openings. 8.4.6.1 General.
8.4.6.2 * Smoke Dampers.
181 8.4.6.3 Smoke Damper Ratings.
8.4.6.4 Smoke Detectors.
8.5 Smoke Barriers. 8.5.1 * General.
8.5.2 * Continuity. 8.5.2.1
8.5.2.2
8.5.2.3
8.5.3 Fire Barrier Used as Smoke Barrier.
8.5.4 Opening Protectives. 8.5.4.1 *
8.5.4.2
8.5.4.3
8.5.4.4 *
8.5.4.5
8.5.5 Ducts and Air-Transfer Openings. 8.5.5.1 General.
182 8.5.5.2 Smoke Dampers. 8.5.5.2.1
8.5.5.2.2
8.5.5.3 Smoke Damper Exemptions.
8.5.5.4 Installation, Testing, and Maintenance. 8.5.5.4.1
8.5.5.4.2
8.5.5.4.3
8.5.5.5 Access and Identification. 8.5.5.5.1
8.5.5.5.2
8.5.5.5.3 Identification.
183 8.5.5.6 Smoke Damper Ratings.
8.5.5.7 Smoke Detectors. 8.5.5.7.1
8.5.5.7.2
8.5.5.7.3
8.5.6 Penetrations. 8.5.6.1
8.5.6.2
8.5.6.3
8.5.6.4
8.5.6.5
8.5.6.6
8.5.6.7
8.5.7 Joints. 8.5.7.1
184 8.5.7.2
8.5.7.3
8.5.7.4
8.6 Vertical Openings. 8.6.1 Floor Smoke Barriers.
8.6.2 * Continuity.
8.6.3 Continuity Exemptions.
8.6.4 Shafts.
8.6.4.1
8.6.4.2
8.6.4.3
185 8.6.4.4
8.6.4.5
8.6.5 * Required Fire Resistance Rating.
8.6.6 Communicating Space.
8.6.7 * Atriums.
186 8.6.8 Two-Story Openings with Partial Enclosure.
8.6.9 Convenience Openings. 8.6.9.1
8.6.9.2
8.6.9.3
8.6.9.4
187 8.6.9.5
8.6.9.6
8.6.9.7
8.6.10 Mezzanines. 8.6.10.1 General.
8.6.10.2 Area Limitations. 8.6.10.2.1
8.6.10.2.2
8.6.10.2.3
188 8.6.10.2.4
8.6.10.3 Openness.
8.6.10.3.1
8.6.10.3.2
8.6.11 Concealed Spaces and Draftstops. 8.6.11.1
8.6.11.2
8.6.11.3 *
8.6.11.4
8.6.11.5
8.7 Special Hazard Protection. 8.7.1 General. 8.7.1.1 *
189 8.7.1.2
8.7.1.3
8.7.1.4
8.7.2 * Explosion Protection.
8.7.3 Hazardous Materials. 8.7.3.1
8.7.3.2 *
8.7.3.3 * Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
190 8.7.4 Laboratories. 8.7.4.1
8.7.4.2
8.7.5 * Hyperbaric Facilities.
8.8 * Inspection and Testing of Door Assemblies.
Chapter 9 : Building Service, Fire Protection, and Life Safety Equipment
9.1 Utilities. 9.1.1 Gas.
9.1.2 Electrical Systems.
9.1.3 Emergency Generators and Standby Power Systems.
9.1.3.1
9.1.3.2
191 9.1.4 Stored Electrical Energy Systems.
9.1.5 Energy Storage Systems.
9.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning. 9.2.1 Air-Conditioning, Heating, Ventilating Ductwork, and Related Equipment.
9.2.2 Ventilating or Heat-Producing Equipment.
9.2.3 Commercial Cooking Operations.
9.2.4 Ventilating Systems in Laboratories Using Chemicals.
9.3 Smoke Control. 9.3.1 Installation.
9.3.2 System Design.
9.3.3 Acceptance Testing.
9.3.4 Smoke Control System Operation. 9.3.4.1
9.3.4.2
9.3.5 Integrated System Testing.
9.4 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors. 9.4.1 * General.
192 9.4.2 Code Compliance. 9.4.2.1
9.4.2.2
9.4.2.3
9.4.2.4
9.4.3 Fire Fightersā€™ Emergency Operations. 9.4.3.1
9.4.3.2
9.4.4 Number of Cars.
9.4.5 * Elevator Machine Rooms.
9.4.6 Elevator Testing. 9.4.6.1
9.4.6.2
9.4.6.3
9.4.7 Openings to Exit Enclosures.
193 9.5 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes. 9.5.1 Enclosure. 9.5.1.1
9.5.1.2
9.5.1.3
9.5.1.4
9.5.1.5
9.5.2 Installation and Maintenance.
9.6 Fire Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 9.6.1 * General. 9.6.1.1
9.6.1.2
9.6.1.3
9.6.1.4
9.6.1.5 *
9.6.1.6
9.6.2 Signal Initiation.
194 9.6.2.1
9.6.2.2
9.6.2.3
9.6.2.4
9.6.2.5 *
9.6.2.6 *
9.6.2.7 *
9.6.2.8
9.6.2.9
9.6.2.10 Smoke Alarms. 9.6.2.10.1
9.6.2.10.2
9.6.2.10.3 Smoke Alarms in Sleeping Rooms. 9.6.2.10.3.1
9.6.2.10.4 *
195 9.6.2.10.5 *
9.6.2.10.6
9.6.2.10.7 *
9.6.2.10.8
9.6.2.10.9
9.6.2.10.10 *
9.6.2.10.11
9.6.2.10.12
9.6.3 Occupant Notification. 9.6.3.1
9.6.3.2
9.6.3.2.1 *
9.6.3.2.2 *
196 9.6.3.2.3 *
9.6.3.2.4
9.6.3.3
9.6.3.4
9.6.3.5
9.6.3.6
9.6.3.6.1
9.6.3.6.2
9.6.3.6.3
9.6.3.6.4
9.6.3.6.5
9.6.3.6.6
9.6.3.6.7 *
9.6.3.6.8 *
9.6.3.7
9.6.3.7.1
197 9.6.3.7.2 *
9.6.3.7.3
9.6.3.7.4
9.6.3.7.5
9.6.3.8
9.6.3.9
9.6.3.10
9.6.3.10.1
9.6.3.10.2 *
9.6.3.11
9.6.3.11.1
9.6.3.11.2
9.6.4 Emergency Forces Notification. 9.6.4.1
198 9.6.4.2
9.6.4.3
9.6.4.4
9.6.5 * Monitor-It-Yourself (MIY) Systems.
9.6.6 Emergency Control Functions. 9.6.6.1
9.6.6.2
9.6.7 Location of Controls.
9.6.8 Annunciation. 9.6.8.1
9.6.8.2
9.6.8.3
9.6.8.4
199 9.6.8.4.1
9.6.8.4.2
9.6.8.4.3
9.6.8.4.4
9.6.8.4.5
9.6.8.4.6
9.6.8.5
9.6.8.6
9.6.8.7
9.6.8.8
9.7 Automatic Sprinklers. 9.7.1 General. 9.7.1.1 *
9.7.1.2
9.7.1.3
200 9.7.1.4 *
9.7.1.5
9.7.2 Supervision. 9.7.2.1 Supervisory Signals. 9.7.2.1.1
9.7.2.1.2
9.7.2.2 Alarm Signal Transmission. 9.7.2.2.1
9.7.2.2.2
9.8 Other Automatic Extinguishing Equipment. 9.8.1 * Alternative Systems.
9.8.2 Alarm Activation.
201 9.8.2.1
9.8.2.2
9.8.2.3
9.9 * Portable Fire Extinguishers.
9.10 Standpipe Systems. 9.10.1
9.10.2
9.11 Fire Protection System Operating Features. 9.11.1 Maintenance and Testing.
9.11.2 Sprinkler System Impairments.
9.11.3 Documentation. 9.11.3.1
9.11.3.2
9.11.4 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety System Tests. 9.11.4.1 Basic Testing.
9.11.4.1.1
9.11.4.1.2
202 9.11.4.2 * NFPA 4 Testing.
9.11.4.2.1
9.11.4.2.2
9.12 Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection and Warning Equipment.
9.13 Special Inspections and Tests. 9.13.1 System Verification.
9.13.2 Experience.
9.13.3 Documentation.
9.13.4 Report.
9.14 * Risk Analysis for Mass Notification Systems. 9.14.1 *
9.14.2
9.15 * Two-Way Radio Communication Enhancement Systems. 9.15.1
9.15.2
203 9.15.3 *
Chapter 10 : Interior Finish, Contents, and Furnishings
10.1 General. 10.1.1 Application.
10.1.2 Automatic Sprinkler Systems.
10.1.3 Definitions. 10.1.3.1 General.
10.1.3.2 Special Definitions.
10.2 * Interior Finish. 10.2.1 * General. 10.2.1.1
10.2.1.2
10.2.1.3
10.2.1.4
10.2.1.5
10.2.2 * Use of Interior Finishes.
204 10.2.2.1
10.2.2.2 *
10.2.3 * Interior Wall or Ceiling Finish Testing and Classification.
10.2.3.1 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish Materials Tested in Accordance with NFPA 286. 10.2.3.1.1
10.2.3.1.2 *
10.2.3.2 Acceptance Criteria for NFPA 286.
10.2.3.3 * Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish Materials Tested in Accordance with ASTM E84 or UL 723.
10.2.3.3.1
10.2.3.3.2
10.2.3.3.3
10.2.3.4
10.2.3.5
205 10.2.4 * Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish Materials with Special Requirements.
10.2.4.1 Thickness Exemption.
10.2.4.1.1
10.2.4.1.2
10.2.4.2 * Exposed Portions of Structural Members.
10.2.4.3 Cellular or Foamed Plastic. 10.2.4.3.1
10.2.4.3.2
10.2.4.3.3 *
10.2.4.3.3.1
10.2.4.3.3.2 *
10.2.4.3.3.3
206 10.2.4.3.4
10.2.4.4 * Textile Wall Coverings.
10.2.4.4.1 *
10.2.4.4.2 *
10.2.4.4.3
10.2.4.5 * Expanded Vinyl Wall Coverings.
10.2.4.6 Textile Ceiling Coverings.
10.2.4.7 Expanded Vinyl Ceiling Coverings.
207 10.2.4.8 Lockers. 10.2.4.8.1 Combustible Lockers.
10.2.4.8.2 Wood Lockers.
10.2.4.9 Solid Thermoplastics. 10.2.4.9.1
10.2.4.9.2
10.2.4.10 Site-Fabricated Stretch Systems. 10.2.4.10.1
10.2.4.10.2
10.2.4.11 Reflective Insulation Materials. 10.2.4.11.1
10.2.4.11.2
10.2.4.12 Metal Ceiling and Wall Panels. 10.2.4.12.1
10.2.4.12.2
10.2.4.13 Laminated Products Factory Produced with a Wood Substrate. 10.2.4.13.1
208 10.2.4.13.2
10.2.4.14 Facings or Wood Veneers Intended to Be Applied on Site over a Wood Substrate. 10.2.4.14.1
10.2.4.14.2
10.2.4.14.3
10.2.4.15 * Light-Transmitting Plastics. 10.2.4.15.1
10.2.4.15.2
10.2.4.16 Decorations and Furnishings.
10.2.5 Trim and Incidental Finish. 10.2.5.1 General.
10.2.5.2 Wall Base.
10.2.5.2.1
10.2.5.3 Bulletin Boards, Posters, and Paper. 10.2.5.3.1
10.2.5.3.2
209 10.2.6 * Fire-Retardant Coatings. 10.2.6.1 *
10.2.6.1.1
10.2.6.2 *
10.2.6.3
10.2.7 * Interior Floor Finish Testing and Classification. 10.2.7.1 *
10.2.7.2 *
10.2.7.3 *
10.2.7.4
10.2.7.4.1 Class I Interior Floor Finish.
10.2.7.4.2 Class II Interior Floor Finish.
10.2.7.5
10.2.8 Automatic Sprinklers. 10.2.8.1
10.2.8.2
210 10.3 Contents and Furnishings. 10.3.1 * Draperies, Curtains, and Other Hanging or Suspended Furnishings and Decorations.
10.3.2 Upholstered Furniture. 10.3.2.1 * Smoldering Ignition of Upholstered Furniture.
10.3.2.2 * Rate of Heat Release Testing of Upholstered Furniture. 10.3.2.2.1
10.3.2.2.2
10.3.3 Mattresses. 10.3.3.1 * Smoldering Ignition of Mattresses.
10.3.3.2 * Rate of Heat Release and Mass Loss Testing of Mattresses.
10.3.3.2.1
10.3.3.2.2
10.3.3.2.3
10.3.4 * Explosive or Highly Flammable Furnishings or Decorations.
10.3.5 Fire-Retardant Coatings.
211 10.3.6 * Foamed Plastics.
10.3.7 Lockers.
10.3.8 Containers for Waste or Linen. 10.3.8.1
10.3.8.2
10.3.9 Combustible Decorative Vegetation. 10.3.9.1 Flammability of Combustible Artificial Decorative Vegetation.
10.3.9.2 Fire-Retardant Treatments for Natural Cut Christmas Trees.
10.3.9.3 Electrical Equipment. 10.3.9.3.1
10.3.9.3.2
10.3.9.4 Open Flames.
10.4 Outdoor Furniture. 10.4.1 * General.
10.4.2 Distance from Buildings.
212 10.4.3 Materials.
10.5 Combustible Artificial Decorative Vegetation on Roofs and Near Buildings. 10.5.1 * General.
10.5.2 Flammability.
10.5.3 Open Flames.
10.5.4 Electrical.
10.5.5 Metallic Vegetation.
Chapter 11 : Special Structures and High-Rise Buildings
11.1 General Requirements. 11.1.1 Application.
11.1.2 Multiple Occupancies.
11.1.3 Definitions. 11.1.3.1 General.
213 11.1.3.2 Special Definitions.
11.1.4 Classification of Occupancy.
11.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
11.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements.
11.1.7 Occupant Load.
11.1.8 Automatic Sprinkler Systems.
11.2 Open Structures. 11.2.1 Application. 11.2.1.1 General.
11.2.1.2 Definition ā€” Open Structure.
11.2.2 * Means of Egress. 11.2.2.1 General.
11.2.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 11.2.2.2.1 Fire Escape Ladders.
11.2.2.2.2 Reserved. 11.2.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress.
11.2.2.4 Number of Means of Egress. 11.2.2.4.1 *
11.2.2.4.2
11.2.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress.
214 11.2.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits.
11.2.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
11.2.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
11.2.2.9 Emergency Lighting.
11.2.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
11.2.3 Protection. 11.2.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings.
11.2.3.2 Protection from Hazards.
11.2.3.3 Interior Finish.
11.2.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems.
11.2.3.5 Extinguishing Requirements.
11.3 Towers. 11.3.1 Application. 11.3.1.1 General.
11.3.1.2 Definition ā€” Tower.
11.3.1.3 Use of Accessory Levels. 11.3.1.3.1 Sprinklered Towers.
215 11.3.1.3.2
11.3.1.3.3 Nonsprinklered Towers.
11.3.2 Means of Egress. 11.3.2.1 General.
11.3.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 11.3.2.2.1 Fire Escape Ladders.
11.3.2.2.2 Elevators.
11.3.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress. 11.3.2.3.1
11.3.2.3.2
11.3.2.4 * Number of Means of Egress. 11.3.2.4.1
11.3.2.4.2
11.3.2.4.3
11.3.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress.
216 11.3.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits.
11.3.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
11.3.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
11.3.2.9 Emergency Lighting. 11.3.2.9.1
11.3.2.9.2
11.3.2.9.3
11.3.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress. 11.3.2.10.1
11.3.2.10.2
11.3.3 Protection. 11.3.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings. 11.3.3.1.1
11.3.3.1.2
11.3.3.2 Protection from Hazards.
11.3.3.3 Interior Finish.
11.3.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems.
11.3.3.5 Extinguishing Requirements.
11.3.3.6 Corridors.
217 11.3.4 Additional Requirements for Airport Traffic Control Towers. 11.3.4.1 Definition ā€” Airport Traffic Control Tower.
11.3.4.2 Use of Accessory Levels.
11.3.4.3 Minimum Construction Requirements.
11.3.4.4 Means of Egress. 11.3.4.4.1 * Number of Means of Egress.
11.3.4.4.2 Remoteness.
11.3.4.4.3 Accessible Means of Egress.
11.3.4.4.4 Egress for Occupant Load.
11.3.4.4.5 Areas Excluded from Occupant Load.
11.3.4.4.6 Single Means of Egress.
11.3.4.4.7 Smokeproof Enclosures.
218 11.3.4.4.8 Discharge from Exits. 11.3.4.4.8.1
11.3.4.4.8.2
11.3.4.5 Protection. 11.3.4.5.1 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 11.3.4.5.1.1
11.3.4.5.1.2
11.3.4.5.2 Extinguishing Requirements.
11.3.4.5.3 Standpipe Requirements. 11.3.4.5.3.1
11.3.4.5.3.2
11.3.4.6 Contents and Furnishings.
11.3.4.7 Uses.
11.3.4.8 Emergency Command Center. 11.3.4.8.1
11.3.4.8.2
219 11.3.4.8.3
11.3.4.9 Emergency Action Plans and Fire Drills. 11.3.4.9.1
11.3.4.9.2
11.3.4.9.3
11.3.4.9.4
11.4 Water-Surrounded Structures. 11.4.1 Application.
220 11.4.1.1 General.
11.4.1.2 Definition ā€” Water-Surrounded Structure.
11.4.2 Means of Egress. 11.4.2.1 General.
11.4.2.2 Means of Egress Components.
11.4.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress.
11.4.2.4 Number of Means of Egress.
11.4.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress.
11.4.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits.
11.4.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
11.4.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
11.4.2.9 Emergency Lighting. 11.4.2.9.1
11.4.2.9.2
11.4.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
11.4.3 Protection. 11.4.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings.
11.4.3.2 Protection from Hazards.
11.4.3.3 Interior Finish.
221 11.4.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems.
11.4.3.5 Extinguishing Requirements.
11.4.3.6 Corridors.
11.5 * Piers. 11.5.1 Application.
11.5.2 Number of Means of Egress. 11.5.2.1
11.5.2.2
11.6 * Vehicles and Vessels. 11.6.1 Vehicles.
11.6.2 Vessels.
222 11.7 Underground Structures and Limited-Access Structures. 11.7.1 Application.
11.7.2 Special Definitions.
11.7.3 Special Provisions for Underground and Limited-Access Structures. 11.7.3.1
11.7.3.1.1 One-Story Structures.
11.7.3.1.2 Multiple-Story Structures.
11.7.3.2 *
11.7.3.3
11.7.3.4
11.7.3.5
223 11.7.4 Additional Provisions for Underground Structures. 11.7.4.1
11.7.4.2
11.7.4.3
11.7.4.4
11.8 High-Rise Buildings. 11.8.1 General. 11.8.1.1
11.8.1.2
11.8.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 11.8.2.1
11.8.2.2 Elevator Lobby Exit Access Door Locking.
11.8.2.3
11.8.3 Extinguishing Requirements. 11.8.3.1 *
11.8.3.2
224 11.8.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 11.8.4.1 *
11.8.4.2
11.8.4.2.1
11.8.4.2.1.1
11.8.4.2.1.2
11.8.4.2.2 *
11.8.4.3 Risk Analysis for Mass Notification Systems.
11.8.5 Emergency and Standby Power. 11.8.5.1
11.8.5.2
11.8.5.3
11.8.5.3.1
11.8.5.3.2
11.8.5.3.3
11.8.5.3.4
11.8.5.4
225 11.8.6 * Emergency Command Center.
11.8.6.1
11.8.6.2
11.8.6.3
11.8.6.4
11.8.6.5
11.8.6.6
226 11.8.6.7
11.8.7 Emergency Action Plans.
11.8.8 Stairway Video Monitoring. 11.8.8.1 * General. 11.8.8.1.1
11.8.8.1.2
11.8.8.1.3
11.8.8.2
11.8.8.3
11.8.8.4
11.8.9 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety System Testing.
11.9 Permanent Membrane Structures. 11.9.1 Application. 11.9.1.1 General.
11.9.1.2 Use of Membrane Roofs.
11.9.1.3 Testing.
227 11.9.1.4 Flame Spread Index.
11.9.1.5 Roof Covering Classification.
11.9.1.6 Flame Propagation Performance. 11.9.1.6.1
11.9.1.6.2
11.9.1.6.3
11.9.2 Tensioned-Membrane Structures. 11.9.2.1
11.9.2.2
11.9.2.3
11.9.2.4
11.9.3 Air-Supported and Air-Inflated Structures. 11.9.3.1 General.
11.9.3.2 Pressurization (Inflation) System.
228 11.9.3.3 Standby Power System. 11.9.3.3.1 *
11.9.3.3.2
11.9.3.3.3
11.9.4 Maintenance and Operation. 11.9.4.1
11.9.4.2
11.9.5 Services. 11.9.5.1 Fired Heaters. 11.9.5.1.1
11.9.5.1.2
11.9.5.1.3
11.9.5.1.4
11.9.5.2 Electric Heaters. 11.9.5.2.1
11.9.5.2.2
11.9.5.2.3
11.10 Temporary Membrane Structures. 11.10.1 Application.
229 11.10.1.1 General.
11.10.1.2 Required Approval.
11.10.1.3 Alternative Requirements.
11.10.1.4 Roof Covering Classification.
11.10.1.5 Flame Propagation Performance. 11.10.1.5.1
11.10.1.5.2
11.10.1.5.3
11.10.2 Fire Hazards. 11.10.2.1
11.10.2.2
11.10.3 Fire-Extinguishing Equipment.
11.10.4 Tensioned-Membrane Structures. 11.10.4.1
11.10.4.2
11.10.4.3
230 11.10.4.4
11.10.5 Air-Supported and Air-Inflated Structures. 11.10.5.1 General.
11.10.5.2 Pressurization (Inflation) System.
11.10.5.3 Standby Power System. 11.10.5.3.1
11.10.5.3.2
11.10.5.3.3
11.10.6 Maintenance and Operation. 11.10.6.1
11.10.6.2
11.10.7 Services. 11.10.7.1 Fired Heaters. 11.10.7.1.1
11.10.7.1.2
11.10.7.1.3
231 11.10.7.1.4
11.10.7.2 Electric Heaters. 11.10.7.2.1
11.10.7.2.2
11.10.7.2.3
11.11 Tents. 11.11.1 General. 11.11.1.1
11.11.1.2
11.11.1.3
11.11.2 Flame Propagation Performance. 11.11.2.1
11.11.2.2
11.11.2.3
11.11.3 Location and Spacing. 11.11.3.1
11.11.3.2
11.11.3.3
232 11.11.3.4
11.11.3.5
11.11.4 Fire Hazards. 11.11.4.1
11.11.4.2 Smoking. 11.11.4.2.1
11.11.4.2.2
11.11.5 Fire-Extinguishing Equipment.
11.11.6 Services. 11.11.6.1 Fired Heaters. 11.11.6.1.1
11.11.6.1.2
11.11.6.1.3
11.11.6.1.4
11.11.6.2 Electric Heaters. 11.11.6.2.1
11.11.6.2.2
11.11.6.2.3
233 11.12 Animal Housing Facilities. 11.12.1
11.12.2
Chapter 12 : New Assembly Occupancies
12.1 General Requirements. 12.1.1 Application. 12.1.1.1
12.1.1.2 Administration.
12.1.1.3 General.
12.1.1.4 Construction, Alteration, or Demolition Operations.
12.1.2 * Classification of Occupancy.
12.1.3 Multiple Occupancies. 12.1.3.1 General.
12.1.3.2
12.1.3.3 * Simultaneous Occupancy.
12.1.3.4 Assembly and Mercantile Occupancies in Mall Structures. 12.1.3.4.1
12.1.3.4.2
12.1.4 Definitions. 12.1.4.1 General.
234 12.1.4.2 * Special Definitions.
12.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
12.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements.
235 12.1.7 Occupant Load. 12.1.7.1 * General.
12.1.7.1.1
12.1.7.1.2
12.1.7.2 Waiting Spaces.
236 12.1.7.3 Life Safety Evaluation.
12.1.7.4 Outdoor Facilities.
12.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 12.2.1 General. 12.2.1.1
12.2.1.2
12.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 12.2.2.1 Components Permitted.
12.2.2.2 Doors. 12.2.2.2.1
12.2.2.2.2
12.2.2.2.3
12.2.2.2.4
12.2.2.2.5
12.2.2.2.6
237 12.2.2.2.7
12.2.2.2.8
12.2.2.2.9
12.2.2.2.10
12.2.2.3 Stairs. 12.2.2.3.1 General.
12.2.2.3.2 Catwalk, Gallery, and Gridiron Stairs. 12.2.2.3.2.1
12.2.2.3.2.2
12.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
12.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
12.2.2.6 Ramps.
12.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
12.2.2.8 Reserved. 12.2.2.9 Reserved.
238 12.2.2.10 Fire Escape Ladders. 12.2.2.10.1
12.2.2.10.2
12.2.2.11 Alternating Tread Devices.
12.2.2.12 Areas of Refuge.
12.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress. 12.2.3.1 General.
12.2.3.2 * Theater-Type Seating.
12.2.3.3 Width Modifications.
239 12.2.3.4 Lighting and Access Catwalks.
12.2.3.5 Reserved. 12.2.3.6 Main Entrance/Exit. 12.2.3.6.1
12.2.3.6.2
12.2.3.6.3
12.2.3.6.4
12.2.3.6.5
12.2.3.6.6 *
12.2.3.7 Other Exits.
12.2.3.7.1
12.2.3.7.2
12.2.3.7.3
240 12.2.3.7.4
12.2.3.8 Minimum Corridor Width.
12.2.4 * Number of Means of Egress. 12.2.4.1
12.2.4.2 Reserved. 12.2.4.3 Reserved. 12.2.4.4
12.2.4.5
12.2.4.6
12.2.4.7
12.2.4.8
12.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress. 12.2.5.1 General.
12.2.5.2 Common Path of Travel.
12.2.5.3 Dead-End Corridors.
12.2.5.4 Access Through Hazardous Areas.
12.2.5.5 Auditorium and Arena Floors.
241 12.2.5.6 General Requirements for Access and Egress Routes Within Assembly Areas. 12.2.5.6.1
12.2.5.6.2 *
12.2.5.6.3 *
12.2.5.6.4 *
12.2.5.6.5
12.2.5.6.6
12.2.5.6.7
12.2.5.6.8
12.2.5.7 * Aisle Accessways Serving Seating Not at Tables. 12.2.5.7.1 *
12.2.5.7.2
12.2.5.7.3
12.2.5.7.4
242 12.2.5.7.5 *
12.2.5.7.5.1
12.2.5.7.5.2
12.2.5.7.6
12.2.5.7.6.1
12.2.5.7.6.2
12.2.5.7.7
12.2.5.7.8
12.2.5.7.9
12.2.5.8 Aisles Serving Seating Not at Tables. 12.2.5.8.1 General. 12.2.5.8.1.1
12.2.5.8.1.2
243 12.2.5.8.2 Dead-End Aisles.
12.2.5.8.3 * Minimum Aisle Width.
12.2.5.8.4 Aisle Stairs and Aisle Ramps. 12.2.5.8.4.1 *
12.2.5.8.4.2
12.2.5.8.4.3
12.2.5.8.5 Aisle Stair Treads.
12.2.5.8.6 Aisle Stair Risers.
244 12.2.5.8.7 Aisle Stair Profile.
12.2.5.8.8 Aisle Transitions.
12.2.5.8.9 * Aisle Handrails. 12.2.5.8.9.1
12.2.5.8.9.2
245 12.2.5.8.9.3
12.2.5.8.9.4
12.2.5.8.9.5
12.2.5.8.9.6
12.2.5.8.9.7
12.2.5.8.10 * Aisle Marking. 12.2.5.8.10.1
12.2.5.8.10.2
12.2.5.8.10.3
12.2.5.9 * Aisle Accessways Serving Seating at Tables. 12.2.5.9.1
12.2.5.9.2 *
12.2.5.9.3 *
12.2.5.9.4 *
246 12.2.5.9.5
12.2.5.10 Aisles Serving Seating at Tables. 12.2.5.10.1 *
12.2.5.10.2 *
12.2.5.10.3 *
12.2.5.11 Approval of Layouts. 12.2.5.11.1
12.2.5.11.2
12.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits. 12.2.6.1
12.2.6.2
12.2.7 Discharge from Exits. 12.2.7.1
12.2.7.2
12.2.7.3
247 12.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
12.2.9 Emergency Lighting. 12.2.9.1
12.2.9.2
12.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress. 12.2.10.1
12.2.10.2
12.2.10.3
12.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. 12.2.11.1 Guards and Railings. 12.2.11.1.1 * Sight Lineā€“Constrained Rail Heights.
12.2.11.1.2 At Foot of Aisles. 12.2.11.1.2.1
12.2.11.1.2.2
12.2.11.1.3 At Cross Aisles.
12.2.11.1.4 At Side and Back of Seating Areas.
248 12.2.11.1.5 Below Seating.
12.2.11.1.6 Locations Not Requiring Guards. 12.2.11.1.6.1
12.2.11.1.6.2 *
12.2.11.2 Lockups.
12.2.11.3 Hazardous Materials.
12.3 Protection. 12.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings.
12.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 12.3.2.1 Service Equipment, Hazardous Operations or Processes, and Storage Facilities. 12.3.2.1.
12.3.2.1.2
249 12.3.2.2 Cooking Equipment.
12.3.2.3 Hazardous Materials.
12.3.3 Interior Finish. 12.3.3.1 General.
12.3.3.2 Corridors, Lobbies, and Enclosed Stairways.
12.3.3.3 Assembly Areas.
12.3.3.4 Screens.
12.3.3.5 Interior Floor Finish. 12.3.3.5.1
12.3.3.5.2
12.3.3.5.3
12.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 12.3.4.1 General.
250 12.3.4.1.1
12.3.4.1.2
12.3.4.2 Initiation. 12.3.4.2.1
12.3.4.2.2
12.3.4.2.3 *
12.3.4.3 Notification.
12.3.4.3.1
12.3.4.3.2 Reserved. 12.3.4.3.3
12.3.4.3.4
12.3.4.3.5 *
12.3.4.3.6
12.3.4.3.7
251 12.3.4.3.8
12.3.4.4 Carbon Monoxide Detection. 12.3.4.4.1
12.3.4.4.2
12.3.4.5 Risk Analysis for Mass Notification Systems.
12.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements. 12.3.5.1
12.3.5.2
12.3.5.3
252 12.3.5.4
12.3.5.5
12.3.5.6
12.3.6 Corridors.
12.4 Special Provisions. 12.4.1 Special Structures.
12.4.2 Life Safety Evaluation. 12.4.2.1 * General.
12.4.2.2 Conditions to Be Assessed.
253 12.4.2.3 * Building Systems and Facility Management Assessments.
12.4.2.3.1 Building Systems.
12.4.2.3.2 Facility Management.
12.4.2.3.3 Life Safety Evaluation. 12.4.2.3.3.1
12.4.2.3.3.2
12.4.2.3.3.3
12.4.2.4 Life Safety Building Systems Document.
12.4.2.4.1 Document Distribution.
12.4.2.4.2 Life Safety Narrative.
254 12.4.2.4.3 Life Safety Floor Plans.
12.4.2.4.4 Engineering Analysis and Calculations.
12.4.2.5 Life Safety Management Document.
12.4.2.5.1 Document Distribution.
12.4.2.5.2 Facility Management and Operational Plans.
255 12.4.2.5.3 Records.
