Form Cms-2786r - Fire Safety Survey Report - Health Care 2012 Life Safety Code Page 12

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Name of Facility
2012 LIFE SAFETY CODE
ID
NOT
MET
N/A
REMARKS
PREFIX
MET
K256
Sleeping Suites
Occupants shall have exit access to a corridor or direct access to a
horizontal exit. Where ≥ 2 exits are required, one exit access door may be
to a stairway, passageway or to the exterior. Suites shall be provided with
constant staff supervision. Staff shall have direct visual supervision of
patient sleeping rooms, from a constantly attended location or the room
shall be provided with an automatic smoke detection system.
Suites more than 1,000 ft² shall have 2 or more remote exits. One means of
egress from the suite shall be to a corridor and one may be into an adjacent
suite separated in accordance with corridor requirements.
Suites shall not exceed the following size limitations:
5,000 square feet if the suite is not fully smoke detected or fully
sprinklered.
7,500 square feet if the suite is either fully smoke detected or fully
sprinklered.
10,000 square feet if the suite is both fully smoke detected and fully
sprinklered and the sleeping rooms have direct supervision from a
constantly attended location.
Travel distance between any point in a suite to exit access shall not exceed
100 feet and distance to an exit shall not exceed 150 feet (200 feet if
building is fully sprinklered).
18.2.5.7.2, 19.2.5.7.2
K257
Non-Sleeping Suites
Occupants shall have exit access to a corridor or direct access to a
horizontal exit. Where ≥ 2 exits are required, one exit access door may be
to a stairway, passageway or to the exterior.
Suites more than 2,500 ft² shall have 2 or more remote exits. One means of
egress from the suite shall be to a corridor and one may be into an adjacent
suite separated in accordance with corridor requirements.
Suites shall not exceed 10,000 ft².
Travel distance between any point in a suite to exit access shall not exceed
100 feet and distance to an exit shall not exceed 150 feet (200 feet if
building is fully sprinklered).
18.2.5.7.3, 19.2.5.7.3
Form CMS-2786R (10/2016)
Page 12

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