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2. Any opening in such walls, whether or not such opening serves as an
exit, shall be adequately protected against the passage of fire or
smoke there from.
3. Swinging fire exit doors on horizontal exits shall swing with the exit
travel. Where a horizontal exit serves on both sides of a wall there shall
be adjacent openings with swinging doors at each wall, opening in
opposite directions, with signs on each side of the wall or partitions
indicating as the exit door which swings with the travel from that side,
or other approved arrangements providing doors always swinging with
any possible exit travel.
4. Sliding fire doors shall not be used on a horizontal exit except where
the doorway is protected by a fire door on each side of the wall in
which such sliding fire doors are located. In this case, one fire door
shall be of the swinging type as provided in paragraph "C" (3) of this
Section and the other may be an automatic sliding fire door that shall
be kept open whenever the building is occupied.
E. Omission of Fire Partition on Certain Floors
1. Where a fire partition is used to provide a horizontal exit in any storey
of a building, such partition may be omitted in any lower storey under
the following conditions:
a. The open fire area storey from which the fire partition is omitted
shall be separated from the storeys above by construction having
at least a 2-hour resistance rating.
b. Required exits from the storeys above the open fire area storey
shall be separated there from by construction having a 2-hour fire
resistance rating and shall discharge outside without travel
through the open fire area storey.
c. Vertical openings between the open fire area storey and the
storeys above shall be enclosed with construction having a 2-hour
fire resistance rating. Other details shall be in accordance with the
applicable provisions of Section 10.2.5.2 of this IRR.
2. Where a fire partition is used to provide a horizontal exit for any storey
below the discharge level, such partition may be omitted at the level
of the discharge under the following conditions:
a. The open fire area storey shall be separated from the storeys
below by construction having at least a 2-hour fire resistance
rating.
b. Required exits from storeys below the open fire area storey shall be
separated from the open fire area storey by construction having a
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