Fire Exit Door Specifications

Still the requirements remain a mystery for many architects and specifiers.

Fire exit door specifications.

The nfpa emergency exit door requirements code states there is a maximum travel distance allowed to find an exit. Specifiers are increasingly influenced to specify only ce marked products for fire and escape doors. Exit route provisions of the national fire protection association s 101 2009 life safety code or the exit provisions of the international fire code 2009 will be considered in compliance with the osha requirements for exit routes. Fire doors are inside buildings residential and commercial and are internal doors that need to be kept closed in order to stop the spread of fire between different areas of a building.

Exit route doors must be free of any device or alarm that could restrict emergency use of the exit route if the device or alarm fails. Workers rights workers have the right to. Emergency exit specifications and standards. Each exit route door must be free of decorations or signs that obscure the visibility of the exit route door.

This standard regulates the installation and maintenance of assemblies and devices used to protect openings in walls floors and ceilings against the spread of fire and smoke within into or out of buildings. Contrary to what some might believe there is a difference between fire doors and fire exit doors. Only approved fire exit hardware should be used on fire doors. Corridors the minimum width of an exit access shall be 36 inches for new buildings and 28 inches for existing.

1910 37 b 4 if the direction of travel to the exit or exit discharge is not immediately apparent signs must be posted along the exit access indicating the direction of travel to the nearest exit and exit discharge. 1910 36 d 3 an exit route door may be locked from the inside only in mental penal or correctional facilities and then only if supervisory personnel are continuously on duty and the employer has a plan to. Fire door standards and legislative requirements. Fire doors are an important part of a building s passive fire protection system and doors in a means of egress provide life safety by allowing people to exit quickly when necessary.

If there is a fire in the area where occupants are they are already being exposed to smoke fire and heat. A 1 1 see annex k for general information about fire doors. This access to exit requirements seeks to minimize occupants exposure to these and other hazards. Working conditions that do not pose a risk of serious harm.

For more detail on exit routes and related standards see exit routes emergency action plans and fire prevention plans in title 29 of the code of federal regulations cfr 1910 33 39.