Roof Exit Requirements

This access to exit requirements seeks to minimize occupants exposure to these and other hazards.

Roof exit requirements.

Corridors the minimum width of an exit access shall be 36 inches for new buildings and 28 inches for existing. If a stair enclosure allows access to the roof of the building the door to the roof either shall be kept locked or shall allow re entry from the roof. Where one exit or exit access stairway or ramp providing access to exits at other stories is permitted to serve individual stories mixed occupancies shall be permitted to be served by single exits provided each individual occupancy complies with the applicable requirements of table 1006 3 2 1 or 1006 3 2 2 for that occupancy. Exit doors and doors providing access to exits shall comply with the following.

Ibc 2009 2012. 1021 1 for the purposes of this chapter occupied roofs shall be provided with exits as required for stories. Levels that are required to be accessible are also required to have at least two accessible means of egress section 1009 1 where two or. Exit routes must meet the following design and construction requirements.

The nfpa emergency exit door requirements code states there is a maximum travel distance allowed to find an exit. If there is a fire in the area where occupants are they are already being exposed to smoke fire and heat. Only approved fire exit hardware should be used on fire doors. There are specific requirements for electronically controlled egress doors.

To close automatically by an approved device which is actuated by an interior fire alarm system meeting the requirements of subchapter seventeen of this chapter or upon smoke detection. Each exit route must be a permanent part of the workplace. Stairways leading from the top floor to a roof may be. 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.

Workers rights workers have the right to. Ibc 2003 2006. 1910 36 a 1 an exit route must be permanent. 1910 36 a 2 an exit must be separated by fire resistant materials.

Means of egress requirements would be the same as if the occupied roof is a story including number of exits exit capacity minimum width and travel distance sections 1006 1 1006 3 1006 3 2 and 1006 3 3. Where applicable cumulative occupant loads from adjacent. S5 5 2 1 if the exit has no adjacent seat the marking must meet the legibility requirements of s5 5 2 for occupants standing in the aisle location nearest to the emergency exit except for a roof exit which must meet the legibility requirements for occupants positioned with their backs against the floor opposite the roof exit.