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Globd Firc Protection Consulting, lnc. <br />4401 Weta Oak Court <br />Concord, CA 94521 <br />925-825-4643 <br />fax 925-6914367 <br />Smoke and Heat Venting System <br />Based on the requiremenu of the UFC Smoke and Heat Venting and draft curtains will be <br />provided. The venting ratio will be t to 75 in accordance with Article 81. There will be 6 <br />feet deep curtain boards for areas of 8,000 square feet. In the areas along the exterior of the <br />building the roof slopes and the draft curtains create a headroom problem on the upper <br />catwalk. IMRM will have 4 feet curtain boards for areas of 3,000 square feet. <br />EXITING <br />The storage system and operations are designed for the records storage industry. 93% of <br />the records stored at the facility will not be touched once placed on the racks. The <br />occupant load for the IMRM facility is calculated based on an occupant load factor of 500 <br />square feet per occupant per UBC. The calculated occupant load is 265 occupants. As <br />only 7% of the records are active the actual occupant load will be a maximum of 6 to 8 <br />pemianent employees. <br />As indicated the storage system is designed for manual operation. The xrvice aisles <br />between the racks are for the employee to place or remove cartons. The width of the space <br />is 30-inches. The main work area is the main aisles and the receiving area. The UBC <br />section 1004.3.2.2, item 1 allows the aisles to be 24-inches when used only by employas. <br />Stairs will be located throughout the storage system for scrvicing and access to the exits. <br />The siairs will be open to the catwalk system. Stairs will be a minimum of 36-inches wide. <br />The stair width �s based on UBC. <br />Travel distance to an exit is calculated from the most remote point on the upper catwalk <br />level to the nearest exit. Based on the configuration of the building the maximum travel <br />distance from the most remote point will be measured from the upper elevation. The <br />location of stairs and exits meet the UBC requirement of a maximum of 250 feet travel. To <br />meet the required travel distance the north/south wall dividing the bailding will be used as <br />a horizontal exit. <br />Egress illumination will be provided at all times when the building is occupied. Exit signs <br />will be provided at all exiu and strategic locations within the rack system on all catwalk <br />levels. The egress illumination and exit signs will be provided with battery back-up system <br />to operate during a power failure. Exit illumination and exit signs will be in accordance <br />with UBC. <br />Iron Mountain <br />Everett, Washington <br />OI-1296 <br />`9' <br />