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occupancies the separation requirements of the Building Code
shall be satisfied.
2. Occupant Load
The occupant load for which means of egress shall be provided to any
floor shall be the maximum number of persons intended to occupy
that floor but not less than one person for each three and three tenths
square meters (3.3 m 2 ) of net floor area used by the children.
B. Exit Details
1. Number
a. The storey below the floor of exit discharge may be used in
buildings of fire-resistive construction, protected non-combustible
construction, protected wood frame construction and protected
ordinary construction, if the following conditions are met:
i. For up to thirty (30) children there shall be two (2) remote exits.
One exit shall discharge directly outside and the vertical travel
to ground level shall not exceed two hundred forty four
centimeters (244 cm). There shall be no unprotected opening
into the enclosure of the second exit.
ii. For over thirty (30) children a minimum of two (2) exits shall be
provided directly outside with one of the two (2) exiting at
ground level.
2. Access to Exits
a. Travel distance between any room or intended as exit access and
an exit shall not exceed thirty and a half meters (30.50 m);
b. Travel distance between any point in a room and an exit shall not
exceed forty five and eight-tenths meters (45.80m);
c. Travel distance between any point in a sleeping room or suite shall
not exceed fifteen and one fourth meters (15.25 m).
d. The travel distance in (a) and (b) above may be increased by
fifteen and one fourth meters (15.25 m) in building completely
equipped with an approved, supervised sprinkler system.
e. Travel distance shall be measured in accordance with Section
10.2.5.2 of this IRR.
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