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of occupants in case of fire or other emergency. The design of exits and
other fire safety construction shall be such that reliance for safety to life in
case of fire or other emergency will not depend solely on any single fire
safety construction. Additional safeguards shall be provided for life safety
in case any single safeguard is ineffective due to some human or
mechanical failure.
B. Every building or structure shall be designed, constructed, equipped,
maintained and operated to avoid danger to the lives and ensure safety
of its occupants from fire, smoke, vapor and fumes, during the period of
escape from the building or structure.
C. Every building or structure shall be provided with exits of kind, number,
location and capacity appropriate to the individual building or structure,
with due regard to the character of the occupancy, the number of
persons exposed, the fire protection available and the height and type of
construction of the building or structure, to afford all occupants
convenient facilities for escape.
D. Every exit of buildings or structures shall be arranged and maintained to
provide free and unobstructed egress from all parts thereof at all times.
No lock or fastening device that would prevent escape from the inside of
any building shall be installed except in mental, penal, or correctional
institutions where personnel are continually on duty and effective
provisions are made to evacuate occupants in case of fire or other
emergencies.
E. Every exit shall be clearly visible. The route to the exit shall be con-
spicuously marked in such a manner that every occupant of a building or
structure will readily know the direction of escape. Each route of escape,
in its entirety, shall be so arranged or marked that the way to a place of
safety outside is unmistakable. Any doorway not constituting an exit shall
be marked to minimize its possible confusion as an exit. Likewise, passage
constituting a way to reach an exit shall be marked to minimize
confusion.
F. All means of egress shall be provided with adequate and reliable
illumination.
G. Fire alarm systems or devices shall be provided in every building or
structure of such size, arrangement, or occupancy, to provide adequate
warning to occupants.
H. Every building or structure, section, or area thereof of such size,
occupancy and arrangement such that the reasonable safety of a
number of occupants may be endangered by the blocking of any single
means of egress due to fire or smoke, shall have at least two means of
egress remote from each other, so arranged as to minimize any possibility
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