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OSHA - EGRESS AND

FIRE PROTECTION


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INTRODUCTION

This course covers broad issues ofEgress Fire protection. Our

discussion will be in two parts. Part

one contains introduction to Egress

and fire protection. Part two will

discuss the Means of Egress and

Emergency and fire prevention plans.


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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The learning objectives of this course are thefollowing:

nderstand the importance of the Means ofEgress.

To !now the safety re"uirements for means ofegress.

To understand how to implement ha#ard

prevention and control program andassessments.

To understand the elements which constitutethe effective Egress fire protection program.


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KEY TERMSMeans of Egess!

$ continuous and unobstructed plan of e%itcomprised of the path to and from the e%it&access and discharge' respectively( as well asthe e%it itself

E"#$ A%%ess!

The portion of the )means of egress) whichleads to an entrance or e%it

E"#$!

Portion of a means of Egress' separated fromall other spaces' to provide a protected way oftravel to e%it discharge.


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KEY TERMS

Lo& Ha'a( %on$en$!

These contents are those with low combustibilitythat no self*propagating fire can occur and that theonly probable danger re"uiring the use of

emergency e%its will be from panic' fumes' smo!eor fire from e%ternal source.

O(#na) Ha'a( %on$en$!

These contents are liable to burn with moderaterapidity. They give off considerable smo!e' but do

not produce poisonous fumes or e%plosions.H#g* Ha'a( %on$en$!

These are liable to burn with e%treme rapidity. Theyproduce poisonous fumes and +or e%plosions arefeared in the event of fire to' or with in the contents.


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INTRODUCTION TO EGRESSAND FIRE PROTECTION

This lesson focuses on the following topics:

Overview

Fundamental ,e"uirements - /0.12&b(

Protection 3uring 4onstruction $nd ,epair - /0.12&c(

Maintenance - /0.12&d(

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OVERVIE,

The goal of this course is to emphasi#e the general fundamentalre"uirements essential to providing a safe means of egress from fire -

and other li!e emergencies - from a new or old building+structuredesigned for human occupancy

This course outlines only the minimum regulations for buildings andstructures as set forth in 5ubpart E of O56$ standards' re"uirements

that could and should be e%ceeded when necessary.

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FUNDAMENTALREUIREMENTS . +/+0123

$n effective means of egress could include regulations for e%it routes'e%it route availability' and e%it discharge.

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E%it routes must be permanent' must be separated by fire resistantmaterials' and must have limited openings into an e%it necessary toallow access to the e%it from occupied areas of the wor!place

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The number of e%it routes is mostly dependent on the numberemployees' the si#e of the building' its occupancy' or thearrangement of the wor!place' and the effect these factors have onthe ability to evacuate safely in the event of an emergency.

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E"#$ (#s%*age . +/+01235%6

Each e%it discharge must lead directly outside or to a street' wal!way'refuge area' public way' or open space with access to the outside.The space to which an e%it discharge leads must be large enough toaccommodate the building occupants li!ely to use the e%it route.

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E:IT ROUTE REUIREMENTS. +/+01235G6

$ll means of egress must be in compliance with the following

guidelines with regards to e%it routes:

The ceiling of an e%it route must be at least 7*+8 feet high9 anyprojection from the ceiling must not reach a point less than 2*8+1feet from the floor.

$n e%it access must be at least 8 inches wide at all points.

;here there is only one e%it access leading to an e%it or e%itdischarge' the width of the e%it and e%it discharge must be atleast e"ual to the width of the e%it access.

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E:IT ROUTE REUIREMENTS. +/+01235G6

The width of an e%it route must be sufficient to accommodate thema%imum permitted occupant load of each floor served by thee%it route.

Objects that project into the e%it route must not reduce the widthof the e%it route to less than the minimum width re"uirements fore%it routes.

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E:IT DOOR REUIREMENTS. +/+01235D6

Employees must be able to open an e%it route door from the inside at

all times without !eys' tools' or special !nowledge. E%it route doors

must be free of any device or alarm that could restrict emergency use

of the e%it route if the device or alarm fails.

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MEANS OF EGRESS . +/+012;

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