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BuildingCode-NeedtoKnow 50

Smoke barriers must subdivide health facility stories used for patient sleeping or treatment into smoke compartments no larger than 22,500 square feet. The travel distance within each smoke compartment to a smoke barrier door cannot exceed 200 feet. Each smoke compartment must provide at least 30 net square feet per patient of refuge area and an independent means of exit. Automatic sprinkler systems are required in smoke compartments containing patient sleeping areas. Corridor smoke detection is also required except where patient units have complying smoke detectors with corridor display and nursing station alarms.

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BuildingCode-NeedtoKnow 50

Smoke barriers must subdivide health facility stories used for patient sleeping or treatment into smoke compartments no larger than 22,500 square feet. The travel distance within each smoke compartment to a smoke barrier door cannot exceed 200 feet. Each smoke compartment must provide at least 30 net square feet per patient of refuge area and an independent means of exit. Automatic sprinkler systems are required in smoke compartments containing patient sleeping areas. Corridor smoke detection is also required except where patient units have complying smoke detectors with corridor display and nursing station alarms.

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SPECIAL DETAILED REQUIREMENTS BASED ON USE AND OCCUPANCY

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smoke and cannot be equipped with positive latching. Roller latches are not permitted. When locks are in place and restrict access to the patient room from the corridor and can only be used by the staff from the corridor side, they cannot obstruct or restrict any means of exits from the patient room except for patient rooms in mental health facilities. Smoke barriers in health facilities must be provided to subdivide every story used by patients for sleeping or treatment. Smoke barriers must also divide other stories with an occupant load of 50 or more persons into at least two smoke compartments. These stories have to be divided in smoke compartments with an area of not more than 22,500 square feet and the travel distance from any point in a smoke compartment to a smoke barrier door must not exceed 200 feet. Should the need arise, a refuge area must be provided. At least 30 net square feet per patient must be provided within the aggregate area of corridors, patient rooms, treatments rooms, lounge or dining areas and other low-hazard areas on each side of each smoke barrier. On the floors that do not have patients confined to a bed, at least 6 net square feet per occupant must be provided on each side of each smoke barrier for the total number of occupants in adjoining smoke compartments. All smoke compartments have to provide an independent means of exit so that staff, residents, patients, and family do not have to return through the smoke compartment to get to safety. Automatic sprinkler systems must be installed in smoke compartments that contain patient sleeping areas. The smoke compartments must also be equipped with an approved quick-response or residential sprinklers. Automatic fire detection for corridors in nursing homes, both intermediate and skilled nursing facilities, detoxification facilities, and spaces permitted to be open to the corridors which I mentioned as an independent exit must also be equipped with an automatic fire detection system. Hospitals also must have smoke detection installed as required. There are two exceptions:

Corridor smoke detection is not required where patient sleeping units are provided with smoke detectors that comply with UL 268. These detectors must provide a visual display on the corridor side of each patient sleeping unit and an audible and visual alarm at the nursing station that monitors each unit.

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