A57.  Any non-sprinklered dwelling unit shall be permitted to have a single exit, provided that one of the following criteria is met:

i.    The dwelling unit has an exit door opening directly to the street or yard at ground level.
ii.  The dwelling unit has direct access to an outside stair and serves a maximum of two units, both of which are located on the same floor.
iii. The dwelling unit has direct access to an interior stair that serves only that unit and is separated from all other portions of the building by fire barriers having a minimum 1hour fire resistance rating, with no opening therein.
iv.  Travel distance from the anywhere in the unit shall not exceed 23m to the final discharge.
v.   Total floor area is less than 500 m2

A58.  Any building that is protected throughout by an approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system has four or fewer stories, and has not more than four dwelling units per story shall be permitted to have a single exit, provided that all of the following conditions apply:

i.    The stairway is separated from the rest of the building by barriers having not less than a 1-hour fire resistance rating, with self-closing 1-hour fire door assemblies protecting all openings between the stairway enclosure and the building.
ii.    The stairway does not serve more than one-half story below the level of exit discharge. iii.      All corridors serving as access to exits have a minimum 1-hour fire resistance rating. iv.     There is not more than 35 ft (10.7 m) of travel distance from the entrance door of any dwelling unit to the exit staircase
v.     One-half-hour fire-rated horizontal and vertical separation between dwelling units is provided. vi.     Travel distance from anywhere from the unit to the unit exit door shall not exceed 23m. vi.     Total floor area is less than 500 m2

A59.  Labor accommodations include buildings or spaces in buildings where sleeping accommodation is provided for workers, with or without meals, but without individual  cooking facilities. The phrase "without individual cooking facilities" refers to the absence of cooking equipment in any room or unit.

A60.  The wall mount type portable fire extinguishers shall be installed in such a way that the top of the fire extinguisher is not more than 1.5 meters above the floor and not less than 30 cm from the bottom of extinguisher to the finished floor.

A61.  At least 10 % of the Security personnel, Occupants, Employees and Supervisory personnel of each occupancy shall be trained on basic fire awareness, types, use and operation of fire extinguishers in emergency situation.

A62.  Where floor proximity exit signs are required in such signs shall be located near the floor level in addition to those signs required for doors or corridors. The bottom of the sign shall be not less than 150 mm, but not more than 455 mm, above the floor. 

A63. The objective of having emergency lighting during emergencies or when the normal lighting of the occupied building fails. The emergency light shall fulfill the following functions:

1. To indicate clearly and unambiguously the escape routes.
2. To provide illumination along such routes to allow safe movement towards and through the exits provided.
3. To ensure that fire alarm call points and fire fighting equipment provided along escape routes can be readily located.
4. To permit operations concerned with safety measures

A64.  For all buildings except for One-and-Two-Family Dwelling, emergency lighting shall be provided in all occupancies in the following areas:
 

i.    along exit corridors, egress path, lobbies and exits staircases 
ii.   Over area if there are no explicit paths leading to corridors, lobbies and exits.
iii.   In hotel rooms or suites.
iv.   Educational occupancies used as assembly, i.e. gymnasium, concert halls, auditoriums, theatres.
v.    In office rooms more than 60m².
Notwithstanding the requirements in the clause above, emergency lighting shall be provided in the following locations:
i.     Lift cars
ii.    Emergency command centers
iii.   Generator rooms iv.     Basement car parks
v.    Fire pump rooms vi.     Areas of refuge within the same building.

A65.  Emergency lighting facilities shall be arranged to provide initial illumination that is not less than an average of 1 ft-candle (10.8 lux) and, at any point, not less than 0.1 ft-candle (1.1 lux), measured along the path of egress at floor level.

A66.  Central Battery System is not mandatory. However, stand alone self contained luminaries are not allowed as well. The emergency lighting system shall be either Central Battery system or monitored type self contained emergency lighting system which is diagnostic type and  shall be automatically monitored and tested through the Building Monitoring System and the fire alarm control unit.

A67.  A system that is interlinked with the fire alarm to give evacuation or emergency messages throughout the premises for all occupants.

A68.  One way emergency voice evacuation and communication system as well as an emergency command centre shall be provided as follows:

i.    For all large buildings with gross floor area greater than 2800 m² or having a total occupant load exceeding 1000 persons and large industrial and warehouse buildings with gross floor area greater than 5000 m².
 
ii.    For all buildings which are categorized as high rise or an assembly.
 
iii.    For hotel or health care occupancies of less than 23m building height.

A69.  Speakers with flashers (strobe lights) shall be provided for basement car parks, mechanical or machine rooms, large machining areas of factories (more than 5000m²) and at locations where the ambient noise level is 75db or more.

A70.  All circuits necessary for the operation of the notification appliances shall be protected until they enter the evacuation signalling zone that they serve. Any of the following methods shall be considered acceptable as meeting the requirements of this subsection:

i.    A 2-hour fire rated circuit integrity (CI) cable 
ii.   A 2-hour fire rated cable system (electrical circuit protective system) 
iii.  A 2-hour fire rated enclosure 
iv.  Buildings fully protected by an automatic sprinkler system and with the interconnecting wiring or cables used for the operation of notification appliances installed in metal raceways  

A71.  Distribution of the manual call points should be such that travel distance should not be more than 45m to reach the nearest manual call point. These figures to be reduced to 25m and 16m in limited mobility areas, and where processes of the area result in a likelihood of rapid fire development.

A72.  The manual call points shall be installed generally at the height of (1.1 – 1.4) m, above floor level and in plain, accessible, well lit and free-hindrances places. Where disable people are expected to operate, height to be lowered to (91cm-1.2m).  

A73.  For raised floors 400mm and above the floor level and/or containing combustible materials shall be provided with smoke detectors.

Q72.  What is the height requirement to install a manual call point? A72. The manual call points shall be installed generally at the height of (1.1 – 1.4) m, above floor level and in plain, accessible, well lit and free-hindrances places. Where disable people are expected to operate, height to be lowered to (91cm-1.2m).

A73.  For raised floors 400mm and above the floor level and/or containing combustible materials shall be provided with smoke detectors.

A74.  For suspended ceilings which are above 800mm from the ceiling level and/or containing combustible materials, smoke detectors are to be provided.