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3.3.3.5.(11) | Application | Intent |
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| Application | Application 1: Roller latches on doors in fire
separations required by Sentence 3.3.3.5.(9) to separate patients'
sleeping rooms from the remainder of the floor area in
hospitals or nursing homes. 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 supersede the requirements of Sentences 3.1.8.13.(1) and 3.3.3.5.(9), which would otherwise
require positive latching devices, and permit roller latches on the basis
that doors would be propped open to overcome the inconvenience of patient
care staff having to use door release hardware to move into or out of a room,
frequently while carrying supplies, thereby defeating the door's role in smoke
control and compromising the safety of persons in the fire compartment.
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