Fire Code Emergency Exit Doors

An exit is permitted to have only those openings necessary to allow access to the exit from occupied areas of the workplace or to the exit discharge.
Fire code emergency exit doors. Code publications define panic hardware as a door latching assembly incorporating a device that releases the latch upon the application of a force. In addition employers who comply with the exit route provisions of the national fire protection association s 101 2009 life safety code or the exit provisions of the international fire code. Serving a room or area with an occupant load of 50 or more. Fire exit doors are the final door on an emergency exit route that must lead to a place of safety.
The nfpa emergency exit door requirements code states there is a maximum travel distance allowed to find an exit. And osha directive cpl 2 1 037 compliance policy for emergency action plans and fire prevention plans. This code addresses those egress features necessary to minimize danger to life from fire and smoke crowd pressures and movement of individuals and groups. Doors must swing in the direction of exit travel when.
There is an approved document guidance available from the builders hardware industry federation bhif hardware for fire and escape doors. Door swing and arrangement a door in a means of egress should be side hinged or pivoted swinging. Issue 4 2012 detailing the requirements for any fixtures and fittings used with fire doors and fire. Employees are taught that opening the exit door from the inside by using the emergency panic hardware without first using a code card or key will cause an alarm to sound locally and possibly at.
An opening into an exit must be protected by a self closing fire door that remains closed or automatically closes in an emergency upon the sounding of a fire alarm or employee alarm system. Code of federal regulations cfr 1910 33 39. Panic hardware also known as an exit device or fire exit hardware when used on fire doors is designed to provide fast and easy egress to allow building occupants to exit safely in an emergency. Nfpa 101b code for means of egress for buildings and structures shall be known as the means of egress code is cited as such and shall be referred to herein as this code or the code 1 1 2 danger to life from fire.
The maximum door leaf width is 48 inches to facilitate use in an emergency. An example of an exit discharge is a door at the bottom of a 2 hour fire resistance rated enclosed stairway that discharges to a place of safety outside the building. If there is a fire in the area where occupants are they are already being exposed to smoke fire and heat.