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3.3.3.5.(8) | Application | Intent |
OS1 |
Objective | OS1 Fire Safety |
Attribution | |
Application | Application 1: Occupant capacity of fire compartments referred
to in Sentence 3.3.3.5.(2) that divide floor areas containing
patients' sleeping rooms in a hospital or nursing home. 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 fire compartments will have
insufficient occupant capacity [to accommodate, in addition to its own occupants,
the occupants of the largest adjacent fire compartment], which could lead
to persons in one compartment who are experiencing hazardous conditions in
a fire being unable to transfer into an adjoining compartment, which could
lead to harm to persons. |
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