| Date |
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| 2022-08-25 14:26:30 | FIRE PROVISO COMMENTS: |
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| | ALL INSTALLED EQUIPMENT SHALL FUNCTION AS PER THE |
| | REQUIREMENTS OF NFPA 101, CHAPTER 7, MEANS OF EGRESS AS |
| | APPLICABLE FOR EACH DOOR/ENTRY/EXIT. |
| | 7.2.1.5.6 ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED EGRESS DOOR |
| | ASSEMBLIES. |
| | DOOR ASSEMBLIES IN THE MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED TO |
| | BE ELECTRICALLY LOCKED IF EQUIPPED WITH APPROVED, |
| | LISTED HARDWARE, |
| | PROVIDED THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET: |
| | (1) THE HARDWARE FOR OCCUPANT RELEASE OF THE LOCK IS |
| | AFFIXED TO |
| | THE DOOR LEAF. |
| | (2) THE HARDWARE HAS AN OBVIOUS METHOD OF OPERATION |
| | THAT IS |
| | READILY OPERATED IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS. |
| | (3) THE HARDWARE IS CAPABLE OF BEING OPERATED WITH ONE |
| | HAND |
| | IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS. |
| | (4) OPERATION OF THE HARDWARE INTERRUPTS THE POWER |
| | SUPPLY |
| | DIRECTLY TO THE ELECTRIC LOCK AND UNLOCKS THE DOOR |
| | ASSEMBLY |
| | IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS. |
| | (5)*LOSS OF POWER TO THE LISTED RELEASING HARDWARE |
| | AUTOMATICALLY |
| | UNLOCKS THE DOOR ASSEMBLY IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS. |
| | (6) HARDWARE FOR NEW INSTALLATIONS IS LISTED IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH |
| | ANSI/UL 294, STANDARD FOR ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM UNITS. |
| | 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 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 A (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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| | 561-804-4762 |
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| | [email protected] |
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