Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 151 - Labor and Industry Department
Chapter 7511 - FIRE CODE
Part 7511.1030 - SECTION 1030, EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE
Universal Citation: MN Rules 7511.1030
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1. IFC section 1030.1.
IFC section 1030.1 is amended to read as follows:
1030.1
General. In addition to
the means of egress required by this chapter, emergency escape and rescue
openings shall be provided in Group R occupancies as follows. Basements and
sleeping rooms below the fourth story above grade plane shall have at least one
exterior emergency escape and rescue opening in accordance with this section.
Where basements contain one or more sleeping rooms, emergency escape and rescue
openings shall be required in each sleeping room, but shall not be required in
adjoining areas of the basement. Such openings shall open directly into a
public way or to a yard or court that opens to a public way.
Exceptions:
1. Basements with a ceiling height of less
than 80 inches (2,032 mm) and not used for purposes other than mechanical
equipment or storage shall not be required to have emergency escape and rescue
openings.
2. Emergency escape and
rescue openings are not required from basements or sleeping rooms that have an
exit door or exit access door that opens directly into a public way or to a
yard, court, or exterior exit balcony that opens to a public way.
3. Basements without habitable spaces and
having not more than 200 square feet (18.6 m2) in
floor area shall not be required to have emergency escape and rescue
openings.
4. Emergency escape and
rescue openings shall not be required under the following conditions:
A. the building is equipped throughout with
an approved automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1 or
903.3.1.2; and
B. the means of
egress system complies without utilizing Section 1006.3.3.
5. In other than Group R-3 occupancies,
sleeping rooms provided with a door to a fire-resistance-rated corridor having
access to two remote exits in opposite directions.
6. The emergency escape and rescue opening is
permitted to open onto a balcony within an atrium in accordance with the
requirements of IBC Section 404, provided the balcony provides access to an
exit and the dwelling unit or sleeping unit has a means of egress that is not
open to the atrium.
7. High-rise
buildings in accordance with IBC Section 403.
8. Basements in Group R-3 occupancies used
only to house mechanical equipment and not exceeding total floor area of 200
square feet (18.58 m2).
Subp. 2. [Repealed, ]
Subp. 3. [Repealed, ]
Statutory Authority: MS s 299F.011; 326B.02
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