12.4.2.5.4 Building Systems Reference Guide.
12.4.2.5.4.1
12.4.2.5.4.2
12.4.2.5.4.3
256 12.4.2.5.5
12.4.2.5.6
12.4.2.5.7
12.4.3 * Smoke-Protected Assembly Seating. 12.4.3.1
257 12.4.3.2
12.4.3.3
12.4.3.4 Outdoor Smoke-Protected Assembly Seating. 12.4.3.4.1
12.4.3.4.2
12.4.3.5
12.4.3.6
258 12.4.3.7
12.4.3.8
12.4.3.9
259 12.4.3.10
12.4.3.11
12.4.3.12
12.4.3.13
12.4.3.14
12.4.4 Limited Access or Underground Buildings. 12.4.4.1
12.4.4.2
12.4.4.3
12.4.4.3.1
12.4.4.3.2
12.4.4.3.3
12.4.4.3.4
260 12.4.4.4
12.4.4.5
12.4.5 High-Rise Buildings.
12.4.6 Alcohol-Based-Hand-Rub Dispensers.
12.4.7 Stages and Platforms.
12.4.7.1 Materials and Design. 12.4.7.1.1
12.4.7.1.2
12.4.7.2 Platform Construction. 12.4.7.2.1
12.4.7.2.2
12.4.7.2.3
12.4.7.2.4
12.4.7.3 Stage Construction. 12.4.7.3.1
12.4.7.3.2
12.4.7.3.3
261 12.4.7.4 Accessory Rooms. 12.4.7.4.1
12.4.7.4.2
12.4.7.5 Ventilators.
12.4.7.5.1 Smoke Control. 12.4.7.5.1.1
12.4.7.5.1.2
12.4.7.5.1.3
12.4.7.5.1.4
12.4.7.5.1.5
12.4.7.5.2 Roof Vents. 12.4.7.5.2.1
(A)
(B)
12.4.7.5.2.2
12.4.7.5.2.3
(A)
262 12.4.7.5.3 Other Means.
12.4.7.5.4 Testing.
12.4.7.6 Proscenium Walls.
12.4.7.6.1
12.4.7.6.2
12.4.7.6.3
12.4.7.6.4
12.4.7.7 Proscenium Opening Protection. 12.4.7.7.1
12.4.7.7.2
12.4.7.8 Gridiron, Fly Galleries, and Pinrails. 12.4.7.8.1
12.4.7.8.2
12.4.7.8.3
12.4.7.9 Catwalks.
12.4.7.10 Fire Protection.
12.4.7.10.1
12.4.7.10.2
263 12.4.7.10.3
12.4.7.11 Flame-Retardant Requirements. 12.4.7.11.1
12.4.7.11.2
12.4.7.11.3
12.4.7.11.4
12.4.8 Projection Rooms. 12.4.8.1
12.4.8.2
12.4.8.3
12.4.8.4
12.4.8.5
264 12.4.8.6
12.4.8.7
12.4.8.8
12.4.8.8.1 Supply Air. 12.4.8.8.1.1
12.4.8.8.1.2
12.4.8.8.1.3
12.4.8.8.2 Exhaust Air. 12.4.8.8.2.1
12.4.8.8.2.2
12.4.8.8.2.3
12.4.8.8.2.4
12.4.8.9
12.4.8.9.1
12.4.8.9.2
12.4.8.9.3
12.4.8.9.4
12.4.8.9.4.1 Electric Arc Projection Equipment.
265 12.4.8.9.4.2 Xenon Projection Equipment.
12.4.8.10
12.4.9 * Special Amusement Buildings. 12.4.9.1 General. 12.4.9.1.1 *
12.4.9.1.2 *
12.4.9.2 Means of Egress. 12.4.9.2.1 Exit Marking. 12.4.9.2.1.1
12.4.9.2.1.2
12.4.9.2.1.3 *
12.4.9.2.2 Illumination. 12.4.9.2.2.1 *
12.4.9.2.2.2 *
266 12.4.9.3 Interior Finish.
12.4.9.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 12.4.9.4.1 General. 12.4.9.4.1.1
12.4.9.4.1.2
12.4.9.4.2 * Initiation. 12.4.9.4.2.1
12.4.9.4.2.2
12.4.9.4.3 Smoke Detection.
12.4.9.4.4 * Notification. 12.4.9.4.4.1
12.4.9.4.4.2
12.4.9.4.4.3 *
12.4.9.5 Extinguishment Requirements. 12.4.9.5.1 *
12.4.9.5.2
267 12.4.9.6 Operating Features. 12.4.9.6.1 * Furnishings, Decorations, and Scenery.
12.4.9.6.2 * Emergency Action Plan.
12.4.10 Grandstands. 12.4.10.1 General.
12.4.10.2 Seating. 12.4.10.2.1
12.4.10.2.2
12.4.10.2.3
12.4.10.2.4
12.4.10.2.5
12.4.10.3 Special Requirements ā€” Wood Grandstands. 12.4.10.3.1
12.4.10.3.2
268 12.4.10.3.3
12.4.10.3.4
12.4.10.3.5
12.4.10.3.6
12.4.10.4 Special Requirements ā€” Portable Grandstands. 12.4.10.4.1
12.4.10.4.2
12.4.10.4.3
12.4.10.4.4
12.4.10.4.5
12.4.10.4.6
12.4.10.4.7
12.4.10.5 Spaces Underneath Grandstands.
269 12.4.10.6 Guards and Railings. 12.4.10.6.1
12.4.10.6.2
12.4.10.6.3
12.4.10.6.4
12.4.10.6.5
12.4.10.6.6
12.4.10.6.7
12.4.10.6.8
12.4.11 Folding and Telescopic Seating. 12.4.11.1 General.
12.4.11.2 Seating. 12.4.11.2.1
12.4.11.2.2
12.4.11.2.3
12.4.11.2.4
270 12.4.11.2.5
12.4.11.3 Guards and Railings. 12.4.11.3.1
12.4.11.3.2
12.4.11.3.3
12.4.11.3.4
12.4.11.3.5
12.4.11.3.6
12.4.11.3.7
12.4.11.3.8
12.4.12 Airport Loading Walkways. 12.4.12.1
12.4.12.2
12.4.12.3
12.5 Building Services. 12.5.1 Utilities.
271 12.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Equipment.
12.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
12.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
12.6 Reserved. 12.7 Operating Features. 12.7.1 Means of Egress Inspection. 12.7.1.1
12.7.1.2
12.7.1.3 Inspection of Door Openings.
12.7.2 Special Provisions for Food Service Operations. 12.7.2.1
12.7.2.2
12.7.2.3
12.7.2.4
12.7.3 Open Flame Devices and Pyrotechnics.
272 12.7.4 Furnishings, Decorations, and Scenery. 12.7.4.1 *
12.7.4.2
12.7.4.3 *
12.7.4.4
12.7.5 Special Provisions for Exposition Facilities. 12.7.5.1 General.
12.7.5.2 Materials Not on Display.
12.7.5.3 Exhibits. 12.7.5.3.1
12.7.5.3.2
12.7.5.3.3
12.7.5.3.4
273 12.7.5.3.5
12.7.5.3.6
12.7.5.3.6.1
12.7.5.3.6.2
12.7.5.3.6.3
12.7.5.3.7
12.7.5.3.7.1
12.7.5.3.7.2
274 12.7.5.3.7.3
12.7.5.3.8
12.7.5.3.9
12.7.5.3.10
12.7.5.3.11
12.7.5.3.11.1
12.7.5.3.11.2
12.7.5.4 Vehicles.
12.7.5.4.1
12.7.5.4.2
12.7.5.4.3
275 12.7.5.4.4
12.7.5.4.5
12.7.5.5 Prohibited Materials. 12.7.5.5.1
12.7.5.5.2
12.7.5.6 Alternatives.
12.7.6 Crowd Managers. 12.7.6.1
12.7.6.2 *
12.7.6.3
12.7.6.4 *
12.7.6.5
276 12.7.7 * Drills. 12.7.7.1
12.7.7.2
12.7.7.3 *
12.7.7.4
12.7.8 Smoking. 12.7.8.1
12.7.8.2
12.7.8.3
12.7.8.4
12.7.9 Seating. 12.7.9.1 Secured Seating. 12.7.9.1.1
12.7.9.1.2
277 12.7.9.2 Unsecured Seating. 12.7.9.2.1
12.7.9.2.2
12.7.9.2.3
12.7.9.3 Occupant Load Posting. 12.7.9.3.1
12.7.9.3.2
12.7.9.3.3
12.7.10 Maintenance of Outdoor Grandstands. 12.7.10.1
12.7.10.2
12.7.10.3
12.7.11 Maintenance and Operation of Folding and Telescopic Seating. 12.7.11.1
12.7.11.2
12.7.12 Clothing.
278 12.7.13 Emergency Action Plans. 12.7.13.1
12.7.13.2
12.7.14 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems.
Chapter 13 : Existing Assembly Occupancies
13.1 General Requirements. 13.1.1 Application. 13.1.1.1
13.1.1.2 Administration.
13.1.1.3 General.
13.1.1.4 Construction, Alteration, or Demolition Operations. 13.1.1.4.1
13.1.1.4.2
13.1.1.4.3
13.1.1.4.4
13.1.1.4.5
279 13.1.1.5
13.1.2 * Classification of Occupancy.
13.1.3 Multiple Occupancies. 13.1.3.1 General.
13.1.3.2
13.1.3.3 * Simultaneous Occupancy.
13.1.3.4 Assembly and Mercantile Occupancies in Mall Structures. 13.1.3.4.1
13.1.3.4.2
13.1.4 Definitions. 13.1.4.1 General.
13.1.4.2 * Special Definitions.
280 13.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
13.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements.
281 13.1.7 Occupant Load. 13.1.7.1 * General.
13.1.7.1.1
13.1.7.1.2
13.1.7.1.3
13.1.7.2 Waiting Spaces.
13.1.7.3 Life Safety Evaluation.
13.1.7.4 Outdoor Facilities.
13.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 13.2.1 General.
13.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 13.2.2.1 Components Permitted.
13.2.2.2 Doors. 13.2.2.2.1
282 13.2.2.2.2
13.2.2.2.3
13.2.2.2.4
13.2.2.2.5
13.2.2.2.6
13.2.2.2.7
13.2.2.2.8
13.2.2.2.9
13.2.2.2.10
13.2.2.3 Stairs. 13.2.2.3.1 General.
13.2.2.3.2 Catwalk, Gallery, and Gridiron Stairs.
283 13.2.2.3.2.1
13.2.2.3.2.2
13.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
13.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
13.2.2.6 Ramps.
13.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
13.2.2.8 Escalators and Moving Walks.
13.2.2.9 Fire Escape Stairs.
13.2.2.10 Fire Escape Ladders. 13.2.2.10.1
13.2.2.10.2
13.2.2.11 Alternating Tread Devices.
13.2.2.12 Areas of Refuge.
13.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress. 13.2.3.1 General.
13.2.3.2 * Theater-Type Seating.
284 13.2.3.3 Width Modifications.
13.2.3.4 Lighting and Access Catwalks.
13.2.3.5 Bleachers Aisles.
13.2.3.6 Main Entrance/Exit. 13.2.3.6.1
13.2.3.6.2
13.2.3.6.3
13.2.3.6.4 Reserved. 13.2.3.6.5
13.2.3.6.6 *
13.2.3.7 Other Exits.
13.2.3.7.1
285 13.2.3.7.2
13.2.3.7.3
13.2.3.7.4
13.2.4 * Number of Means of Egress. 13.2.4.1
13.2.4.2
13.2.4.3
13.2.4.4
13.2.4.5
13.2.4.6
13.2.4.7
13.2.4.8
13.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress. 13.2.5.1 General.
13.2.5.2 Common Path of Travel.
13.2.5.3 Dead-End Corridors.
13.2.5.4 Access Through Hazardous Areas.
286 13.2.5.5 Reserved. 13.2.5.6 General Requirements for Access and Egress Routes Within Assembly Areas. 13.2.5.6.1
13.2.5.6.2 *
13.2.5.6.3 *
13.2.5.6.4 *
13.2.5.6.5
13.2.5.6.6
13.2.5.6.7
13.2.5.6.8
13.2.5.7 * Aisle Accessways Serving Seating Not at Tables. 13.2.5.7.1 *
13.2.5.7.2
13.2.5.7.3
287 13.2.5.7.4
13.2.5.7.5 *
13.2.5.7.5.1
13.2.5.7.5.2
13.2.5.7.6
13.2.5.7.7
13.2.5.7.8
13.2.5.8 Aisles Serving Seating Not at Tables. 13.2.5.8.1 General. 13.2.5.8.1.1
13.2.5.8.1.2
13.2.5.8.2 Dead-End Aisles.
288 13.2.5.8.3 * Minimum Aisle Width.
13.2.5.8.4 Aisle Stairs and Aisle Ramps. 13.2.5.8.4.1 *
13.2.5.8.4.2
13.2.5.8.4.3
13.2.5.8.4.4
13.2.5.8.5 Aisle Stair Treads.
13.2.5.8.6 Aisle Stair Risers.
289 13.2.5.8.7 Aisle Stair Profile.
13.2.5.8.8 Aisle Transitions.
13.2.5.8.9 * Aisle Handrails. 13.2.5.8.9.1
290 13.2.5.8.9.2
13.2.5.8.9.3
13.2.5.8.9.4
13.2.5.8.9.5
13.2.5.8.9.6
13.2.5.8.9.7
13.2.5.8.10 * Aisle Marking. 13.2.5.8.10.1
13.2.5.8.10.2
13.2.5.8.10.3
13.2.5.9 * Aisle Accessways Serving Seating at Tables. 13.2.5.9.1
13.2.5.9.2 *
13.2.5.9.3 *
291 13.2.5.9.4 *
13.2.5.9.5
13.2.5.10 Aisles Serving Seating at Tables. 13.2.5.10.1 *
13.2.5.10.2 *
13.2.5.10.3 *
13.2.5.11 Approval of Layouts. 13.2.5.11.1
13.2.5.11.2
13.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits. 13.2.6.1
13.2.6.2
13.2.7 Discharge from Exits. 13.2.7.1
13.2.7.2
292 13.2.7.3
13.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
13.2.9 Emergency Lighting. 13.2.9.1
13.2.9.2
13.2.9.3
13.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress. 13.2.10.1
13.2.10.2
13.2.10.3
13.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. 13.2.11.1 Guards and Railings: Boxes, Balconies, and Galleries.
293 13.2.11.2 Lockups.
13.2.11.3 Hazardous Materials.
13.3 Protection. 13.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings.
13.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 13.3.2.1 Service Equipment, Hazardous Operations or Processes, and Storage Facilities. 13.3.2.1.
13.3.2.1.2
294 13.3.2.2 Cooking Equipment.
13.3.2.3 Hazardous Materials.
13.3.3 Interior Finish. 13.3.3.1 General.
13.3.3.2 Corridors, Lobbies, and Enclosed Stairways.
13.3.3.3 Assembly Areas.
13.3.3.4 Screens.
13.3.3.5 Interior Floor Finish.
13.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 13.3.4.1 General. 13.3.4.1.1
13.3.4.1.2
13.3.4.1.3
13.3.4.1.4
13.3.4.2 Initiation. 13.3.4.2.1
295 13.3.4.2.2
13.3.4.2.3 *
13.3.4.3 Notification.
13.3.4.3.1
13.3.4.3.2
13.3.4.3.3
13.3.4.3.4 Reserved. 13.3.4.3.5 Reserved. 13.3.4.3.6
13.3.4.3.7
13.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements.
13.3.5.1
13.3.5.2
13.3.5.3
296 13.3.5.4
13.3.5.5
13.3.5.6
13.3.6 Corridors.
13.4 Special Provisions. 13.4.1 Special Structures.
13.4.2 Life Safety Evaluation. 13.4.2.1 * General.
13.4.2.2 Conditions to Be Assessed.
13.4.2.3 * Building Systems and Facility Management Assessments.
297 13.4.2.3.1 Building Systems.
13.4.2.3.2 Facility Management.
13.4.2.3.3 Life Safety Evaluation.
13.4.2.4 Life Safety Building Systems Document.
13.4.2.4.1 Reserved. 13.4.2.4.2 Life Safety Narrative.
13.4.2.4.3 Life Safety Floor Plans.
13.4.2.4.4 Engineering Analysis and Calculations.
298 13.4.2.5 Life Safety Management Document.
13.4.2.5.1 Reserved. 13.4.2.5.2 Facility Management and Operational Plans.
299 13.4.2.5.3 Records.
13.4.2.5.4 Building Systems Reference Guide.
13.4.2.5.4.1
13.4.2.5.4.2
13.4.2.5.4.3
300 13.4.2.5.5
13.4.2.5.6
13.4.2.5.7
13.4.3 * Smoke-Protected Assembly Seating. 13.4.3.1
13.4.3.2
13.4.3.3
301 13.4.3.4 Outdoor Smoke-Protected Assembly Seating. 13.4.3.4.1
13.4.3.4.2
13.4.3.5
13.4.3.6
13.4.3.7
302 13.4.3.8
13.4.3.9
13.4.3.10
13.4.3.11
13.4.3.12
13.4.3.13
13.4.3.14
13.4.4 Limited Access or Underground Buildings.
303 13.4.5 High-Rise Buildings.
13.4.6 Alcohol-Based-Hand-Rub Dispensers.
13.4.7 Stages and Platforms.
13.4.7.1 Materials and Design. 13.4.7.1.1 Reserved. 13.4.7.1.2
13.4.7.2 Platform Construction.
13.4.7.3 Stage Construction.
13.4.7.4 Accessory Rooms.
13.4.7.5 Ventilators.
13.4.7.5.1 Smoke Control. 13.4.7.5.1.1
13.4.7.5.1.2 Reserved. 13.4.7.5.1.3
13.4.7.5.1.4
13.4.7.5.1.5
13.4.7.5.2 Roof Vents. 13.4.7.5.2.1
13.4.7.5.2.2
304 13.4.7.5.2.3
13.4.7.5.2.4
13.4.7.5.2.5
13.4.7.5.3 Other Means. 13.4.7.5.3.1
13.4.7.5.3.2
13.4.7.6 Proscenium Walls.
13.4.7.7 Proscenium Opening Protection. 13.4.7.7.1
13.4.7.7.2
305 13.4.7.7.3
13.4.7.8 Gridirons, Fly Galleries, and Pinrails.
13.4.7.9 Catwalks.
13.4.7.10 Fire Protection.
13.4.7.10.1
13.4.7.10.2
13.4.7.10.3
13.4.7.11 Flame-Retardant Requirements. 13.4.7.11.1
13.4.7.11.2
13.4.7.11.3
13.4.7.11.4
306 13.4.8 Projection Rooms. 13.4.8.1
13.4.8.2
13.4.8.3
13.4.8.4
13.4.8.5
13.4.8.6
13.4.8.7
13.4.8.8
13.4.8.8.1 Supply Air. 13.4.8.8.1.1
13.4.8.8.1.2
13.4.8.8.1.3
13.4.8.8.2 Exhaust Air. 13.4.8.8.2.1
13.4.8.8.2.2
307 13.4.8.8.2.3
13.4.8.8.2.4
13.4.8.9
13.4.8.9.1
13.4.8.9.2
13.4.8.9.3
13.4.8.9.4
13.4.8.9.4.1 Electric Arc Projection Equipment.
13.4.8.9.4.2 Xenon Projection Equipment.
13.4.8.10
13.4.9 * Special Amusement Buildings. 13.4.9.1 General. 13.4.9.1.1 *
13.4.9.1.2 *
308 13.4.9.2 Means of Egress. 13.4.9.2.1 Exit Marking. 13.4.9.2.1.1
13.4.9.2.1.2
13.4.9.2.1.3 *
13.4.9.2.2 Illumination. 13.4.9.2.2.1 *
13.4.9.2.2.2 *
13.4.9.3 Interior Finish.
13.4.9.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 13.4.9.4.1 General. 13.4.9.4.1.1
13.4.9.4.1.2
13.4.9.4.2 * Initiation. 13.4.9.4.2.1
13.4.9.4.2.2
309 13.4.9.4.3 Smoke Detection.
13.4.9.4.4 * Notification. 13.4.9.4.4.1
13.4.9.4.4.2
13.4.9.4.4.3 *
13.4.9.5 Extinguishment Requirements. 13.4.9.5.1 *
13.4.9.5.2
13.4.9.6 Operating Features. 13.4.9.6.1 * Furnishings, Decorations, and Scenery.
13.4.9.6.2 * Emergency Action Plan.
13.4.10 Grandstands. 13.4.10.1 General. 13.4.10.1.1
13.4.10.1.2
13.4.10.2 Seating. 13.4.10.2.1
13.4.10.2.2
13.4.10.2.3
13.4.10.2.4
310 13.4.10.2.5
13.4.10.3 Special Requirements ā€” Wood Grandstands. 13.4.10.3.1
13.4.10.3.2
13.4.10.3.3
13.4.10.3.4
13.4.10.3.5
13.4.10.3.6
13.4.10.4 Special Requirements ā€” Portable Grandstands.
311 13.4.10.4.1
13.4.10.4.2
13.4.10.4.3
13.4.10.4.4
13.4.10.4.5
13.4.10.4.6
13.4.10.4.7
13.4.10.5 Spaces Underneath Grandstands.
13.4.10.6 Guards and Railings. 13.4.10.6.1
13.4.10.6.2
13.4.10.6.3
13.4.10.6.4
13.4.10.6.5
13.4.10.6.6
312 13.4.10.6.7
13.4.10.6.8
13.4.11 Folding and Telescopic Seating. 13.4.11.1 General. 13.4.11.1.1
13.4.11.1.2
13.4.11.2 Seating. 13.4.11.2.1
13.4.11.2.2
13.4.11.2.3
13.4.11.2.4
13.4.11.2.5
13.4.11.3 Guards and Railings. 13.4.11.3.1
13.4.11.3.2
13.4.11.3.3
13.4.11.3.4
313 13.4.11.3.5
13.4.11.3.6
13.4.11.3.7
13.4.11.3.8
13.4.12 Airport Loading Walkways. 13.4.12.1
13.4.12.2
13.4.12.3
13.5 Building Services. 13.5.1 Utilities.
13.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Equipment.
13.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
13.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
13.6 Reserved. 13.7 Operating Features. 13.7.1 Means of Egress Inspection. 13.7.1.1
314 13.7.1.2
13.7.1.3 Inspection of Door Openings.
13.7.2 Special Provisions for Food Service Operations. 13.7.2.1
13.7.2.2
13.7.2.3
13.7.2.4
13.7.3 Open Flame Devices and Pyrotechnics.
13.7.4 Furnishings, Decorations, and Scenery. 13.7.4.1 *
13.7.4.2
315 13.7.4.3 *
13.7.4.4
13.7.5 Special Provisions for Exposition Facilities. 13.7.5.1 General.
13.7.5.2 Materials Not on Display.
13.7.5.3 Exhibits. 13.7.5.3.1
13.7.5.3.2
13.7.5.3.3
13.7.5.3.4
13.7.5.3.5
316 13.7.5.3.6
13.7.5.3.6.1
13.7.5.3.6.2
13.7.5.3.6.3
13.7.5.3.7
13.7.5.3.7.1
13.7.5.3.7.2
13.7.5.3.7.3
13.7.5.3.8
13.7.5.3.9
317 13.7.5.3.10
13.7.5.3.11
13.7.5.3.11.1
13.7.5.3.11.2
13.7.5.4 Vehicles.
13.7.5.4.1
13.7.5.4.2
13.7.5.4.3
13.7.5.4.4
13.7.5.4.5
13.7.5.5 Prohibited Materials. 13.7.5.5.1
13.7.5.5.2
13.7.5.6 Alternatives.
318 13.7.6 Crowd Managers. 13.7.6.1
13.7.6.2 *
13.7.6.3
13.7.6.4 *
13.7.6.5
13.7.7 * Drills. 13.7.7.1
13.7.7.2
13.7.7.3 *
319 13.7.7.4
13.7.8 Smoking. 13.7.8.1
13.7.8.2
13.7.8.3
13.7.8.4
13.7.9 Seating. 13.7.9.1 Secured Seating. 13.7.9.1.1
13.7.9.1.2
13.7.9.2 Unsecured Seating. 13.7.9.2.1
13.7.9.2.2
13.7.9.2.3
13.7.9.3 Occupant Load Posting. 13.7.9.3.1
13.7.9.3.2
13.7.9.3.3
320 13.7.10 Maintenance of Outdoor Grandstands. 13.7.10.1
13.7.10.2
13.7.10.3
13.7.11 Maintenance and Operation of Folding and Telescopic Seating. 13.7.11.1
13.7.11.2
13.7.12 Clothing.
13.7.13 Emergency Action Plans. 13.7.13.1
13.7.13.2
13.7.14 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems. 13.7.14.1
13.7.14.2
321 Chapter 14 : New Educational Occupancies
14.1 General Requirements. 14.1.1 Application. 14.1.1.1
14.1.1.2 Administration.
14.1.1.3 General.
14.1.1.4
14.1.1.5
14.1.2 Classification of Occupancy.
14.1.2.1
14.1.2.2
14.1.2.3
14.1.2.4
14.1.3 Multiple Occupancies. 14.1.3.1 General.
14.1.3.2 Atrium Walls Used in an Occupancy Separation.
322 14.1.3.3 Assembly and Educational. 14.1.3.3.1
14.1.3.3.2
14.1.3.4 Dormitory and Classrooms. 14.1.3.4.1
14.1.3.4.2
14.1.4 Definitions. 14.1.4.1 General.
14.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
14.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
14.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements.
14.1.7 Occupant Load. 14.1.7.1
14.1.7.2
14.1.7.3
14.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 14.2.1 General.
323 14.2.1.1
14.2.1.2
14.2.1.3
14.2.1.4
14.2.1.5
14.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 14.2.2.1 Components Permitted.
14.2.2.2 Doors. 14.2.2.2.1
14.2.2.2.2
14.2.2.2.3 Special Locking. 14.2.2.2.3.1
14.2.2.2.3.2
14.2.2.2.3.3
14.2.2.2.4 * Locking of Classroom Doors and Doors to Other Instructional Spaces.
324 14.2.2.3 * Stairs.
14.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
14.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
14.2.2.6 Ramps.
14.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
14.2.2.8 Fire Escape Ladders.
14.2.2.9 Alternating Tread Devices.
14.2.2.10 Areas of Refuge.
14.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress. 14.2.3.1 General.
14.2.3.2 Minimum Corridor Width. 14.2.3.2.1
14.2.3.2.2
14.2.4 Number of Means of Egress. 14.2.4.1
14.2.4.2
14.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress.
14.2.5.1
14.2.5.2
325 14.2.5.2.1
14.2.5.2.2
14.2.5.3
14.2.5.4
14.2.5.5
14.2.5.6
14.2.5.7
14.2.5.8
14.2.5.9 *
14.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits.
14.2.6.1
14.2.6.2
326 14.2.6.3
14.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
14.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
14.2.9 Emergency Lighting.
14.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
14.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. 14.2.11.1 * Windows for Rescue. 14.2.11.1.1
14.2.11.1.2
14.2.11.2 Lockups.
14.2.11.3 Hazardous Materials.
14.3 Protection. 14.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings. 14.3.1.1
14.3.1.2
327 14.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 14.3.2.1
14.3.2.2
14.3.2.3
14.3.2.4
14.3.2.5 Hazardous Materials.
14.3.3 Interior Finish. 14.3.3.1 General.
14.3.3.2 * Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
14.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish. 14.3.3.3.1
14.3.3.3.2
328 14.3.3.3.3
14.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 14.3.4.1 General. 14.3.4.1.1
14.3.4.1.2
14.3.4.2 Initiation. 14.3.4.2.1 General.
14.3.4.2.2 Automatic Initiation.
14.3.4.2.3 Alternative Protection System.
14.3.4.2.3.1 *
14.3.4.2.3.2 *
14.3.4.3 Notification. 14.3.4.3.1 Occupant Notification. 14.3.4.3.1.1
14.3.4.3.1.2
14.3.4.3.1.3
14.3.4.3.1.4
329 14.3.4.3.1.5
14.3.4.3.1.6
14.3.4.3.1.7
14.3.4.3.2 Emergency Forces Notification.
14.3.4.4 Carbon Monoxide Detection Systems. 14.3.4.4.1
14.3.4.4.2
14.3.4.4.3
14.3.4.5 Risk Analysis for Mass Notification Systems.
14.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements. 14.3.5.1
14.3.5.2
330 14.3.5.3
14.3.5.4
14.3.5.5
14.3.6 Corridors.
14.3.7 Subdivision of Building Spaces. 14.3.7.1
14.3.7.2
14.3.7.3
14.4 Special Provisions. 14.4.1
331 14.4.2 Limited Access Buildings and Underground Buildings.
14.4.3 High-Rise Buildings.
14.4.4 Flexible Plan and Open Plan Buildings. 14.4.4.1
14.4.4.2
14.4.4.3
14.4.4.4
14.4.4.5
14.4.5 Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
14.5 Building Services. 14.5.1 Utilities.
14.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Equipment. 14.5.2.1
14.5.2.2
14.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
14.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
332 14.6 Reserved. 14.7 Operating Features. 14.7.1 Emergency Action Plan.
14.7.2 Emergency Egress Drills. 14.7.2.1 *
14.7.2.2
14.7.2.3
14.7.2.4 *
14.7.2.5
14.7.3 Inspection. 14.7.3.1 *
14.7.3.2
14.7.3.3 Inspection of Door Openings.
14.7.4 Furnishings and Decorations. 14.7.4.1
333 14.7.4.2
14.7.4.3
14.7.5 Open Flames.
14.7.6 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems.
Chapter 15 : Existing Educational Occupancies
15.1 General Requirements. 15.1.1 Application. 15.1.1.1
15.1.1.2 Administration.
15.1.1.3 General.
15.1.1.4
15.1.1.5
15.1.2 Classification of Occupancy.
334 15.1.2.1
15.1.2.2
15.1.2.3
15.1.2.4
15.1.3 Multiple Occupancies. 15.1.3.1 General.
15.1.3.2 Atrium Walls Used in an Occupancy Separation.
15.1.3.3 Assembly and Educational. 15.1.3.3.1
15.1.3.3.2
15.1.3.4 Dormitory and Classrooms. 15.1.3.4.1
15.1.3.4.2
15.1.4 Definitions. 15.1.4.1 General.
15.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
15.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
335 15.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements.
15.1.7 Occupant Load. 15.1.7.1
15.1.7.2
15.1.7.3
15.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 15.2.1 General. 15.2.1.1
15.2.1.2
15.2.1.3
15.2.1.4
15.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 15.2.2.1 Components Permitted.
15.2.2.2 Doors. 15.2.2.2.1
15.2.2.2.2
15.2.2.2.3 Special Locking. 15.2.2.2.3.1
15.2.2.2.3.2
336 15.2.2.2.3.3
15.2.2.2.4 * Locking of Classroom Doors and Other Instructional Spaces. 15.2.2.2.4.1
15.2.2.2.4.2
15.2.2.3 * Stairs.
15.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
15.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
15.2.2.6 Ramps.
15.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
15.2.2.8 Fire Escape Ladders.
15.2.2.9 Alternating Tread Devices.
15.2.2.10 Areas of Refuge.
15.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress. 15.2.3.1 General.
15.2.3.2 Minimum Corridor Width.
337 15.2.3.2.1
15.2.3.2.2
15.2.4 Number of Means of Egress. 15.2.4.1
15.2.4.2
15.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress. 15.2.5.1
15.2.5.2
15.2.5.2.1
15.2.5.2.2
15.2.5.3
15.2.5.4
15.2.5.5
338 15.2.5.6
15.2.5.7
15.2.5.8
15.2.5.9 *
15.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits.
15.2.6.1
15.2.6.2
15.2.6.3
15.2.6.4
15.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
15.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
15.2.9 Emergency Lighting. 15.2.9.1
15.2.9.2
15.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
15.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. 15.2.11.1 * Windows for Rescue. 15.2.11.1.1
339 15.2.11.1.2
15.2.11.2 Lockups.
15.2.11.3 Hazardous Materials.
15.3 Protection. 15.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings. 15.3.1.1
15.3.1.2
15.3.1.3
340 15.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 15.3.2.1
15.3.2.2
15.3.2.3
15.3.2.4
15.3.2.5 Hazardous Materials.
15.3.3 Interior Finish. 15.3.3.1 General.
15.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
15.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish.
