NFPA 101-19
NFPA 101-19
(OP)
We are building a room within our manufacturing facility. The facility itself has six EXIT doors. These are the doors that employees enter and exit the facility by. My question is about the construction of a fully enclosed room (600 sq ft) within our facility. How many EXITS must there be for employees from this room? As for occupancy I do not envision more then 12 people assigned to work in the room. I do not have a copy of NFPA 101-19. I am looking for any wording from it that applies to my situation.





RE: NFPA 101-19
A third free or cheap source is to go to the web and find your state, county, or city fire code regulations that are usually based on the NFPA.
Good luck, it is good you are planning ahead.
RE: NFPA 101-19
Table 7.3.1.2, Occupant Load Factor indicates for "Industrial Use" ("General and high hazard industrial")
100 s.f./person e.g. 600 s.f. divided by 100 s.f./person equals the maximum occupany of: 6 persons.
You indicated 12 persons and that would result in exceeding the load capacity, which is a violation of the Life Safety Code (NFPA 101-61, 2000 ed.). Therefore, do not exceed 6 people capacity in that room/space of 600 s.f.
If the door way has a "clear width" of 36 in. divided by 0.2 equals 180 people can exit safely through that door opening. If the door way has a "clear width" of 44 in. divided by 0.2 equals 220 people can safely exit through that door opening. So, one exit from that room is sufficient in accordance with Section 7.4 Number of Means of Egress, Section 7.4.1.2.
John Heywood, P.E., CSP
Senior Safety Engineer
RE: NFPA 101-19
Phil