1700 13TH ST ACUTE CARE TOWER 2018-01-02 MF Import

' � FIRE/LIFE SAFETY REPORT S41915 — Page 5 � PROVIDENCE EVERETT MEDICAL CENTER February 05, 2008 NEW TOV�JER EXPANSION � 2. Existing Hospital - Additions to existing hospitals must be 1 separated from an existing hospital by a 2-hour fire barrier unless it can be shown that the e�cisting hospital complies with the requirements for existing health care occupancies found ' within Chapter 19 of NFPA 101. Compliance can be shown through the presence of an up-to-date Statemen! of Conditions and Plan for Improvement for the existing hospital (NFPA 101). , 3. MOB — The MOB is not classified as an I-occupancy. .4 Pedestrian Bridge connection will be provided to the MOB on ' floor 1. Health care occupancies are required to be separated from other occupancy tyoes by 2-hour construction (NFPA 101). As such, a 2-hour separation will be provided between the new � Tower and the MOB. E. Subdivision of Hospital Building Spaces ' 1. Smoke barriers will be provided to subdivide every floor used by � patients for sleeping or treatment and to divide other floors with an occupant load of 50 or more persons into at least two smoke compartments. ' 2. Floors will be divided into smoke compartments with an area of not more than 22,500 square feet. ' 3. Suites of sleeping rooms will not exceed 5,000 square feet. 0 4. Suites of rooms, other than patient sleeping rooms, will not exceed 10,000 square feet. ' 5. A 1-hour fire resistance rating is required for smoke barriers. 6. A suite is defined as a cluster of rooms or spaces sharing � common circulation. Partitions within a suite are not required to have smoke or fire-resistance-rated construction. Partitions around suites will, at a minimum, be constructed as smoke ' partitions. F. Protection of Openings ' Openings in fire resistive separations are required to be protected in accordance with {BC 715. 1 ,