15.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 15.3.4.1 General. 15.3.4.1.1
341 15.3.4.1.2
15.3.4.2 Initiation. 15.3.4.2.1 General.
15.3.4.2.2 Automatic Initiation.
15.3.4.2.3 Alternative Protection System.
15.3.4.2.3.1 *
15.3.4.2.3.2 *
15.3.4.3 Notification. 15.3.4.3.1 Occupant Notification. 15.3.4.3.1.1 *
15.3.4.3.1.2 Reserved. 15.3.4.3.1.3
15.3.4.3.1.4
15.3.4.3.1.5
15.3.4.3.1.6
342 15.3.4.3.1.7
15.3.4.3.2 Emergency Forces Notification. 15.3.4.3.2.1
15.3.4.3.2.2
15.3.4.4 Reserved. 15.3.4.5 Risk Analysis for Mass Notification Systems.
15.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements. 15.3.5.1
15.3.5.2
15.3.5.3
15.3.5.4
15.3.5.5
15.3.6 Corridors.
343 15.3.7 Subdivision of Building Spaces. 15.3.7.1
15.3.7.2
15.3.7.3
15.4 Special Provisions. 15.4.1
15.4.2 Limited Access Buildings and Underground Buildings.
15.4.3 High-Rise Buildings.
15.4.4 Flexible Plan and Open Plan Buildings. 15.4.4.1
15.4.4.2
15.4.4.3
15.4.4.4
15.4.4.5
15.4.5 Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
344 15.5 Building Services. 15.5.1 Utilities.
15.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Equipment. 15.5.2.1
15.5.2.2
15.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
15.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
15.6 Reserved. 15.7 Operating Features. 15.7.1 Emergency Action Plans.
15.7.2 Emergency Egress Drills. 15.7.2.1 *
15.7.2.2
15.7.2.3
345 15.7.2.4 *
15.7.2.5
15.7.3 Inspection. 15.7.3.1 *
15.7.3.2
15.7.3.3 Inspection of Door Openings.
15.7.4 Furnishings and Decorations. 15.7.4.1
15.7.4.2
15.7.4.3
15.7.5 Open Flames.
15.7.6 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems. 15.7.6.1
15.7.6.2
346 Chapter 16 : New Day-Care Occupancies
16.1 General Requirements. 16.1.1 * Application. 16.1.1.1
16.1.1.2 Administration.
16.1.1.3 General.
16.1.1.4
16.1.1.5
16.1.1.6
16.1.1.7 *
16.1.1.8 Multiple-Level Buildings.
16.1.1.8.1
16.1.1.8.2
16.1.1.8.3
16.1.1.8.4
16.1.1.9
16.1.2 Classification of Occupancy.
347 16.1.2.1 General.
16.1.2.2 Adult Day-Care Occupancies. 16.1.2.2.1
16.1.2.2.2
16.1.2.2.3
16.1.2.3 * Conversions.
16.1.3 Multiple Occupancies. 16.1.3.1 General.
16.1.3.2 Atrium Walls Used in an Occupancy Separation.
16.1.3.3 Day-Care Occupancies in Apartment Buildings.
16.1.4 Definitions. 16.1.4.1 General.
16.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
16.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
16.1.6 Location and Minimum Construction Requirements. 16.1.6.1
348 16.1.6.2
16.1.7 Occupant Load. 16.1.7.1
a b c
349 16.1.7.2
16.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 16.2.1 General.
16.2.1.1
16.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 16.2.2.1 Components Permitted.
16.2.2.2 Doors. 16.2.2.2.1 General.
16.2.2.2.2 Panic Hardware or Fire Exit Hardware.
16.2.2.2.3 Special Locking Arrangements. 16.2.2.2.3.1
16.2.2.2.3.2
16.2.2.2.3.3
16.2.2.2.4 *
16.2.2.2.5 Bathroom Doors.
16.2.2.2.6 Locking of Classroom Doors and Doors to Other Client Care Spaces.
350 16.2.2.3 * Stairs.
16.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
16.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
16.2.2.6 Ramps.
16.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
16.2.2.8 Fire Escape Ladders.
16.2.2.9 Alternating Tread Devices.
16.2.2.10 Areas of Refuge.
16.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress.
16.2.4 Number of Means of Egress. 16.2.4.1
16.2.4.2
16.2.4.3 Reserved. 16.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress.
16.2.5.1
16.2.5.2
16.2.5.2.1
351 16.2.5.2.2
16.2.5.3
16.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits. 16.2.6.1
16.2.6.2
16.2.6.3
16.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
16.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
16.2.9 Emergency Lighting.
16.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
16.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. 16.2.11.1 Windows for Rescue. 16.2.11.1.1
16.2.11.1.2
352 16.2.11.2 Lockups.
16.2.11.3 Hazardous Materials.
16.3 Protection. 16.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings.
16.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 16.3.2.1
16.3.2.2
16.3.2.3
16.3.2.4
16.3.2.5
16.3.2.6 Hazardous Materials.
16.3.3 Interior Finish.
353 16.3.3.1 General.
16.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
16.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish. 16.3.3.3.1
16.3.3.3.2
16.3.3.3.3
16.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 16.3.4.1 General.
16.3.4.2 Initiation.
16.3.4.3 Occupant Notification. 16.3.4.3.1
16.3.4.3.2
16.3.4.3.3
16.3.4.4 Emergency Forces Notification.
16.3.4.5 Detection.
16.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements. 16.3.5.1
16.3.5.2
354 16.3.5.3
16.3.5.4
16.3.6 Corridors.
16.4 Special Provisions. 16.4.1
16.4.2 Limited Access Buildings and Underground Buildings.
16.4.3 High-Rise Buildings.
16.4.4 Flexible Plan and Open Plan Buildings. 16.4.4.1
16.4.4.2
16.4.4.3
16.4.4.4
16.4.4.5
16.4.5 Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
355 16.5 Building Services. 16.5.1 Utilities. 16.5.1.1
16.5.1.2
16.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Equipment. 16.5.2.1
16.5.2.2
16.5.2.3
16.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
16.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
16.6 Day-Care Homes. 16.6.1 General Requirements. 16.6.1.1 Application. 16.6.1.1.1
16.6.1.1.2
16.6.1.1.3
356 16.6.1.1.4
16.6.1.1.5
16.6.1.2 Multiple Occupancies.
16.6.1.3 Definitions.
16.6.1.4 Classification of Occupancy. 16.6.1.4.1 Subclassification of Day-Care Homes.
16.6.1.4.1.1 Family Day-Care Home.
16.6.1.4.1.2 Group Day-Care Home.
16.6.1.4.2 * Conversions.
16.6.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
16.6.1.6 Location and Construction.
16.6.1.7 Occupant Load. 16.6.1.7.1
16.6.1.7.2
16.6.2 Means of Escape Requirements. 16.6.2.1 General.
357 16.6.2.1.1
16.6.2.1.2
16.6.2.2 Reserved. 16.6.2.3 Reserved. 16.6.2.4 Number and Type of Means of Escape. 16.6.2.4.1
16.6.2.4.2
16.6.2.4.3
16.6.2.4.4
16.6.2.4.5
16.6.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Escape. 16.6.2.5.1
16.6.2.5.2
16.6.2.5.3
16.6.2.5.4
16.6.2.6 Travel Distance.
16.6.2.6.1
358 16.6.2.6.2
16.6.2.6.3
16.6.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
16.6.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
16.6.2.9 Emergency Lighting.
16.6.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
16.6.3 Protection. 16.6.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings. 16.6.3.1.1
16.6.3.1.2
16.6.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 16.6.3.2.1
16.6.3.3 Interior Finish. 16.6.3.3.1 General.
16.6.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish. 16.6.3.3.2.1
16.6.3.3.2.2
16.6.3.3.2.3
359 16.6.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish. 16.6.3.3.3.1
16.6.3.3.3.2
16.6.3.3.3.3
16.6.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 16.6.3.4.1
16.6.3.4.2
16.6.3.4.3
16.6.3.4.4
16.6.3.4.5 Reserved. 16.6.3.4.6
16.6.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements.
16.6.4 Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
360 16.7 Operating Features. 16.7.1 * Emergency Action Plans.
16.7.2 Emergency Egress and Relocation Drills. 16.7.2.1 *
16.7.2.2
16.7.3 Inspections. 16.7.3.1
16.7.3.2 *
16.7.3.3
16.7.3.4 Inspection of Door Openings.
16.7.4 Furnishings and Decorations. 16.7.4.1
16.7.4.2
16.7.4.3
361 16.7.4.4
16.7.5 * Day-Care Staff.
16.7.6 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems.
Chapter 17 : Existing Day-Care Occupancies
17.1 General Requirements. 17.1.1 * Application. 17.1.1.1
17.1.1.2 Administration.
17.1.1.3 General.
17.1.1.4
17.1.1.5
17.1.1.6
17.1.1.7 *
17.1.1.8 Multiple-Level Buildings.
17.1.1.8.1
362 17.1.1.8.2
17.1.1.8.3
17.1.1.8.4
17.1.1.9
17.1.2 Classification of Occupancy.
17.1.2.1 General.
17.1.2.2 Adult Day-Care Occupancies. 17.1.2.2.1
17.1.2.2.2
17.1.2.2.3
17.1.2.3 * Conversions.
17.1.3 Multiple Occupancies. 17.1.3.1 General.
17.1.3.2 Atrium Walls Used in an Occupancy Separation.
17.1.3.3 Day-Care Occupancies in Apartment Buildings.
17.1.4 Definitions. 17.1.4.1 General.
363 17.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
17.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
17.1.6 Location and Minimum Construction Requirements. 17.1.6.1
a b c
364 17.1.6.2 Reserved. 17.1.7 Occupant Load. 17.1.7.1
17.1.7.2
17.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 17.2.1 General.
17.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 17.2.2.1 Components Permitted.
17.2.2.2 Doors. 17.2.2.2.1 General.
17.2.2.2.2 Panic Hardware or Fire Exit Hardware.
17.2.2.2.3 Special Locking Arrangements. 17.2.2.2.3.1
17.2.2.2.3.2
17.2.2.2.3.3
17.2.2.2.4 * Door Latches.
17.2.2.2.5 Bathroom Doors.
365 17.2.2.2.6 Locking of Classroom Doors and Doors to Other Client Care Spaces. 17.2.2.2.6.1
17.2.2.2.6.2
17.2.2.3 * Stairs.
17.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
17.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits. 17.2.2.5.1
17.2.2.5.2
17.2.2.6 Ramps.
17.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
17.2.2.8 Fire Escape Ladders.
17.2.2.9 Alternating Tread Devices.
17.2.2.10 Areas of Refuge.
366 17.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress.
17.2.4 Number of Means of Egress. 17.2.4.1
17.2.4.2
17.2.4.3
17.2.4.3.1
17.2.4.3.2
17.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress. 17.2.5.1
17.2.5.2
17.2.5.2.1
17.2.5.2.2
17.2.5.3
17.2.5.4
17.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits. 17.2.6.1
367 17.2.6.2
17.2.6.3
17.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
17.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
17.2.9 Emergency Lighting.
17.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
17.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. 17.2.11.1 Windows for Rescue. 17.2.11.1.1
17.2.11.1.2
368 17.2.11.2 Lockups.
17.2.11.3 Hazardous Materials.
17.3 Protection. 17.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings.
17.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 17.3.2.1
17.3.2.2
17.3.2.3
17.3.2.4
17.3.2.5
369 17.3.2.6 Hazardous Materials.
17.3.3 Interior Finish. 17.3.3.1 General.
17.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
17.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish.
17.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 17.3.4.1 General.
17.3.4.2 Initiation.
17.3.4.3 Occupant Notification. 17.3.4.3.1
17.3.4.3.2
17.3.4.3.3
17.3.4.4 Emergency Forces Notification. 17.3.4.4.1
17.3.4.4.2
17.3.4.5 Detection.
17.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements. 17.3.5.1
17.3.5.2
370 17.3.5.3
17.3.5.4
17.3.6 Corridors.
17.4 Special Provisions. 17.4.1
17.4.2 Limited Access Buildings and Underground Buildings.
17.4.3 High-Rise Buildings.
17.4.4 Flexible Plan and Open Plan Buildings. 17.4.4.1
17.4.4.2
17.4.4.3
17.4.5 Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
371 17.5 Building Services. 17.5.1 Utilities. 17.5.1.1
17.5.1.2
17.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Equipment. 17.5.2.1
17.5.2.2
17.5.2.3
17.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
17.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
17.6 Day-Care Homes. 17.6.1 General Requirements. 17.6.1.1 Application. 17.6.1.1.1 Reserved. 17.6.1.1.2 *
17.6.1.1.3
17.6.1.1.4
372 17.6.1.1.5
17.6.1.2 Multiple Occupancies.
17.6.1.3 Definitions.
17.6.1.4 Classification of Occupancy. 17.6.1.4.1 Subclassification of Day-Care Homes.
17.6.1.4.1.1 Family Day-Care Home.
17.6.1.4.1.2 Group Day-Care Home.
17.6.1.4.2 * Conversions.
17.6.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
17.6.1.6 Location and Construction.
17.6.1.7 Occupant Load. 17.6.1.7.1
17.6.1.7.2
17.6.2 Means of Escape Requirements. 17.6.2.1 General.
17.6.2.2 Reserved. 17.6.2.3 Reserved. 17.6.2.4 Number and Type of Means of Escape.
373 17.6.2.4.1
17.6.2.4.2
17.6.2.4.3
17.6.2.4.4
17.6.2.4.5
17.6.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Escape. 17.6.2.5.1
17.6.2.5.2
17.6.2.5.3
17.6.2.5.4
17.6.2.6 Travel Distance.
17.6.2.6.1
17.6.2.6.2
374 17.6.2.6.3
17.6.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
17.6.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
17.6.2.9 Emergency Lighting.
17.6.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
17.6.3 Protection. 17.6.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings. 17.6.3.1.1
17.6.3.1.2
17.6.3.1.3
17.6.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 17.6.3.2.1
17.6.3.3 Interior Finish. 17.6.3.3.1 General.
17.6.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish. 17.6.3.3.2.1
17.6.3.3.2.2
17.6.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish.
17.6.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 17.6.3.4.1
375 17.6.3.4.2
17.6.3.4.3
17.6.3.4.4
17.6.3.4.5
17.6.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements.
17.6.4 Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
17.7 Operating Features. 17.7.1 * Emergency Action Plans.
17.7.2 Emergency Egress and Relocation Drills. 17.7.2.1 *
17.7.2.2
376 17.7.3 Inspections. 17.7.3.1
17.7.3.2 *
17.7.3.3
17.7.3.4 Inspection of Door Openings.
17.7.4 Furnishings and Decorations. 17.7.4.1
17.7.4.2
17.7.4.3
17.7.4.4
17.7.5 * Day-Care Staff.
17.7.6 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems. 17.7.6.1
17.7.6.2
377 Chapter 18 : New Health Care Occupancies
18.1 General Requirements. 18.1.1 Application. 18.1.1.1 General. 18.1.1.1.1 *
18.1.1.1.2 Administration.
18.1.1.1.3 General.
18.1.1.1.4
18.1.1.1.5
18.1.1.1.6
18.1.1.1.7 *
18.1.1.1.8
18.1.1.1.9 *
18.1.1.2 * Goals and Objectives.
18.1.1.3 Total Concept. 18.1.1.3.1
378 18.1.1.3.2
18.1.1.4 Additions, Conversions, Modernization, Renovation, and Construction Operations. 18.1.1.4.1 Additions.
18.1.1.4.1.1
18.1.1.4.1.2
18.1.1.4.1.3
18.1.1.4.2 Changes of Use or Occupancy Classification.
18.1.1.4.3 Rehabilitation. 18.1.1.4.3.1
18.1.1.4.3.2
18.1.1.4.3.3 *
18.1.1.4.3.4 *
379 18.1.1.4.4 Construction, Repair, and Improvement Operations.
18.1.2 Classification of Occupancy.
18.1.3 Multiple Occupancies. 18.1.3.1
18.1.3.2
18.1.3.3
18.1.3.4 *
18.1.3.5 Contiguous Nonā€“Health Care Occupancies. 18.1.3.5.1 *
18.1.3.5.2
18.1.3.6
18.1.3.7
18.1.3.8
380 18.1.3.9
18.1.3.10
18.1.3.11
18.1.3.12
18.1.4 Definitions. 18.1.4.1 General.
18.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
18.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
18.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements. 18.1.6.1
a b
381 18.1.6.2
18.1.6.3
382 18.1.6.4
18.1.6.5
18.1.6.6
18.1.7 Occupant Load.
18.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 18.2.1 General.
18.2.2 * Means of Egress Components. 18.2.2.1 Components Permitted.
18.2.2.2 Doors. 18.2.2.2.1
18.2.2.2.2
18.2.2.2.3
18.2.2.2.4
383 18.2.2.2.5
18.2.2.2.5.1 *
18.2.2.2.5.2 *
18.2.2.2.6
18.2.2.2.7 *
18.2.2.2.8 *
18.2.2.2.9
18.2.2.2.10
18.2.2.2.11
384 18.2.2.2.11.1
18.2.2.2.11.2
18.2.2.3 Stairs.
18.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
18.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
18.2.2.5.1
18.2.2.5.1.1
18.2.2.5.1.2
18.2.2.5.2
18.2.2.5.3
18.2.2.5.4
18.2.2.5.5
385 18.2.2.5.6
18.2.2.5.7
18.2.2.6 Ramps. 18.2.2.6.1
18.2.2.6.2
18.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
18.2.2.8 Fire Escape Ladders.
18.2.2.9 Alternating Tread Devices.
18.2.2.10 Areas of Refuge.
18.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress. 18.2.3.1
18.2.3.2 Reserved. 18.2.3.3 Reserved. 18.2.3.4 *
386 18.2.3.5
387 18.2.3.6
18.2.3.7
18.2.4 Number of Means of Egress. 18.2.4.1
18.2.4.2
18.2.4.3
18.2.4.4 * Exits from Smoke Compartments. 18.2.4.4.1
388 18.2.4.4.2
18.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress. 18.2.5.1 General.
18.2.5.2 Common Path of Travel.
18.2.5.3 Dead-End Corridors.
18.2.5.4 * Intervening Rooms or Spaces.
18.2.5.5 Two Means of Egress. 18.2.5.5.1
18.2.5.5.2
18.2.5.6 Corridor Access. 18.2.5.6.1 *
18.2.5.6.2
18.2.5.6.3
18.2.5.6.4
18.2.5.7 Health Care Suites. 18.2.5.7.1 General. 18.2.5.7.1.1 Suite Permission.
18.2.5.7.1.2 * Suite Separation.
18.2.5.7.1.3 Suite Hazardous Contents Areas. (A) *
389 (B)
(C) *
18.2.5.7.1.4 Suite Subdivision.
18.2.5.7.2 Sleeping Suites.
18.2.5.7.2.1 Patient Care Sleeping Suite Supervision. (A)
(B) *
18.2.5.7.2.2 Patient Care Sleeping Suite Means of Egress. (A) *
(B)
(C) *
18.2.5.7.2.3 Patient Care Sleeping Suite Maximum Size. (A)
(B)
390 (C)
18.2.5.7.2.4 Patient Care Sleeping Suite Travel Distance. (A)
(B)
18.2.5.7.3 Patient Care Nonsleeping Suites.
18.2.5.7.3.1 Patient Care Nonsleeping Suite Means of Egress. (A)
(B)
(C) *
18.2.5.7.3.2 Patient Care Nonsleeping Suite Maximum Size. (A)
(B)
18.2.5.7.3.3 Patient Care Non sleeping Suite Travel Distance. (A)
(B)
18.2.5.7.4 Non-Patient-Care Suites.
391 18.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits. 18.2.6.1
18.2.6.2
18.2.6.2.1
18.2.6.2.2 Reserved. 18.2.6.2.3
18.2.6.2.4
18.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
18.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
18.2.9 Emergency Lighting. 18.2.9.1
18.2.9.2
18.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress. 18.2.10.1
18.2.10.2 Reserved. 18.2.10.3
18.2.10.4
18.2.10.5
18.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features.
392 18.3 Protection. 18.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings.
18.3.1.1 Reserved. 18.3.1.2
18.3.1.3
18.3.1.4
18.3.1.5
18.3.1.6
18.3.1.7 Reserved. 18.3.1.8
18.3.1.9
18.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 18.3.2.1 Hazardous Areas. 18.3.2.1.1
18.3.2.1.2
18.3.2.1.3
393 18.3.2.2 Laboratories.
18.3.2.3 Hyperbaric Chambers.
18.3.2.4 Medical Gas.
18.3.2.5 Cooking Facilities. 18.3.2.5.1
18.3.2.5.2 *
18.3.2.5.3 *
394 18.3.2.5.4 *
18.3.2.5.5 *
18.3.2.6 Heliports.
18.3.2.7 Hazardous Materials.
18.3.3 Interior Finish. 18.3.3.1 General.
18.3.3.2 * Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
18.3.3.2.1
18.3.3.2.2
18.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish. 18.3.3.3.1
18.3.3.3.2
18.3.3.3.3
18.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems.
395 18.3.4.1 General.
18.3.4.2 * Initiation. 18.3.4.2.1
18.3.4.2.2
18.3.4.2.3
18.3.4.3 Notification.
18.3.4.3.1 Occupant Notification.
18.3.4.3.2 Emergency Forces Notification. 18.3.4.3.2.1
18.3.4.3.2.2 Reserved. 18.3.4.3.3 Annunciation and Annunciation Zoning. 18.3.4.3.3.1
18.3.4.3.3.2
18.3.4.3.3.3
18.3.4.4 Emergency Control Functions.
18.3.4.5 Detection. 18.3.4.5.1 General.
18.3.4.5.2 Detection in Spaces Open to Corridors.
396 18.3.4.5.3 * Nursing Homes.
18.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements. 18.3.5.1 *
18.3.5.2
18.3.5.3 Reserved. 18.3.5.4
18.3.5.5
18.3.5.6 *
18.3.5.7 Reserved. 18.3.5.8 Reserved. 18.3.5.9 Reserved. 18.3.5.10 *
18.3.5.11 *
18.3.5.12
18.3.6 Corridors. 18.3.6.1 Corridor Separation.
397 18.3.6.2 * Construction of Corridor Walls. 18.3.6.2.1 *
18.3.6.2.2
18.3.6.2.3 *
18.3.6.3 * Corridor Doors. 18.3.6.3.1 *
18.3.6.3.2 Reserved. 18.3.6.3.3 Reserved. 18.3.6.3.4 Reserved. 18.3.6.3.5
18.3.6.3.6
18.3.6.3.7
398 18.3.6.3.8
18.3.6.3.9 Roller Latches. 18.3.6.3.9.1
18.3.6.3.9.2
18.3.6.3.10 *
18.3.6.3.11
18.3.6.3.12 *
18.3.6.3.13
18.3.6.4 Transfer Grilles. 18.3.6.4.1
18.3.6.4.2
18.3.6.5 Openings. 18.3.6.5.1 *
18.3.6.5.2
18.3.7 * Subdivision of Building Spaces. 18.3.7.1
399 18.3.7.2
18.3.7.3
18.3.7.4
18.3.7.5
18.3.7.5.1
18.3.7.5.2
18.3.7.6 *
400 18.3.7.7
18.3.7.8 *
18.3.7.9 *
18.3.7.9.1
18.3.7.10
18.3.8 Special Protection Features. (Reserved) 18.4 Special Provisions. 18.4.1 Special Structures.
18.4.2 Underground Structures and Limited Access Structures.
18.4.3 High-Rise Buildings.
18.4.4 * Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
401 18.4.5 Nonsprinklered Existing Smoke Compartment Rehabilitation. 18.4.5.1 * General.
18.4.5.2 Minimum Construction Requirements (Nonsprinklered Smoke Compartment Rehabilitation).
*
402 18.4.5.3 Capacity of Means of Egress (Nonsprinklered Smoke Compartment Rehabilitation).
18.4.5.4 Travel Distance (Nonsprinklered Smoke Compartment Rehabilitation). 18.4.5.4.1
18.4.5.4.2
18.4.5.5 Hazardous Area Protection (Nonsprinklered Smoke Compartment Rehabilitation). 18.4.5.5.1
403 18.4.5.5.2
18.4.5.6 Interior Finish (Nonsprinklered Smoke Compartment Rehabilitation). 18.4.5.6.1 General.
18.4.5.6.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
18.4.5.6.2.1
18.4.5.6.2.2
18.4.5.6.3 Interior Floor Finish. 18.4.5.6.3.1
18.4.5.6.3.2
18.4.5.7 Corridors (Nonsprinklered Smoke Compartment Rehabilitation). 18.4.5.7.1 Construction of Corridor Walls. 18.4.5.7.1.1
404 18.4.5.7.1.2
18.4.5.7.2 Corridor Doors. 18.4.5.7.2.1
18.4.5.7.2.2
18.4.5.8 Subdivision of Building Space (Nonsprinklered Smoke Compartment Rehabilitation).
18.5 Building Services. 18.5.1 Utilities. 18.5.1.1
18.5.1.2
18.5.1.3
18.5.1.4
18.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning. 18.5.2.1
18.5.2.2 *
405 18.5.2.3
18.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
18.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes. 18.5.4.1
18.5.4.2
18.5.4.3
18.5.4.4
18.5.4.5 Reserved. 18.5.4.6
406 18.6 Reserved. 18.7 * Operating Features. 18.7.1 Evacuation and Relocation Plan and Fire Drills. 18.7.1.1
18.7.1.2
18.7.1.3
18.7.1.4 *
18.7.1.5
18.7.1.6
18.7.1.7
18.7.1.8
18.7.2 Procedure in Case of Fire. 18.7.2.1 * Protection of Patients. 18.7.2.1.1
18.7.2.1.2
18.7.2.2 Fire Safety Plan.
407 18.7.2.3 Staff Response. 18.7.2.3.1
18.7.2.3.2
18.7.2.3.3
18.7.3 Maintenance of Means of Egress. 18.7.3.1
18.7.3.2
18.7.3.3 *
18.7.4 * Smoking.
18.7.5 Furnishings, Mattresses, and Decorations. 18.7.5.1 *
408 18.7.5.2
18.7.5.3 Reserved. 18.7.5.4
18.7.5.5 Reserved. 18.7.5.6
18.7.5.7 Soiled Linen and Trash Receptacles. 18.7.5.7.1 *
18.7.5.7.2 *
18.7.5.7.3
409 18.7.6 Maintenance and Testing.
18.7.7 Engineered Smoke Control Systems. 18.7.7.1
18.7.7.2
18.7.8 * Portable Space-Heating Devices.
18.7.9 Construction, Repair, and Improvement Operations. 18.7.9.1
18.7.9.2
18.7.9.3
18.7.10 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems.
Chapter 19 : Existing Health Care Occupancies
19.1 General Requirements. 19.1.1 Application. 19.1.1.1 General. 19.1.1.1.1 *
19.1.1.1.2 Administration.
19.1.1.1.3 General.
19.1.1.1.4
410 19.1.1.1.5
19.1.1.1.6
19.1.1.1.7 *
19.1.1.1.8
19.1.1.1.9 *
19.1.1.2 * Goals and Objectives.
19.1.1.3 Total Concept. 19.1.1.3.1
19.1.1.3.2
19.1.1.4 Additions, Conversions, Modernization, Renovation, and Construction Operations. 19.1.1.4.1 Additions.
19.1.1.4.1.1
19.1.1.4.1.2
411 19.1.1.4.1.3
19.1.1.4.2 Changes of Use or Occupancy Classification.
19.1.1.4.3 Rehabilitation. 19.1.1.4.3.1
19.1.1.4.3.2
19.1.1.4.3.3 *
19.1.1.4.3.4 *
19.1.1.4.4 Construction, Repair, and Improvement Operations.
19.1.2 Classification of Occupancy.
19.1.3 Multiple Occupancies. 19.1.3.1
19.1.3.2
19.1.3.3
19.1.3.4 *
412 19.1.3.5 Contiguous Nonā€“Health Care Occupancies. 19.1.3.5.1 *
19.1.3.5.2
19.1.3.6
19.1.3.7
19.1.3.8
19.1.3.9
19.1.3.10
19.1.3.11
19.1.3.12
413 19.1.4 Definitions. 19.1.4.1 General.
19.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
19.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
19.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements. 19.1.6.1 *
b a
414 19.1.6.2 *
19.1.6.3
19.1.6.4
19.1.6.5
19.1.6.6
415 19.1.6.7
19.1.6.8
19.1.6.9 *
19.1.6.9.1
19.1.6.9.2
19.1.6.9.3 *
19.1.7 Occupant Load.
19.2 Means of Egress Requirements.
416 19.2.1 General.
19.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 19.2.2.1 Components Permitted.
19.2.2.2 Doors. 19.2.2.2.1
19.2.2.2.2
19.2.2.2.3
19.2.2.2.4
19.2.2.2.5
19.2.2.2.5.1 *
19.2.2.2.5.2 *
19.2.2.2.6
417 19.2.2.2.7 *
19.2.2.2.8 *
19.2.2.2.9
19.2.2.2.10 *
19.2.2.2.11
19.2.2.2.11.1
19.2.2.2.11.2
19.2.2.3 Stairs.
19.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
418 19.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
19.2.2.5.1
19.2.2.5.1.1
19.2.2.5.1.2
19.2.2.5.2
19.2.2.5.3 *
19.2.2.5.4
19.2.2.6 Ramps. 19.2.2.6.1
19.2.2.6.2
19.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
19.2.2.8 Fire Escape Ladders.
19.2.2.9 Alternating Tread Devices.
19.2.2.10 Areas of Refuge.
19.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress. 19.2.3.1
19.2.3.2
419 19.2.3.3
19.2.3.4 *
420 19.2.3.5
19.2.3.6
19.2.3.7
19.2.4 Number of Means of Egress. 19.2.4.1
19.2.4.2
19.2.4.3
19.2.4.4 *
19.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress. 19.2.5.1 General.
19.2.5.2
19.2.5.3 * Dead-End Corridors.
19.2.5.4 * Intervening Rooms or Spaces.
19.2.5.5 Two Means of Egress. 19.2.5.5.1
19.2.5.5.2
421 19.2.5.6 Corridor Access. 19.2.5.6.1 *
19.2.5.6.2
19.2.5.6.3
19.2.5.6.4
19.2.5.7 Health Care Suites. 19.2.5.7.1 General. 19.2.5.7.1.1 Suite Permission.
19.2.5.7.1.2 * Suite Separation.
19.2.5.7.1.3 Suite Hazardous Contents Areas. (A) *
(B)
(C) *
(D) *
19.2.5.7.1.4 Suite Subdivision.
19.2.5.7.2 Sleeping Suites.
422 19.2.5.7.2.1 Patient Care Sleeping Suite Supervision. (A)
(B) *
19.2.5.7.2.2 Patient Care Sleeping Suite Means of Egress. (A) *
(B)
(C) *
19.2.5.7.2.3 Patient Care Sleeping Suite Maximum Size. (A)
(B)
(C)
19.2.5.7.2.4 Patient Care Sleeping Suite Travel Distance. (A)
423 (B)
19.2.5.7.3 Patient Care Nonsleeping Suites.
19.2.5.7.3.1 Patient Care Nonsleeping Suite Means of Egress. (A)
(B)
(C) *
19.2.5.7.3.2 Patient Care Nonsleeping Suite Maximum Size.
(A)
(B)
19.2.5.7.3.3 Patient Care Nonsleeping Suite Travel Distance. (A)
(B)
424 19.2.5.7.4 Non-Patient-Care Suites.
19.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits. 19.2.6.1
19.2.6.2
19.2.6.2.1
19.2.6.2.2
19.2.6.2.3
19.2.6.2.4
19.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
19.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
19.2.9 Emergency Lighting. 19.2.9.1
19.2.9.2 Reserved. 19.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress. 19.2.10.1
19.2.10.2
19.2.10.3
19.2.10.4
19.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. (Reserved)
425 19.3 Protection. 19.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings.
19.3.1.1
19.3.1.2
19.3.1.3
19.3.1.4
19.3.1.5
19.3.1.6
19.3.1.7
19.3.1.8
19.3.1.9
19.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 19.3.2.1 Hazardous Areas.
19.3.2.1.1
19.3.2.1.2 *
19.3.2.1.3
19.3.2.1.4
426 19.3.2.1.5
19.3.2.2 Laboratories. 19.3.2.2.1
19.3.2.2.2
19.3.2.3 Hyperbaric Chambers.
19.3.2.4 Medical Gas.
19.3.2.5 Cooking Facilities. 19.3.2.5.1
19.3.2.5.2 *
19.3.2.5.3 *
427 19.3.2.5.4 *
19.3.2.5.5 *
19.3.2.6 Reserved. 19.3.2.7 Hazardous Materials.
19.3.3 Interior Finish. 19.3.3.1 General.
19.3.3.2 * Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
19.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish.
