| Date |
Text |
| 2001-10-31 00:00:00 | 1) A SINGLE MEANS OF EGRESS IS SHOWN |
| | FROM THE SECOND WHICH IS NOT |
| | PROTECTED. THE FIRE CODE REQUIRES |
| | AT LEAST TWO MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED AT EVERY LEVEL. THE TWO |
| | EXCEPTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: |
| | |
| | # 1, OCCUPANT LOAD OF LESS THAN 100 |
| | PERSONS, DIRECT ACCESS TO THE OUTSIDE, |
| | TOTAL TRAVEL DISTANCE LESS THAN 100 |
| | FEET, AND COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM |
| | OTHER PARTS OF THE BUILDING. |
| | |
| | # 2, BUILDING LESS THAN THREE STORIES, |
| | OCCUPANT LOAD LESS THAN 30 PERSONS, |
| | TRAVEL DISTANCE LESS THAN 100 FEET, AND |
| | EXIT IS ENCLOSED. |
| | |
| | UNPROTECTED VERTICAL OPENINGS ARE |
| | PERMITTED WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: |
| | THE AREA IS LOW HAZARD OR ORDINARY |
| | HAZARD, THE LOWEST OR NEXT LEVEL IS |
| | THE STREET FLOOR, AREA IS OPEN AND |
| | UNOBSTRUCTED, AND EXIT CAPACITY CAN |
| | PROVIDE FOR ALL OCCUPANTS. THE OTHER |
| | EXCEPTION INDICATES CONNECTION WITH |
| | TWO FLOORS, THE OPENING IS NOT A |
| | REQUIRED MEANS OF EGRESS, OPENING IS |
| | NOT CONNECTED WITH STAIRWAYS OR |
| | CORRIDORS, AND A FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM |
| | IS PROVIDED. |
| | |
| | BUISNESS OCCUPANCIES ACCORDING TO THE |
| | FIRE CODE IS CONSIDERED AN ORDINARY |
| | HAZARD. (CONTENTS) |
| | |
| | THE CODE ALSO INDICATES THAT WHERE |
| | CHAPTERS 1-7 ARE DIFFERENT FROM 8-30, |
| | THE INFORMATION IN CHAPTERS 8-30 |
| | SHALL APPLY. |
| | |
| | MIKE CARSILLO, CAPTAIN |
| | 659-8096,EXT.8497 |
| | 835-2910 |
