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Building Egress Requirements Accessible Means of Egress
Presented by: Kermit C Robinson International Code Council
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Agenda
• Planning
• Notification & Communication
• Means of Egress (MOE)
• Accessible Means of Egress (AMOE)
• New Technology
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Planning
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Pre-Planning for Emergencies
• Fire evacuation plans
• Fire safety plans
• Lockdown plans
• Associated drills
• Worked out with the building owner/renter and the fire department
• Updated annually or when necessitated by changes
• Available for review
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Pre-Planning for EmergenciesRequired in:
• Assembly
• Churches over 2,000 occupants
• Educational
• College dormitories
• High Hazard
• Institutional – (hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living)
• Ambulatory care (outpatient clinics)
• Hotels
• Group homes
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Pre-Planning for Emergencies
Required in:• High-rise buildings
• Covered malls > 50,000 square feet
• Mercantile & Factory (> 500 occupants on the 1st floor and basements or 2nd floor > 100 occupants)
• Underground buildings
• Assembly, Educational and Mercantile with atriums
• Buildings using Occupant Evacuation Elevators
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Fire Evacuation Plans• Emergency routes
• Strategy - Evacuation or defend in place
• Critical equipment operation
• Assisted rescue procedures
• Verifying full evacuation
• Emergency responders
• Notification of occupants
• Notification of fire department
• Emergency voice/alarm communication system
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Fire Safety Plans
• Reporting emergency
• Evacuation or relocation of occupants
• Site plans – occupancy assembly point, fire hydrants, fire truck route
• Floor plans – exits, routes, areas of refuge, fire alarm, extinguishers, fire hoses
• Major fire hazards
• Persons responsible
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Lock-down plans
• Occupant notification
• Emergency responders notification
• Accountability
• Recall
• Communication
• Coordination
• Training
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Emergency Drills
• Assembly – quarterly
• Business – annually
• Educational – monthly
• Factory – annually
• Institutional – quarterly on each shift
• Hotel - quarterly on each shift
• Apartments/dorms – 4 times annually
• Group homes - quarterly on each shift
• High-rise building (over 75 feet)- annually
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Notification&Communication
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Signage
• Evacuation plans at elevators
• Signage at any non-accessible exits
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Signage
• Visual exit signs at stairway entrances
• Tactile exit signs at stairway entrances
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Signage
• Visual signage within the stairway
• Tactile signage indicating floor levels
• Tactile signage at the door leading to the exit discharge
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Two-way Communication
• Within areas of refuge
• At elevator lobbies in sprinklered buildings (2009, 2012 and 2015 IBC)
• Variety of options
• Allow for communication and feedback between emergency responders and people who need assistance
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Audible and Visible alarms
• Installed in accordance with NFPA 72.
• Manual fire alarm pull stations must be accessible.
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Visible Alarms
• All public spaces.
• All common spaces.
• Group I-1 (assisted living) and R-1 (hotel) units per Table 907.9.1.3.
• Future expansion for:– Individual employee
work areas.
– Smoke alarms in Group R-2 (apartments) units.
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Sprinkler automatic notification
• Activation of the sprinkler system automatically notifies the fire department
• Upon arrival the fire department can use the sprinkler panel to identify the floor where the fire is happening
• Standby power on the elevators allow for the fire department to move to the fire floor so they can offer assistance.
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Means of Egress (MOE)
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Means of Egress (MOE)
A means of egress is an unobstructed path to leave
buildings, structures, and spaces
Comprised of:• Exit Access• Exits • Exit Discharge
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MOE: Exit Access
The path from any location in a building to
an exit
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Accessible Exit Access
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Horizontal surfaces
Ramps
Platform lifts with
standby power
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MOE: Exits
Exits include doors to the
outside, enclosed exit stairways, or
horizontal exits
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Accessible Exit
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Exit Stairs
Elevator with standby powerHorizontal Exit
Exit Door
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MOE: Exit Discharge
The path from an exit to a
public way (i.e., street or alley)
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Accessible Exit Discharge
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Accessible Means of Egress
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Accessible MOE
An accessible means of egress is:
A continuous and unobstructed accessible route of egress travel from any accessible
point in a building or facility to a public way.
