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6. Waiting areas of twenty three square meters (23 m2) or less on an
institutional sleeping floor of fifty six square meters (56 m2) or less on
other floors may be open to the corridor, provided that they are
located to permit direct supervision by the institutional staff so
arranged as not to obstruct any access to required exits. Such areas
shall be equipped with an electrically supervised automatic smoke
detection system installed in accordance with this Section. Not more
than one such waiting area is permitted in each smoke compartment.
D. Protection of Vertical Openings and Fire-stopping
1. Any stairway, ramp, elevator shaft, light and ventilation shaft, chute
and other openings between storeys shall be enclosed with
noncombustible materials in accordance with Section 10.2.5.2.,
Section 10.2.6.2 of this IRR and this Section.
2. A door in a stairway enclosure shall be self-closing, shall normally be
kept in closed position and shall be marked in accordance with
Section 10.2.5.3 of this IRR.
3. Fire-stopping shall be provided in accordance with Section 10.2.6.5 of
this IRR.
E. Interior Finish
Interior finish of walls and ceilings in means of egress and of any room shall
be Class A in accordance with Section 10.2.6.3 of this IRR, while floor finish
material shall be Class A or B throughout all hospitals, nursing homes and
residential-custodial care facilities.
F. Alarm, Detection and Extinguishment Systems
1. Every building shall have an electrically supervised automatic fire
alarm system capable of being manually operated in accordance
with Section 10.2.6.4 of this IRR. The fire alarm system shall be installed
with provisions for future connection to the nearest BFP station in the
locality. Internal audible alarm devices shall be provided in
accordance with Section 10.2.6.4 of this IRR. Pre-signal systems shall not
be permitted in healthcare occupancies.
2. An approved automatic heat and/or smoke detection system shall be
installed in all corridors of hospitals, nursing homes, and residential-
custodial care facilities, such systems shall be installed in accordance
with the applicable standards of the NFPA 72, but in no case shall
smoke detectors be spaced further apart than nine (9) meters on cen-
ters or more than four and six-tenths meters (4.60 m) from any wall all
automatic heat and/or smoke detection systems required by this
section shall be electrically inter-connected to the fire alarm system.
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