19.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 19.3.4.1 General.
19.3.4.2 * Initiation.
428 19.3.4.2.1
19.3.4.2.2
19.3.4.2.3
19.3.4.2.4
19.3.4.2.5
19.3.4.3 Notification.
19.3.4.3.1 Occupant Notification.
19.3.4.3.2 Emergency Forces Notification. 19.3.4.3.2.1
19.3.4.3.2.2
19.3.4.3.3 Reserved. 19.3.4.4 Emergency Control Functions.
19.3.4.5 Detection. 19.3.4.5.1 Corridors.
429 19.3.4.5.2 Detection in Spaces Open to Corridors.
19.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements. 19.3.5.1
19.3.5.2
19.3.5.3
19.3.5.4 *
19.3.5.5
19.3.5.6 Reserved. 19.3.5.7 *
19.3.5.8 *
19.3.5.9
430 19.3.5.10 *
19.3.5.11 *
19.3.5.12
19.3.6 Corridors. 19.3.6.1 Corridor Separation.
431 19.3.6.2 Construction of Corridor Walls. 19.3.6.2.1
19.3.6.2.2 *
19.3.6.2.3 *
19.3.6.2.4 *
19.3.6.2.5
19.3.6.2.6 *
19.3.6.2.7
19.3.6.2.8
19.3.6.3 * Corridor Doors. 19.3.6.3.1 *
19.3.6.3.2
432 19.3.6.3.3
19.3.6.3.4
19.3.6.3.5 *
19.3.6.3.6
19.3.6.3.7
19.3.6.3.8 Reserved. 19.3.6.3.9
19.3.6.3.10 *
19.3.6.3.11
19.3.6.3.12 *
19.3.6.3.13
19.3.6.3.14
433 19.3.6.3.15
19.3.6.3.16
19.3.6.3.17
19.3.6.4 Transfer Grilles. 19.3.6.4.1
19.3.6.4.2
19.3.6.5 Openings. 19.3.6.5.1 *
19.3.6.5.2
19.3.7 * Subdivision of Building Spaces. 19.3.7.1 *
19.3.7.2
434 19.3.7.3
19.3.7.4 Reserved. 19.3.7.5
19.3.7.5.1
19.3.7.5.2
19.3.7.6
19.3.7.6.1 *
19.3.7.6.2
19.3.7.7 Reserved. 19.3.7.8 *
19.3.7.9
435 19.3.7.10
19.3.8 Special Protection Features. (Reserved) 19.4 Special Provisions. 19.4.1 Special Structures.
19.4.2 Underground Structures and Limited Access Structures.
19.4.3 High-Rise Buildings. 19.4.3.1
19.4.3.2 *
19.4.3.3 *
19.4.3.4 *
19.4.4 * Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
436 19.5 Building Services. 19.5.1 Utilities. 19.5.1.1
19.5.1.2
19.5.1.3
19.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning. 19.5.2.1
19.5.2.2 *
19.5.2.3
437 19.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
19.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes. 19.5.4.1
19.5.4.2
19.5.4.3
19.5.4.4
19.5.4.5
19.5.4.6
19.6 Reserved. 19.7 * Operating Features. 19.7.1 Evacuation and Relocation Plan and Fire Drills. 19.7.1.1
19.7.1.2
19.7.1.3
19.7.1.4 *
438 19.7.1.5
19.7.1.6
19.7.1.7
19.7.1.8
19.7.2 Procedure in Case of Fire. 19.7.2.1 * Protection of Patients. 19.7.2.1.1
19.7.2.1.2
19.7.2.2 Fire Safety Plan.
19.7.2.3 Staff Response. 19.7.2.3.1
19.7.2.3.2
19.7.2.3.3
439 19.7.3 Maintenance of Means of Egress. 19.7.3.1
19.7.3.2
19.7.3.3 *
19.7.4 * Smoking.
19.7.5 Furnishings, Mattresses, and Decorations. 19.7.5.1 *
19.7.5.2
19.7.5.3
19.7.5.4
440 19.7.5.5
19.7.5.6
19.7.5.7 Soiled Linen and Trash Receptacles. 19.7.5.7.1 *
19.7.5.7.2 *
19.7.5.7.3
19.7.6 Maintenance and Testing.
19.7.7 * Engineered Smoke Control Systems. 19.7.7.1
441 19.7.7.2
19.7.8 * Portable Space-Heating Devices.
19.7.9 Construction, Repair, and Improvement Operations. 19.7.9.1
19.7.9.2
19.7.9.3
19.7.10 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems. 19.7.10.1
19.7.10.2
Chapter 20 : New Ambulatory Health Care Occupancies
20.1 General Requirements. 20.1.1 Application. 20.1.1.1 General. 20.1.1.1.1
20.1.1.1.2 Administration.
20.1.1.1.3 General.
20.1.1.1.4
442 20.1.1.1.5
20.1.1.1.6 *
20.1.1.2 * Goals and Objectives.
20.1.1.3 Total Concept. 20.1.1.3.1
20.1.1.3.2
20.1.1.4 Additions, Conversions, Modernization, Renovation, and Construction Operations. 20.1.1.4.1 Additions. 20.1.1.4.1.1
20.1.1.4.1.2
20.1.1.4.1.3
20.1.1.4.2 Renovations, Alterations, and Modernizations.
20.1.1.4.3 Construction, Repair, and Improvement Operations. 20.1.1.4.3.1
20.1.1.4.3.2
20.1.2 Classification of Occupancy.
443 20.1.3 Multiple Occupancies. 20.1.3.1
20.1.3.2 *
20.1.3.3
20.1.3.4
20.1.3.5
20.1.3.6
20.1.3.7
20.1.3.8
20.1.4 Definitions. 20.1.4.1 General.
20.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
20.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
20.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements.
444 20.1.6.1
20.1.6.2
20.1.6.3
445 20.1.6.4
20.1.6.5
20.1.6.6
20.1.7 Occupant Load.
20.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 20.2.1 General.
20.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 20.2.2.1 Components Permitted.
20.2.2.2 Doors. 20.2.2.2.1
20.2.2.2.2
20.2.2.2.3
20.2.2.2.4 *
20.2.2.2.5 Reserved. 20.2.2.2.6
446 20.2.2.2.7
20.2.2.2.8
20.2.2.2.9
20.2.2.2.10
20.2.2.2.11
20.2.2.2.12 Reserved. 20.2.2.2.13
20.2.2.3 Stairs. 20.2.2.3.1
20.2.2.3.2
20.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
20.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
20.2.2.6 Ramps.
20.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
20.2.2.8 Reserved. 20.2.2.9 Reserved. 20.2.2.10 Fire Escape Ladders.
447 20.2.2.11 Alternating Tread Devices.
20.2.2.12 Areas of Refuge. 20.2.2.12.1
20.2.2.12.2
20.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress. 20.2.3.1
20.2.3.2
20.2.3.3 *
20.2.3.4
20.2.4 Number of Means of Egress. 20.2.4.1
20.2.4.2
20.2.4.3
20.2.4.4
20.2.4.5
20.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress. 20.2.5.1
20.2.5.2
20.2.5.2.1
448 20.2.5.2.2
20.2.5.2.3
20.2.5.3
20.2.5.3.1
20.2.5.3.2
20.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits. 20.2.6.1
20.2.6.2
20.2.6.2.1
20.2.6.2.2
20.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
20.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
20.2.9 Emergency Lighting and Essential Electrical Systems. 20.2.9.1
20.2.9.2
20.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
20.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. 20.2.11.1 Reserved. 20.2.11.2 Lockups.
449 20.3 Protection. 20.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings. 20.3.1.1
20.3.1.2
20.3.1.3
20.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 20.3.2.1 * General.
20.3.2.2 Doors.
20.3.2.3 * High-Hazard Contents Areas.
20.3.2.4 Laboratories.
20.3.2.5 Medical Gas.
20.3.2.6 Cooking Facilities.
20.3.2.7 Domestic Cooking Equipment.
20.3.2.8 Hazardous Materials.
20.3.3 Interior Finish. 20.3.3.1 General.
20.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish. 20.3.3.2.1
20.3.3.2.2
450 20.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish. 20.3.3.3.1
20.3.3.3.2
20.3.3.3.3
20.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 20.3.4.1 General.
20.3.4.2 Initiation.
20.3.4.3 Notification.
20.3.4.3.1 Occupant Notification. 20.3.4.3.1.1
20.3.4.3.1.2 *
20.3.4.3.2 Emergency Forces Notification. 20.3.4.3.2.1
20.3.4.3.2.2 Reserved. 20.3.4.4 Emergency Control Functions.
20.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements. 20.3.5.1
20.3.5.2
20.3.5.3
20.3.6 Corridors. 20.3.6.1 *
451 20.3.6.2
20.3.6.2.1
20.3.6.2.2
20.3.7 * Subdivision of Building Space. 20.3.7.1
20.3.7.2
20.3.7.3
452 20.3.7.4
20.3.7.5
20.3.7.6
20.3.7.7
20.3.7.8
20.3.7.9
20.3.7.10
20.3.7.11
20.3.7.12 *
20.3.7.13
20.3.7.14
20.3.7.15
20.3.7.16 *
20.3.7.17
20.4 Special Provisions. 20.4.1 Special Structures.
20.4.2 Underground Structures and Limited Access Structures.
453 20.4.3 High-Rise Buildings.
20.4.4 * Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
20.5 Building Services. 20.5.1 Utilities.
20.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning. 20.5.2.1
20.5.2.2
20.5.2.2.1
454 20.5.2.2.2
20.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
20.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
20.6 Reserved. 20.7 * Operating Features. 20.7.1 Evacuation and Relocation Plan and Fire Drills. 20.7.1.1
20.7.1.2
20.7.1.3
20.7.1.4 *
20.7.1.5
20.7.1.6
20.7.1.7
20.7.2 Procedure in Case of Fire. 20.7.2.1 * Protection of Patients. 20.7.2.1.1
20.7.2.1.2
455 20.7.2.2 Fire Safety Plan.
20.7.2.3 Staff Response. 20.7.2.3.1
20.7.2.3.2
20.7.2.3.3
20.7.3 Maintenance of Exits. 20.7.3.1
20.7.3.2
20.7.4 * Smoking.
20.7.5 Furnishings, Mattresses, and Decorations. 20.7.5.1 *
456 20.7.5.2
20.7.5.3
20.7.5.4
20.7.5.5 Soiled Linen and Trash Receptacles. 20.7.5.5.1
20.7.5.5.2 *
20.7.5.5.3
20.7.6 Maintenance and Testing.
20.7.7 * Engineered Smoke Control Systems. 20.7.7.1
457 20.7.7.2
20.7.8 Portable Space-Heating Devices.
20.7.9 Construction, Repair, and Improvement Operations. 20.7.9.1
20.7.9.2
20.7.10 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems.
Chapter 21 : Existing Ambulatory Health Care Occupancies
21.1 General Requirements. 21.1.1 Application. 21.1.1.1 General. 21.1.1.1.1
21.1.1.1.2 Administration.
21.1.1.1.3 General.
21.1.1.1.4
21.1.1.1.5
21.1.1.1.6 *
458 21.1.1.2 * Goals and Objectives.
21.1.1.3 Total Concept. 21.1.1.3.1
21.1.1.3.2
21.1.1.4 Additions, Conversions, Modernization, Renovation, and Construction Operations. 21.1.1.4.1 Additions. 21.1.1.4.1.1
21.1.1.4.1.2
21.1.1.4.1.3
21.1.1.4.2 Renovations, Alterations, and Modernizations.
21.1.1.4.3 Construction, Repair, and Improvement Operations. 21.1.1.4.3.1
21.1.1.4.3.2
21.1.2 Classification of Occupancy.
21.1.3 Multiple Occupancies. 21.1.3.1
21.1.3.2
459 21.1.3.3 *
21.1.3.4
21.1.3.5
21.1.3.6
21.1.3.7
21.1.3.8
21.1.4 Definitions. 21.1.4.1 General.
21.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
21.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
21.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements. 21.1.6.1
460 21.1.6.2
21.1.6.3
21.1.6.4
21.1.6.5
21.1.6.6
461 21.1.7 Occupant Load.
21.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 21.2.1 General.
21.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 21.2.2.1 Components Permitted.
21.2.2.2 Doors. 21.2.2.2.1
21.2.2.2.2
21.2.2.2.3
21.2.2.2.4 *
21.2.2.2.5
21.2.2.2.6
462 21.2.2.2.7
21.2.2.2.8
21.2.2.2.9
21.2.2.2.10
21.2.2.2.11
21.2.2.2.12
21.2.2.2.13
21.2.2.2.14 *
21.2.2.3 Stairs. 21.2.2.3.1
21.2.2.3.2
21.2.2.3.3
21.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
21.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
21.2.2.6 Ramps.
463 21.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
21.2.2.8 Escalators and Moving Walks.
21.2.2.9 Fire Escape Stairs. (Reserved) 21.2.2.10 Fire Escape Ladders.
21.2.2.11 Alternating Tread Devices.
21.2.2.12 Areas of Refuge. 21.2.2.12.1
21.2.2.12.2
21.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress. 21.2.3.1
21.2.3.2
21.2.3.3 *
21.2.3.4
21.2.4 Number of Means of Egress. 21.2.4.1
21.2.4.2
21.2.4.3
21.2.4.4
21.2.4.5
21.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress.
464 21.2.5.1
21.2.5.2
21.2.5.2.1
21.2.5.2.2
21.2.5.2.3
21.2.5.3
21.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits. 21.2.6.1
21.2.6.2
21.2.6.2.1
21.2.6.2.2
21.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
21.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
21.2.9 Emergency Lighting and Essential Electrical Systems. 21.2.9.1
21.2.9.2
21.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
21.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. 21.2.11.1 Reserved. 21.2.11.2 Lockups.
465 21.3 Protection. 21.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings. 21.3.1.1
21.3.1.2
21.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 21.3.2.1 * General.
21.3.2.2 Doors.
21.3.2.3 * High-Hazard Contents Areas.
21.3.2.4 Medical Gas.
21.3.2.5 Laboratories. 21.3.2.5.1
21.3.2.5.2
21.3.2.6 Cooking Facilities.
21.3.2.7 Domestic Cooking Equipment.
21.3.2.8 Hazardous Materials.
466 21.3.3 Interior Finish. 21.3.3.1 General.
21.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish. 21.3.3.2.1
21.3.3.2.2
21.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish.
21.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 21.3.4.1 General.
21.3.4.2 Initiation.
21.3.4.3 Notification.
21.3.4.3.1 Occupant Notification. 21.3.4.3.1.1
21.3.4.3.1.2 *
21.3.4.3.2 Emergency Forces Notification. 21.3.4.3.2.1
21.3.4.3.2.2
21.3.4.4 Emergency Control Functions.
21.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements. 21.3.5.1
21.3.5.2
467 21.3.5.3
21.3.6 Corridors.
21.3.7 * Subdivision of Building Space. 21.3.7.1
21.3.7.2
21.3.7.3 Reserved. 21.3.7.4 Reserved. 21.3.7.5
21.3.7.6
21.3.7.7
21.3.7.8
21.3.7.9 Reserved. 21.3.7.10 *
468 21.3.7.11
21.4 Special Provisions. 21.4.1 Special Structures.
21.4.2 Underground Structures and Limited Access Structures.
21.4.3 High-Rise Buildings. 21.4.3.1
21.4.3.1.1
21.4.3.1.2
21.4.3.2 *
21.4.3.3
21.4.4 * Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
469 21.5 Building Services. 21.5.1 Utilities. 21.5.1.1
21.5.1.2
21.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning. 21.5.2.1
21.5.2.2
21.5.2.2.1
21.5.2.2.2
21.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
21.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
21.6 Reserved. 21.7 * Operating Features.
470 21.7.1 Evacuation and Relocation Plan and Fire Drills. 21.7.1.1
21.7.1.2
21.7.1.3
21.7.1.4 *
21.7.1.5
21.7.1.6
21.7.1.7
21.7.2 Procedure in Case of Fire. 21.7.2.1 * Protection of Patients. 21.7.2.1.1
21.7.2.1.2
21.7.2.2 Fire Safety Plan.
21.7.2.3 Staff Response. 21.7.2.3.1
21.7.2.3.2
471 21.7.2.3.3
21.7.3 Maintenance of Exits. 21.7.3.1
21.7.3.2
21.7.4 * Smoking.
21.7.5 Furnishings, Mattresses, and Decorations. 21.7.5.1 *
21.7.5.2
21.7.5.3
21.7.5.4
472 21.7.5.5 Soiled Linen and Trash Receptacles. 21.7.5.5.1
21.7.5.5.2 *
21.7.5.5.3
21.7.6 Maintenance and Testing.
21.7.7 * Engineered Smoke Control Systems. 21.7.7.1
21.7.7.2
21.7.7.3
21.7.8 Portable Space-Heating Devices.
21.7.9 Construction, Repair, and Improvement Operations. 21.7.9.1
21.7.9.2
473 21.7.10 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems. 21.7.10.1
21.7.10.2
Chapter 22 : New Detention and Correctional Occupancies
22.1 General Requirements. 22.1.1 Application. 22.1.1.1 General. 22.1.1.1.1
22.1.1.1.2 Administration.
22.1.1.1.3 General.
22.1.1.1.4
22.1.1.1.5
22.1.1.1.6 *
22.1.1.1.7 *
22.1.1.2 Total Concept. 22.1.1.2.1
22.1.1.2.2
474 22.1.1.3 Additions.
22.1.1.4 Modernizations or Renovations. 22.1.1.4.1
22.1.1.4.2
22.1.1.4.3
22.1.2 Classification of Occupancy.
22.1.2.1 *
22.1.2.1.1 Use Condition I ā€” Free Egress.
22.1.2.1.2 Use Condition II ā€” Zoned Egress.
22.1.2.1.3 Use Condition III ā€” Zoned Impeded Egress.
22.1.2.1.4 Use Condition IV ā€” Impeded Egress.
22.1.2.1.5 Use Condition V ā€” Contained.
22.1.2.2 *
22.1.2.3
475 22.1.3 * Multiple Occupancies. 22.1.3.1
22.1.3.2
22.1.3.2.1
22.1.3.2.2 *
22.1.3.3
22.1.3.4
22.1.3.5
22.1.3.6
22.1.3.7
22.1.3.8
22.1.4 Definitions.
476 22.1.4.1 General.
22.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
22.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
22.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements. 22.1.6.1
b a
477 22.1.6.2
22.1.7 Occupant Load.
22.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 22.2.1 General.
22.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 22.2.2.1 Components Permitted.
22.2.2.2 Doors.
22.2.2.3 Stairs. 22.2.2.3.1
22.2.2.3.2
22.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
22.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
22.2.2.5.1
22.2.2.5.2 *
22.2.2.6 Ramps.
478 22.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
22.2.2.8 Reserved. 22.2.2.9 Fire Escape Ladders.
22.2.2.10 Alternating Tread Devices.
22.2.2.11 Areas of Refuge.
22.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress. 22.2.3.1
22.2.3.2
22.2.3.3
22.2.4 Number of Means of Egress. 22.2.4.1
22.2.4.2
22.2.4.3
22.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress. 22.2.5.1 General.
22.2.5.2 Common Path of Travel.
22.2.5.3 Dead-End Corridors.
22.2.5.4 Corridor Access.
479 22.2.5.5 Sally Port.
22.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits.
22.2.6.1
22.2.6.2
22.2.6.3 Reserved. 22.2.6.4
22.2.6.5 Reserved. 22.2.6.6
22.2.6.7
22.2.7 Discharge from Exits. 22.2.7.1
22.2.7.2
22.2.7.3
22.2.7.4
22.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
22.2.9 Emergency Lighting.
480 22.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
22.2.11 Special Features. 22.2.11.1 Doors. 22.2.11.1.1
22.2.11.1.2
22.2.11.1.3
22.2.11.1.4 *
22.2.11.1.5 Reserved. 22.2.11.1.6
22.2.11.1.7
22.2.11.1.8 *
22.2.11.1.8.1
22.2.11.1.8.2
22.2.11.1.9 Remote-Control-Release-Operated Doors. 22.2.11.1.9.1
22.2.11.1.9.2
481 22.2.11.1.10
22.2.11.1.11
22.2.11.1.12
22.2.11.1.12.1
22.2.11.1.12.2
22.2.11.2 Reserved. 22.2.11.3 Hazardous Materials.
22.3 Protection. 22.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings.
22.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 22.3.2.1 *
482 22.3.2.2
22.3.2.3
22.3.2.4
22.3.2.5
22.3.2.6 Hazardous Materials.
22.3.3 Interior Finish. 22.3.3.1 General.
22.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
22.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish. 22.3.3.3.1
22.3.3.3.2
22.3.3.3.3
22.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems.
483 22.3.4.1 General.
22.3.4.2 Initiation.
22.3.4.3 Notification. 22.3.4.3.1 Occupant Notification.
22.3.4.3.2 Emergency Forces Notification. 22.3.4.3.2.1
22.3.4.3.2.2
22.3.4.4 * Detection.
22.3.4.4.1
22.3.4.4.2
22.3.4.4.2.1
22.3.4.4.2.2
22.3.4.4.2.3
484 22.3.4.4.3 *
22.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements. 22.3.5.1
22.3.5.2
22.3.5.3
22.3.5.4
22.3.5.5
22.3.5.6
22.3.6 Corridors.
22.3.7 Subdivision of Building Spaces. 22.3.7.1
22.3.7.2
485 22.3.7.3
22.3.7.4 Reserved. 22.3.7.5 *
22.3.7.6
22.3.7.7
22.3.7.8
22.3.7.9
22.3.7.10
22.3.7.11
22.3.7.12
22.3.8 * Special Protection Features ā€” Subdivision of Resident Housing Spaces.
486 22.4 Special Provisions. 22.4.1 General.
22.4.2 Limited Access Structures.
22.4.3 Underground Buildings.
487 22.4.4 High-Rise Buildings.
22.4.5 Nonsprinklered Existing Building Renovations. 22.4.5.1 General.
22.4.5.2 Minimum Construction Requirements (Nonsprinklered Buildings). 22.4.5.2.1
488 22.4.5.2.2
22.4.5.3 * Horizontal Exit Duct Penetrations (Nonsprinklered Buildings).
22.4.5.4 Common Path of Travel (Nonsprinklered Buildings).
22.4.5.5 Travel Distance to Exits (Nonsprinklered Buildings). 22.4.5.5.1
22.4.5.5.2
22.4.5.6 Protection of Vertical Openings (Nonsprinklered Buildings). 22.4.5.6.1
22.4.5.6.2 *
22.4.5.6.3
22.4.5.6.4 *
22.4.5.7 Hazardous Areas (Nonsprinklered Buildings).
489 22.4.5.8 Interior Finish (Nonsprinklered Buildings). 22.4.5.8.1 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
22.4.5.8.2 Interior Floor Finish. 22.4.5.8.2.1
22.4.5.8.2.2
22.4.5.8.2.3
22.4.5.9 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems (Nonsprinklered Buildings). 22.4.5.9.1 Initiation.
22.4.5.9.2 Detection.
22.4.5.9.2.1
22.4.5.9.2.2
490 22.4.5.10 Subdivision of Building Spaces (Nonsprinklered Buildings).
22.4.5.11 * Subdivision of Resident Housing Spaces (Nonsprinklered Buildings).
491 22.4.5.12 Limited Access Structures (Nonsprinklered Buildings). 22.4.5.12.1
22.4.5.12.2
22.4.5.13 Furnishings, Mattresses, and Decorations (Nonsprinklered Buildings). 22.4.5.13.1
22.4.5.13.2 *
22.4.6 Lockups. 22.4.6.1 General. 22.4.6.1.1
22.4.6.1.2
22.4.6.1.3
22.4.6.1.4
492 22.4.6.1.5
22.4.6.1.6
22.4.6.2 Alternate Provisions. 22.4.6.2.1
22.4.6.2.2
22.4.6.2.3
22.4.6.2.4
22.4.7 * Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
22.5 Building Services. 22.5.1 Utilities. 22.5.1.1
22.5.1.2
493 22.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning. 22.5.2.1
22.5.2.2
22.5.2.3
22.5.2.4
22.5.2.5
22.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
22.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes. 22.5.4.1
22.5.4.2
22.5.4.3
22.5.4.4
22.6 Reserved. 22.7 Operating Features. 22.7.1 Attendants, Evacuation Plan, and Fire Drills.
494 22.7.1.1
22.7.1.2 *
22.7.1.3 *
22.7.1.3.1
22.7.1.3.2
22.7.1.4
22.7.1.4.1
22.7.1.4.2
22.7.2 * Combustible Personal Property.
22.7.3 Heat-Producing Appliances.
22.7.4 * Furnishings, Mattresses, and Decorations. 22.7.4.1
22.7.4.2
22.7.4.3 *
22.7.4.4
495 22.7.4.5
22.7.5 Keys.
22.7.6 Portable Space-Heating Devices.
22.7.7 Door Inspection.
22.7.8 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems.
Chapter 23 : Existing Detention and Correctional Occupancies
23.1 General Requirements. 23.1.1 Application. 23.1.1.1 General. 23.1.1.1.1
23.1.1.1.2 Administration.
23.1.1.1.3 General.
23.1.1.1.4
23.1.1.1.5
23.1.1.1.6 *
23.1.1.1.7 *
496 23.1.1.2 Total Concept. 23.1.1.2.1
23.1.1.2.2
23.1.1.3 Additions.
23.1.1.4 Modernizations or Renovations. 23.1.1.4.1
23.1.1.4.2
23.1.1.4.3
23.1.2 Classification of Occupancy.
23.1.2.1 *
23.1.2.1.1 Use Condition I ā€” Free Egress.
23.1.2.1.2 Use Condition II ā€” Zoned Egress.
23.1.2.1.3 Use Condition III ā€” Zoned Impeded Egress.
23.1.2.1.4 Use Condition IV ā€” Impeded Egress.
497 23.1.2.1.5 Use Condition V ā€” Contained.
23.1.2.2 *
23.1.2.3
23.1.3 * Multiple Occupancies. 23.1.3.1
23.1.3.2
23.1.3.2.1 *
23.1.3.2.2 Reserved. 23.1.3.3
23.1.3.4
23.1.3.5
23.1.3.6
23.1.3.7
23.1.3.8
498 23.1.4 Definitions. 23.1.4.1 General.
23.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
23.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
23.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements. 23.1.6.1
b a
499 23.1.6.2
23.1.7 Occupant Load.
23.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 23.2.1 General.
23.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 23.2.2.1 Components Permitted.
23.2.2.2 Doors.
23.2.2.3 Stairs. 23.2.2.3.1
23.2.2.3.2
500 23.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
23.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
23.2.2.5.1
23.2.2.5.2 *
23.2.2.5.3 *
23.2.2.5.4
23.2.2.6 Ramps.
23.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
23.2.2.8 Fire Escape Stairs.
23.2.2.9 Fire Escape Ladders.
23.2.2.10 Alternating Tread Devices.
23.2.2.11 Areas of Refuge.
23.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress. 23.2.3.1
23.2.3.2
23.2.3.3
23.2.4 Number of Means of Egress. 23.2.4.1
23.2.4.2 *
501 23.2.4.3 *
23.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress. 23.2.5.1 General.
23.2.5.2 Common Path of Travel.
23.2.5.3 * Dead-End Corridors.
23.2.5.4 Corridor Access.
23.2.5.5 Sally Port.
23.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits.
23.2.6.1
23.2.6.2
23.2.6.3
23.2.6.4
502 23.2.6.5
23.2.6.6
23.2.6.7
23.2.7 Discharge from Exits. 23.2.7.1
23.2.7.2
23.2.7.3
23.2.7.4
23.2.7.5
23.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
23.2.9 Emergency Lighting. 23.2.9.1
23.2.9.2
23.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
503 23.2.11 Special Features. 23.2.11.1 Doors. 23.2.11.1.1
23.2.11.1.2
23.2.11.1.3
23.2.11.1.4 *
23.2.11.1.5
23.2.11.1.6
23.2.11.1.7
23.2.11.1.8 *
23.2.11.1.8.1
23.2.11.1.8.2
23.2.11.1.9 Remote-Control-Release-Operated Doors. 23.2.11.1.9.1
23.2.11.1.9.2
504 23.2.11.1.10
23.2.11.2 Reserved. 23.2.11.3 Hazardous Materials.
23.3 Protection. 23.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings. 23.3.1.1
23.3.1.2
23.3.1.2.1 *
23.3.1.2.2
23.3.1.2.3 *
23.3.1.3 *
505 23.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 23.3.2.1 *
23.3.2.2 Reserved. 23.3.2.3
23.3.2.4
23.3.2.5
23.3.2.6 Hazardous Materials.
23.3.3 Interior Finish. 23.3.3.1 General.
23.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
23.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish. 23.3.3.3.1
506 23.3.3.3.2
23.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 23.3.4.1 General.
23.3.4.2 Initiation.
23.3.4.3 Notification. 23.3.4.3.1 Occupant Notification.
23.3.4.3.2 Emergency Forces Notification. 23.3.4.3.2.1
23.3.4.3.2.2
23.3.4.4 Detection.
23.3.4.4.1
23.3.4.4.2
23.3.4.4.2.1
507 23.3.4.4.2.2
23.3.4.4.2.3
23.3.4.4.3 *
23.3.4.4.4
23.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements. 23.3.5.1
23.3.5.2 *
23.3.5.3
23.3.5.4
23.3.5.5
23.3.5.6
23.3.6 Corridors.
23.3.7 Subdivision of Building Spaces. 23.3.7.1 *
508 23.3.7.2
23.3.7.3
23.3.7.4
23.3.7.5 *
23.3.7.6
23.3.7.7
23.3.7.8
23.3.7.9
23.3.7.10
23.3.7.11
509 23.3.7.12
23.3.8 * Special Protection Featuresā€” Subdivision of Resident Housing Spaces.
510 23.4 Special Provisions. 23.4.1 General.
23.4.2 Limited Access Structures. 23.4.2.1
23.4.2.2
23.4.3 Underground Buildings.
23.4.4 High-Rise Buildings.
511 23.4.5 Reserved. 23.4.6 Lockups. 23.4.6.1 General. 23.4.6.1.1
23.4.6.1.2
23.4.6.1.3
23.4.6.1.4
23.4.6.1.5
23.4.6.1.6
23.4.6.2 Alternate Provisions. 23.4.6.2.1
23.4.6.2.2
23.4.6.2.3
23.4.6.2.4
512 23.4.7 * Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
23.5 Building Services. 23.5.1 Utilities. 23.5.1.1
23.5.1.2
23.5.1.3
23.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning. 23.5.2.1
23.5.2.2
23.5.2.3
23.5.2.4
513 23.5.2.5
23.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
23.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes. 23.5.4.1
23.5.4.2
23.5.4.3
23.5.4.4
23.6 Reserved. 23.7 Operating Features. 23.7.1 Attendants, Evacuation Plan, and Fire Drills. 23.7.1.1
23.7.1.2 *
23.7.1.3 *
23.7.1.3.1
23.7.1.3.2
23.7.1.4
514 23.7.1.4.1
23.7.1.4.2
23.7.2 * Combustible Personal Property.
23.7.3 Heat-Producing Appliances.
23.7.4 Furnishings, Mattresses, and Decorations. 23.7.4.1
23.7.4.2
23.7.4.3 *
23.7.4.4
23.7.4.5
23.7.5 Keys.
23.7.6 Portable Space-Heating Devices.
23.7.7 Door Inspection.
23.7.8 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems. 23.7.8.1
23.7.8.2
515 Chapter 24 : Oneand Two-Family Dwellings
24.1 General Requirements. 24.1.1 Application. 24.1.1.1
24.1.1.2 *
24.1.1.3
24.1.1.4 Administration.
24.1.1.5 General.
24.1.2 Classification of Occupancy.
24.1.3 Multiple Occupancies. 24.1.3.1
24.1.3.2
24.1.3.2.1
24.1.3.2.2
24.1.3.3
516 24.1.3.4
24.1.4 Definitions. 24.1.4.1 General.
24.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
24.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
24.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements. (Reserved) 24.1.7 Occupant Load. (Reserved) 24.2 * Means of Escape Requirements. 24.2.
