RA 9514 - Revised Fire Code of the Philippines Flashcards
(137 cards)
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RA 9514 _______________
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Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008
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REPEALING CLAUSE* RA 9514 repeals _______________
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PD 1185 (THE OLD FIRE CODE)
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Approved on _________
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DECEMBER 19, 2008
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Focus on three rules: RULE NO. 3:___
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Rule 3: Definition of terms
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Focus on three rules: RULE NO. 9:___
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Rule 9: Enforcement/admin
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Focus on three rules: RULE NO. 10:___
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Rule 10: Fire safety measures
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Any act that would remove or neutralize a fire hazard
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ABATEMENT
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An integrated piping system connected to a source of extinguishing agent which suppressed fires when actuated by its automatic detecting device
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AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESION SYSTEM
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The head of the City or the Municipal Fire Station
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FIRE MARSHALL
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A system of vertical pipes in a building to which fire hoses can be attached on each floor,
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STANDPIPE SYSTEM
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A pipeline system filled with water and connected to a constant water supply
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COMBINATION STANDPIPE
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A standpipe system in which pipes are normally not filled with water. Water is introduced into the system through fire service connections when needed.
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DRY STANDPIPE
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Any visual or audible signal produced by a device or system to warn a building’s occupants of the presence of fire
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FIRE ALARM
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A fire alarm system activated by the the presence of fire where the signal is transmitted to designated locations instead of sounding a general alarm
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FIRE ALERTING SYSTEM
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A wall designed to prevent the spread of fire, having a fire resistance rating of not less than 4 hours with sufficient structural stability to remain standing even if construction on either side collapses under fire conditions
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FIRE WALL
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Any compound which when applied improves the resistivity or fire resistance quality of a material
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FLAME RETARDANT
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A building in which the distance between the
floor of the topmost storey and the ground
level is 15.00m or more
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HIGH-RISE BUILDING
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A passageway from one building to another, through or around a wall, on approximately the same floor level.
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HORIZONTAL EXIT
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A continuous and unobstructed route of exit from one point in a building to a public way
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MEANS OF EGRESS
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The purpose for which a building or space is used
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OCCUPANCY
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The use of electrical appliances which draw or consume electrical current beyond the designed capacity of the existing electrical system
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OVERLOADING
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The maximum number of persons that may be allowed to occupy a particular building or space
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OCCUPANT LOAD
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A piping system integrated in a building with outlets arranged in a systematic pattern which automatically discharges water when activated by heat or fire combustion products
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SPRINKLER SYSTEM
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Any condition or act which increases the probability of the occurrence of fire, or which may hinder or interfere with fire-fighting operations
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FIRE HAZARD
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A building unsafe in case of fire because it will burn easily or because it lacks adequate exits
FIRE TRAP
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The portion of a roadway that should be kept unobstructed at all times for the expedient operations of fire-fighting units
FIRE LANE
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Time in which flame will spread over the surface of a burning material
FLAME SPREAD RATING
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What is the FALAR?
Fire and Life Safety Assessment Report
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FALAR 1?
Documentation on safety features
of the facility
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FALAR 2?
Documentation submitted by contractor/CM certifying that construction was in accordance with FALAR 1
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FALAR 3?
Documentation of periodic maintenance
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FALAR applicability
* For all buildings:
– FALAR 1
– FALAR 2
* For buildings with occupant load of at least 50:
– FALAR 3 (annually)
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FSEC (___ ______ _______ _____)
Fire Safety Evaluation Clearance
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* Released once building plans and specs are found to be in accordance with the Fire Code
* Required for building permits
FSEC (Fire Safety Evaluation Clearance)
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FSIC (___ ______ _______ _____)
Fire Safety Inspection Certificate
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* Certifies that the building was inspected and was found to be OK
* Required for occupancy permits, business permits, permits to operate, PHILHEALTH accreditation for hospitals, DOH License to Operate
FSIC (Fire Safety Inspection Certificate)
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* You need a building permit, so you need an FSEC.
* You need an FSEC, so you need a building plan review.
* You need a building plan review so you prepare FALAR 1 along with other requirements (6 sets of drawings, etc.).
Scenario 1: Building permit
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* You’re done with construction so you need an occupancy permit.
* You need an occupancy permit so you need an FSIC.
* You need an FSIC so you need an inspection.
* You want them to release FSIC after inspection so you prepare FALAR 2.
Scenario 2: Occupancy permit
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* You need to get/renew a business permit so you need an FSIC.
* You need an FSIC so you need an inspection.
* You want them to release the FSIC after inspection, so you prepare FALAR 3.
Scenario 3: Business permit
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* A continuous, unobstructed route of exit from any point in the building to a public way
* Shall be integral or permanently affixed to a building
EGRESS
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Number of exits
* For any storey, mezzanine, balcony, etc:
for every 0-499 occupant load: there are__ exits
2 EXITS
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Number of exits
* For any storey, mezzanine, balcony, etc:
for every 500-1000 occupant load: there are__ exits
3 EXITS
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Number of exits
* For any storey, mezzanine, balcony, etc:
for every 1000 or more occupant load: there are__ exits
4 EXITS
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Travel distance to exit
* For individual rooms with max. O.L of 6:
– ______ meters from any point in the room
15 MTS
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Discharge from exits
* Exits should terminate directly at a ___________ or an ______________.
