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C. Capacity of Means of Egress
1. The egress capacity for approved components of means of egress
shall be based on the capacity factors shown in Table 1.
Table 1: CAPACITY FACTORS
Area
Board and Care
Health Care,
Sprinklered
Health Care, Non
Sprinklered
High Hazards
All Others
Stairways
(width per person)
Level Components
and Ramps
(width per person)
mm
in
5
0.2
5
0.2
mm
10
7.6 in
0.4
0.3 15 0.6 13 0.5
18
7.6 0.7
0.3 10
5 0.4
0.4
2. The required capacity of a corridor shall be the occupant load that
utilizes the corridor for exit access divided by the required number of
exits to which the corridor connects, but the corridor capacity shall be
not less than the required capacity of the exit to which the corridor
leads.
D. Occupant Load
1. The total capacity of means of egress for any floor, balcony, tier, or
other occupied space shall be sufficient for the occupant load
thereof. The occupant load in any building or portion thereof shall be
the maximum number of persons that may be in the space at any
time, as determined by the City/Municipal Fire Marshal having
jurisdiction, but shall not be less than the number computed by
dividing the floor area assigned to that use by the occupant load
factor in accordance with the requirements of Divisions 8 through 17 of
this Chapter for individual occupancies
2. Where exits serve more than one floor, only the occupant load of
each floor considered individually need be used in computing the
capacity of the exits of that floor; Provided, that exit capacity shall not
be decreased in the direction of exit travel. When means of egress
from the floor above and below converge at an intermediate floor,
the capacity of the means of egress from the point of convergence
shall not be less than the sum of the two.
3. When any required egress capacity from a balcony or mezzanine
passes through the room below, that required capacity shall be
added to the required egress capacity of the room below.
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