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6. Drills shall include suitable procedures to make sure that all persons in
the building, or all persons subject to the drill, actually participate.
7. Fire alarm facilities, where available, shall be used in the conduct of
fire exit drills.
B. Furnishing and Decorations
1. No furnishing, decorations, or other objects shall be so placed as to
obstruct exits, access thereto, egress therefrom, or visibility thereof.
2. Furnishing or decorations shall be treated with flame retardant where
required by the applicable provisions of the Fire Code and this IRR.
3. No furnishing or decorations of an explosive or highly flammable
character shall be used in any place of assembly or other occupancy.
C. Automatic Fire Suppression System
All automatic fire suppression systems required by this Chapter shall be
continuously maintained in reliable operational condition at all times and
such periodic inspections and tests shall be made to assure proper
maintenance.
D. Alarm and Fire Detection Systems
1. Systems shall be under the supervision of qualified and competent
persons, who shall cause proper tests to be made at specified intervals
and have general charge of all alternations and additions.
2. Systems shall be tested at intervals as recommended by the
City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction.
3. Fire alarm signaling equipment shall be restored to service as promptly
as possible after each test or alarm and shall be kept in normal
conditions ready for operation. Equipment requiring rewinding or
replenishing shall be rewound or replenished as promptly as possible
after test or alarm.
E. Fire Retardant Paints
Fire retardant paints or solutions shall be reapplied at such intervals as
necessary to maintain the necessary flame retardant properties.
F. Recognition of Means of Egress
Hangings or draperies shall not be placed over exit doors or otherwise
located as to conceal or obscure any exit. Mirrors shall not be placed on
exit doors nor in or adjacent to any exit in such a manner as to confuse
the direction of exit.
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