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Accessible MOE
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Allow for self evacuation when possible
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Accessible MOE
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• Assisted rescue when necessary
• Defend in place (i.e., hospitals, jails, high-rise)
• Assisted evacuation at• Stairways
• Elevators with standby power
• Exterior areas of assisted rescue
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ADA & ABA Standards §207Require compliance with the International Building
Code (IBC) for accessible means of egress
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OR
IBC 2003Section 1007 IBC 2000 with 2001
SupplementSection 1003.2.13
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ADA & ABA Standards
What about compliance with later editions?
Permitted where equivalent or better (“equivalent
facilitation” in the ADA Standards Section 103)
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2015
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AMOE: Minimum Number
Minimum number of AMOE required:
1 - where 1 MOE required
2 - if more than 1 MOE required
Exceptions:
• Existing facilities
• Areas not required to be accessible
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MOE: Minimum NumberIBC requires 2 or more MOE in most facilities
with few exceptions
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MOE: Minimum Number
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MOE required from each space and room
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MOE: Minimum Number
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Required MOE must be maintained under all conditions, including temporary divisions of space
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MOE: Minimum Number
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At least 2 MOE required
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Example: 1 MOE/AMOE 1 MOE & 1 AMOE allowed under these conditions:
• mercantile occupancy; and
• 49 or fewer occupants; and
• 75’ max. travel distance from farthest point
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Exit Discharge
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• Accessible route to a public way or
• Interior area of refuge or
• Exterior area for assisted rescue
No exceptions for sprinklered buildings
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Exit Discharge
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Accessible route to a public way
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Exit Discharge
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Interior Area of Refuge
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Exit Discharge
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Exterior Area for Assisted Rescue
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Exterior Area for Assisted Rescue
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Exterior Area for Assisted Rescue
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2012 IBC: New provision for alternative protection from opening on one side
wing wall protective
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Exit Access: Upper Floors
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Exit Access: Upper Floors
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AMOE on floors above or below level of exit discharge connect to exit stairs
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Elevator with Standby Power
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Required in buildings 5 stories or higher
Elevator with standby power
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Elevator with Standby Power
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Counts as 1 of 2 accessible MOE
Elevator with standby power
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Elevator with Standby Power
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Required in buildings with 4 or more stories above or below the level of exit discharge
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Elevator with Standby Power
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Exceptions for standby power:
• Sprinklered buildings with horizontal exits
• Ramps from each level
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Exit Access: Upper Floors
Areas of refuge required in non-sprinklered buildings
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Areas of Refuge
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• on accessible route
• separated by a smoke barrier
• direct access to exit stairway, elevator with standby power
• 48” min. stairway width
• 30” x 48” space (1 for every 200 occupants) located outside general MOE path
• two-way communication system
• identification and instructional signage
• alternative: horizontal exit
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Areas of Refuge
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Areas of Refuge
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Areas of Refuge
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Areas of Refuge
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Not required in:
• buildings fully equipped with an automatic sprinkler system
• open parking garages
• open exit access stairways between stories
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Stairway Width (48” min)
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Stairway width 48” min. (measured
between handrails) not required:
• in buildings fully equipped with an automatic sprinkler system
• where horizontal exits are provided
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New Technology
2009, 2012 and 2015
International Building Code
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Fire Service Access Elevators
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• Required in buildings with floor >120 ft. above fire department vehicle access
• Must open into a fire service access elevator lobby and have direct access to an exit enclosure
• Numerous requirements: lobby protection, minimum lobby size, standby power, monitoring of elevator, protection of wiring, etc.
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Fire Service Access Elevators
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Occupant Evacuation Elevators
• Used for occupant self evacuation prior to emergency recall
• Must open into an elevator lobby and have direct access to an exit stairway
• Numerous requirements: lobby protection, minimum lobby size, elevator status indicators in lobby, standby power, monitoring of elevators, protection of wiring, etc.
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Occupant Evacuation Elevators
Occupant Evacuation Elevator Lobby
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Questions?
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Technical Assistance
• ICC and A117.1 – ICC, (888)422-7233; www.iccsafe.org.
• ADA – Access Board, 800-872-2253(v), 800-993-2822(TTY), www.access-board.gov or email at [email protected]
• ADA – ADA Technical Assistance Centers, (800)949-4232; www.adata.org
• Fair Housing – Fair Housing Accessibility First, (888)341-7781; www.fairhousingfirst.org.
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