| 2022-08-31 11:22:47 | FIRE PROVISO COMMENTS: |
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| | ALL INSTALLED EQUIPMENT SHALL FUNCTION PER THE |
| | FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS AND CONFIRMED AT THE TIME OF |
| | INSPECTION. |
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| | THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF NFPA 101, THE LIFE SAFETY |
| | CODE ARE REQUIRED FOR COMPLIANCE: |
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| | 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 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 1?8 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. |
| | 7.2.1.6.1.2 THE PROVISIONS OF 7.2.1.6.2 FOR |
| | ACCESS-CONTROLLED EGRESS DOOR ASSEMBLIES SHALL NOT |
| | APPLY TO DOOR ASSEMBLIES WITH |
| | DELAYED-EGRESS LOCKING SYSTEMS. |
| | 7.2.1.6.2* ACCESS-CONTROLLED EGRESS DOOR ASSEMBLIES. |
| | WHERE PERMITTED IN CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43, DOOR |
| | ASSEMBLIES IN THE MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO |
| | BE EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRICAL LOCK HARDWARE THAT PREVENTS |
| | EGRESS, PROVIDED THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE |
| | MET: (1) A SENSOR SHALL BE PROVIDED ON THE EGRESS SIDE, |
| | ARRANGED TO UNLOCK THE DOOR LEAF IN THE DIRECTION OF |
| | EGRESS UPON DETECTION OF AN APPROACHING OCCUPANT. |
| | (2) DOOR LEAVES SHALL AUTOMATICALLY UNLOCK IN THE |
| | DIRECTION OF EGRESS UPON LOSS OF POWER TO THE SENSOR OR |
| | TO THE PART OF |
| | THE ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM THAT LOCKS THE DOOR LEAVES. |
| | (3) DOOR LOCKS SHALL BE ARRANGED TO UNLOCK IN THE |
| | DIRECTION OF |
| | EGRESS FROM A MANUAL RELEASE DEVICE COMPLYING WITH ALL |
| | OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: (A) THE MANUAL RELEASE |
| | DEVICE SHALL BE LOCATED ON THE EGRESS SIDE, 40 IN. TO |
| | 48 IN. (1015 MM TO 1220 MM) VERTICALLY ABOVE THE FLOOR, |
| | AND WITHIN 60 IN. |
| | (1525 MM) OF THE SECURED DOOR OPENINGS. (B) THE MANUAL |
| | RELEASE DEVICE SHALL BE READILY ACCESSIBLE AND CLEARLY |
| | IDENTIFIED BY A SIGN THAT READS AS FOLLOWS: PUSH TO |
| | EXIT. (C) WHEN OPERATED, THE MANUAL RELEASE DEVICE |
| | SHALL RESULT IN DIRECT INTERRUPTION OF POWER TO THE |
| | LOCK ? INDEPENDENT OF THE LOCKING SYSTEM |
| | ELECTRONICS?AND THE LOCK SHALL REMAIN UNLOCKED FOR NOT |
| | LESS THAN 30 SECONDS. (4) ACTIVATION OF THE BUILDING |
| | FIRE-PROTECTIVE SIGNALING SYSTEM, IF PROVIDED, SHALL |
| | AUTOMATICALLY UNLOCK THE DOOR LEAVES IN THE DIRECTION |
| | OF EGRESS, AND THE DOOR LEAVES SHALL REMAIN UNLOCKED |
| | UNTIL THE FIRE-PROTECTIVE SIGNALING SYSTEM HAS BEEN |
| | MANUALLY RESET. (5) THE ACTIVATION OF MANUAL FIRE ALARM |
| | BOXES THAT ACTIVATE THE BUILDING FIRE-PROTECTIVE |
| | SIGNALING SYSTEM SPECIFIED IN 7.2.1.6.2(4) SHALL NOT BE |
| | REQUIRED TO UNLOCK THE DOOR LEAVES. (6) ACTIVATION OF |
| | THE BUILDING AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER OR FIRE DETECTION |
| | SYSTEM, IF PROVIDED, SHALL AUTOMATICALLY UNLOCK THE |
| | DOOR LEAVES IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS, AND THE DOOR |
| | LEAVES SHALL REMAIN UNLOCKED UNTIL THE FIRE-PROTECTIVE |
| | SIGNALING SYSTEM HAS BEEN MANUALLY RESET. (7) THE |
| | EGRESS SIDE OF ACCESS-CONTROLLED EGRESS DOORS, OTHER |
| | THAN EXISTING ACCESS-CONTROLLED EGRESS DOORS, SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED WITH EMERGENCY LIGHTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| | SECTION 7.9 |
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| | C. WALKER |
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