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3.6.2.1.(8)
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Application
Application 1: 
Fire separations required by Sentences 3.6.2.1.(1) and (7) for a service room, where:
  • the room contains a limited quantity of service equipment, and
  • the service equipment does not constitute a fire hazard.
This applies to buildings described in Sentence 1.3.3.2.(1) of Division A.
Exceptions: 
except as exempted in:
  • Sentence 3.6.2.1.(1), which applies to service rooms that contain fuel-fired appliances,
  • Sentence 3.6.2.1.(3), which applies to service rooms that contain solid-fuel-fired appliances,
  • Sentence 3.6.2.1.(4), which applies to service rooms that contain incinerators,
  • Sentence 3.6.2.1.(5), which applies to service rooms intended to contain equipment that uses a liquid having a flash point below 93.3°C,
  • Sentence 3.6.2.1.(6), which applies to service rooms that contain electrical equipment that is required to be located in a service room by CSA C22.1, “Canadian Electrical Code, Part I,”
  • Sentence 3.6.2.1.(7), which applies when the service room is located in a storey that is not sprinklered throughout,
  • Sentence 3.6.2.1.(8), which applies when the service room contains a limited quantity of service equipment and the service equipment does not constitute a fire hazard,
  • Article 3.6.2.5., which applies to rooms for the storage of combustible refuse, and
  • Article 3.6.2.7., which applies to electrical equipment vaults required by provincial, territorial, or municipal regulations, or CSA C22.1, “Canadian Electrical Code, Part I,” in the absence of such regulations.
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Intent
Intent 1: 
To exempt a service room containing equipment that does not constitute a fire hazard from the requirements of Sentences 3.6.2.1.(1) and (7), which would otherwise require the service room to be separated from the remainder of the building by a fire separation, on the basis that the risk of fire originating and spreading from the service room is minimized.
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