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3.3.3.5.(2)
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ObjectiveOS1 Fire Safety
Attribution
Application
Application 1: 
Minimum number and maximum area of fire compartments dividing floor areas containing patients' sleeping rooms in a hospital or nursing home.
Exceptions: 
except as stated in Sentence 3.3.3.5.(3), which applies to floor areas on either side of a horizontal exit.
This applies to care or detention occupancy in buildings described in Sentence 1.3.3.2.(1) of Division A.
Application 2: 
This also applies to tents and air-supported structures, as stated in Sentences 3.1.6.1.(1) and 9.10.1.2.(1).
Exceptions: 
except as stated in:
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Intent
Intent 1: 
To limit the probability that patients and emergency responders will be exposed to hazardous conditions during a fire emergency while arrangements are being made to move patients to a safer location, which could lead to harm to persons, including emergency responders.
Intent 2: 
To limit the probability that emergency responders will be exposed to hazardous conditions during a fire emergency while arrangements are being made to move patients to a safer location, which could lead to fire emergency response operations being delayed or ineffective, which could lead to:
  • delays in the evacuation or movement of persons to a safe place, which could lead to harm to persons, including emergency responders, and
  • the spread of fire to other parts of the building, which could lead to harm to persons.
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