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inpatients for sleeping or treatment and any storey having an
occupant load of fifty (50) or more persons.
b. To limit on any storey the maximum area of each smoke compart-
ment to no more than two thousand one hundred square meters
(2,100 m2), of which both length and width shall be no more than
forty six meters (46 m).
Note: Protection may be accomplished in conjunction with the
provisions of horizontal exits.
2. Smoke partitions shall be provided on storeys which are usable but
unoccupied.
3. Any smoke partition shall be constructed in accordance with Section
10.2.6.9 of this IRR and shall have a fire resistance rating of at least one
(1) hour.
4. At least two and eight-tenths square meters (2.8 m 2 ) per occupant for
the total of bed or litter patients shall be provided on each side of the
smoke partition. On other storeys not housing bed or litter patients at
least one half square meter (0.5 m 2 ) per occupant shall be provided
on each side of the smoke partition for the total number of occupants
in adjoining compartments.
5. Corridor openings in smoke partitions shall be protected by a pair of
swinging doors, door to swing in a direction opposite from the other.
The minimum width of each door for hospitals and nursing homes shall
be one hundred twelve centimeters (112 cm), while that for residential-
custodial care institutions shall be eighty one centimeters (81 cm).
6. Doors in smoke partitions shall comply with Section 10.2.6.9 of this IRR
and shall be self-closing and held open only if they meet the
requirements of this section.
7. Vision panels of approved transparent wired glass not exceeding forty
six-hundredth square meter (0.46 m2) in steel frames shall be provided
in all doors in smoke partitions.
8. Stops are required on the head and sides of door frames in smoke par-
titions and center mullions are prohibited.
B. Minimum Construction Standards
1. Health care buildings of one (1) storey only may be constructed of
protected non-combustible construction, fire-resistive construction,
protected ordinary construction, protected wood frame construction,
heavy timber construction or unprotected noncombustible
construction. For the purpose of this subsection, storeys shall be
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