| 2020-10-22 14:09:17 | FIRE PROVISO: |
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| | THE INSTALL SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIRMENTS OF NFPA |
| | 101, CH 7, MEANS OF EGRESS: |
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| | 7.2.1.6* SPECIAL LOCKING ARRANGEMENTS. |
| | 7.2.1.6.1 DELAYED-EGRESS LOCKING SYSTEMS. |
| | 7.2.1.6.1.1 APPROVED, LISTED, DELAYED-EGRESS LOCKING |
| | SYSTEMS SHALL |
| | BE PERMITTED TO BE INSTALLED ON DOOR ASSEMBLIES SERVING |
| | LOW AND |
| | ORDINARY HAZARD CONTENTS IN BUILDINGS PROTECTED |
| | THROUGHOUT BY AN |
| | APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.6 OR AN APPROVED, SUPERVISED |
| | AUTOMATIC |
| | SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.7, AND |
| | WHERE |
| | PERMITTED IN CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43, PROVIDED THAT ALL |
| | OF THE |
| | FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE MET: |
| | (1) THE DOOR LEAVES SHALL UNLOCK IN THE DIRECTION OF |
| | EGRESS UPON |
| | ACTUATION OF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: |
| | (A) APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.7 |
| | (B) NOT MORE THAN ONE HEAT DETECTOR OF AN APPROVED, |
| | SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.6 |
| | (C) NOT MORE THAN TWO SMOKE DETECTORS OF AN APPROVED, |
| | SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.6 |
| | (2) THE DOOR LEAVES SHALL UNLOCK IN THE DIRECTION OF |
| | EGRESS UPON |
| | LOSS OF POWER CONTROLLING THE LOCK OR LOCKING |
| | MECHANISM. |
| | (3)* AN IRREVERSIBLE PROCESS SHALL RELEASE THE LOCK IN |
| | THE DIRECTION |
| | OF EGRESS WITHIN 15 SECONDS, OR 30 SECONDS WHERE |
| | APPROVED |
| | BY THE AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION, UPON APPLICATION |
| | OF A |
| | FORCE TO THE RELEASE DEVICE REQUIRED IN 7.2.1.5.10 |
| | UNDER ALL OF |
| | THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: |
| | (A) THE FORCE SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO EXCEED 15 LBF |
| | (67 N). |
| | (B) THE FORCE SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE CONTINUOUSLY |
| | APPLIED FOR MORE THAN 3 SECONDS. |
| | (C) THE INITIATION OF THE RELEASE PROCESS SHALL |
| | ACTIVATE AN |
| | AUDIBLE SIGNAL IN THE VICINITY OF THE DOOR OPENING. |
| | (D) ONCE THE LOCK HAS BEEN RELEASED BY THE APPLICATION |
| | OF |
| | FORCE TO THE RELEASING DEVICE, RELOCKING SHALL BE BY |
| | MANUAL MEANS ONLY. |
| | (4) *A READILY VISIBLE, DURABLE SIGN IN LETTERS NOT |
| | LESS THAN 1 IN. (25 |
| | MM) HIGH AND NOT LESS THAN ? IN. (3.2 MM) IN STROKE |
| | WIDTH |
| | ON A CONTRASTING BACKGROUND SHALL BE LOCATED ON THE |
| | DOOR LEAF |
| | ADJACENT TO THE RELEASE DEVICE IN THE DIRECTION OF |
| | EGRESS, AND |
| | SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS: |
| | (A) PUSH UNTIL ALARM SOUNDS, DOOR CAN BE |
| | OPENED IN 15 SECONDS, FOR DOORS THAT SWING IN THE |
| | DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL |
| | (B) PULL UNTIL ALARM SOUNDS, DOOR CAN BE |
| | OPENED IN 15 SECONDS, FOR DOORS THAT SWING |
| | AGAINST THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL |
| | (5) THE EGRESS SIDE OF DOORS EQUIPPED WITH |
| | DELAYED-EGRESS LOCKS |
| | SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH EMERGENCY LIGHTING IN ACCORDANCE |
| | WITH SECTION 7.9. |
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| | PETER LEDUC |
| | FIRE MARSHAL |
| | 561-804-4709 |
| | [email protected] |
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