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5. An alarm system connected to the manager's office, dressing rooms,
and auxiliary stage spaces. It shall not sound an alarm audible in the
audience or seating portion of the theater.
F. Auxiliary stage spaces such as under-stage areas, dressing rooms,
workshops and similar spaces associated with the functioning of a stage
shall comply with the following:
1. No point within any auxiliary space shall be more than fifteen and one-
fourth meters (15.25 m) from a door providing access to an exit.
2. There shall be at least two (2) exits available from every auxiliary stage
space, one of which shall be available within a travel distance of
twenty three meters (23 m). A common path of travel of six meters (6
m) to the two (2) exits shall be permitted.
3. Auxiliary stage spaces shall be protected as provided under this
Section.
4. No workshop involving the use of combustible or flammable paint,
liquids, or gases, or their storage shall open directly upon a stage.
G. Where approved, supervised sprinkler system is not required, the
proscenium wall of every theater using movable scenery or decorations
shall not have more than two (2) openings entering the stage, exclusive of
the proscenium opening. Such opening shall not exceed two square
meters (2 m 2 ) each and shall be fitted with self-closing fire doors.
H. Each stage shall be equipped with a one and a half inch (38.1 millimeters)
wet-standpipe equipped with at least 30 meters hose on -each side of the
stage.
SECTION 10.2.8.4
PROJECTION BOOTH
A. Every place of assembly in which pictures are projected from cellulose
acetate, or other safety film using electric arc, xenon, or other light
sources, which generate hazardous gases, dust, or radiation, shall have a
projection room which complies with Section 10.2.8.17 of this IRR and the
following paragraph. This also applies to other latest types of projection
(e.g. LCD and i-MAX)
B. There shall be posted on the outside of each projection room door and
within the projection room proper, a conspicuous sign in block letters
twenty (25) millimeters stroke stating: "Safety Film Only Permitted in This
Room."
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