| Date |
Text |
| 2022-05-03 09:45:49 | FIRE PROVISO COMMENTS: |
| | NFPA 101, LIFE SAFETY CODE |
| | (1) 7.2.1.5 LOCKS, LATCHES, AND ALARM DEVICES. |
| | 7.2.1.5.1 DOOR LEAVES SHALL BE ARRANGED TO BE OPENED |
| | READILY |
| | FROM THE EGRESS SIDE WHENEVER THE BUILDING IS OCCUPIED. |
| | 7.2.1.5.2* THE REQUIREMENT OF 7.2.1.5.1 SHALL NOT APPLY |
| | TO DOOR |
| | LEAVES OF LISTED FIRE DOOR ASSEMBLIES AFTER EXPOSURE TO |
| | ELEVATED |
| | TEMPERATURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LISTING, BASED ON |
| | LABORATORY |
| | FIRE TEST PROCEDURES. |
| | 7.2.1.5.3 LOCKS, IF PROVIDED, SHALL NOT REQUIRE THE USE |
| | OF A KEY, |
| | A TOOL, OR SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OR EFFORT FOR OPERATION |
| | FROM THE |
| | EGRESS SIDE. |
| | 7.2.1.5.4 THE REQUIREMENTS OF 7.2.1.5.1 AND 7.2.1.5.3 |
| | SHALL NOT |
| | APPLY WHERE OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN CHAPTERS 18 THROUGH |
| | 23. |
| | 7.2.1.5.5 KEY-OPERATED LOCKS. |
| | 7.2.1.5.5.1* EXTERIOR DOOR ASSEMBLIES SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED TO |
| | HAVE KEY-OPERATED LOCKS FROM THE EGRESS SIDE, PROVIDED |
| | THAT ALL |
| | OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE MET: |
| | (1) THIS ALTERNATIVE IS PERMITTED IN CHAPTERS 11 |
| | THROUGH 43 |
| | FOR THE SPECIFIC OCCUPANCY. |
| | (2) A READILY VISIBLE, DURABLE SIGN IN LETTERS NOT LESS |
| | THAN 1 IN. |
| | (25 MM) HIGH ON A CONTRASTING BACKGROUND THAT READS AS |
| | FOLLOWS IS LOCATED ON OR ADJACENT TO THE DOOR LEAF: |
| | THIS |
| | DOOR TO REMAIN UNLOCKED WHEN THE BUILDING |
| | IS OCCUPIED. |
| | (3) THE LOCKING DEVICE IS OF A TYPE THAT IS READILY |
| | DISTINGUISHABLE |
| | AS LOCKED. |
| | (4) A KEY IS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TO ANY OCCUPANT |
| | INSIDE THE |
| | BUILDING WHEN IT IS LOCKED. |
| | 7.2.1.5.5.2 THE ALTERNATIVE PROVISIONS OF 7.2.1.5.5.1 |
| | SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED TO BE REVOKED BY THE AUTHORITY HAVING |
| | JURISDICTION |
| | FOR CAUSE. |
| | (2) 37.3.5.3 PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED IN ALL |
| | MERCANTILE OCCUPANCIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.9. |
| | |
| | C. WALKER |
| | 561-804-4762 |
| | [email protected] |
