Application

1. 1) This Subsection applies to care, treatment and detention occupancies. (See Note A-3.3.3.1.(1).)

1. The fire separation required by Sentence 3.3.5.5.(1) between a care, treatment or detention occupancy and a repair garage shall have no openings.

1. Except as provided in Sentence (2), a corridor used by the public or serving patients' or residents' sleeping rooms shall have no dead-end portion.
2. Corridors are permitted to have dead-portions, where
   1. the area served by the dead-end portion has a second and separate means of egress, or
   2. the corridor serves a suite of care occupancy and the dead-end portion does not exceed 6 m.
3. Corridors shall be not less than
   1. 2 400 mm wide in buildings of treatment occupancy where the corridors may be used to move patients or residents in beds,
   2. 1 650 mm wide
      1. in buildings of care or treatment occupancy where the corridors will not be used to move patients or residents in beds, and
      2. in buildings of care occupancy with more than 10 residents and where the corridors serve the residents, or
   3. 1 100 mm wide in buildings of care occupancy with not more than 10 residents.
4. Paired doors in a corridor referred to in Clause (3)(a) shall
   1. swing in opposite directions, the right-hand door swinging in the direction of travel, and
   2. be not less than 1 100 mm wide.

1. Except as provided in Sentence (2) and within individual suites of care occupancy, the minimum clear width of a doorway shall be 850 mm where it opens into or is located within a public corridor or other facility that provides access to exit for patients or residents in floor areas containing care or treatment occupancies.
2. The minimum clear width of doorways through which it is necessary to move patients in bed shall be 1 050 mm. (See Note A-3.3.3.4.(2).)

1. Floor areas containing patients' or residents' sleeping rooms in a care or treatment occupancy where overnight sleeping accommodation is provided for more than a total of 10 patients or residents shall conform to Sentences (2) to (13).
2. Except as permitted by Sentence (3), a floor area described in Sentence (1) shall be divided into not less than 2 fire compartments, each not more than 1 000 m2 in area.
3. The floor area on either side of a horizontal exit conforming to Article 3.4.6.10. is permitted to be considered as a fire compartment in applying the requirements of this Article.
4. Except as permitted by Sentence (5), fire separations separating fire compartments required by Sentence (2) shall have a fire-resistance rating not less than 1 h.
5. The fire-resistance rating of a fire separation referred to in Sentence (4) is permitted to be less than 1 h but not less than 45 min provided the fire-resistance rating required by Subsection 3.2.2. is permitted to be less than 1 h for
   1. the floor assembly above the floor area, or
   2. the floor assembly below the floor area, if there is no floor assembly above.
6. The travel distance from any point within each fire compartment referred to in Sentence (2) to a door to an adjoining fire compartment shall be not more than 45 m.
7. Each fire compartment referred to in Sentence (2) shall be capable of accommodating, in addition to its own occupants, the occupants of the largest adjacent fire compartment based on a clear floor space of 2.5 m2 per patient in the adjacent fire compartment.
8. Except as provided in Sentences (9) to (13), walls between patients' or residents' sleeping rooms and the remainder of the floor area shall be constructed as fire separations but are not required to have a fire-resistance rating unless one is required by other provisions in this Part. (See Note A-3.1.8.1.(1)(b).)
9. The fire separation requirements of Sentence (8) do not apply to walls within a group of intercommunicating patients' or residents' sleeping rooms, provided the group of rooms does not
   1. contain more than 5 patients or residents, or
   2. include storage, bathing or toilet facilities serving persons not occupying the group of rooms. (See Note A-3.3.3.5.(9).)
10. The fire separation requirements of Sentence (8) do not apply to walls within individual suites of care occupancy.
11. A door in a fire separation required by Sentence (8) is permitted to be equipped with a roller latch.
12. Except as permitted by Sentence (13), a fire separation required by Sentence (8) shall not have any grilles, louvres or other openings.
13. A door or wall separating a patient's or resident's sleeping room from an ensuite toilet room, shower room or similar ancillary space is permitted to incorporate grilles and louvres, provided
    1. the adjacent rooms are not used to store flammable or combustible materials, and
    2. the openings are located so that smoke cannot pass through these rooms to other parts of the building. (See Note A-3.3.3.5.(13).)
14. Walls between individual suites of care occupancy and the remainder of the floor area in buildings of care occupancy shall be constructed as fire separations with a fire-resistance rating not less than that specified for residential occupancies in Sentences 3.3.4.2.(1) and (2).
15. Floor assemblies within individual suites of care occupancy need not be constructed as fire separations, provided the suites meet the conditions described in Clauses 3.3.4.2.(3)(a) and (b).
16. The fire-resistance rating of the fire separation required by Sentence 3.3.5.6.(1) is permitted to be waived if the fire separation is located between individual suites of care occupancy and an attached storage garage containing not more than 5 vehicles, provided the conditions described in Sentence 3.3.4.2.(4) are met.

1. Compartments containing rooms such as operating rooms, recovery rooms, delivery rooms and intensive care units, from which it is impracticable to move patients in an emergency, shall be
   1. separated from adjacent spaces by fire separations having a fire-resistance rating not less than 1 h, and
   2. provided with a mechanical air supply so that during a period of 2 h after the start of a fire in another space, the compartments will not contain more than 1% by volume of contaminated air from the fire area.

1. A contained use area shall conform to Sentences (2) to (5).
2. A contained use area shall be separated from the remainder of the building by a fire separation having a fire-resistance rating not less than 1 h.
3. Except as permitted by Sentence (4), a building that includes a contained use area shall be sprinklered throughout.
4. A contained use area, in a building for which Articles 3.2.2.20. to 3.2.2.90. do not require the installation of an automatic sprinkler system, is not required to be sprinklered as required by Sentence (3) provided
   1. the building is designed so that during a period of 2 h after the start of a fire in the contained use area other fire compartments will not contain more than 1% by volume of contaminated air from the contained use area,
   2. the building is designed so that during a period of 2 h after the start of a fire in another part of the building the contained use area will not contain more than 1% by volume of contaminated air from the other part of the building,
   3. all doors are designed to be remotely released in conformance with Sentence 3.3.1.13.(6), and
   4. the contained use area does not contain any rooms lined with combustible padding.
5. A corridor serving a contained use area shall have no dead-end portion unless the area served by the dead-end portion has a second and separate means of egress.