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MEANS OF EGRESS

safeguard means of egress. The forces required to open 6. The door assembly shall have an integrated
these doors manually shall not exceed those specified standby power supply.
in Section 1010.1.3, except that the force to set the door 7. The door assembly power supply shall be electri-
in motion shall not exceed 50 pounds (220 N). The cally supervised.
door shall be capable of opening from any position to 8. The door shall open to the minimum required
the full width of the opening in which such door is
installed when a force is applied to the door on the side width within 10 seconds after activation of the
operating device.
from which egress is made. Power-operated swinging
doors, power-operated sliding doors and power-oper- [BE] 1010.1.4.4 Locking arrangements in educa-
ated folding doors shall comply with BHMA A156.10. tional occupancies. In Group E and Group B educa-
Power-assisted swinging doors and low energy power- tional occupancies, egress doors from classrooms,
operated swinging doors shall comply with BHMA offices and other occupied rooms shall be permitted to
A156.19. Low-energy power-operated sliding doors be provided with locking arrangements designed to
and low-energy power-operated folding doors shall keep intruders from entering the room, where all of the
comply with BHMA A156.38. following conditions are met:
Exceptions: 1. The door shall be capable of being unlocked from
outside the room with a key or other approved
1. Occupancies in Group I-3.
means.
2. Special-purpose horizontal sliding, accordion 2. The door shall be openable from within the room
or folding doors complying with Section in accordance with Section 1010.1.9.
1010.1.4.3.
3. Modifications shall not be made to listed panic
3. For a biparting door in the emergency break- hardware, fire door hardware or door closers.
out mode, a door leaf located within a multi-
ple-leaf opening shall be exempt from the [BE] 1010.1.4.4.1 Remote operation of locks.
minimum 32-inch (813 mm) single-leaf Remote operation of locks complying with Section
requirement of Section 1010.1.1, provided that 1010.1.4.4. shall be permitted.
a minimum 32-inch (813 mm) clear opening is [BE] 1010.1.4.5 Security grilles. In Groups B, F, M
provided when the two biparting leaves meet- and S, horizontal sliding or vertical security grilles are
ing in the center are broken out. permitted at the main exit and shall be openable from
[BE] 1010.1.4.3 Special-purpose horizontal sliding, the inside without the use of a key or special knowledge
accordion or folding doors. In other than Group H or effort during periods that the space is occupied. The
occupancies, special-purpose horizontal sliding, accor- grilles shall remain secured in the full-open position
dion, or folding door assemblies permitted to be a com- during the period of occupancy by the general public.
ponent of a means of egress in accordance with Where two or more means of egress are required, not
Exception 6 to Section 1010.1.2 shall comply with all more than one-half of the exits or exit access doorways
of the following criteria: shall be equipped with horizontal sliding or vertical
security grilles.
1. The doors shall be power operated and shall be
capable of being operated manually in the event [BE] 1010.1.5 Floor elevation. There shall be a floor or
of power failure. landing on each side of a door. Such floor or landing shall
be at the same elevation on each side of the door. Landings
2. The doors shall be openable by a simple method
from both sides without special knowledge or shall be level except for exterior landings, which are per-
mitted to have a slope not to exceed 0.25 unit vertical in 12
effort.
units horizontal (2-percent slope).
3. The force required to operate the door shall not
exceed 30 pounds (133 N) to set the door in Exceptions:
motion and 15 pounds (67 N) to close the door or 1. Doors serving individual dwelling units in
open it to the minimum required width. Groups R-2 and R-3 where the following apply:
4. The door shall be openable with a force not to 1.1. A door is permitted to open at the top step
exceed 15 pounds (67 N) when a force of 250 of an interior flight of stairs, provided
pounds (1100 N) is applied perpendicular to the that the door does not swing over the top
door adjacent to the operating device. step.
5. The door assembly shall comply with the applica- 1.2. Screen doors and storm doors are permit-
ble fire protection rating and, where rated, shall ted to swing over stairs or landings.
be self-closing or automatic closing by smoke 2. Exterior doors as provided for in Section 1003.5,
detection in accordance with Section 716.2.6.6 of Exception 1, and Section 1022.2, which are not
the International Building Code, shall be on an accessible route.
installed in accordance with NFPA 80 and shall
3. In Group R-3 occupancies not required to be
comply with Section 716 of the International
Accessible units, Type A units or Type B units,
Building Code.
the landing at an exterior doorway shall be not
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