Is the level of exit discharge the second story
of a two story building serving an occupancy that
is a fire area separated with a 2-hour horizontal
assembly and 1-hour egress corridor with the two
exits not shared exits with the first floor.
Interpretation #7284
Published January 06, 2014
Original Request
- Code Version
- 2010
- Code
- BUILDING
- Code Description
- Building
- Chapter
- 9
- Section
- 903.2.1.2 Group A-2
- Topic
- Level of Discharge
Question
Answer Published 01/06/2014 at 11:33 AM
No
Commentary
Means of egress is comprised of exit access, exit, and exit
discharge. In the example in the question, exit access is
on the second floor. The exit traverses the second and the
first. The discharge is finally on the first floor. The
fact that the exit is protected and is not shared with the
first floor has no bearing on the question.
SECTION 1002 DEFINITIONS
EXIT DISCHARGE, LEVEL OF. The lowest level having at least
50 percent of the number of exits and capacity of exits
discharging to the exterior at grade or story with the
least change in elevation to grade, provided no other story
has 50 percent of its exits or egress capacity discharging
to the exterior at the grade.