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SECTION 10.2.5.13
EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLAN
An emergency evacuation plan shall be posted on strategic and
conspicuous locations in the building. This shall be drawn with a
photoluminiscent background to be readable in case of power failure. The
minimum dimension shall be 8 ½ inches in height and 11 inches in width.
DIVISION 6. FEATURES OF FIRE PROTECTION
SECTION 10.2.6.1
CONSTRUCTION AND COMPARTMENTATION
A. Buildings or structures occupied or used in accordance with the individual
occupancy Division (Divisions 8 through 17 of this Chapter) shall meet the
minimum construction requirements of those Divisions.
B. Appropriate provisions of PD 1096 and its IRR (National Building Code) shall
be used to determine the requirements for the construction classification.
C. Where the building or facility includes additions or connected structures of
different construction types, the rating and classification of the structure
shall be as follows:
1. Two-hour (2-hr) fire resistance rating or greater, if vertically-aligned fire
barrier wall exists between the portions of the building, and
2.
The least fire-resistive type of construction of the connected portions, if
no such separation is provided.
SECTION 10.2.6.2
PROTECTION OF VERTICAL OPENING AND COMBUSTIBLE
CONCEALED SPACES
A. General
1. Every stairway, elevator shaft, light and ventilation shaft, chute and
other opening between storeys shall be enclosed or protected to
prevent the spread of fire or smoke, except openings of building
protected by automatic fire suppression system as permitted by other
Section of this Rule.
2. In any building with low or ordinary hazard occupancy protected with
approved, supervised sprinkler system, up to three (3) communicating
floor levels are permitted without enclosure protection between floors,
provided all the following conditions are met:
a. The arrangement is permitted by the applicable occupancy sec-
tion of this Chapter;
b. The lowest or next to the lowest level is a street floor;
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