24.2.2 Number and Types of Means of Escape. 24.2.2.1 Number of Means of Escape. 24.2.2.1.1
24.2.2.1.2
24.2.2.2 Primary Means of Escape.
24.2.2.3 Secondary Means of Escape.
24.2.2.3.1
24.2.2.3.2
517 24.2.2.3.3 *
24.2.2.3.4
24.2.2.3.5
24.2.2.3.6
24.2.2.4 Two Primary Means of Escape.
24.2.3 Arrangement of Means of Escape.
24.2.4 Doors. 24.2.4.1
24.2.4.2
24.2.4.3
24.2.4.4
24.2.4.5
518 24.2.4.6
24.2.4.7 *
24.2.4.8
24.2.4.9
24.2.4.10
24.2.4.11
24.2.5 Stairs, Ramps, Guards, and Handrails. 24.2.5.1
24.2.5.1.1
24.2.5.1.2
24.2.5.1.3
24.2.5.2
24.2.5.3
24.2.5.4
24.2.5.5
24.2.5.6
519 24.2.6 Hallways. 24.2.6.1
24.2.6.2
24.2.7 Bulkheads. 24.2.7.1 Bulkhead Enclosures.
24.2.7.2 Bulkhead Enclosure Stairways.
24.2.8 * Grab Bars and Stanchions for Bathtubs, Bathtub-Shower Combinations, and Showers. 24.2.8.1 General. 24.2.8.1.1
24.2.8.1.2 *
24.2.8.1.3
24.2.8.1.4
24.2.8.2 * Vertical Grab Bar or Stanchion.
24.2.8.2.1 * Bathtub End Wall Vertical Grab Bars.
24.2.8.2.2 Shower Grab Bars.
520 24.2.8.2.3 * Vertical Stanchions.
24.2.8.3 Non-Access Side Grab Bar or Horizontal Stanchion.
24.2.8.3.1 * Non-Access Side Diagonal Grab Bars.
24.2.8.3.2 Non-Access Side Horizontal Grab Bars.
24.2.8.3.3 Non-Access Side Horizontal Stanchions.
24.2.8.4 * Grab Bar and Stanchion Details. 24.2.8.4.1
24.2.8.4.2
24.2.8.4.3
24.3 Protection. 24.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings. (Reserved) 24.3.2 Protection from Hazards. (Reserved) 24.3.3 Interior F
521 24.3.3.1 General.
24.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
24.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish. (Reserved) 24.3.3.4 Contents and Furnishings.
24.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 24.3.4.1
24.3.4.1.1 *
24.3.4.1.2
24.3.4.1.3
24.3.4.2 Carbon Monoxide Alarms and Carbon Monoxide-Detection Systems. 24.3.4.2.1
24.3.4.2.2 *
24.3.4.2.3
24.3.5 * Extinguishment Requirements. 24.3.5.1 *
24.3.5.2
522 24.3.5.3
24.4 Reserved. 24.5 Building Services. 24.5.1 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning. 24.5.1.1
24.5.1.2
24.5.2 Reserved.
Chapter 25 : Reserved Chapter 26 : Lodging or Rooming Houses
26.1 General Requirements. 26.1.1 Application. 26.1.1.1 *
26.1.1.2 Administration.
26.1.1.3 General.
26.1.1.4
26.1.1.5
26.1.2 Classification of Occupancy.
26.1.3 Multiple Occupancies.
523 26.1.3.1
26.1.3.2
26.1.3.2.1
26.1.3.2.2
26.1.3.3
26.1.3.4
26.1.4 Definitions. 26.1.4.1 General.
26.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
26.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
26.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements. (Reserved) 26.1.7 Occupant Load.
524 26.2 Means of Escape Requirements. 26.2.1 Number and Types of Means of Escape. 26.2.1.1 Primary Means of Escape. 26.2.1.1.1
26.2.1.1.2
26.2.1.2 Secondary Means of Escape.
26.2.1.3 Two Primary Means of Escape.
26.2.2 Interior Stairways. 26.2.2.1
26.2.2.2
26.2.2.3
26.2.2.4
26.2.2.5
26.2.2.6
26.2.3 Doors. 26.2.3.1
26.2.3.2
26.2.3.3
26.2.3.4
525 26.2.3.5
26.2.3.5.1 *
26.2.3.5.2
26.2.3.6
26.2.4 * Grab Bars for Bathtubs, Bathtub-Shower Combinations, and Showers.
26.3 Protection. 26.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings. 26.3.1.1
26.3.1.1.1
26.3.1.1.1.1
26.3.1.1.1.2
26.3.1.1.2
26.3.1.1.3
26.3.1.2 *
26.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 26.3.2.1 Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
26.3.3 Interior Finish.
526 26.3.3.1 General.
26.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
26.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish. 26.3.3.3.1
26.3.3.3.2
26.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 26.3.4.1 General. 26.3.4.1.1
26.3.4.1.2
26.3.4.2 Initiation.
26.3.4.3 Notification.
26.3.4.3.1 *
26.3.4.3.2
26.3.4.4 Detection. (Reserved) 26.3.4.5 Smoke Alarms. 26.3.4.5.1
26.3.4.5.2
26.3.4.5.3
26.3.4.6 Carbon Monoxide Alarms and Carbon Monoxide Detection Systems. 26.3.4.6.1
527 26.3.4.6.2 *
26.3.4.6.3
26.3.5 Separation of Sleeping Rooms. 26.3.5.1
26.3.5.2
26.3.5.3
26.3.5.4
26.3.5.5
26.3.5.6
26.3.5.7
26.3.6 Extinguishment Requirements. 26.3.6.1
26.3.6.2
26.3.6.2.1
26.3.6.2.2
528 26.3.6.2.3 *
26.3.6.2.4
26.3.6.2.5
26.3.6.2.6
26.4 Special Structures.
26.5 Building Services. 26.5.1 Utilities.
26.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning. 26.5.2.1
26.5.2.2
26.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
26.6 Reserved. 26.7 Operating Features. 26.7.1 Contents and Furnishings. 26.7.1.1
26.7.1.2
26.7.1.3
529 26.7.2 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems.
Chapter 27 : Reserved Chapter 28 : New Hotels and Dormitories
28.1 General Requirements. 28.1.1 Application. 28.1.1.1
28.1.1.2 Administration.
28.1.1.3 General.
28.1.1.4
28.1.1.5
28.1.1.6
28.1.2 Classification of Occupancy.
28.1.3 Multiple Occupancies. 28.1.3.1
28.1.3.2
28.1.3.2.1
530 28.1.3.2.2
28.1.3.3
28.1.4 Definitions. 28.1.4.1 General.
28.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
28.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents. 28.1.5.1
28.1.5.2
28.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements. (Reserved) 28.1.7 Occupant Load.
28.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 28.2.1 General. 28.2.1.1
28.2.1.2
28.2.1.3
531 28.2.1.4
28.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 28.2.2.1 General. 28.2.2.1.1
28.2.2.1.2
28.2.2.2 Doors. 28.2.2.2.1
28.2.2.2.2
28.2.2.2.2.1
28.2.2.2.2.2
28.2.2.2.2.3
28.2.2.2.2.4
28.2.2.2.3
28.2.2.3 Stairs.
28.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
28.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
28.2.2.6 Ramps.
28.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
28.2.2.8 Reserved. 28.2.2.9 Reserved. 28.2.2.10 Fire Escape Ladders.
532 28.2.2.11 Alternating Tread Devices.
28.2.2.12 Areas of Refuge. 28.2.2.12.1
28.2.2.12.2 *
28.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress. 28.2.3.1
28.2.3.2
28.2.3.3 *
28.2.4 Number of Means of Egress. 28.2.4.1
28.2.4.2
28.2.4.3
28.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress. 28.2.5.1
533 28.2.5.1.1
28.2.5.1.2
28.2.5.2
28.2.5.2.1
28.2.5.2.2
28.2.5.2.3
28.2.5.3
28.2.5.3.1
28.2.5.3.2
28.2.5.4
28.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits. 28.2.6.1
28.2.6.2
28.2.6.3
28.2.6.3.1
28.2.6.3.2
28.2.6.3.3
28.2.6.3.3.1
534 28.2.6.3.3.2
28.2.7 Discharge from Exits. 28.2.7.1
28.2.7.2 *
28.2.7.3
28.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
28.2.9 Emergency Lighting. 28.2.9.1
28.2.9.2
28.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
28.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. 28.2.11.1 Reserved. 28.2.11.2 Lockups.
28.2.11.3 Normally Unoccupied Building Service Equipment Support Areas.
28.3 Protection. 28.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings. 28.3.1.1
28.3.1.1.1
535 28.3.1.1.2
28.3.1.1.3
28.3.1.2
28.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 28.3.2.1 General.
28.3.2.2 Hazardous Areas. 28.3.2.2.1
28.3.2.2.2
28.3.2.2.3
28.3.2.3 Hazardous Materials. a
536 28.3.3 Interior Finish. 28.3.3.1 General.
28.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
28.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish. 28.3.3.3.1
28.3.3.3.2
28.3.3.3.3
28.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 28.3.4.1 General.
28.3.4.2 Initiation.
28.3.4.3 Notification. 28.3.4.3.1 *
28.3.4.3.2 *
28.3.4.3.3
28.3.4.3.4 *
28.3.4.3.5
537 28.3.4.3.6
28.3.4.3.7
28.3.4.4 Risk Analysis for Mass Notification. 28.3.4.4.1
28.3.4.4.2
28.3.4.5 Detection.
28.3.4.6 * Smoke Alarms.
28.3.4.6.1 *
28.3.4.7 Carbon Monoxide Alarms and Carbon Monoxide Detection Systems. 28.3.4.7.1
28.3.4.7.2
28.3.4.7.3
28.3.4.7.4
28.3.4.7.5
538 28.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements. 28.3.5.1
28.3.5.2 Reserved. 28.3.5.3
28.3.5.3.1
28.3.5.3.1.1
28.3.5.3.1.2
28.3.5.4
28.3.5.5 Reserved. 28.3.5.6
28.3.5.7
28.3.6 Corridors. 28.3.6.1 Walls. 28.3.6.1.1
28.3.6.1.2
28.3.6.1.3
539 28.3.6.2 Doors. 28.3.6.2.1
28.3.6.2.2 Reserved. 28.3.6.2.3
28.3.6.3 Unprotected Openings. 28.3.6.3.1
28.3.6.3.2
28.3.6.4 Transoms, Louvers, or Transfer Grilles.
28.3.7 Subdivision of Building Spaces.
28.3.7.1
28.3.7.2
28.3.7.3
28.3.8 Special Protection Features. (Reserved) 28.4 Special Provisions. 28.4.1 Special Structures. 28.4.1.1
28.4.1.2
28.4.2 Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
540 28.5 Building Services. 28.5.1 Utilities.
28.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning. 28.5.2.1
28.5.2.2
28.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors. 28.5.3.1
28.5.3.2 *
28.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
28.6 Reserved. 28.7 Operating Features. 28.7.1 Hotel Emergency Organization. 28.7.1.1 *
28.7.1.2 *
28.7.2 Emergency Duties.
28.7.3 Drills in Dormitories.
28.7.4 Emergency Instructions for Residents or Guests. 28.7.4.1 *
541 28.7.4.2 *
28.7.5 Emergency Action Plans.
28.7.6 Contents and Furnishings. 28.7.6.1
28.7.6.2 Upholstered Furniture and Mattresses. 28.7.6.2.1
28.7.6.2.2
28.7.6.3
28.7.6.4
28.7.7 Inspection of Door Openings.
28.7.8 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems.
Chapter 29 : Existing Hotels and Dormitories
29.1 General Requirements. 29.1.1 Application. 29.1.1.1
29.1.1.2 Administration.
29.1.1.3 General.
29.1.1.4
542 29.1.1.5
29.1.1.6
29.1.2 Classification of Occupancy.
29.1.3 Multiple Occupancies. 29.1.3.1
29.1.3.2
29.1.3.2.1
29.1.3.2.2
29.1.3.3
29.1.4 Definitions. 29.1.4.1 General.
29.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
29.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents. 29.1.5.1
543 29.1.5.2
29.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements. (Reserved) 29.1.7 Occupant Load.
29.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 29.2.1 General. 29.2.1.1
29.2.1.2
29.2.1.3
29.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 29.2.2.1 General. 29.2.2.1.1
29.2.2.1.2
29.2.2.2 Doors. 29.2.2.2.1
29.2.2.2.2
29.2.2.2.2.1
29.2.2.2.2.2
29.2.2.2.2.3
29.2.2.2.2.4
29.2.2.2.3
544 29.2.2.3 Stairs.
29.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
29.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
29.2.2.6 Ramps.
29.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
29.2.2.8 * Escalators.
29.2.2.9 Fire Escape Stairs.
29.2.2.10 Fire Escape Ladders.
29.2.2.11 Alternating Tread Devices.
29.2.2.12 Areas of Refuge. 29.2.2.12.1
29.2.2.12.2 *
29.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress. 29.2.3.1
29.2.3.2
29.2.4 Number of Means of Egress. 29.2.4.1
29.2.4.2
29.2.4.3
545 29.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress. 29.2.5.1
29.2.5.2
29.2.5.2.1
29.2.5.2.2
29.2.5.2.3
29.2.5.3
29.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits. 29.2.6.1
29.2.6.2
29.2.6.3
29.2.6.3.1
29.2.6.3.2
29.2.6.3.3
546 29.2.6.3.3.1
29.2.6.3.3.2
29.2.7 Discharge from Exits. 29.2.7.1
29.2.7.2 *
29.2.7.3
29.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
29.2.9 Emergency Lighting. 29.2.9.1
29.2.9.2
29.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
29.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. 29.2.11.1 Reserved. 29.2.11.2 Lockups.
29.2.11.3 Normally Unoccupied Building Service Equipment Support Areas.
29.3 Protection. 29.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings. 29.3.1.1
547 29.3.1.1.1
29.3.1.1.2
29.3.1.1.3
29.3.1.1.4
29.3.1.2
29.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 29.3.2.1 General.
29.3.2.2 Hazardous Areas. 29.3.2.2.1
29.3.2.2.2
a
548 29.3.2.2.3
29.3.2.3 Hazardous Materials.
29.3.3 Interior Finish. 29.3.3.1 General.
29.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
29.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish.
29.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 29.3.4.1 General.
29.3.4.2 Initiation.
29.3.4.3 Notification. 29.3.4.3.1
29.3.4.3.2
29.3.4.3.3 Reserved. 29.3.4.3.4 Reserved. 29.3.4.3.5 Reserved. 29.3.4.3.6 *
549 29.3.4.3.7
29.3.4.4 Detection. (Reserved) 29.3.4.5 * Smoke Alarms.
29.3.4.5.1
29.3.4.5.2
29.3.4.6 Carbon Monoxide Alarms and Carbon Monoxide Detection Systems. 29.3.4.6.1
29.3.4.6.2
29.3.4.6.3
29.3.4.6.4
29.3.4.6.5
29.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements. 29.3.5.1
29.3.5.2 Reserved. 29.3.5.3 *
550 29.3.5.4
29.3.5.5
29.3.5.6 Reserved. 29.3.5.7 Reserved. 29.3.5.8
29.3.6 Corridors. 29.3.6.1 Walls. 29.3.6.1.1
29.3.6.1.2
29.3.6.1.3
29.3.6.2 Doors. 29.3.6.2.1
29.3.6.2.2
29.3.6.2.3
29.3.6.3 Unprotected Openings. 29.3.6.3.1
29.3.6.3.2
29.3.6.4 Transoms, Louvers, or Transfer Grilles.
551 29.3.6.4.1
29.3.6.4.2
29.3.6.4.3
29.3.6.4.4
29.3.7 Subdivision of Building Spaces.
29.3.7.1
29.3.7.2
29.3.7.3
29.3.7.4
29.3.8 Special Protection Features. (Reserved) 29.4 Special Provisions. 29.4.1 High-Rise Buildings. 29.4.1.1
29.4.1.2 *
29.4.2 Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
552 29.5 Building Services. 29.5.1 Utilities.
29.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning. 29.5.2.1
29.5.2.2
29.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
29.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
29.6 Reserved. 29.7 Operating Features. 29.7.1 Hotel Emergency Organization. 29.7.1.1 *
29.7.1.2 *
29.7.2 Emergency Duties.
29.7.3 Drills in Dormitories.
29.7.4 Emergency Instructions for Residents or Guests. 29.7.4.1 *
29.7.4.2 *
29.7.5 Emergency Action Plans.
553 29.7.6 Contents and Furnishings. 29.7.6.1
29.7.6.2 Upholstered Furniture and Mattresses. 29.7.6.2.1
29.7.6.2.2
29.7.6.3
29.7.6.4
29.7.7 Inspection of Door Openings.
29.7.8 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems. 29.7.8.1
29.7.8.2
Chapter 30 : New Apartment Buildings
30.1 General Requirements. 30.1.1 Application. 30.1.1.1
30.1.1.2 Administration.
30.1.1.3 General.
30.1.1.4
30.1.1.5
554 30.1.2 Classification of Occupancy.
30.1.3 Multiple Occupancies. 30.1.3.1
30.1.3.2
30.1.3.2.1
30.1.3.2.2
30.1.3.3
30.1.3.4
30.1.4 Definitions. 30.1.4.1 General.
30.1.4.2 Special Definitions. 30.1.4.2.1 General.
30.1.4.2.2 Apartment Building.
30.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
555 30.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements. (Reserved) 30.1.7 Occupant Load.
30.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 30.2.1 General. 30.2.1.1
30.2.1.2
30.2.1.3
30.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 30.2.2.1 General. 30.2.2.1.1
30.2.2.1.2
30.2.2.2 Doors. 30.2.2.2.1
30.2.2.2.2
30.2.2.2.2.1 *
30.2.2.2.2.2
30.2.2.2.2.3
30.2.2.2.2.4
30.2.2.2.3
30.2.2.2.4
556 30.2.2.3 Stairs. 30.2.2.3.1
30.2.2.3.2 Reserved. 30.2.2.3.3
30.2.2.3.4
30.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
30.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
30.2.2.6 Ramps.
30.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
30.2.2.8 Reserved. 30.2.2.9 Reserved. 30.2.2.10 Fire Escape Ladders.
30.2.2.11 Alternating Tread Devices.
30.2.2.12 Areas of Refuge. 30.2.2.12.1
30.2.2.12.2 *
30.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress. 30.2.3.1
30.2.3.2
30.2.3.3
30.2.3.4
557 30.2.4 Number of Means of Egress. 30.2.4.1
30.2.4.2
30.2.4.3
30.2.4.4
30.2.4.5 Reserved. 30.2.4.6
30.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress. 30.2.5.1
30.2.5.1.1
30.2.5.1.2
30.2.5.2
30.2.5.2.1
30.2.5.2.2
558 30.2.5.2.3
30.2.5.3
30.2.5.3.1
30.2.5.3.2
30.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits.
30.2.6.1
30.2.6.2
30.2.6.3
30.2.6.3.1
30.2.6.3.2
30.2.6.3.3
30.2.6.4
30.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
30.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
30.2.9 Emergency Lighting.
30.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
30.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. 30.2.11.1 Reserved.
559 30.2.11.2 Lockups.
30.2.11.3 Normally Unoccupied Building Service Equipment Support Areas.
30.3 Protection. 30.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings. 30.3.1.1
30.3.1.1.1
30.3.1.1.2
30.3.1.1.3
30.3.1.1.4
30.3.1.2
30.3.1.3
30.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 30.3.2.1 Hazardous Areas.
30.3.2.1.1
560 30.3.2.1.2
30.3.2.2 Hazardous Materials.
30.3.3 Interior Finish. 30.3.3.1 General.
30.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
30.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish. 30.3.3.3.1
30.3.3.3.2
30.3.3.3.3
30.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 30.3.4.1 General. 30.3.4.1.1
30.3.4.1.2
30.3.4.2 Initiation. 30.3.4.2.1
30.3.4.2.2
561 30.3.4.2.3
30.3.4.3 Notification. 30.3.4.3.1
30.3.4.3.2 *
30.3.4.3.3
30.3.4.3.4
30.3.4.3.5
30.3.4.3.6
30.3.4.4 Detection. (Reserved) 30.3.4.5 * Smoke Alarms.
30.3.4.5.1 *
30.3.4.6 Carbon Monoxide Alarms and Carbon Monoxide Detection Systems. 30.3.4.6.1
30.3.4.6.2
30.3.4.6.3
562 30.3.4.6.4 *
30.3.4.6.5
30.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements. 30.3.5.1 General.
30.3.5.1.1
30.3.5.1.2
30.3.5.2 Attics.
30.3.5.2.1
30.3.5.2.2
30.3.5.3 * Closets.
30.3.5.4 Convenience Openings.
563 30.3.5.5 Open Parking Structures.
30.3.5.6 Unprotected Openings.
30.3.5.7 Portable Fire Extinguishers.
30.3.6 Corridors. 30.3.6.1 Walls.
30.3.6.1.1
30.3.6.1.2
30.3.6.2 Doors. 30.3.6.2.1
30.3.6.2.2 Reserved. 30.3.6.2.3
30.3.6.3 Unprotected Openings. 30.3.6.3.1
30.3.6.3.2
30.3.6.4 Transoms, Louvers, or Transfer Grilles.
30.3.7 Subdivisions of Building Spaces.
30.3.7.1
30.3.7.2
564 30.3.8 Special Protection Features. (Reserved) 30.4 Special Provisions. 30.4.1 Special Structures.
30.4.2 High-Rise Buildings. 30.4.2.1
30.4.2.2 *
30.4.3 Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
30.5 Building Services. 30.5.1 Utilities.
30.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning. 30.5.2.1
30.5.2.2
30.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
30.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
30.6 Reserved. 30.7 Operating Features. 30.7.1 Emergency Instructions for Residents of Apartment Buildings.
30.7.2 Contents and Furnishings. 30.7.2.1
565 30.7.2.2
30.7.2.3
30.7.3 Inspection of Door Openings.
30.7.4 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems.
Chapter 31 : Existing Apartment Buildings
31.1 * General Requirements. 31.1.1 Application. 31.1.1.1
31.1.1.2 Administration.
31.1.1.3 General.
31.1.1.4
31.1.1.5
31.1.2 Classification of Occupancy.
31.1.3 Multiple Occupancies. 31.1.3.1
31.1.3.2
31.1.3.2.1
566 31.1.3.2.2
31.1.3.3
31.1.3.4
31.1.4 Definitions. 31.1.4.1 General.
31.1.4.2 Special Definitions. 31.1.4.2.1 General.
31.1.4.2.2 Apartment Building.
31.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
31.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements. (Reserved) 31.1.7 Occupant Load.
31.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 31.2.1 General.
567 31.2.1.1
31.2.1.2
31.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 31.2.2.1 General. 31.2.2.1.1
31.2.2.1.2
31.2.2.1.3
31.2.2.2 Doors. 31.2.2.2.1
31.2.2.2.2
31.2.2.2.2.1
31.2.2.2.2.2
31.2.2.2.2.3
31.2.2.2.2.4
31.2.2.2.3
31.2.2.2.4
31.2.2.3 Stairs. 31.2.2.3.1
31.2.2.3.2
31.2.2.3.3
568 31.2.2.3.4
31.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
31.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
31.2.2.6 Ramps.
31.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
31.2.2.8 * Escalators.
31.2.2.9 Fire Escape Stairs.
31.2.2.10 Fire Escape Ladders.
31.2.2.11 Alternating Tread Devices.
31.2.2.12 Areas of Refuge. 31.2.2.12.1
31.2.2.12.2 *
31.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress. 31.2.3.1
31.2.3.2
31.2.4 Number of Means of Egress. 31.2.4.1
31.2.4.2
31.2.4.3
31.2.4.4
569 31.2.4.5
31.2.4.6 *
31.2.4.7
31.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress. 31.2.5.1
31.2.5.2
31.2.5.2.1
31.2.5.2.2
31.2.5.2.3
31.2.5.3
570 31.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits.
31.2.6.1
31.2.6.2
31.2.6.3
31.2.6.4
31.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
31.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
31.2.9 Emergency Lighting.
31.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
31.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. 31.2.11.1 * High-Rise Buildings.
31.2.11.2 Lockups.
31.2.11.3 Normally Unoccupied Building Service Equipment Support Areas.
31.3 Protection. 31.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings. 31.3.1.1
31.3.1.1.1
571 31.3.1.1.2 Reserved. 31.3.1.1.3
31.3.1.1.4
31.3.1.2
31.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 31.3.2.1 Hazardous Areas.
31.3.2.1.1
31.3.2.1.2
31.3.2.2 Hazardous Materials.
31.3.3 Interior Finish. 31.3.3.1 General.
31.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
572 31.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish.
31.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 31.3.4.1 General. 31.3.4.1.1
31.3.4.1.2
31.3.4.2 Initiation. 31.3.4.2.1
31.3.4.2.2
31.3.4.2.3
31.3.4.2.4
31.3.4.2.5
31.3.4.3 Notification. 31.3.4.3.1
31.3.4.3.2
31.3.4.3.3
573 31.3.4.3.4
31.3.4.3.5
31.3.4.4 Detection. 31.3.4.4.1 *
31.3.4.4.2
31.3.4.5 Smoke Alarms. 31.3.4.5.1 *
31.3.4.5.2
31.3.4.5.3
31.3.4.5.4
31.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements. 31.3.5.1 Reserved. 31.3.5.2 *
31.3.5.3
31.3.5.4 *
31.3.5.5
31.3.5.6
574 31.3.5.6.1
31.3.5.6.2
31.3.5.6.3
31.3.5.6.4
31.3.5.7
31.3.5.8 *
31.3.5.9 * High-Rise Building Sprinklers. 31.3.5.9.1 *
31.3.5.9.2
31.3.5.9.3
31.3.5.9.4
31.3.5.9.5
31.3.5.10
31.3.6 Corridors. 31.3.6.1 * Walls.
575 31.3.6.2 Doors. 31.3.6.2.1
31.3.6.2.2
31.3.6.2.3
31.3.6.3 Unprotected Openings. 31.3.6.3.1
31.3.6.3.2
31.3.6.4 Transoms, Louvers, or Transfer Grilles.
31.3.7 Subdivision of Building Spaces ā€” Smoke Partitions.
31.3.7.1
31.3.7.2
31.3.7.3
31.3.7.4
31.3.7.5
31.3.8 Special Protection Features. (Reserved) 31.4 Special Provisions. 31.4.1 High-Rise Buildings. 31.4.1.1
576 31.4.1.2 *
31.4.2 Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
31.5 Building Services. 31.5.1 Utilities.
31.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning. 31.5.2.1
31.5.2.2
31.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
31.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
31.6 Reserved. 31.7 Operating Features. 31.7.1 Emergency Instructions for Residents of Apartment Buildings.
31.7.2 Contents and Furnishings. 31.7.2.1
31.7.2.2
31.7.2.3
31.7.3 Inspection of Door Openings.
31.7.4 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems.
577 31.7.4.1
31.7.4.2
Chapter 32 : New Residential Board and Care Occupancies
32.1 General Requirements. 32.1.1 Application. 32.1.1.1 General.
32.1.1.2 Administration.
32.1.1.3 General.
32.1.1.4 Additions, Conversions, Modernization, Renovation, and Construction Operations.
32.1.1.5 Chapter Sections.
32.1.1.6 Conversion.
32.1.2 Classification of Occupancy.
32.1.3 Multiple Occupancies. 32.1.3.1
32.1.3.2
578 32.1.3.3
32.1.3.4
32.1.4 Definitions. 32.1.4.1 General.
32.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
32.1.5 Acceptability of Means of Egress or Escape.
32.1.6 * Fire-Resistance-Rated Assemblies.
32.1.7
32.2 Small Facilities. 32.2.1 General. 32.2.1.1 Scope. 32.2.1.1.1
32.2.1.1.2
32.2.1.2 Reserved. 32.2.1.3 Minimum Construction Requirements. (Reserved) 32.2.1.4 Multiple-Level Buildings.
32.2.1.4.1
579 32.2.1.4.2
32.2.1.4.3
32.2.1.4.4
32.2.2 Means of Escape.
32.2.2.1 Reserved. 32.2.2.2 Primary Means of Escape. 32.2.2.2.1
32.2.2.2.2
32.2.2.3 Secondary Means of Escape. 32.2.2.3.1
32.2.2.3.2
580 32.2.2.3.3
32.2.2.4 Interior Stairs Used for Primary Means of Escape.
32.2.2.4.1
32.2.2.4.2
32.2.2.4.3
32.2.2.4.4
32.2.2.4.5
32.2.2.4.6
32.2.2.4.7
32.2.2.5 Doors. 32.2.2.5.1
32.2.2.5.1.1
32.2.2.5.1.2
32.2.2.5.2
32.2.2.5.3
32.2.2.5.4
581 32.2.2.5.5
32.2.2.5.5.1
32.2.2.5.5.2
32.2.2.5.5.3
32.2.2.5.5.4
32.2.2.5.6
32.2.2.5.7
32.2.2.5.8
32.2.2.6 Stairs. 32.2.2.6.1
32.2.2.6.2
32.2.2.6.3 *
32.2.2.7
32.2.3 Protection. 32.2.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings. 32.2.3.1.1 Reserved. 32.2.3.1.2
582 32.2.3.1.3 Reserved. 32.2.3.1.4
32.2.3.2 Hazardous Areas. 32.2.3.2.1 *
32.2.3.2.2
32.2.3.2.3 Medical Gas.
32.2.3.2.4
32.2.3.2.5
32.2.3.3 Interior Finish. 32.2.3.3.1 General.
32.2.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
32.2.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish. 32.2.3.3.3.1
32.2.3.3.3.2
32.2.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 32.2.3.4.1 General.
583 32.2.3.4.2 Initiation.
32.2.3.4.3 Occupant Notification.
32.2.3.4.4 Carbon Monoxide Alarms and Carbon Monoxide Detection Systems. 32.2.3.4.4.1
32.2.3.4.4.2
32.2.3.4.4.3
32.2.3.4.5 Smoke Alarms. 32.2.3.4.5.1
32.2.3.4.5.2
32.2.3.4.5.3
32.2.3.4.5.4
32.2.3.5 * Extinguishment Requirements. 32.2.3.5.1 *
32.2.3.5.2 *
32.2.3.5.3
584 32.2.3.5.3.1
32.2.3.5.3.2 *
32.2.3.5.4
32.2.3.5.5
32.2.3.5.6
32.2.3.5.7
32.2.3.5.7.1
32.2.3.5.7.2
32.2.3.5.8
32.2.3.5.8.1
32.2.3.5.8.2
585 32.2.3.5.8.3
32.2.3.5.8.4
32.2.3.5.8.5
32.2.3.5.8.6
32.2.3.5.8.7
32.2.3.5.8.8
32.2.3.5.8.9
32.2.3.5.8.10
(A)
(B)
32.2.3.5.8.11
(A)
(B)
32.2.3.5.8.12
32.2.3.5.8.13
32.2.3.5.8.14
32.2.3.5.8.15
32.2.3.6 Construction of Corridor Walls. 32.2.3.6.1
586 32.2.3.6.2
32.2.3.6.3
32.2.3.6.4
32.2.4 Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
32.2.5 Building Services. 32.2.5.1 Utilities.
32.2.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning. 32.2.5.2.1
32.2.5.2.2
32.2.5.2.3
32.2.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
32.3 Large Facilities. 32.3.1 General. 32.3.1.1 Scope. 32.3.1.1.1
587 32.3.1.1.2
32.3.1.2 Reserved. 32.3.1.3 Minimum Construction Requirements.
b a
588 32.3.1.4 Occupant Load.
32.3.2 Means of Egress. 32.3.2.1 General. 32.3.2.1.1
32.3.2.1.2
32.3.2.1.3
32.3.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 32.3.2.2.1 Components Permitted.
32.3.2.2.2 Doors.
589 32.3.2.2.3 Stairs.
32.3.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
32.3.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
32.3.2.2.6 Ramps.
32.3.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
32.3.2.2.8 Fire Escape Ladders.
32.3.2.2.9 Alternating Tread Devices.
32.3.2.2.10 Areas of Refuge.
32.3.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress. 32.3.2.3.1
32.3.2.3.2
32.3.2.3.3
32.3.2.4 Number of Means of Egress. 32.3.2.4.1
32.3.2.4.2
32.3.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress. 32.3.2.5.1
32.3.2.5.2
590 32.3.2.5.3
32.3.2.5.4
32.3.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits.