– Exit discharge: Yards, courts, open spaces, etc.
* Exits that continue beyond the floor of discharge: provide an __________.
*PUBLIC WAY and EXIT DISCHARGE
*INTERRUPTION
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MIN. OF HEADROOM
2 MTS
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* Provide a ______________ for exit
doors
SELF - CLOSING MECHANISM
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Clear opening OF DOORS
710 MM -1220 MM
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Maximum threshold height OF DOORS
13 MM
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A mechanical device which when pushed
from the inside will cause the door to open
PANIC HARDWARE
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Maximum required force OF PANIC HARDWARE
7 Kg-f
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width of the PANIC HARDWARE DOOR
2/3
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above the floor OF PANIC HARDWARE
760-112 MM
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All stairways designated as a means of egress should be _________ from the uppermost floor level to the ground floor
CONTINUOUS
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Two sets of STRAIRS requirements
*NEW STAIRS
*EXISTING STAIRS
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**DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA FOR EXISTING STAIRS
Minimum width clear of all obstructions, except projections not more than 114 mm (4'z in) at or below handrail height on each side
915 MM
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**DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA FOR EXISTING STAIRS
Maximum height of risers
205 MM
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**DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA FOR EXISTING STAIRS
Minimum tread depth
230 MM
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**DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA FOR EXISTING STAIRS
Minimum headroom
2000 MM
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**DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA FOR EXISTING STAIRS
Maximum height between landings
3660 MM
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**DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA FOR NEW STAIRS
Maximum height of risers
180 MM
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**DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA FOR NEW STAIRS
MIN. height of risers
100 MM
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**DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA FOR NEW STAIRS
Minimum tread depth
280 MM
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**DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA FOR NEW STAIRS
Minimum headroom
2000 M
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**DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA FOR NEW STAIRS
Maximum height between landings
3660 MM
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** NEW STAIR WIDTH
W/ LESS THAN <2000 Cumulative Occupant Load Assigned to the Stair
1120 MM
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** NEW STAIR WIDTH
W/ GREATER THAN ≥2000 Cumulative Occupant Load Assigned to the Stair
1420 MM
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HANDRAILS from upper surface of tread
760 MM-865 MM
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**DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA FOR NEW RAMPS
Minimum width clear of all obstructions. except projections not more than 4% in. (114 mm) at or below handrail height on each side
1120 MM
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**DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA FOR NEW RAMPS
Maximum slope
1 IN 12
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**DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA FOR NEW RAMPS
Maximum cross slope
1 IN 48
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**DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA FOR NEW RAMPS
Maximum rise for a single ramp run
760 MM
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Fire escape stairs
* Allowed as means of egress only in existing buildings
* Should not constitute more than ____ of
required exit capacity
50%
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Not allowed as fire escape or means of
egress
LADDERS
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**EXIT MARKING
The word “EXIT” should be in letters at least
______ high with strokes of letters at least
_________ wide
15 CM HIGH
19CM WIDE
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**Emergency evacuation plan
* Minimum dimension: letter size
* Posted in ________and _____ locations
* ________________ background
* strategic and conspicuous locations
*PHOTOLUMINESCENT BACKGROUND
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Protection of vertical openings SHALL BE _________
ENCLOSED
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A combination of an automatic detection
system, automatic exhaust system, and an
automatic water curtain
* Recommended for escalators
SPRINKLER VENT METHOD
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A combination of an automatic fire or smoke detection system and a system of high-velocity water spray nozzle
SPRAY NOZZLE METHOD
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Enclose the opening (for example, escalator)
with partitions. Provide door to access
escalator/opening.
PARTIAL ENCLOSURE METHOD
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* Concealed space: areas in which materials have a flame-spread rating greater than Class A are exposed
* KATAMAD.
FIRESTOPPING CONCEALED SPACE
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Notifies occupants of the building and, when
required, emergency forces
FIRE ALARMS
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Automatic fire department notification is
required for:
– High rise buildings
– Hospitals
– -Schools, hotels, apartments 4 storeys or taller – Malls
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* Wet standpipes required for the following:
– Aseembly occupancies with at least ________ occupant load
1,000 occupant load
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* Wet standpipes required for the following:
– Hazardous occupancies exceeding __________ per floor
1,860 sqm per floor
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Wet standpipes ARE required EXCEPT: Buildings with an ______ _______ ______.
