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0 <br />0 <br />MEANS OF EGRESS <br />features shall bo permitted to project into the required width <br />not more than IV, inches (38mm)uneach side. <br />Exception: Projections are punniucd in corridors within <br />Group }'2Condition | ioaccordance with Section 4O74.l <br />^�HandneUa are not required along corridors, level <br />aisles, exit passageways and exit corridors; however, <br />if provided. Section 10148 would be applicable. <br />Handrails are sometimes provided along the hallways <br />in hospitals or nursing homes to aid the residents, <br />Bumper guards along the walls are not handrails. <br />Items such as baseboards, chair rails, pilasters, <br />etc,, are limited to protruding over the requiredvid1h <br />of the corridor a maximum of iY. inches (38 mm); <br />however, once again. Section 1003.3.3 would be <br />applicable when the corridor was wider than required, <br />The exception is in naooQnlbnn of situation unique <br />to nursing homes (Group 1'2. Condition 1). Section <br />407.4.3 includes allowances for furniture in corridors <br />8zaddress the need ofpatients needing mplace 1osit <br />to rest as well as the new style of design that empha- <br />sizes the residential aspects of the environment. <br />]005.7.3 Protruding okioxm,Protruding objects shall com- <br />ply with (he applicable requirements m[Section 103.3. <br />^�Thimsection haareminder that protruding objects are <br />applicable when looking at encroachments into o <br />confined path of travel. The difference, however, is <br />that door and other projections are applied to the <br />required minimum m/idih, vvhika protruding object pro- <br />visions apply topaths oftravel even when wider than <br />required. <br />14106.1 General. The number ofe.vils or exiluo��mm� <br />�q��dwithin �em� <br />*ux/��oeoxymmnshuUuvnplynidb <br />the provisions o[Scchoo|*x62for spaces, including wecz'' <br />o/ocs,undSecdno\0O6.36`romries, <br />-*.-The criteria in this section hrdetermine the number of <br />ways to leave rooms or apeoeo (including mezza- <br />nines) and stories are based on amempirical judg- <br />ment ufthe associated risks. <br />11114116.2 Egress from spaces. Roum,.areas nrspaces, includ- <br />ing v/,,-zx////,c/. within uxmn-orbasement shall be provided <br />with the number n[exits maccess mext t�inaccordance with <br />(his section. <br />4-This section dictates the minimum number of paths of <br />travel anoccupant imtohave available hoavoid afire <br />incident inthe occupied room urspace. While provid- <br />ing multiple egress doorways from every room is <br />unrea|isUu, m point does exist where alternative <br />egress paths must beprovided based onthe number <br />of occupants at risk, the distance any one occupant <br />must travel 1oreach adoorway and the relative haz- <br />ards associated with the occupancy of the space. <br />{3mnenaUy, the number ofegress doorways required <br />from any room or space coincides with the Occupant <br />load threshold criteria set forth for the minimum num. <br />ber of exits required from a story (see Section <br />1006.2.1 Egress based on occupant load and common path <br />of egrenss travel distance. Two e.0.% or erir access doonva <br />from any space shall be provided where the design occ, 34 <br />pqnl <br />load or the common path of egress tmvel distance exceeds the' <br />values listed in Table 1006.2. 1. <br />egress is permi(ted within and from individual, <br />dwelling units with a maximuln occuPillif load of 2o <br />where the dwelling unt . r is equipped throughout with <br />of egress travel does not exceed 125 feet (38 100 <br />2. Care sidies in Group 1-2 occupancies complying <br />with Section 407.4. <br />4- This section dictates the minimum number of paths of <br />travel an occupant is to have available to avoid a fire <br />incident in the occupied room or space. While provid. <br />ing multiple egress doorways from every room is <br />unrealistic, a point does exist where alternative <br />egress paths must be provided based on the number <br />of occupants at risk, the distance any one occupant <br />must travel to reach a doorway and the relative haz- <br />ards associated with the occupancy of the space. <br />Generally, the number of egress doorways required <br />from any room or space coincides with the occupant <br />load threshold criteria set forth for determining the <br />minimum number of exits required from a story (See <br />Section 1006.3). <br />The limiting criteria in Table 1006.2.1 for rooms or <br />spaces permitted to have a single exit access door- <br />way are based on an empirical judgment of the asso- <br />ciated risks. <br />If the occupants of a room are required to egress <br />through another room, as permitted in Sections <br />1004.1.1.1 and 1016.2, the rooms are to be com <br />bined to determine if multiple doorways are required <br />from the combined rooms. For example, if a suite or <br />offices shares a common reception area, the entire <br />suite with the reception area must meet both the <br />occupant load and the travel distance criteria. The <br />same logic would hold true for a space with a mezza- <br />nine (see Section 1004.1.1.2). <br />It should be noted that where two doorways are <br />required, the remoteness requirement of SectiOn <br />1007.1 is applicable. <br />The common path of travel is the distance mea- <br />sured from the most remote point in a space to the, <br />point in the exit path where the occupant has access. <br />to two required exits in separate directions. The dis- <br />tance limitations are applicable to all paths of travel <br />that lead out of a space or building where two exits,. <br />are required, An illustration of this distance is found in <br />