32.3.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
32.3.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
32.3.2.9 Emergency Lighting.
32.3.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
32.3.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. 32.3.2.11.1 Reserved. 32.3.2.11.2 Lockups.
32.3.3 Protection. 32.3.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings. 32.3.3.1.1
32.3.3.1.2
32.3.3.1.3
32.3.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 32.3.3.2.1
32.3.3.2.2
591 32.3.3.2.3
32.3.3.2.4
32.3.3.3 * Interior Finish. 32.3.3.3.1 General.
32.3.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
32.3.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish. 32.3.3.3.3.1
32.3.3.3.3.2
32.3.3.3.3.3
32.3.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 32.3.3.4.1 General.
32.3.3.4.2 Initiation.
592 32.3.3.4.3 Annunciator Panel.
32.3.3.4.4 Occupant Notification.
32.3.3.4.5 High-Rise Buildings.
32.3.3.4.6 * Emergency Forces Notification.
32.3.3.4.7 Smoke Alarms. 32.3.3.4.7.1
32.3.3.4.7.2
32.3.3.4.8 Smoke Detection Systems. 32.3.3.4.8.1
32.3.3.4.8.2 Reserved. 32.3.3.4.8.3
32.3.3.4.9 Carbon Monoxide Detection. 32.3.3.4.9.1
32.3.3.4.9.2
32.3.3.4.9.3
593 32.3.3.4.9.4
32.3.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements. 32.3.3.5.1 General.
32.3.3.5.2 Reserved. 32.3.3.5.3 Reserved. 32.3.3.5.4 Reserved. 32.3.3.5.5 Supervision.
32.3.3.5.6 Reserved. 32.3.3.5.7 Portable Fire Extinguishers.
32.3.3.6 * Corridors and Separation of Sleeping Rooms. 32.3.3.6.1
32.3.3.6.2 *
32.3.3.6.3
32.3.3.6.4
32.3.3.6.5
32.3.3.6.6
32.3.3.6.7
32.3.3.7 Subdivision of Building Spaces.
32.3.3.7.1
594 32.3.3.7.2
32.3.3.7.3
32.3.3.7.4
32.3.3.7.5
32.3.3.7.6
32.3.3.7.7
32.3.3.7.8
32.3.3.7.9
32.3.3.7.10
32.3.3.7.11
32.3.3.7.12 *
32.3.3.7.13
32.3.3.7.14
32.3.3.7.15
32.3.3.7.16 *
595 32.3.3.7.17 *
32.3.3.7.18
32.3.3.7.19
32.3.3.7.20
32.3.3.8 Cooking Facilities. 32.3.3.8.1
32.3.3.8.2 *
32.3.3.8.3 *
596 32.3.3.8.4 *
32.3.3.8.5 *
32.3.3.9 Standpipes. 32.3.3.9.1 General.
32.3.3.9.2 In High-Rise Buildings.
32.3.3.9.3 Roof Outlets.
32.3.4 Special Provisions. 32.3.4.1 High-Rise Buildings.
32.3.4.2 Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
32.3.5 Building Services. 32.3.5.1 Utilities.
32.3.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning. 32.3.5.2.1
32.3.5.2.2
32.3.5.2.3
32.3.5.3 Elevators, Dumbwaiters, and Vertical Conveyors.
597 32.3.5.3.1
32.3.5.3.2 *
32.3.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
32.3.6 Reserved. 32.4 * Suitability of an Apartment Building to House a Board and Care Occupancy. 32.4.1 General. 32.4.1.1 Scope
32.4.1.1.2
32.4.1.1.3
32.4.1.1.4
32.4.1.2 Requirements for Individual Apartments.
32.4.1.3 * Additional Requirements.
32.4.1.4 Minimum Construction Requirements. 32.4.1.4.1
32.4.1.4.2
32.4.2 Means of Egress. 32.4.2.1
32.4.2.2
598 32.4.3 Protection. 32.4.3.1 Interior Finish. 32.4.3.1.1
32.4.3.1.2
32.4.3.2 Construction of Corridor Walls. 32.4.3.2.1
32.4.3.2.2
32.4.3.3 Subdivision of Building Spaces. (Reserved) 32.5 Reserved. 32.6 Reserved. 32.7 Operating Features. 32.7.1 Emergency Acti
32.7.1.2
32.7.1.3
32.7.1.4
32.7.2 Resident Training. 32.7.2.1
599 32.7.2.2
32.7.2.3
32.7.2.4
32.7.3 Emergency Egress and Relocation Drills.
32.7.3.1
32.7.3.2
32.7.3.3 *
32.7.3.4
32.7.3.5
32.7.3.6
32.7.4 Smoking. 32.7.4.1 *
32.7.4.2
32.7.5 * Furnishings, Mattresses, and Decorations. 32.7.5.1
32.7.5.1.1
32.7.5.1.2
32.7.5.2 *
600 32.7.5.2.1
32.7.5.2.2
32.7.5.3 *
32.7.5.3.1
32.7.5.3.2
32.7.6 Staff.
32.7.7 Inspection of Door Openings.
32.7.8 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems.
Chapter 33 : Existing Residential Board and Care Occupancies
33.1 General Requirements. 33.1.1 * Application. 33.1.1.1 General.
33.1.1.2 Administration.
33.1.1.3 General.
33.1.1.4 * Chapter 32 Compliance.
33.1.1.5 Chapter Sections.
601 33.1.1.6 Conversion.
33.1.2 Classification of Occupancy.
33.1.3 Multiple Occupancies. 33.1.3.1
33.1.3.2
33.1.3.3
33.1.3.4
33.1.4 Definitions. 33.1.4.1 General.
33.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
33.1.5 Acceptability of Means of Egress or Escape.
33.1.6 * Fire-Resistance-Rated Assemblies.
33.1.7 Changes in Facility Size.
602 33.1.8 * Changes in Group Evacuation Capability.
33.1.9
33.2 Small Facilities. 33.2.1 General. 33.2.1.1 Scope. 33.2.1.1.1
33.2.1.1.2
33.2.1.2 Requirements Based on Evacuation Capability. 33.2.1.2.1
33.2.1.2.1.1 *
33.2.1.2.1.2
33.2.1.2.2
33.2.1.3 Minimum Construction Requirements. 33.2.1.3.1 Prompt Evacuation Capability.
33.2.1.3.2 Slow Evacuation Capability. 33.2.1.3.2.1
33.2.1.3.2.2
603 33.2.1.3.2.3
33.2.1.3.2.4
33.2.1.3.2.5
33.2.1.3.2.6
33.2.1.3.2.7
33.2.1.3.3 Impractical Evacuation Capability.
33.2.1.4 Multiple-Level Buildings.
33.2.1.4.1
33.2.1.4.2
33.2.1.4.3
33.2.1.4.4
33.2.2 Means of Escape.
33.2.2.1 Number of Means of Escape. 33.2.2.1.1
33.2.2.1.2
33.2.2.1.3
604 33.2.2.1.4
33.2.2.1.5
33.2.2.2 Primary Means of Escape. 33.2.2.2.1
33.2.2.2.2
33.2.2.2.3
33.2.2.2.4
33.2.2.3 Secondary Means of Escape. 33.2.2.3.1
33.2.2.3.2
33.2.2.3.3
605 33.2.2.3.4
33.2.2.4 Interior Stairs Used for Primary Means of Escape.
33.2.2.4.1
33.2.2.4.2 Reserved. 33.2.2.4.3
33.2.2.4.4
33.2.2.4.5
33.2.2.4.6
33.2.2.4.7
33.2.2.4.8
33.2.2.4.9
33.2.2.5 Doors. 33.2.2.5.1
33.2.2.5.1.1
33.2.2.5.1.2 Reserved.
606 33.2.2.5.2
33.2.2.5.3
33.2.2.5.4
33.2.2.5.5
33.2.2.5.5.1
33.2.2.5.5.2
33.2.2.5.5.3
33.2.2.5.5.4
33.2.2.5.6
33.2.2.5.7
33.2.2.6 Stairs. 33.2.2.6.1
33.2.2.6.2
33.2.2.6.3 *
33.2.3 Protection. 33.2.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings. 33.2.3.1.1
607 33.2.3.1.2
33.2.3.1.3
33.2.3.1.4
33.2.3.2 Hazardous Areas. 33.2.3.2.1
33.2.3.2.2
33.2.3.2.3
33.2.3.2.4
33.2.3.2.5
33.2.3.2.6 Medical Gas.
33.2.3.3 Interior Finish. 33.2.3.3.1 General.
33.2.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
33.2.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish.
608 33.2.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 33.2.3.4.1 Fire Alarm Systems.
33.2.3.4.1.1
33.2.3.4.1.2
33.2.3.4.2 Initiation.
33.2.3.4.3 Occupant Notification.
33.2.3.4.4 * Smoke Alarms. 33.2.3.4.4.1
33.2.3.4.4.2
33.2.3.4.4.3
33.2.3.4.4.4 Reserved. 33.2.3.4.4.5
33.2.3.4.4.6
33.2.3.4.4.7
33.2.3.5 * Extinguishment Requirements. 33.2.3.5.1 Reserved. 33.2.3.5.2 Reserved. 33.2.3.5.3
33.2.3.5.3.1 *
609 33.2.3.5.3.2
33.2.3.5.3.3
33.2.3.5.3.4 *
33.2.3.5.3.5 *
33.2.3.5.3.6
33.2.3.5.3.7
33.2.3.5.4 Reserved. 33.2.3.5.5 Reserved. 33.2.3.5.6
33.2.3.5.7
33.2.3.5.7.1
33.2.3.5.7.2
610 33.2.3.5.8
33.2.3.5.8.1
33.2.3.5.8.2
33.2.3.5.8.3
33.2.3.5.8.4
33.2.3.5.8.5
33.2.3.5.8.6
33.2.3.5.8.7
33.2.3.5.8.8
33.2.3.5.8.9
33.2.3.5.8.10
(A)
(B)
33.2.3.5.8.11
(A)
(B)
611 33.2.3.5.8.12
33.2.3.5.8.13
33.2.3.5.8.14
33.2.3.5.8.15
33.2.3.6 Construction of Corridor Walls. 33.2.3.6.1
33.2.3.6.1.1
33.2.3.6.1.2
33.2.3.6.1.3
33.2.3.6.1.4
33.2.3.6.2 Reserved. 33.2.3.6.3
33.2.3.6.4
612 33.2.4 Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
33.2.5 Building Services. 33.2.5.1 Utilities.
33.2.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning. 33.2.5.2.1
33.2.5.2.2
33.2.5.2.3
33.3 Large Facilities. 33.3.1 General. 33.3.1.1 Scope. 33.3.1.1.1
33.3.1.1.2
33.3.1.1.3
33.3.1.2 Requirements Based on Evacuation Capability. 33.3.1.2.1 Prompt and Slow.
33.3.1.2.1.1 *
33.3.1.2.1.2
33.3.1.2.2 Impractical.
33.3.1.2.3 Evacuation Capability Determination. 33.3.1.2.3.1
613 33.3.1.2.3.2
33.3.1.3 Minimum Construction Requirements.
a b c
614 33.3.1.4 Occupant Load.
33.3.2 Means of Egress. 33.3.2.1 General. 33.3.2.1.1
33.3.2.1.2
33.3.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 33.3.2.2.1 Components Permitted.
33.3.2.2.2 Doors.
615 33.3.2.2.3 Stairs.
33.3.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
33.3.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
33.3.2.2.6 Ramps.
33.3.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
33.3.2.2.8 Fire Escape Ladders.
33.3.2.2.9 Alternating Tread Devices.
33.3.2.2.10 Areas of Refuge.
33.3.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress. 33.3.2.3.1
33.3.2.3.2
33.3.2.3.3
33.3.2.3.4
33.3.2.4 Number of Means of Egress. 33.3.2.4.1
33.3.2.4.2
33.3.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress.
616 33.3.2.5.1
33.3.2.5.2
33.3.2.5.3
33.3.2.5.4
33.3.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits. 33.3.2.6.1
33.3.2.6.2
33.3.2.6.3
33.3.2.6.3.1
33.3.2.6.3.2
33.3.2.6.3.3
33.3.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
33.3.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
33.3.2.9 Emergency Lighting.
33.3.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
33.3.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. 33.3.2.11.1 Reserved.
617 33.3.2.11.2 Lockups.
33.3.3 Protection. 33.3.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings. 33.3.3.1.1
33.3.3.1.1.1
33.3.3.1.1.2
33.3.3.1.1.3
33.3.3.1.2 Reserved. 33.3.3.1.3
33.3.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 33.3.3.2.1
33.3.3.2.2
33.3.3.2.3
33.3.3.2.4 Medical Gas.
33.3.3.3 Interior Finish. 33.3.3.3.1 General.
618 33.3.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
33.3.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish.
33.3.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 33.3.3.4.1 General.
33.3.3.4.2 Initiation.
33.3.3.4.3 Reserved. 33.3.3.4.4 Occupant Notification.
33.3.3.4.5 Reserved. 33.3.3.4.6 Emergency Forces Notification. 33.3.3.4.6.1 *
33.3.3.4.6.2
33.3.3.4.7 Smoke Alarms.
33.3.3.4.7.1
33.3.3.4.7.2
33.3.3.4.7.3
33.3.3.4.8 Smoke Detection Systems.
619 33.3.3.4.8.1
33.3.3.4.8.2
33.3.3.4.8.3
33.3.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements. 33.3.3.5.1 * General.
33.3.3.5.1.1 *
33.3.3.5.1.2
33.3.3.5.1.3
33.3.3.5.2 Impractical Evacuation Capability.
33.3.3.5.3 High-Rise Buildings.
33.3.3.5.4
33.3.3.5.4.1
33.3.3.5.4.2
33.3.3.5.5 Supervision.
33.3.3.5.6 Domestic Water Supply Option.
620 33.3.3.5.7 Portable Fire Extinguishers.
33.3.3.6 Corridors and Separation of Sleeping Rooms. 33.3.3.6.1
33.3.3.6.1.1
33.3.3.6.1.2
33.3.3.6.1.3
33.3.3.6.2
33.3.3.6.3
33.3.3.6.3.1
33.3.3.6.3.2
33.3.3.6.3.3
33.3.3.6.4
33.3.3.6.4.1
33.3.3.6.4.2
33.3.3.6.4.3
33.3.3.6.4.4
621 33.3.3.6.5
33.3.3.6.6
33.3.3.6.6.1
33.3.3.6.6.2
33.3.3.6.6.3
33.3.3.6.6.4
33.3.3.7 Subdivision of Building Spaces.
33.3.3.7.1
33.3.3.7.2
33.3.3.7.3
33.3.3.7.4
33.3.3.7.5
33.3.3.7.6
33.3.3.7.7
622 33.3.3.7.8
33.3.3.7.9
33.3.3.8 Cooking Facilities. 33.3.3.8.1
33.3.3.8.2 *
33.3.3.8.3 *
623 33.3.3.8.4 *
33.3.3.8.5 *
33.3.4 Special Provisions. 33.3.4.1 (Reserved) 33.3.4.2 Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
33.3.5 Building Services. 33.3.5.1 Utilities.
33.3.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning. 33.3.5.2.1
33.3.5.2.2
33.3.5.2.3
33.3.5.3 Elevators, Dumbwaiters, and Vertical Conveyors.
33.3.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
33.3.6 Reserved. 33.4 * Suitability of an Apartment Building to House a Board and Care Occupancy. 33.4.1 General. 33.4.1.1 Scope
624 33.4.1.1.2
33.4.1.1.3
33.4.1.2 Requirements for Individual Apartments.
33.4.1.3 Additional Requirements. 33.4.1.3.1 *
33.4.1.3.2
33.4.1.4 Minimum Construction Requirements.
33.4.2 Means of Egress.
33.4.3 Protection. 33.4.3.1 Interior Finish.
33.4.3.2 Construction of Corridor Walls.
33.4.3.3 Subdivision of Building Spaces.
33.5 Reserved. 33.6 Reserved. 33.7 Operating Features. 33.7.1 Emergency Action Plan. 33.7.1.1 *
625 33.7.1.2
33.7.1.3
33.7.1.4
33.7.2 Resident Training. 33.7.2.1
33.7.2.2
33.7.2.3
33.7.2.4
33.7.3 Emergency Egress and Relocation Drills.
33.7.3.1
33.7.3.2
33.7.3.3 *
33.7.3.4
33.7.3.5
33.7.3.6
33.7.4 Smoking. 33.7.4.1 *
33.7.4.2
626 33.7.5 * Furnishings, Mattresses, and Decorations. 33.7.5.1
33.7.5.1.1
33.7.5.1.2
33.7.5.2 *
33.7.5.2.1
33.7.5.2.2
33.7.5.3 *
33.7.5.3.1
33.7.5.3.2
33.7.6 Staff.
33.7.7 Inspection of Door Openings.
33.7.8 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems. 33.7.8.1
33.7.8.2
Chapter 34 : Reserved Chapter 35 : Reserved
627 Chapter 36 : New Mercantile Occupancies
36.1 General Requirements. 36.1.1 Application. 36.1.1.1
36.1.1.2 Administration.
36.1.1.3 General.
36.1.1.4
36.1.1.5
36.1.1.5.1
36.1.1.5.2
36.1.1.5.3
36.1.1.6
36.1.1.7
36.1.2 Classification of Occupancy. 36.1.2.1 General.
36.1.2.2 Subclassification of Occupancy. 36.1.2.2.1
628 36.1.2.2.2
36.1.2.2.2.1
36.1.2.2.2.2
36.1.2.2.2.3
36.1.2.2.3
36.1.2.2.4
36.1.3 Multiple Occupancies. 36.1.3.1 General. 36.1.3.1.1
36.1.3.1.2
36.1.3.1.3
36.1.3.2 Combined Mercantile Occupancies and Parking Structures. 36.1.3.2.1
36.1.3.2.2
629 36.1.4 Definitions. 36.1.4.1 General.
36.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
36.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents. 36.1.5.1
36.1.5.2
36.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements.
36.1.7 Occupant Load.
36.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 36.2.1 General. 36.2.1.1
36.2.1.2
630 36.2.1.3
36.2.1.4
36.2.1.5
36.2.1.6 Grab Bars for Bathtubs, Bathtub-Shower Combinations, and Showers. 36.2.1.6.1
36.2.1.6.2
36.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 36.2.2.1 Components Permitted.
36.2.2.2 Doors. 36.2.2.2.1
36.2.2.2.2 *
36.2.2.2.3
36.2.2.2.4 Reserved. 36.2.2.2.5
36.2.2.2.6
36.2.2.2.7
36.2.2.2.8
36.2.2.2.9
36.2.2.3 Stairs. 36.2.2.3.1
631 36.2.2.3.2
36.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
36.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
36.2.2.6 Ramps.
36.2.2.7 Exit Passageways. 36.2.2.7.1
36.2.2.7.2 *
36.2.2.8 Reserved. 36.2.2.9 Reserved. 36.2.2.10 Fire Escape Ladders.
36.2.2.11 Alternating Tread Devices.
36.2.2.12 Areas of Refuge. 36.2.2.12.1
36.2.2.12.2
36.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress. 36.2.3.1
36.2.3.2
36.2.4 Number of Means of Egress. 36.2.4.1
632 36.2.4.2
36.2.4.3
36.2.4.4
36.2.4.5
36.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress. 36.2.5.1
36.2.5.2
36.2.5.3
36.2.5.3.1
36.2.5.3.2
36.2.5.4
36.2.5.5
36.2.5.6
36.2.5.7
36.2.5.8
36.2.5.9
633 36.2.5.10 *
36.2.5.11
36.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits.
36.2.6.1
36.2.6.2
36.2.6.3
36.2.7 Discharge from Exits. 36.2.7.1
36.2.7.2 *
36.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
36.2.9 Emergency Lighting.
36.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
36.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. 36.2.11.1 Reserved. 36.2.11.2 Lockups.
36.2.11.3 * Hazardous Materials.
634 36.3 Protection. 36.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings.
36.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 36.3.2.1 * General.
36.3.2.1.1 *
36.3.2.1.2
36.3.2.2 * High Hazard Contents Areas.
36.3.2.3 * Hazardous Materials.
36.3.2.4 * Commercial Cooking Operations.
36.3.3 Interior Finish. 36.3.3.1 General.
36.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
36.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish. 36.3.3.3.1
36.3.3.3.2
635 36.3.3.3.3
36.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 36.3.4.1 General.
36.3.4.2 Initiation.
36.3.4.3 Notification. 36.3.4.3.1 Occupant Notification.
36.3.4.3.2 Emergency Forces Notification.
36.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements. 36.3.5.1
36.3.5.2
36.3.6 Corridors. 36.3.6.1 *
36.3.6.2
636 36.3.7 Subdivision of Building Spaces.
36.4 Special Provisions. 36.4.1 Limited-Access or Underground Buildings.
36.4.2 High-Rise Buildings.
36.4.3 Open-Air Mercantile Operations. 36.4.3.1
36.4.3.2
36.4.3.3
36.4.4 * Mall Structures. 36.4.4.1
36.4.4.2 Special Definitions.
36.4.4.3 General. 36.4.4.3.1
637 36.4.4.3.2 * Open Mall Concourse Engineering Analysis.
36.4.4.4 * Travel Distance. 36.4.4.4.1
36.4.4.4.2
36.4.4.5 Mixed Occupancies.
36.4.4.6 Means of Egress Details. 36.4.4.6.1
36.4.4.6.2
36.4.4.6.2.1
36.4.4.6.2.2
36.4.4.6.3
36.4.4.6.4
638 36.4.4.6.5 *
36.4.4.6.6
36.4.4.6.7
36.4.4.6.8 *
36.4.4.7 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 36.4.4.7.1 General.
36.4.4.7.2 Initiation.
36.4.4.7.3 Notification. 36.4.4.7.3.1 Occupant Notification.
36.4.4.7.3.2 *
36.4.4.7.3.3 Emergency Forces Notification.
36.4.4.7.4 Emergency Control.
36.4.4.7.5 Risk Analysis for Mass Notification.
36.4.4.8 Tenant Spaces.
36.4.4.9 Exit Passageways.
36.4.4.9.1
639 36.4.4.9.2 *
36.4.4.10 Plastic Signs.
36.4.4.11 Kiosks.
36.4.4.12 * Smoke Control.
36.4.4.13 Automatic Extinguishing Systems.
640 36.4.4.13.1
36.4.4.13.2
36.4.4.13.3 *
36.4.4.13.4 *
36.4.5 Bulk Merchandising Retail Buildings.
36.4.5.1 Minimum Construction Requirements.
36.4.5.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 36.4.5.2.1
36.4.5.2.2
36.4.5.3 Storage, Arrangement, Protection, and Quantities of Hazardous Commodities.
36.4.5.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 36.4.5.4.1 General.
36.4.5.4.2 Initiation.
36.4.5.4.3 Occupant Notification.
36.4.5.4.4 Emergency Forces Notification.
641 36.4.5.5 Extinguishing Requirements.
36.4.5.6 Emergency Action Plan and Employee Training. 36.4.5.6.1
36.4.5.6.2
36.4.6 Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
36.5 Building Services. 36.5.1 Utilities.
36.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning.
36.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
36.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
36.6 Reserved. 36.7 Operating Features. 36.7.1 Emergency Action Plans.
36.7.2 Drills.
36.7.3 Extinguisher Training.
36.7.4 Food Service Operations.
36.7.5 Upholstered Furniture and Mattresses.
642 36.7.6 Soiled Linen and Trash Receptacles.
36.7.7 Inspection of Door Openings.
36.7.8 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems.
Chapter 37 : Existing Mercantile Occupancies
37.1 General Requirements. 37.1.1 Application. 37.1.1.1
37.1.1.2 Administration.
37.1.1.3 General.
37.1.1.4
37.1.1.5
37.1.1.5.1
37.1.1.5.2
37.1.1.5.3
37.1.1.6
37.1.1.7
643 37.1.2 Classification of Occupancy. 37.1.2.1 General.
37.1.2.2 Subclassification of Occupancy. 37.1.2.2.1
37.1.2.2.2
37.1.2.2.2.1
37.1.2.2.2.2
37.1.2.2.2.3
37.1.2.2.3
37.1.2.2.4
37.1.3 Multiple Occupancies. 37.1.3.1 General. 37.1.3.1.1
37.1.3.1.2
644 37.1.3.1.3
37.1.3.2 Combined Mercantile Occupancies and Parking Structures. 37.1.3.2.1
37.1.3.2.2
37.1.4 Definitions. 37.1.4.1 General.
37.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
37.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents. 37.1.5.1
37.1.5.2
37.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements.
37.1.7 Occupant Load.
645 37.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 37.2.1 General. 37.2.1.1
37.2.1.2
37.2.1.3
37.2.1.4
37.2.1.5
37.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 37.2.2.1 Components Permitted.
37.2.2.2 Doors. 37.2.2.2.1
37.2.2.2.2 *
37.2.2.2.3
37.2.2.2.4
37.2.2.2.5
37.2.2.2.6
37.2.2.2.7
37.2.2.2.8
646 37.2.2.2.9
37.2.2.2.10
37.2.2.3 Stairs. 37.2.2.3.1
37.2.2.3.2
37.2.2.3.3
37.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
37.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
37.2.2.6 Ramps.
37.2.2.7 Exit Passageways. 37.2.2.7.1
37.2.2.7.2 *
37.2.2.8 Escalators and Moving Walks.
37.2.2.9 Fire Escape Stairs.
37.2.2.10 Fire Escape Ladders.
37.2.2.11 Alternating Tread Devices.
37.2.2.12 Areas of Refuge. 37.2.2.12.1
37.2.2.12.2
37.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress.
647 37.2.3.1
37.2.3.2
37.2.4 Number of Means of Egress. 37.2.4.1
37.2.4.2
37.2.4.3
37.2.4.4
37.2.4.5
37.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress. 37.2.5.1
37.2.5.2 *
37.2.5.2.1
37.2.5.2.2
37.2.5.3 *
37.2.5.4
37.2.5.5
648 37.2.5.6
37.2.5.7
37.2.5.8
37.2.5.9
37.2.5.10 *
37.2.5.11
37.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits.
37.2.6.1
37.2.6.2
37.2.7 Discharge from Exits. 37.2.7.1
37.2.7.2 *
37.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
37.2.9 Emergency Lighting.
37.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
37.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. 37.2.11.1 Reserved.
649 37.2.11.2 Lockups.
37.2.11.3 * Hazardous Materials.
37.3 Protection. 37.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings.
37.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 37.3.2.1 * General.
37.3.2.1.1 *
37.3.2.1.2
37.3.2.2 * High Hazard Contents Areas.
37.3.2.3 * Hazardous Materials.
37.3.2.4 * Commercial Cooking Operations.
37.3.3 Interior Finish. 37.3.3.1 General.
37.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
37.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish.
650 37.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 37.3.4.1 General.
37.3.4.2 Initiation.
37.3.4.3 Notification. 37.3.4.3.1 Occupant Notification.
37.3.4.3.2 Emergency Forces Notification.
37.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements. 37.3.5.1
37.3.5.2 Reserved. 37.3.5.3
37.3.6 Corridors.
37.3.7 Subdivision of Building Spaces.
37.4 Special Provisions.
651 37.4.1 Limited-Access or Underground Buildings.
37.4.2 High-Rise Buildings.
37.4.3 Open-Air Mercantile Operations. 37.4.3.1
37.4.3.2
37.4.3.3
37.4.4 * Mall Structures. 37.4.4.1
37.4.4.2 Special Definitions.
37.4.4.3 General. 37.4.4.3.1
37.4.4.3.2 * Open Mall Concourse Engineering Analysis.
37.4.4.4 * Travel Distance.
652 37.4.4.4.1
37.4.4.4.2
37.4.4.5 Mixed Occupancies.
37.4.4.6 Means of Egress Details. 37.4.4.6.1
37.4.4.6.2
37.4.4.6.2.1
37.4.4.6.2.2
37.4.4.6.3
37.4.4.6.4
37.4.4.6.5 *
37.4.4.6.6
653 37.4.4.6.7 Reserved. 37.4.4.6.8 *
37.4.4.7 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 37.4.4.7.1 General.
37.4.4.7.2 Initiation.
37.4.4.7.3 Notification. 37.4.4.7.3.1 Occupant Notification.
37.4.4.7.3.2
37.4.4.7.3.3 Emergency Forces Notification.
37.4.4.7.4 Emergency Control.
37.4.4.8 Tenant Spaces.
37.4.4.9 Exit Passageways.
37.4.4.9.1
37.4.4.9.2 *
654 37.4.4.10 Plastic Signs.
37.4.4.11 Kiosks.
37.4.4.12 * Automatic Extinguishing Systems. 37.4.4.12.1
37.4.4.12.2
37.4.5 Bulk Merchandising Retail Buildings.
37.4.5.1 Minimum Construction Requirements.
655 37.4.5.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 37.4.5.2.1
37.4.5.2.2
37.4.5.3 Storage, Arrangement, Protection, and Quantities of Hazardous Commodities.
37.4.5.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 37.4.5.4.1 General.
37.4.5.4.2 Initiation.
37.4.5.4.3 Occupant Notification.
37.4.5.4.4 Emergency Forces Notification.
37.4.5.5 Extinguishing Requirements.
37.4.5.6 Emergency Action Plans and Employee Training. 37.4.5.6.1
37.4.5.6.2
656 37.4.6 Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
37.5 Building Services. 37.5.1 Utilities.
37.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning.
37.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
37.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
37.6 Reserved. 37.7 Operating Features. 37.7.1 Emergency Action Plan.
37.7.2 Drills.
37.7.3 Extinguisher Training.
37.7.4 Food Service Operations.
37.7.5 Upholstered Furniture and Mattresses.
37.7.6 Soiled Linen and Trash Receptacles.
37.7.7 Inspection of Door Openings.
37.7.8 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems. 37.7.8.1
37.7.8.2
657 Chapter 38 : New Business Occupancies
38.1 General Requirements. 38.1.1 Application. 38.1.1.1
38.1.1.2 Administration.
38.1.1.3 General.
38.1.1.4
38.1.1.5
38.1.1.6
38.1.2 Classification of Occupancy.
38.1.3 Multiple Occupancies. 38.1.3.1 General. 38.1.3.1.1
38.1.3.1.2
38.1.3.2 Combined Business Occupancies and Parking Structures. 38.1.3.2.1
38.1.3.2.2
658 38.1.3.3
38.1.4 Definitions. 38.1.4.1 General.
38.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
38.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
38.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements.
38.1.7 Occupant Load.
38.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 38.2.1 General. 38.2.1.1
38.2.1.2
38.2.1.3
38.2.1.3.1
38.2.1.3.2
38.2.1.4
38.2.1.5 Grab Bars for Bathtubs, Bathtub-Shower Combinations, and Showers. 38.2.1.5.1
38.2.1.5.2
659 38.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 38.2.2.1 General.
38.2.2.2 Doors. 38.2.2.2.1
38.2.2.2.2 * Door Locking to Prevent Unwanted Entry.
38.2.2.2.3 *
38.2.2.2.4
38.2.2.2.5 Reserved. 38.2.2.2.6
38.2.2.2.7
38.2.2.2.8
38.2.2.2.9 Reserved. 38.2.2.2.10
38.2.2.3 Stairs. 38.2.2.3.1
38.2.2.3.2
38.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
660 38.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
38.2.2.6 Ramps.
38.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
38.2.2.8 Reserved. 38.2.2.9 Reserved. 38.2.2.10 Fire Escape Ladders.
38.2.2.11 Alternating Tread Devices.
38.2.2.12 Areas of Refuge. 38.2.2.12.1
38.2.2.12.2
38.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress. 38.2.3.1
38.2.3.2 *
38.2.3.3
38.2.4 Number of Means of Egress. 38.2.4.1
38.2.4.2
38.2.4.3
661 38.2.4.4
38.2.4.5
38.2.4.6
38.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress. 38.2.5.1
38.2.5.2
38.2.5.2.1
38.2.5.2.2
38.2.5.2.3
38.2.5.3
38.2.5.3.1
38.2.5.3.2
38.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits.
662 38.2.6.1
38.2.6.2
38.2.6.3
38.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
38.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
38.2.9 Emergency Lighting. 38.2.9.1
38.2.9.2
38.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
38.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. 38.2.11.1 Reserved. 38.2.11.2 Lockups.
