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The document outlines requirements for places of assembly including occupant load calculations, exit requirements, corridor widths, travel distances, seating layout, aisle widths, railing heights, stage and auxiliary space specifications, fire detection and suppression systems, and projection room specifications.

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PD 1185 - Fire Code - Summary

The document outlines requirements for places of assembly including occupant load calculations, exit requirements, corridor widths, travel distances, seating layout, aisle widths, railing heights, stage and auxiliary space specifications, fire detection and suppression systems, and projection room specifications.

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SANDER PAUL S.

BAUTISTA JANUARY 2020 ALE REVIEWER


ADAMSON UNIVERSITY

PLACES OF ASSEMBLY
OCCUPANT LOAD
Spaces w/o fixed seats: 0.65 sqm/person
Less concentrated use: 1.4sqm/person
Standing or waiting area: 0.28sqm/person
Fixed seats: = no. of seats

Limits of occupant load on spaces


<930sqm: max occupant load = 0.46sqm/person
>930sqm: max occupant load = 0.65sqm/person

EXITS
Main Exit
- shall accommodate 1/2 of the total occupant load
- Not less than the total width of all aisles/passageways

Other Exits
- With access to the main exit
- Shall accommodate 2/3 of the total occupant load
- Exits directly outside, exit stairs & exit passageways
- Accessible from cross aisle or side aisle

MINIMUM CORRIDOR WIDTH


- >50 persons: 112cm

TRAVEL DISTANCE TO EXIT


- w/o sprinkler systems: 46m
- w/ sprinkler systems: 61m

SEATING
- Spacing of rows of seats: 83cm
- Spacing of rows of seats: 68cm + thickness of back + inclination of back
- 30cm spacing in front and back of the seat
- Row between aisles: 14 seats
- Row on 1 side aisle: 7 seats
- Seats w/o dividing arms: 0.60m per person

AISLES
- >60 seats: side aisle-915mm mid aisle-1220mm
- <60 seats: 76cm
- Shall terminate on cross aisle, foyer & exit
- Min. width of termination = width of widest aisle + 50% of total rqd width remaining aisles
- No dead-end aisle > 6.1m
- Length of travel to the nearest exit by any aisle: 46m
- <12.5% gradient: no steps
- >12.5% gradient: provide steps

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SANDER PAUL S. BAUTISTA JANUARY 2020 ALE REVIEWER
ADAMSON UNIVERSITY

RAILING
- Min. of 66cm high
- At end of aisles: 76cm high
- At the foot of the step: 91cm

STAGE AND ENCLOSED PLATFORM


- stage w/ movable theater-type scenery >46.5sqm requires automatic sprinkler system
- Stage and enclosed platform >46.5sqm requires ventilators
- Natural ventilation opening: 5% of the floor area
- If provided w/ mech ventilation, it shall not come from the audience area
- Proscenium opening shall be provided w/ 5min fire rating automatic closing curtain
- When sprinkler system is not required: max of 2 self-closing doors on proscenium walls (max area of
opening: 2sqm)
- Provide wet standpipe on each side of the stage w/ 30m hose

Auxiliary Stage Spaces


- Under-stage rooms, dressing rooms, workshop
- Farthest point from any auxiliary space to the exit door: 15.25m
- 2 exits - 1 is available within a travel distance of 23m
- No workshop with use/storage of flammable paint, liquid or gases below the stage
- Common path of travel (hallway): 6m

DECORATIVE MATERIAL
- No flammable decorative material shall be allowed unless treated to become fireproof

INTERIOR FINISH
- All means of egress: Class A
- General assembly area: Class A
- Screen: Class A or Class B

PROTECTION FROM HAZARDS


- Utility rooms, mechanical rooms & workshops
- Shall not be near the required exits
- Shall be separated with 1 hour rating fire barriers

FIRE DETECTION AND ALARM SYSTEM


- <300 persons: manual initiation fire alarm system
- >300 persons: automatic detection system

EXTINGUISHING REQUIREMENT
- Required w/ automatic sprinkler system (bar, disco, dance hall, assembly hall with festival seating)
- Assembly hall w/ >300 persons: required automatic sprinkler system

ELEVATORS
- Buildings of 3 storeys above w/ automatic elevators shall have 1 elevator for emergency use of the
BFP.

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SANDER PAUL S. BAUTISTA JANUARY 2020 ALE REVIEWER
ADAMSON UNIVERSITY

SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR EXHIBITION HALLS


- No exhibit to obstruct the required exit ways
- Exhibition hall >1394sqm: required w/ complete automatic fire suppression system
- Storage rooms - 2-hour fire rating wall w/ automatic fire suppression system

EXISTING PLACES OF ASSEMBLY


- Occupant load should not exceed the capacity of the existing exits
- Occupant load should not exceed the computed occupant load based on the floor area

PROJECTION ROOMS FOR SAFETY FILMS


- Shall be permanent in construction
- Minimum floor area for a single machine: 7.4sqm
- Floor area for every additional machine: 3.75sqm
- Clear working space for every machine: 2.25sqm
- Shall have at least 1 swing-out self-closing door
- Minimum door size: .76m x 2m
- Opening shall not exceed 25% of the wall area between projection room & auditorium
- All opening shall be covered with glass & approved material
- Shall be provided w/ 2 or more fresh air inlet ducts w/ screen 30cm from the floor located at the
opposite ends of the room
- There shall be 1 or more exhaust air duct
- Each projection machine shall be provided w/ an exhaust duct

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