APPROVED SPRINKLER SYSTEM
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* Wet standpipes
All portions of the building must be within _________ of a nozzle attached to a ________ long
hose
6 MTS, 22.00 MTS LONG HOSE
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**Occupant load
* Concentrated use without fixed seats, such
as auditoriums, places of worship, dance
floors:
0.65 sqm/person
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**Occupant load
Less concentrated use such as conference
rooms, dining rooms, gyms:
1.40sqm/person
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**Occupant load
Standing rooms/waiting space:
0.28sqm/person
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**Travel distance to exits
________ if with sprinkler system.
46 MTS
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**Travel distance to exits
________ if without sprinkler system.
61 MTS
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**Seating
Rows of seats back to back:
830 MM
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**Seating
At least ______ from back of one seat to front of the next seat
300 MM
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**Seating
MAX. Seats between aisles:
14 SEATS
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**Seating
no. Seats between wall and aisle:
7 SEATS
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**Seating
Seats without arms:
Allot 600mm/person
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**Minimum width of aisles
If 60 seats or less:
760 MM
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**Minimum width of aisles
If more than 60 seats:
– Single-loaded aisle: 915mm
– Double-loaded isle: 1220mm
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**Minimum width of aisles
Widens ______ for each meter towards exit
25mm
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**Educational occupancies
Occupant loads OF Classroom:
1.80sqm/person
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**Educational occupancies
Occupant loads OF Shops, laboratories:
4.60sqm/person
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**Educational occupancies
Occupant loads OF Dry nurseries with sleeping facilities:
3.30sqm/person
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**Educational occupancies
Occupant loads OFShops, laboratories:
4.60sqm/person
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Mininum corridor width
1.83 MTS
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**Special provisions for preschools
* Rooms used for preschoolers, first grade and
second grade pupils shall not be located below or above the _____________.
shall not be located below or above the floor of exit discharge
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**Healthcare
Occupant loads OF Sleeping departments:
11.1sqm/person
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**Healthcare
Occupant loads OF In-patient treatment departments:
22.3sqm/person
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**Healthcare
Door widths OF sleeping rooms, diagnostic and
treatment rooms (surgery. X-Ray, PT, etc.)
1120 MM
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**Healthcare
Door widths OF All other rooms
910 MM
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**Detention and correctional
Occupant load
* 11.1sqm/peron
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**Detention and correctional
Travel distance to exits:
* Between any room door intended as exit
access and an exit:
30.00 MTS
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**Detention and correctional
Travel distance to exits:
* Between any point in the room:
46.00 MTS
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**Detention and correctional
Travel distance to exits:
*Any point in a sleeping room to the door in
that room:
10.00m
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**Residential
Occupant load /PERSON
18.60 SQM/PERSON
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**Hotels
* Minimum corridor width:
1120 MM
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**Hotels
Minimum Number of exits:
2 EXITS for every floor
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**Hotels
* Travel distance to exits:
— From room door to exit: _____
— From guest suite to corridor door:_______ W/O SPRINKLERS
— From guest suite to corridor door: _________W/ SPRINKLERS
*30.00m
* 23.00m (w/o sprinklers)
*38.00m (w/sprinklers)
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**Apartment buildings
* Minimum corridor width
– For less than 50 persons: __________
– Fore more than 50 persons: _________
*910mm
*1120mm
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**Apartment buildings
* Travel distance to exits:
– Within any unit to nearest exit: ______, one storey away max
– From apartment entrance to exit: 31.00m, or ______ if with
sprinklers
*15.50m
*46.50m
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**Single and two-family dwellings
* In dwellings with more than 2 rooms, every
habitable room shall have at least __________
2 means of escape, at least one which is a door/stairway
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**Single and two-family dwellings
MIN. NO. OF WINDOW
1 WINDOW
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**Single and two-family dwellings
No exit access from sleeping rooms to outside
shall be less than _________ WIDE.
900mm wide
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**Single and two-family dwellings
Doors in the path of travel should be _____
minimum
700mm minimum
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Stores, markets, malls, supermarkets,
department stores, restaurants of less than 50
occupants
MERCANTILE
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*MERCANTILE
Occupant load OF Street floor or below street floor:
2.80sqm
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*MERCANTILE
Occupant load OF Upper floors:
5.60sqm
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*MERCANTILE
Occupant load OF Floors not open to public/offices:
9.30sqm
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*MERCANTILE
Occupant load OF Covered malls:
2.8sqm/person
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**MERCANTILE
Maximum travel distance
________ if without sprinklers
________ if with sprinklers
* 30.00m
* 46.00m
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* other than mercantile
* typically involve services and
not the display and sale of merchandise
* Examples: Doctor/lawyer/dentist’s office,
internet shops, barbershops, general offices
BUSINESS
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**Business
Occupant load /PERSON
9.30sqm/person
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**Business
Travel distance to exit
_________ if without sprinklers
_________ if with sprinklers
* 46.00m
* 61.00m
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**High rise buildings
All high rise buildings shall be provided with a
fully _________ __________ _________ ______
FULLY electrically supervised sprinkler system
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**Industrial
Occupant load:
9.30sqm/person
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**Industrial
* Minimum corridor width:
1120mm
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**Industrial
* Travel distance:
_________ if no sprinklers
_________ if with sprinklers
– 31.00m
– 46.00m