38.2.11.3 * Hazardous Materials.
38.3 Protection. 38.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings. 38.3.1.1
38.3.1.2
663 38.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 38.3.2.1 * General.
38.3.2.2 * High Hazard Contents Areas.
38.3.2.3 * Hazardous Materials.
38.3.2.4 Medical Gas.
38.3.2.5 * Commercial Cooking Operations.
38.3.3 Interior Finish. 38.3.3.1 General.
38.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish. 38.3.3.2.1
38.3.3.2.2
38.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish. 38.3.3.3.1
38.3.3.3.2
38.3.3.3.3
38.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 38.3.4.1 General.
38.3.4.2 Initiation.
664 38.3.4.3 Occupant Notification.
38.3.4.4 Emergency Forces Notification.
38.3.4.5 * Risk Analysis for Mass Notification.
38.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements.
38.3.6 Corridors. 38.3.6.1 *
38.3.6.2
38.3.7 Subdivision of Building Spaces.
38.4 Special Provisions. 38.4.1 Limited-Access or Underground Buildings.
38.4.2 High-Rise Buildings.
38.4.3 Airport Traffic Control Towers. 38.4.3.1
38.4.3.2
665 38.4.4 Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers
38.5 Building Services. 38.5.1 Utilities.
38.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning.
38.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
38.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
38.6 Reserved. 38.7 Operating Features. 38.7.1 Emergency Action Plans.
38.7.2 Drills.
38.7.3 Portable Fire Extinguisher Training.
38.7.4 Food Service Operations.
38.7.5 Upholstered Furniture and Mattresses.
38.7.6 Soiled Linen and Trash Receptacles.
38.7.7 Inspection of Door Openings.
38.7.8 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems.
666 Chapter 39 : Existing Business Occupancies
39.1 General Requirements. 39.1.1 Application. 39.1.1.1
39.1.1.2 Administration.
39.1.1.3 General.
39.1.1.4
39.1.1.5 Reserved. 39.1.1.6
39.1.2 Classification of Occupancy.
39.1.3 Multiple Occupancies. 39.1.3.1 General. 39.1.3.1.1
39.1.3.1.2
39.1.3.2 Combined Business Occupancies and Parking Structures. 39.1.3.2.1
39.1.3.2.2
39.1.3.3
667 39.1.4 Definitions. 39.1.4.1 General.
39.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
39.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
39.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements.
39.1.7 Occupant Load.
39.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 39.2.1 General. 39.2.1.1
39.2.1.2
39.2.1.3
39.2.1.3.1
39.2.1.3.2
39.2.1.4
39.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 39.2.2.1 Components Permitted.
39.2.2.2 Doors. 39.2.2.2.1
39.2.2.2.2 * Door Locking to Prevent Unwanted Entry.
668 39.2.2.2.3 *
39.2.2.2.4
39.2.2.2.5
39.2.2.2.6
39.2.2.2.7
39.2.2.2.8
39.2.2.2.9
39.2.2.2.10
39.2.2.3 Stairs. 39.2.2.3.1
39.2.2.3.2
669 39.2.2.3.3
39.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
39.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
39.2.2.6 Ramps.
39.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
39.2.2.8 Escalators and Moving Walks.
39.2.2.9 Fire Escape Stairs.
39.2.2.10 Fire Escape Ladders.
39.2.2.11 Alternating Tread Devices.
39.2.2.12 Areas of Refuge. 39.2.2.12.1
39.2.2.12.2
39.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress. 39.2.3.1
39.2.3.2
39.2.3.3
39.2.4 Number of Means of Egress. 39.2.4.1
39.2.4.2
670 39.2.4.3
39.2.4.4
39.2.4.5
39.2.4.6
39.2.4.7
39.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress. 39.2.5.1
39.2.5.2 *
39.2.5.2.1
39.2.5.2.2
671 39.2.5.2.3
39.2.5.3 *
39.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits.
39.2.6.1
39.2.6.2
39.2.6.3
39.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
39.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
39.2.9 Emergency Lighting. 39.2.9.1
39.2.9.2
39.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
39.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. 39.2.11.1 Reserved. 39.2.11.2 Lockups.
39.2.11.3 * Hazardous Materials.
39.3 Protection. 39.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings. 39.3.1.1
672 39.3.1.2
39.3.2 Protection from Hazards. 39.3.2.1 * General.
39.3.2.2 * High Hazard Contents Areas.
39.3.2.3 * Hazardous Materials.
39.3.2.4 * Commercial Cooking Operations.
39.3.2.5 Medical Gas.
39.3.3 Interior Finish. 39.3.3.1 General.
39.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish. 39.3.3.2.1
39.3.3.2.2
39.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish.
39.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 39.3.4.1 General.
673 39.3.4.2 Initiation.
39.3.4.3 Occupant Notification.
39.3.4.4 Emergency Forces Notification.
39.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements.
39.3.6 Corridors.
39.3.7 Subdivision of Building Spaces.
39.4 Special Provisions. 39.4.1 Limited-Access or Underground Buildings.
39.4.2 High-Rise Buildings. 39.4.2.1
39.4.2.2 *
39.4.3 Airport Traffic Control Towers. 39.4.3.1
674 39.4.3.2
39.4.4 Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
39.5 Building Services. 39.5.1 Utilities.
39.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning.
39.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
39.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
39.6 Reserved. 39.7 Operating Features. 39.7.1 Emergency Action Plans.
39.7.2 Drills.
39.7.3 Portable Fire Extinguisher Training.
39.7.4 Food Service Operations.
39.7.5 Upholstered Furniture and Mattresses.
39.7.6 Soiled Linen and Trash Receptacles.
39.7.7 Inspection of Door Openings.
39.7.8 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems. 39.7.8.1
39.7.8.2
675 Chapter 40 : Industrial Occupancies
40.1 General Requirements. 40.1.1 Application. 40.1.1.1
40.1.1.2 Administration.
40.1.1.3 General.
40.1.1.4
40.1.1.5
40.1.1.6
40.1.2 Classification of Occupancy.
40.1.2.1 Subclassification of Occupancy.
40.1.2.1.1 General Industrial Occupancy.
40.1.2.1.2 Special-Purpose Industrial Occupancy.
40.1.2.1.3 * High-Hazard Industrial Occupancy.
676 40.1.2.2 Change of Industrial Occupancy Subclassification.
40.1.3 Multiple Occupancies.
40.1.4 Definitions. 40.1.4.1 General.
40.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
40.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
40.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements.
40.1.7 * Occupant Load.
40.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 40.2.1 General. 40.2.1.1
40.2.1.2 *
40.2.1.3
40.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 40.2.2.1 General.
40.2.2.2 Doors. 40.2.2.2.1
40.2.2.2.2
677 40.2.2.2.3
40.2.2.2.4
40.2.2.2.5
40.2.2.3 Stairs. 40.2.2.3.1
40.2.2.3.2
40.2.2.3.3
40.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
40.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits. 40.2.2.5.1
40.2.2.5.2 *
40.2.2.6 Ramps.
40.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
40.2.2.8 Escalators and Moving Walks.
40.2.2.9 Fire Escape Stairs.
678 40.2.2.10 Fire Escape Ladders. 40.2.2.10.1
40.2.2.10.2
40.2.2.11 Slide Escapes. 40.2.2.11.1
40.2.2.11.2
40.2.2.12 Alternating Tread Devices.
40.2.2.13 Areas of Refuge.
40.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress.
40.2.3.1
40.2.3.2
40.2.4 Number of Means of Egress.
40.2.4.1
40.2.4.1.1
40.2.4.1.2
40.2.4.2
40.2.4.3
40.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress. 40.2.5.1 General.
679 40.2.5.2 Ancillary Facilities. 40.2.5.2.1 *
40.2.5.2.2 *
40.2.5.3 Industrial Equipment Access. 40.2.5.3.1
680 40.2.5.3.2
40.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits. 40.2.6.1
40.2.6.2 * Power-Generation Buildings.
681 40.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
40.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
40.2.9 * Emergency Lighting. 40.2.9.1
40.2.9.2
40.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
40.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. 40.2.11.1 Reserved. 40.2.11.2 Lockups. 40.2.11.2.1
40.2.11.2.2
40.2.11.3 Hazardous Materials.
40.3 Protection. 40.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings.
682 40.3.2 * Protection from Hazards. 40.3.2.1
40.3.2.2
40.3.2.3
40.3.2.4
40.3.2.5
40.3.2.6
40.3.3 Interior Finish. 40.3.3.1 General.
40.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
40.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish. 40.3.3.3.1
40.3.3.3.2
40.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 40.3.4.1 General.
40.3.4.2 Initiation.
683 40.3.4.3 Notification. 40.3.4.3.1
40.3.4.3.2
40.3.4.3.3
40.3.4.3.4
40.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements. (Reserved) 40.3.6 Corridors.
40.4 Special Provisions. 40.4.1 Limited-Access or Underground Structures.
40.4.2 High-Rise Buildings. 40.4.2.1
40.4.2.2
40.4.2.3
40.4.2.4
684 40.4.3 Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
40.5 Building Services. 40.5.1 Utilities.
40.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning.
40.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
40.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
40.6 * Special Provisions for Aircraft Servicing Hangars. 40.6.1
40.6.2
40.6.2.1
40.6.2.2
40.6.2.3
40.6.2.4
40.6.3
40.6.4
40.7 Operating Features. 40.7.1 Upholstered Furniture and Mattresses.
40.7.2 Soiled Linen and Trash Receptacles.
685 40.7.3 Inspection of Door Openings.
40.7.4 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems. 40.7.4.1
40.7.4.2
Chapter 41 : Reserved Chapter 42 : Storage Occupancies
42.1 General Requirements. 42.1.1 Application. 42.1.1.1
42.1.1.2 Administration.
42.1.1.3 General.
42.1.1.4
42.1.1.5
42.1.2 Classification of Occupancy. 42.1.2.1
42.1.2.2
42.1.2.3
42.1.3 Multiple Occupancies.
686 42.1.4 Definitions. 42.1.4.1 General.
42.1.4.2 Special Definitions.
42.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents. 42.1.5.1
42.1.5.2
42.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements.
42.1.7 Occupant Load.
42.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 42.2.1 General. 42.2.1.1
42.2.1.2 *
42.2.1.3
42.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 42.2.2.1 Components Permitted.
42.2.2.2 Doors. 42.2.2.2.1
42.2.2.2.2
42.2.2.2.3
42.2.2.2.4
687 42.2.2.2.5
42.2.2.3 Stairs. 42.2.2.3.1
42.2.2.3.2
42.2.2.3.3
42.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
42.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits. 42.2.2.5.1
42.2.2.5.2 *
42.2.2.6 Ramps. 42.2.2.6.1
42.2.2.6.2
42.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
42.2.2.8 Fire Escape Stairs.
42.2.2.9 Fire Escape Ladders. 42.2.2.9.1
42.2.2.9.2
688 42.2.2.10 Slide Escapes.
42.2.2.11 Alternating Tread Devices.
42.2.2.12 Areas of Refuge.
42.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress.
42.2.4 Number of Means of Egress.
42.2.4.1
42.2.4.2
42.2.4.3
42.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress.
689 42.2.6 * Travel Distance to Exits.
42.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
42.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress. 42.2.8.1
42.2.8.2
42.2.9 Emergency Lighting.
42.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
42.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. 42.2.11.1 Reserved. 42.2.11.2 Lockups.
690 42.2.11.2.1
42.2.11.2.2
42.2.11.3 Hazardous Materials.
42.3 Protection. 42.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings.
42.3.2 Protection from Hazards.
42.3.3 Interior Finish. 42.3.3.1 General.
42.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
42.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish. 42.3.3.3.1
42.3.3.3.2
42.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 42.3.4.1 General.
42.3.4.1.1
42.3.4.1.2
42.3.4.1.3
691 42.3.4.2 Initiation.
42.3.4.3 Notification. 42.3.4.3.1
42.3.4.3.2
42.3.4.3.3
42.3.4.3.4
42.3.5 Extinguishment Requirements. (Reserved) 42.3.6 Corridors.
42.4 Special Provisions. 42.4.1 Limited-Access or Underground Structures.
42.4.2 High-Rise Buildings.
42.4.3 Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers.
42.5 Building Services. 42.5.1 Utilities.
42.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning.
42.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
42.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
692 42.6 * Special Provisions for Aircraft Storage Hangars. 42.6.1
42.6.1.1
42.6.1.2
42.6.1.3
42.6.1.4
42.6.2
42.6.3
42.7 * Special Provisions for Grain Handling, Processing, Milling, or Other Bulk Storage Facilities. 42.7.1 General.
42.7.2 Number of Means of Egress.
42.7.2.1
42.7.2.2
42.7.2.3
42.7.3 Means of Egress to Finished Ground Level.
42.7.4 Extinguishment Requirements. (Reserved)
693 42.7.5 Underground Spaces. 42.7.5.1 Number of Means of Egress. 42.7.5.1.1
42.7.5.1.2
42.7.5.2 Travel Distance to Exits.
42.8 Special Provisions for Parking Structures. 42.8.1 General Requirements. 42.8.1.1 * Application.
42.8.1.2 Multiple Occupancies. 42.8.1.2.1
42.8.1.2.2
42.8.1.2.3
42.8.1.3 Opening Requirements for Open Parking Structures.
42.8.1.3.1
694 42.8.1.3.2
42.8.1.3.3
42.8.1.3.4
42.8.1.3.5
42.8.1.4 Classification of Occupancy.
42.8.1.5 Classification of Hazard of Contents.
42.8.1.6 Minimum Construction Requirements.
42.8.1.7 Occupant Load.
42.8.2 Means of Egress Requirements. 42.8.2.1 General.
42.8.2.2 Means of Egress Components. 42.8.2.2.1 Components Permitted.
42.8.2.2.2 Doors. 42.8.2.2.2.1
42.8.2.2.2.2
42.8.2.2.2.3
42.8.2.2.3 Stairs. 42.8.2.2.3.1
42.8.2.2.3.2
42.8.2.2.3.3
695 42.8.2.2.3.4
42.8.2.2.4 Smokeproof Enclosures.
42.8.2.2.5 Horizontal Exits.
42.8.2.2.6 Ramps. 42.8.2.2.6.1
42.8.2.2.6.2
42.8.2.2.7 Exit Passageways.
42.8.2.2.8 Fire Escape Stairs.
42.8.2.2.9 Areas of Refuge. 42.8.2.2.9.1
42.8.2.2.9.2
42.8.2.3 Capacity of Means of Egress.
42.8.2.4 Number of Means of Egress.
42.8.2.4.1
42.8.2.4.2
42.8.2.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress.
42.8.2.5.1
42.8.2.5.2
696 42.8.2.5.3
42.8.2.5.3.1
42.8.2.5.3.2
42.8.2.6 Travel Distance to Exits. 42.8.2.6.1
42.8.2.6.2
42.8.2.7 Discharge from Exits.
42.8.2.8 Illumination of Means of Egress.
42.8.2.9 Emergency Lighting.
42.8.2.10 Marking of Means of Egress.
697 42.8.2.11 Special Means of Egress Features. (Reserved) 42.8.3 Protection. 42.8.3.1 Protection of Vertical Openings. 42.8.3.1.1 V
42.8.3.1.1.2
42.8.3.1.1.3
42.8.3.1.1.4
42.8.3.1.1.5
42.8.3.1.1.6
42.8.3.1.2
42.8.3.2 Protection from Hazards.
42.8.3.3 Interior Finish. 42.8.3.3.1 General.
42.8.3.3.2 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish.
42.8.3.3.3 Interior Floor Finish. 42.8.3.3.3.1
42.8.3.3.3.2
42.8.3.4 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. 42.8.3.4.1 General.
698 42.8.3.4.1.1
42.8.3.4.1.2
42.8.3.4.1.3
42.8.3.4.2 Initiation.
42.8.3.4.3 Notification. 42.8.3.4.3.1
42.8.3.4.3.2
42.8.3.4.3.3
42.8.3.5 Extinguishing Requirements. (Reserved) 42.8.3.6 Corridors.
42.8.4 Special Provisions ā€” High-Rise Buildings. 42.8.4.1
42.8.4.2
42.8.5 Building Services. 42.8.5.1 Utilities.
42.8.5.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning.
42.8.5.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors.
42.8.5.4 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
699 42.9 Operating Features. 42.9.1 Upholstered Furniture and Mattresses.
42.9.2 Soiled Linen and Trash Receptacles.
42.9.3 Inspection of Door Openings.
42.9.4 Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems. 42.9.4.1
42.9.4.2
Chapter 43 : Building Rehabilitation
43.1 General. 43.1.1 Classification of Rehabilitation Work Categories.
43.1.2 Applicable Requirements. 43.1.2.1
43.1.2.2
43.1.2.3
43.1.2.4
43.1.2.5
700 43.1.3 Multiple Rehabilitation Work Categories. 43.1.3.1
43.1.3.2
43.1.3.3
43.1.3.4
43.1.4 Compliance. 43.1.4.1
43.1.4.2
43.1.4.3
43.1.4.4
43.1.4.5
43.2 Special Definitions. 43.2.1 General.
43.2.2 Special Definitions. 43.2.2.1 Categories of Rehabilitation Work.
43.2.2.1.1 Repair.
701 43.2.2.1.2 Renovation.
43.2.2.1.3 Modification.
43.2.2.1.4 * Reconstruction.
43.2.2.1.5 Change of Use.
43.2.2.1.6 Change of Occupancy Classification.
43.2.2.1.7 Addition.
43.2.2.2 * Equipment or Fixture.
43.2.2.3 Load-Bearing Element.
43.2.2.4 Rehabilitation Work Area.
43.2.2.5 Technically Infeasible.
43.3 Repairs. 43.3.1 General Requirements. 43.3.1.1
43.3.1.2
43.3.1.3
43.3.1.4
702 43.4 Renovations. 43.4.1 General Requirements. 43.4.1.1
43.4.1.2
43.4.1.3
43.4.1.4
43.4.1.5
43.4.2 Capacity of Means of Egress.
43.4.3 Interior Finish Requirements.
43.4.4 * Other Requirements.
43.5 Modifications. 43.5.1 General Requirements. 43.5.1.1
43.5.1.2
703 43.5.1.3
43.5.2 Extensive Modifications. 43.5.2.1
43.5.2.2
43.5.2.3
43.5.2.4
43.6 Reconstruction. 43.6.1 General Requirements. 43.6.1.1
43.6.1.2
43.6.1.3
43.6.1.4
43.6.2 Means of Egress. 43.6.2.1 General.
43.6.2.2 * Illumination, Emergency Lighting, and Marking of Means of Egress. 43.6.2.2.1
704 43.6.2.2.2
43.6.2.2.3
43.6.2.2.4
43.6.3 Fire Barriers and Smoke Barriers. 43.6.3.1
43.6.3.2
43.6.4 Extinguishing Systems. 43.6.4.1
43.6.4.2
43.6.4.3
43.6.4.4
43.6.4.5
43.6.4.6
705 43.6.4.7
43.6.5 Fire Alarm Systems ā€” Smoke Alarms. 43.6.5.1
43.6.5.2
43.6.6 Elevators.
43.7 Change of Use or Occupancy Classification. 43.7.1 Change of Use. 43.7.1.1
43.7.1.2
43.7.1.3
43.7.2 Change of Occupancy Classification.
43.7.2.1
706 43.7.2.2
43.7.2.3
43.7.2.4
43.7.2.5
43.7.3 * Hazard Category Classifications.
43.8 Additions. 43.8.1 General Requirements. 43.8.1.1
707 43.8.1.2
43.8.1.3
43.8.2 Heights.
43.8.3 Fire Protection Systems.
43.8.4 Smoke Alarms.
43.9 Reserved. 43.10 Historic Buildings. 43.10.1 General Requirements.
43.10.2 Evaluation.
708 43.10.3 Repairs.
43.10.4 Repair, Renovation, Modification, or Reconstruction. 43.10.4.1 General.
43.10.4.2 Replacement.
43.10.4.3 Means of Egress.
43.10.4.4 Door Swing.
43.10.4.5 Transoms.
43.10.4.6 Interior Finishes. 43.10.4.6.1
43.10.4.6.2
43.10.4.7 Stairway Enclosure. 43.10.4.7.1
43.10.4.7.2
709 43.10.4.8 One-Hour Fire-Rated Assemblies.
43.10.4.9 Stairway Handrails and Guards. 43.10.4.9.1
43.10.4.9.2
43.10.4.10 Exit Signs.
43.10.4.11 Sprinkler Systems. 43.10.4.11.1
43.10.4.11.2
43.10.5 Change of Occupancy. 43.10.5.1 General.
43.10.5.2 Means of Egress.
43.10.5.3 Door Swing.
43.10.5.4 Transoms.
43.10.5.5 Interior Finishes.
710 43.10.5.6 One-Hour Fire-Rated Assemblies.
43.10.5.7 Stairs and Handrails. 43.10.5.7.1
43.10.5.7.2
43.10.5.8 Exit Signs.
43.10.5.9 Exit Stair Live Load.
Annex A : Explanatory Material
A Explanatory Material
A.1.1
A.1.1.5
711 A.1.1.8
A.1.1.9(1)
A.1.2
A.1.3.1
A.1.4
A.1.4.3
712 A.2.1(1)
A.2.1(3)
A.2.2
A.3.2.1 Approved.
A.3.2.2 Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ).
A.3.2.3 Code.
A.3.2.5 Listed.
713 A.3.3.4 Actuating Member or Bar.
A.3.3.11 Aisle Accessway.
A.3.3.19 Animal Housing Facility.
A.3.3.22.2.1 Clear Floor Area.
A.3.3.22.2.2 Gross Floor Area.
A.3.3.22.2.3 Gross Floor Area (Health Care and Ambulatory Health Care Occupancies).
A.3.3.22.4 Hazardous Area.
714 A.3.3.22.6 Normally Unoccupied Building Service Equipment Support Area.
A.3.3.23 Area of Refuge.
A.3.3.28 Atrium.
A.3.3.29 Attic.
A.3.3.32.1 Fire Barrier.
A.3.3.32.2 Smoke Barrier.
A.3.3.32.3 Thermal Barrier.
715 A.3.3.34 Birth Center.
A.3.3.37 Building.
A.3.3.37.3 Apartment Building.
A.3.3.37.5 Existing Building.
A.3.3.37.6 Flexible Plan and Open Plan Educational or Day Care Building.
A.3.3.37.7 High-Rise Building.
A.3.3.37.8 Historic Building.
A.3.3.37.9 Special Amusement Building.
716 A.3.3.38 Building Code.
A.3.3.42 Cellular or Foamed Plastic.
A.3.3.48 Common Path of Travel.
A.3.3.49.1 Fire Compartment.
A.3.3.49.2 Smoke Compartment.
717 A.3.3.52 Critical Radiant Flux.
A.3.3.63.1 Emergency Stair Travel Device.
A.3.3.66 Dormitory.
A.3.3.68 Dwelling Unit.
A.3.3.68.1 Oneand Two-Family Dwelling Unit.
A.3.3.70 Electroluminescent.
A.3.3.81 Evacuation Capability.
718 A.3.3.84 Existing.
A.3.3.86 Exit.
A.3.3.86.1 Horizontal Exit.
A.3.3.88.1 Level of Exit Discharge.
A.3.3.91 Exposure Fire.
719 A.3.3.93.2 Limited Care Facility.
A.3.3.95.2 Interior Finish.
A.3.3.95.3 Interior Floor Finish.
A.3.3.95.4 Interior Wall Finish.
A.3.3.99 Fire Code.
A.3.3.104 Fire Model.
A.3.3.107 Fire Scenario.
A.3.3.115 Flame Spread.
A.3.3.130 Grade Plane.
720 A.3.3.131 Grandstand.
A.3.3.145 Heat Release Rate (HRR).
A.3.3.150.1 Day Care Home.
A.3.3.153 Hotel.
A.3.3.154.1 Externally Illuminated.
A.3.3.154.2 Internally Illuminated.
A.3.3.172.1 Fuel Load.
A.3.3.177.1 Open Mall Concourse.
721 A.3.3.180 Means of Egress.
A.3.3.182 Membrane.
A.3.3.188 Modification.
A.3.3.197 Objective.
A.3.3.198.1 Ambulatory Health Care Occupancy.
A.3.3.198.2 Assembly Occupancy.
722 A.3.3.198.3 Business Occupancy.
A.3.3.198.4 Day Care Occupancy.
723 A.3.3.198.5 Detention and Correctional Occupancy.
A.3.3.198.6 Educational Occupancy.
A.3.3.198.7 Health Care Occupancy.
A.3.3.198.8 Industrial Occupancy.
724 A.3.3.198.8.1 General Industrial Occupancy.
A.3.3.198.8.2 High Hazard Industrial Occupancy.
A.3.3.198.9 Mercantile Occupancy.
A.3.3.198.12 Residential Board and Care Occupancy.
A.3.3.198.13 Residential Occupancy.
725 A.3.3.198.15 Storage Occupancy.
A.3.3.214 Performance Criteria.
A.3.3.216 Personal Care.
A.3.3.217 Photoluminescent.
A.3.3.220 Platform.
A.3.3.224.1 Low-Energy Power-Operated Door.
A.3.3.224.2 Power-Operated Door.
726 A.3.3.228 Proposed Design.
A.3.3.230 Public Way.
A.3.3.231 Ramp.
A.3.3.233.1 Fire Protection Rating.
A.3.3.234 Reconstruction.
A.3.3.250.1 Festival Seating.
A.3.3.252 Self-Luminous.
A.3.3.254 Self-Preservation (Day Care Occupancy).
727 A.3.3.261 Situation Awareness.
A.3.3.268 Smoke Partition.
A.3.3.269 Smokeproof Enclosure.
A.3.3.274.1 Design Specification.
A.3.3.277 Stair.
A.3.3.280 Stories in Height.
A.3.3.281 Story.
A.3.3.283 Street Floor.
A.3.3.284 Structure.
728 A.3.3.284.2 Air-Supported Structure.
A.3.3.284.4 Mall Structure.
A.3.3.284.7 Open Structure.
A.3.3.284.8 Parking Structure.
A.3.3.284.12 Underground Structure.
A.3.3.291 Tent.
A.3.3.299 Vertical Opening.
A.3.3.303 Wall or Ceiling Covering.
A.4.1
729 A.4.1.1
A.4.1.1(1)
A.4.1.2
A.4.1.3
A.4.1.4
A.4.2.3
A.4.2.4
A.4.3
A.4.3.1
A.4.4.2.3(1)
730 A.4.4.2.3(2)
A.4.4.2.3(3)
A.4.5.4
A.4.5.5
A.4.6.4.2
A.4.6.5
A.4.6.6
731 A.4.6.7.4
A.4.6.7.5
A.4.6.10.1
A.4.6.10.3
A.4.6.12.3
A.4.6.12.4
A.4.6.13
A.4.6.13.1(1)
732 A.4.6.14
A.4.7
A.4.7.2
A.4.7.4
A.4.7.6
A.4.8.2.1
733 A.4.8.2.1(3)
735 A.4.8.2.3
A.5.1.1
736 Figure A.5.1.1 Performance-Based Life Safety Code Compliance Process.
737 A.5.1.4
A.5.1.6
A.5.1.7
A.5.2.2
738 A.5.3.1
A.5.4.1
A.5.4.4
A.5.4.5.1
A.5.4.5.2
739 A.5.4.5.4
A.5.4.5.5
A.5.4.7
A.5.4.9
740 A.5.4.10
A.5.5
A.5.5.2
A.5.5.3
A.5.5.3.1
741 A.5.5.3.2
A.5.5.3.3
A.5.5.3.4
A.5.5.3.5
A.5.5.3.6
A.5.5.3.7
742 A.5.5.3.8
A.5.5.3.8(3)
A.5.6
745 A.5.6.3.3
A.5.6.4
A.5.7
746 A.5.8.1
747 A.5.8.2
A.5.8.11
A.6.1.2.1 Assembly Occupancy.
748 A.6.1.3.1 Educational Occupancy.
A.6.1.4.1 Day Care Occupancy.
A.6.1.5.1 Health Care Occupancy.
749 A.6.1.6.1 Ambulatory Health Care Occupancy.
A.6.1.7.1 Detention and Correctional Occupancy.
A.6.1.7.2
A.6.1.8.1.1 Oneand Two-Family Dwelling Unit.
A.6.1.8.1.3 Hotel.
750 A.6.1.8.1.4 Dormitory.
A.6.1.9.1 Residential Board and Care Occupancy.
A.6.1.10.1 Mercantile Occupancy.
A.6.1.11.1 Business Occupancy.
751 A.6.1.12.1 Industrial Occupancy.
A.6.1.13.1 Storage Occupancy.
A.6.1.14.1.1
A.6.1.14.1.3
752 A.6.1.14.1.3(2)
A.6.1.14.3.2
A.6.1.14.4.5
A.6.2.1.3
A.6.2.2.1
A.6.2.2.2
A.6.2.2.3
A.6.2.2.4
753 A.7.1.1
A.7.1.3.2.1(1)
A.7.1.3.2.1(3)
A.7.1.3.2.1(5)
A.7.1.3.2.1(8)
A.7.1.3.2.1(9)(b)
A.7.1.3.2.1(9)(d)
A.7.1.3.2.3
A.7.1.4.1
754 A.7.1.4.2
A.7.1.5
A.7.1.6.4
A.7.1.7.2
A.7.1.8
A.7.1.10.1
755 A.7.2.1.2.1
Figure A.7.2.1.2.1(a) Minimum Clear Width. Figure A.7.2.1.2.1(b) Minimum Clear Width with Permitted Obstructions.
756 A.7.2.1.2.2
Figure A.7.2.1.2.2(a) Door Width ā€” Egress Capacity. Figure A.7.2.1.2.2(b) Door Width ā€” Egress Capacity with Permitted Obstructio
757 A.7.2.1.2.3.2(2)
A.7.2.1.2.3.2(3)
A.7.2.1.2.3.2(9)
A.7.2.1.4.1
758 A.7.2.1.4.2
A.7.2.1.4.3
A.7.2.1.5.3
A.7.2.1.5.3.2
A.7.2.1.5.3.4
A.7.2.1.5.5
A.7.2.1.5.6.2
A.7.2.1.5.7
A.7.2.1.5.10
759 A.7.2.1.6
A.7.2.1.6.1
A.7.2.1.6.1.1(3)
A.7.2.1.6.1.1(4)
A.7.2.1.6.2
A.7.2.1.6.3.1(5)
A.7.2.1.6.4
760 A.7.2.1.7
A.7.2.1.7.3
A.7.2.1.8.1
A.7.2.1.9
A.7.2.1.9.1
A.7.2.1.9.1.8
A.7.2.1.11.1.3
A.7.2.1.14.1
761 A.7.2.1.14.2
A.7.2.1.14.7
A.7.2.1.15
A.7.2.2.2.1.1(2)
A.7.2.2.2.1.2
A.7.2.2.2.1.2(B)
762 A.7.2.2.2.4
A.7.2.2.3.3.2
A.7.2.2.3.3.3
763 A.7.2.2.3.4
A.7.2.2.3.5
Figure A.7.2.2.3.5(a) Riser Measurement with Tread Slope to Front. Figure A.7.2.2.3.5(b) Riser Measurement with Tread Slope to B
764 Figure A.7.2.2.3.5(d) Tread Measurement with Stable Support at Leading Edge. Figure A.7.2.2.3.5(e) Tread Measurement with Unstab
765 A.7.2.2.3.6.5
A.7.2.2.4.1.4
Figure A.7.2.2.4.1.4 Assumed Natural Paths of Travel on Monumental Stairs with Various Handrail Locations.
766 A.7.2.2.4.5
Figure A.7.2.2.4.5 Handrail Details.
767 A.7.2.2.4.5.4
768 A.7.2.2.4.5.6(2)
A.7.2.2.4.6.2(3)
A.7.2.2.4.6.3
A.7.2.2.5.2
Figure A.7.2.2.5.2(a) Stairway with Nonrated Exterior Wall in Same Plane as Building Exterior Wall. Figure A.7.2.2.5.2(b) Stairw
769 Figure A.7.2.2.5.2(c) Stairway with Nonrated Exterior Wall Exposed by Adjacent Exterior Wall of Building. A.7.2.2.5.3
A.7.2.2.5.4
Figure A.7.2.2.5.4 Example of a Stairway Marking Sign.
770 A.7.2.2.5.4.1(M)
A.7.2.2.5.4.3
A.7.2.2.5.4.4
771 A.7.2.2.5.5.1
A.7.2.2.5.5.5
A.7.2.2.5.5.7(B)(1)
A.7.2.2.6.2
A.7.2.2.6.3.1
A.7.2.2.6.5
A.7.2.3.9.1
A.7.2.3.9.2
A.7.2.4.1.2
772 Figure A.7.2.4.1.2(a) Eight Exits, Required to Provide Necessary Egress Capacity, with None via Horizontal Exit. Figure A.7.2.4.
773 A.7.2.4.3.1
A.7.2.4.3.2
Figure A.7.2.4.3.2 Example of Horizontal Exit Termination. A.7.2.4.3.5
A.7.2.4.3.10
774 A.7.2.5.7.1
A.7.2.5.7.2
A.7.2.6
A.7.2.6.1
A.7.2.6.4.1(1)
A.7.2.8.6.2
A.7.2.8.7
A.7.2.8.7.9
A.7.2.11
775 A.7.2.12.2.3
A.7.2.12.2.4
A.7.2.12.2.6
A.7.2.12.3.1
Figure A.7.2.12.3.1 Exit Stair Used as an Area of Refuge.
776 A.7.2.12.3.2
A.7.2.12.3.4
777 A.7.2.13.1
A.7.2.13.6
A.7.2.13.7
A.7.2.13.8
A.7.2.13.9
A.7.3.1.2
2 2
778 A.7.3.3
A.7.3.3.2
779 A.7.3.4.1.1
Figure A.7.3.4.1.1(a) Anthropometric Data (in in.) for Adults; Males and Females of Average, 50th Percentile, Size; Some Dimensi
780 Figure A.7.3.4.1.1(b) Anthropometric Data (in mm) for Adults; Males and Females of Average, 50th Percentile, Size; Some Dimensio
781 A.7.4
782 A.7.5.1.1.1
A.7.5.1.2.1
Figure A.7.5.1.2.1 Common Paths of Travel and Dead-End Corridors.
784 A.7.5.1.3.2
Figure A.7.5.1.3.2(a) Diagonal Rule for Exit Remoteness. Figure A.7.5.1.3.2(b) Diagonal Rule for Exit and Exit Access Door Remot
785 Figure A.7.5.1.3.2(d) Exit Separation and Diagonal Measurement of Area Served.
786 Figure A.7.5.1.3.2(e) Diagonal Measurement for Unusually Shaped Areas.
787 A.7.5.1.3.4
788 Figure A.7.5.1.3.4 Exit Separation Measured Along Corridor Path. A.7.5.1.4.2
A.7.5.2.1
A.7.5.2.2
789 A.7.5.4.1
A.7.6
791 A.7.6.1
A.7.6.3
A.7.7.1
A.7.7.3.3
A.7.8.1.1
A.7.8.1.2.2
792 A.7.8.1.2.3
A.7.8.1.3(4)
A.7.8.1.4
A.7.9.1.1
A.7.9.2.3
A.7.9.3.1.1(2)
793 A.7.10.1.2.1
Figure A.7.10.1.2.1 Location of Exit Signs.
794 A.7.10.1.2.2
795 A.7.10.1.5.2
A.7.10.1.6
A.7.10.1.7
A.7.10.1.8
A.7.10.2
A.7.10.3
796 A.7.10.3.2
A.7.10.4
A.7.10.5.1
A.7.10.5.2
A.7.10.5.2.2
A.7.10.6.1
A.7.10.6.2
Figure A.7.10.6.2 Directional Indicators. A.7.10.6.3
797 Figure A.7.10.6.3 Measurement of Exit Sign Luminance. A.7.10.7.2
A.7.10.8.1.1
A.7.10.8.3
A.7.10.8.4(1)
798 A.7.10.8.4(2)
A.7.10.8.5
A.7.11.1
A.7.12
A.7.14.1
A.7.14.2.1
A.7.15.1.1
799 A.7.15.1.3
A.7.15.3.1
A.7.15.4.2
A.7.15.4.3
A.7.15.5.2
A.7.15.5.3
A.7.15.6.2
800 A.7.15.7.1
A.7.15.7.2
A.7.15.8.3
A.7.15.9.2
A.7.15.9.6
A.7.16
801 A.8.2.1.2
A.8.2.2.5
A.8.2.3.1
802 A.8.2.4
A.8.2.4.2
A.8.3.1.1(4)
A.8.3.1.2
A.8.3.2.1.1
A.8.3.3.2.1
A.8.3.3.2.2
803 A.8.3.3.3
A.8.3.3.3.1
A.8.3.3.5.3
A.8.3.3.6.6
A.8.3.4.2
804 A.8.3.4.7.3(1)(c)
A.8.3.5.2.1
A.8.3.5.4
A.8.4.1
A.8.4.2(2)
805 A.8.4.3.4
A.8.4.6.2
A.8.5.1
A.8.5.2
A.8.5.4.1
A.8.5.4.4
A.8.6.2
A.8.6.5
A.8.6.6(7)
806 A.8.6.7
A.8.6.7(1)(c)
A.8.6.7(1)(c)iii.
A.8.6.7(5)
A.8.6.7(6)
A.8.6.9.1(3)
A.8.6.9.1(4)
807 Figure A.8.6.9.1(4) Examples of Convenience Openings That Communicate with Two Compartments on Same Floor in Violation of 8.6.9.
A.8.6.9.2(3)
A.8.6.9.7(2)
A.8.6.11.2(2)
A.8.6.11.3
808 A.8.7.1.1
A.8.7.2
A.8.7.3.2
A.8.7.3.3
A.8.7.5
A.8.8
A.9.4.1
809 A.9.4.5
A.9.6.1
A.9.6.1.5
A.9.6.2.5
A.9.6.2.6
A.9.6.2.7
A.9.6.2.10.4
810 A.9.6.2.10.5
811 Figure A.9.6.2.10.5(a) Example of Zone of Exclusion (gray area) Within Typical Residential Kitchen. [72: Figure A. 29.8.3.4(4)(a
812 Figure A.9.6.2.10.5(d) Example of Exception Placement of Photoelectric Smoke Alarm or Smoke Detector at 72 in. (1.83 m) from Sta
813 A.9.6.2.10.10
A.9.6.3.2.1
A.9.6.3.2.2
A.9.6.3.2.3
A.9.6.3.6.7
A.9.6.3.6.8
A.9.6.3.7.2
A.9.6.3.10.2
814 A.9.6.5
A.9.7.1.1
A.9.7.1.4
A.9.8.1
A.9.9
A.9.11.4.2
815 A.9.14
A.9.14.1
A.9.15
A.9.15.3
A.10.2
A.10.2.1
A.10.2.2
817 A.10.2.2.2
A.10.2.3
A.10.2.3.1.2
A.10.2.3.3
A.10.2.4
A.10.2.4.2
818 A.10.2.4.3.3
A.10.2.4.3.3.2
A.10.2.4.4
A.10.2.4.4.1
A.10.2.4.4.2
A.10.2.4.5
A.10.2.4.15
819 A.10.2.6
A.10.2.6.1
A.10.2.6.2
A.10.2.7
A.10.2.7.1
820 A.10.2.7.2
A.10.2.7.3
A.10.3.1
A.10.3.2.1
A.10.3.2.2
821 A.10.3.3.1
A.10.3.3.2
A.10.3.4
A.10.3.6
A.10.4.1
A.10.5.1
822 A.11.2.2
A.11.2.2.4.1
A.11.3.1.3.1(2)
A.11.3.2.4
A.11.3.4.2(2)
A.11.3.4.4.1
A.11.3.4.4.8.2(2)
A.11.5
A.11.6
A.11.7.3.1.2(2)(a)
823 A.11.7.3.2
A.11.8.3.1
A.11.8.4.1
A.11.8.4.2.2
A.11.8.6
A.11.8.8.1
824 A.11.9.3.3.1
A.12.1.2
A.12.1.3.3
A.12.1.4.2
A.12.1.7.1
A.12.2.2.3.1(1)
A.12.2.3.2
825 A.12.2.3.6.6
A.12.2.4
A.12.2.5.6.2
A.12.2.5.6.3
A.12.2.5.6.4
A.12.2.5.7
A.12.2.5.7.1
A.12.2.5.7.5
826 A.12.2.5.8.3
A.12.2.5.8.4.1
A.12.2.5.8.5(3)
A.12.2.5.8.9
A.12.2.5.8.10
A.12.2.5.9
A.12.2.5.9.2
A.12.2.5.9.3
827 A.12.2.5.9.4
A.12.2.5.10.1
A.12.2.5.10.2
A.12.2.5.10.3
Figure A.12.2.5.10.3 Seating at Tables Abutting an Aisle. A.12.2.11.1.1
A.12.2.11.1.6.2
828 A.12.3.1(1)
A.12.3.4.2.3
A.12.3.4.3.5
A.12.3.4.4.1(3)
A.12.3.5.3(1)
829 A.12.3.5.3(3)
A.12.4.2.1
A.12.4.2.3
832 A.12.4.3
A.12.4.9
A.12.4.9.1.1
833 A.12.4.9.1.2
A.12.4.9.2.1.3
A.12.4.9.2.2.1
A.12.4.9.2.2.2
834 A.12.4.9.4.2
A.12.4.9.4.4
A.12.4.9.4.4.3
A.12.4.9.5.1
A.12.4.9.6.1
A.12.4.9.6.2
A.12.4.12.2(2)
A.12.7.3(3)(a)
835 A.12.7.4.1
A.12.7.4.3
A.12.7.5.3.7.1(3)
A.12.7.6.2
A.12.7.6.4
A.12.7.7
A.12.7.7.3
A.13.1.2
A.13.1.3.3
A.13.1.4.2
836 A.13.1.7.1
A.13.2.2.3.1(1)
A.13.2.3.2
A.13.2.3.6.6
A.13.2.4
A.13.2.5.6.2
837 A.13.2.5.6.3
A.13.2.5.6.4
A.13.2.5.7
A.13.2.5.7.1
A.13.2.5.7.5
A.13.2.5.8.3
A.13.2.5.8.4.1
A.13.2.5.8.5(3)
838 A.13.2.5.8.5(5)
A.13.2.5.8.9
A.13.2.5.8.10
A.13.2.5.9
A.13.2.5.9.2
A.13.2.5.9.3
A.13.2.5.9.4
839 A.13.2.5.10.1
A.13.2.5.10.2
A.13.2.5.10.3
Figure A.13.2.5.10.3 Seating at Tables Abutting an Aisle. A.13.2.11.1(8)
840 A.13.3.1(1)
A.13.3.4.2.3
A.13.4.2.1
A.13.4.2.3
843 A.13.4.3
A.13.4.9
844 A.13.4.9.1.1
A.13.4.9.1.2
A.13.4.9.2.1.3
A.13.4.9.2.2.1
A.13.4.9.2.2.2
845 A.13.4.9.4.2
A.13.4.9.4.4
A.13.4.9.4.4.3
A.13.4.9.5.1
A.13.4.9.6.1
A.13.4.9.6.2
A.13.4.12.2(2)
846 A.13.7.3(3)(a)
A.13.7.4.1
A.13.7.4.3
A.13.7.5.3.7.1(3)
A.13.7.6.2
A.13.7.6.4
A.13.7.7
A.13.7.7.3
A.14.2.2.2.4
847 A.14.2.2.3
A.14.2.5.9
A.14.2.11.1
A.14.3.2.1(2)(a)
A.14.3.3.2
A.14.3.4.2.3.1
A.14.3.4.2.3.2
A.14.7.2.1
A.14.7.2.4
848 A.14.7.3.1
A.15.2.2.2.4
A.15.2.2.2.4.1(3)
A.15.2.2.3
A.15.2.5.9
A.15.2.11.1
A.15.3.2.1(2)(a)
A.15.3.4.2.3.1
849 A.15.3.4.2.3.2
A.15.3.4.3.1.1
A.15.3.6(2)
A.15.7.2.1
A.15.7.2.4
A.15.7.3.1
A.16.1.1
850 A.16.1.1.7
A.16.1.2.3
A.16.2.2.2.4
A.16.2.2.3
A.16.3.2.1(2)(a)
A.16.6.1.4.2
A.16.7.1
851 A.16.7.2.1
A.16.7.3.2
A.16.7.5
A.17.1.1
852 A.17.1.1.7
A.17.1.2.3
A.17.2.2.2.4
A.17.2.2.2.6.1(3)
A.17.2.2.3
A.17.3.2.1(2)(a)
853 A.17.6.1.1.2
A.17.6.1.4.2
A.17.7.1
A.17.7.2.1
A.17.7.3.2
854 A.17.7.5
A.18.1.1.1.1
A.18.1.1.1.7
A.18.1.1.1.9
A.18.1.1.2
A.18.1.1.4.3.3
A.18.1.1.4.3.4
A.18.1.3.4
855 A.18.1.3.5.1
A.18.2.2
A.18.2.2.2.4(2)
A.18.2.2.2.4(3)
A.18.2.2.2.5.1
A.18.2.2.2.5.2
A.18.2.2.2.5.2(3)
A.18.2.2.2.7
856 A.18.2.2.2.7(2)
A.18.2.2.2.7(3)
A.18.2.2.2.8
A.18.2.3.4
A.18.2.3.4(1)
A.18.2.3.4(2)
A.18.2.3.4(3)
A.18.2.3.4(4)(c)
857 A.18.2.3.4(5)
A.18.2.3.4(5)(f)
A.18.2.3.4(6)
A.18.2.3.5(1)
A.18.2.3.5(2)
A.18.2.3.5(4)
A.18.2.3.5(5)(c)
858 A.18.2.3.5(6)
A.18.2.4.4
A.18.2.5.4
A.18.2.5.6.1
A.18.2.5.7.1.2
A.18.2.5.7.1.3(A)
A.18.2.5.7.1.3(C)
A.18.2.5.7.2.1(B)
859 Figure A.18.2.5.7.2.1(B)(a) All Sleeping Rooms Provided Either with Direct Supervision by Staff or Smoke Detection. Figure A.18.
860 Figure A.18.2.5.7.2.1(B)(c) For Suites >7500 ft (>700 m ), All Sleeping Rooms Must Be Provided with Direct Supervision by Staff
861 A.18.2.5.7.2.1(B)(1)
A.18.2.5.7.2.2(A)
A.18.2.5.7.2.2(C)
A.18.2.5.7.2.3(C)(1)
A.18.2.5.7.3.1(C)
A.18.3.2.5.2
A.18.3.2.5.3
A.18.3.2.5.3(3)
A.18.3.2.5.3(6)
A.18.3.2.5.3(9)
862 A.18.3.2.5.3(11)
A.18.3.2.5.3(12)
A.18.3.2.5.3(13)
A.18.3.2.5.4
A.18.3.2.5.5
A.18.3.3.2
A.18.3.4.2
A.18.3.4.3.1(2)
A.18.3.4.5.3
863 A.18.3.5.1
A.18.3.5.6
A.18.3.5.10
A.18.3.5.11
A.18.3.6.1(1)
A.18.3.6.1(1)(a)
864 A.18.3.6.1(1)(c)
A.18.3.6.1(2)
A.18.3.6.1(4)(b)
A.18.3.6.2
A.18.3.6.2.1
A.18.3.6.2.3
A.18.3.6.3
A.18.3.6.3.1
865 A.18.3.6.3.10
A.18.3.6.3.12
A.18.3.6.5.1
A.18.3.7
A.18.3.7.3(2)
A.18.3.7.6
A.18.3.7.8
A.18.3.7.9
866 A.18.4.4
A.18.4.5.1
A.18.5.2.2
A.18.5.2.3(2)(d)
A.18.5.2.3(2)(e)
A.18.7
A.18.7.1.4
867 A.18.7.2.1
A.18.7.3.3
A.18.7.4
A.18.7.5.1
A.18.7.5.6(2)
A.18.7.5.6(4)
868 A.18.7.5.7.1
A.18.7.5.7.2
A.18.7.8
A.19.1.1.1.1
A.19.1.1.1.7
A.19.1.1.1.9
A.19.1.1.2
869 A.19.1.1.4.3.3
A.19.1.1.4.3.4
A.19.1.3.4
A.19.1.3.5.1
A.19.1.6.1
A.19.1.6.2
A.19.1.6.7(3)
A.19.1.6.8(3)
A.19.1.6.9
870 A.19.1.6.9.3
A.19.2.2.2.4(2)
A.19.2.2.2.4(3)
A.19.2.2.2.5.1
A.19.2.2.2.5.2
A.19.2.2.2.5.2(3)
A.19.2.2.2.7
A.19.2.2.2.7(2)
871 A.19.2.2.2.7(3)
A.19.2.2.2.8
A.19.2.2.2.10
A.19.2.2.5.3
A.19.2.3.4
A.19.2.3.4(2)
A.19.2.3.4(4)(c)
872 A.19.2.3.4(5)
A.19.2.3.4(5)(f)
A.19.2.4.4
A.19.2.5.3
A.19.2.5.4
A.19.2.5.6.1
A.19.2.5.7.1.2
A.19.2.5.7.1.3(A)
A.19.2.5.7.1.3(C)
A.19.2.5.7.1.3(D)
873 A.19.2.5.7.2.1(B)
Figure A.19.2.5.7.2.1(B)(a) All Sleeping Rooms Provided Either with Direct Supervision by Staff or Smoke Detection.
874 Figure A.19.2.5.7.2.1(B)(b) Supervision Provided by Total (Complete) Smoke Detection Throughout the Sleeping Suite.
875 Figure A.19.2.5.7.2.1(B)(c) For Suites >5000 ft (>460 m ) and =7500 ft (=700 m ) Protected by Standard Response Sprinklers, Tota
876 A.19.2.5.7.2.1(B)(1)
A.19.2.5.7.2.2(A)
A.19.2.5.7.2.2(C)
A.19.2.5.7.2.3(C)(1)
A.19.2.5.7.3.1(C)
A.19.3.2.1.2
877 A.19.3.2.5.2
A.19.3.2.5.3
A.19.3.2.5.3(3)
A.19.3.2.5.3(6)
A.19.3.2.5.3(9)
A.19.3.2.5.3(11)
A.19.3.2.5.3(12)
A.19.3.2.5.3(13)
878 A.19.3.2.5.4
A.19.3.2.5.5
A.19.3.3.2
A.19.3.4.2
A.19.3.4.3.1(1)
A.19.3.4.3.1(4)
A.19.3.5.4
A.19.3.5.7
A.19.3.5.8
A.19.3.5.8(6)
879 A.19.3.5.10
A.19.3.5.11
A.19.3.6.1(1)
A.19.3.6.1(1)(a)
A.19.3.6.1(1)(c)
A.19.3.6.1(2)(b)
A.19.3.6.1(3)
880 A.19.3.6.1(5)(b)
A.19.3.6.1(7)(b)
A.19.3.6.1(8)
A.19.3.6.2.2
A.19.3.6.2.3
A.19.3.6.2.4
A.19.3.6.2.6
A.19.3.6.3
881 A.19.3.6.3.1
A.19.3.6.3.5
A.19.3.6.3.10
A.19.3.6.3.12
A.19.3.6.5.1
A.19.3.7
A.19.3.7.1
A.19.3.7.3(2)
882 A.19.3.7.6.1
A.19.3.7.8
A.19.4.3.2
A.19.4.3.3
A.19.4.3.4
A.19.4.4
A.19.5.2.2
A.19.5.2.3(2)(d)
883 A.19.5.2.3(2)(e)
A.19.7
A.19.7.1.4
A.19.7.2.1
A.19.7.3.3
884 A.19.7.4
A.19.7.5.1
A.19.7.5.6(2)
A.19.7.5.6(4)
A.19.7.5.6(5)
A.19.7.5.7.1
A.19.7.5.7.2
A.19.7.7
885 A.19.7.8
A.20.1.1.1.6
A.20.1.1.2
A.20.1.3.2
A.20.2.2.2.4
A.20.2.3.3
A.20.3.2.1
A.20.3.2.3
A.20.3.4.3.1.2
886 A.20.3.6.1
A.20.3.6.1(1)
A.20.3.6.1(2)
A.20.3.7
A.20.3.7.12
A.20.3.7.16
A.20.4.4
A.20.7
887 A.20.7.1.4
A.20.7.2.1
A.20.7.4
A.20.7.5.1
A.20.7.5.4(4)
888 A.20.7.5.5.2
A.20.7.7
A.21.1.1.1.6
A.21.1.1.2
A.21.1.3.3
A.21.2.2.2.4
A.21.2.2.2.14
889 A.21.2.3.3
A.21.3.2.1
A.21.3.2.3
A.21.3.4.3.1.2
A.21.3.7
A.21.3.7.10
A.21.4.3.2
A.21.4.4
A.21.7
890 A.21.7.1.4
A.21.7.2.1
A.21.7.4
A.21.7.5.1
A.21.7.5.4(4)
891 A.21.7.5.5.2
A.21.7.7
A.22.1.1.1.4(2)
A.22.1.1.1.6
A.22.1.1.1.7
A.22.1.2.1
Figure A.22.1.2.1 Detention and Correctional Use Conditions.
892 A.22.1.2.2
A.22.1.2.3(2)
893 A.22.1.3
A.22.1.3.2.2
A.22.2.2.5.2
A.22.2.11.1.4
A.22.2.11.1.8
A.22.3.1(2)
A.22.3.2.1
894 A.22.3.4.3.1(2)
A.22.3.4.4
A.22.3.4.4.3
A.22.3.5.4(1)
A.22.3.5.4(2)
A.22.3.7.1(2)
A.22.3.7.5
A.22.3.7.6(1)
A.22.3.8
A.22.4.5.3
895 A.22.4.5.6.2
A.22.4.5.6.4
Figure A.22.4.5.6.4 Vertical Height Measurement. A.22.4.5.11
A.22.4.5.12.2(2)
A.22.4.5.13.2
A.22.4.6.1.4(1)
896 A.22.4.7
A.22.7.1.2
A.22.7.1.3
A.22.7.2
A.22.7.4
A.22.7.4.3
A.23.1.1.1.4(2)
A.23.1.1.1.6
A.23.1.1.1.7
897 A.23.1.2.1
Figure A.23.1.2.1 Detention and Correctional Use Conditions.
898 A.23.1.2.2
A.23.1.2.3(2)
A.23.1.3
A.23.1.3.2.1
A.23.2.2.5.2
A.23.2.2.5.3
A.23.2.4.2
A.23.2.4.3
899 A.23.2.5.2(3)
A.23.2.5.3
A.23.2.11.1.4
A.23.2.11.1.8
A.23.3.1.2.1
A.23.3.1.2.3
Figure A.23.3.1.2.3 Vertical Height Measurement.
900 A.23.3.1.3
Figure A.23.3.1.3(a) Cell Block Smoke Control Ventilation Curves.
901 Figure A.23.3.1.3(b) Typical Cell Openings.
902 A.23.3.2.1
A.23.3.4.3.1(2)
A.23.3.4.4.3
A.23.3.5.2
A.23.3.5.4(1)
903 A.23.3.5.4(2)
A.23.3.7.1
A.23.3.7.1(2)
A.23.3.7.3(2)
A.23.3.7.5
A.23.3.7.6(1)
A.23.3.8
A.23.4.2.2(2)
A.23.4.6.1.4(1)
A.23.4.7
904 A.23.7.1.2
A.23.7.1.3
A.23.7.2
A.23.7.4.3
A.24.1.1.2
905 A.24.2
A.24.2.2.3.3
Figure A.24.2.2.3.3 Escape Window Utilizing a Window Well.
906 A.24.2.4.7
907 A.24.2.8
A.24.2.8.1.2
A.24.2.8.2
A.24.2.8.2.1
A.24.2.8.2.3
A.24.2.8.3.1
908 A.24.2.8.4
A.24.3.4.1.1
A.24.3.4.1.1(2)
A.24.3.4.2.2
A.24.3.5
A.24.3.5.1
A.26.1.1.1
909 A.26.2.3.5.1
A.26.2.4
A.26.3.1.2
A.26.3.4.3.1
A.26.3.4.6.2
A.26.3.6.2.3
A.28.2.2.12.2
A.28.2.3.3
A.28.2.7.2
910 A.28.3.4.3.1
A.28.3.4.3.2
A.28.3.4.3.4
A.28.3.4.6
A.28.3.4.6.1
A.28.5.3.2
911 A.28.7.1.1
A.28.7.1.2
A.28.7.4.1
A.28.7.4.2
A.29.2.2.8
A.29.2.2.12.2
A.29.2.7.2
912 A.29.3.4.3.6
A.29.3.4.5
A.29.3.5.3
A.29.4.1.2
A.29.7.1.1
A.29.7.1.2
A.29.7.4.1
A.29.7.4.2
A.30.2.2.2.2.1
A.30.2.2.12.2
913 A.30.3.4.3.2
A.30.3.4.5
A.30.3.4.5.1
A.30.3.4.6.4
A.30.3.5.3
914 A.30.4.2.2
A.31.1
915 A.31.2.2.8
916 A.31.2.2.12.2
A.31.2.4.6
A.31.2.11.1
A.31.3.4.4.1
A.31.3.4.5.1
A.31.3.5.2
A.31.3.5.4
A.31.3.5.8
917 A.31.3.5.9
A.31.3.5.9.1
A.31.3.6.1
A.31.4.1.2
A.32.1.6
A.32.2.2.3.1(3)
A.32.2.2.6.3
918 A.32.2.3.2.1
A.32.2.3.5
A.32.2.3.5.1
A.32.2.3.5.2
A.32.2.3.5.3.2
A.32.3.3.3
A.32.3.3.4.6
919 A.32.3.3.6
A.32.3.3.6.2
A.32.3.3.7.9(2)
A.32.3.3.7.12
A.32.3.3.7.16
A.32.3.3.7.17
A.32.3.3.8.2
A.32.3.3.8.3
A.32.3.3.8.3(4)
920 A.32.3.3.8.3(7)
A.32.3.3.8.3(8)
A.32.3.3.8.3(10)
A.32.3.3.8.3(12)
A.32.3.3.8.4
A.32.3.3.8.5
A.32.3.5.3.2
921 A.32.4
A.32.4.1.3
A.32.7.1.1
A.32.7.3.3
A.32.7.4.1
A.32.7.5
922 A.32.7.5.2
A.32.7.5.3
A.33.1.1
A.33.1.1.4
A.33.1.6
A.33.1.8
A.33.2.1.2.1.1
A.33.2.2.3.1(3)
A.33.2.2.6.3
923 A.33.2.3.4.4
A.33.2.3.5
A.33.2.3.5.3.1
A.33.2.3.5.3.4
A.33.2.3.5.3.5
A.33.3.1.2.1.1
A.33.3.3.4.6.1
924 A.33.3.3.5.1
A.33.3.3.5.1.1
A.33.3.3.8.2
A.33.3.3.8.3
A.33.3.3.8.3(4)
A.33.3.3.8.3(7)
A.33.3.3.8.3(8)
A.33.3.3.8.3(10)
A.33.3.3.8.3(12)
925 A.33.3.3.8.4
A.33.3.3.8.5
A.33.4
A.33.4.1.3.1
A.33.7.1.1
A.33.7.3.3
A.33.7.4.1
926 A.33.7.5
A.33.7.5.2
A.33.7.5.3
A.36.1.3.2.2(4)
A.36.2.2.2.2
A.36.2.2.7.2
927 A.36.2.5.10
A.36.2.7.2
A.36.2.11.3
A.36.3.2.1
A.36.3.2.1.1
A.36.3.2.2
A.36.3.2.3
A.36.3.2.4
A.36.3.6.1
A.36.4.4
928 A.36.4.4.2(4)(a)
A.36.4.4.2(5) Mall Structure.
A.36.4.4.3.2
A.36.4.4.4
A.36.4.4.4.2(1)
A.36.4.4.4.2(3)
A.36.4.4.4.2(5)
929 A.36.4.4.4.2(6)
A.36.4.4.6.5
A.36.4.4.6.8
A.36.4.4.7.3.2
A.36.4.4.9.2
A.36.4.4.12
930 A.36.4.4.13.3
A.36.4.4.13.4
A.37.1.3.2.2(4)
A.37.2.2.2.2
A.37.2.2.7.2
931 A.37.2.5.2
A.37.2.5.3
A.37.2.5.10
A.37.2.7.2
A.37.2.11.3
932 A.37.3.2.1
A.37.3.2.1.1
A.37.3.2.2
A.37.3.2.3
A.37.3.2.4
A.37.4.4
A.37.4.4.2(4)(a)
A.37.4.4.2(5) Mall Structure.
933 A.37.4.4.3.2
A.37.4.4.4
A.37.4.4.4.2(1)
A.37.4.4.4.2(3)
A.37.4.4.4.2(6)
A.37.4.4.6.5
934 A.37.4.4.6.8
A.37.4.4.9.2
A.37.4.4.12
A.38.1.3.2.2(4)
A.38.2.2.2.2
A.38.2.2.2.3
A.38.2.3.2
A.38.2.11.3
A.38.3.2.1
A.38.3.2.2
935 A.38.3.2.3
A.38.3.2.5
A.38.3.4.5
A.38.3.6.1
A.38.3.6.1(1)
A.38.3.6.1(2)
A.39.1.3.2.2(4)
A.39.2.2.2.2
A.39.2.2.2.3
A.39.2.5.2
936 A.39.2.5.3
A.39.2.11.3
A.39.3.2.1
A.39.3.2.2
A.39.3.2.3
A.39.3.2.4
A.39.4.2.2
937 A.40.1.2.1.3
A.40.1.7
A.40.2.1.2
A.40.2.2.5.2
A.40.2.5.2.1
A.40.2.5.2.2
A.40.2.6.2
938 A.40.2.9
A.40.3.2
A.40.4.2.2(2)
A.40.6
A.42.2.1.2
A.42.2.2.5.2
A.42.2.6
A.42.6
A.42.7
939 A.42.8.1.1
A.43.2.2.1.4
A.43.2.2.2
A.43.4.2(2)
A.43.4.4
A.43.6.2.2
A.43.7.2.1(2)
A.43.7.3
940 Annex B : Supplemental Evacuation Equipment
B Supplemental Evacuation Equipment
B.1 General. B.1.1 Definitions. B.1.1.1 Controlled Descent Device.
B.1.1.2 Platform Rescue System.
B.1.1.3 Supplemental Escape Device or System.
B.1.1.4 Supplemental Evacuation Equipment.
B.1.2 Reserved. B.2 Supplemental Escape Devices or Systems.
942 B.3 Platform Rescue Systems.
B.4 Controlled Descent Devices.
943 Annex C : NFPA Documents on Hazardous Materials
C NFPA Documents on Hazardous Materials
C.1 General. C.1.1
C.1.2
C.1.3
C.1.4
C.2 Scope and Exclusions of Other Documents Addressing Hazardous Areas.
C.2.1 NFPA 30. C.2.1.1
C.2.1.2
944 C.2.2 NFPA 45. C.2.2.1
C.2.2.2
C.2.3 NFPA 54.
C.2.3.1
C.2.3.2
C.2.3.3
C.2.3.4
C.2.4 NFPA 55.
945 C.2.5 NFPA 58. C.2.5.1
C.2.5.2
C.2.6 NFPA 400. C.2.6.1
946 C.2.6.2
C.2.6.3
C.2.7 NFPA 495. C.2.7.1
C.2.7.2
Annex D : Informational References
947 D.1 Referenced Publications.
D.1.1 NFPA Publications.
949 D.1.2 Other Publications. D.1.2.1 ACI Publication.
D.1.2.2 ANSI Publications.
D.1.2.3 ASCE Publications.
D.1.2.4 ASHRAE Publications.
950 D.1.2.5 ASME Publications.
D.1.2.6 ASSP Publications.
D.1.2.7 ASTM Publications.
951 D.1.2.8 California Technical Bulletins.
D.1.2.9 FM Global Publications.
D.1.2.10 ICC Publications.
D.1.2.11 NEMA Publications.
D.1.2.12 NIST Publications.
D.1.2.13 RESNA Publications.
D.1.2.14 SFPE Publications.
952 D.1.2.15 UL Publications.
D.1.2.16 US Government Publications.
D.1.2.17 Other Publications.
953 D.2 Informational References.
D.3 References for Extracts in Informational Sections.

Related products

NFPA 101, Life Safety Code
$21.45