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Got an answer from Robert:

Robert wrote:According to my life safety prof, "A is the better option and B would potentially require a larger corridor, but both are acceptable."
Code doesn't prohibit either.

In places of assembly of over 50 persons, the doors must open in the "direction of [egress] travel." https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/473959762090917888/670509523320045578/Screen_Shot_2020-01-25_at_01.02.20.png In the image above, both doors open into the exit corridor. Figure A is on the left...

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Fri Jan 10, 2020 10:02 am

I love Wheelock Exceders. The built-in covers are so cool.

I'll also comment that they tend to attract critters that get stuck forever and die, leaving a odd looking corpse in the covers... hahaha

I can't quite say about API Alarm inc (I haven't heard of them in the States until now). If a friend recommended it to you and your research supports their recommendation, by all means go for it. Make sure to do research is all that I can say from my experience. Make sure to not only get information...

My school has an unusual way of evacuating a building. Rather than taking the nearest exits which could involve traveling through a stairwell or another hallway, they have us remain in the same compartment and walk over to an exit further away. Below is what our school requires us to do: http://u.cu...

I have strong feelings about this issue so I'll try to not keep it ranty. Our school has a very strange logic of having an entire hallway (the entire hallway is about 75 meters long with approximately 300 students) walk from one side of the building to the other before going out the exit doors. I as...

Please get this fixed. There's a spambot on the forums and I wasn't able to report it.

For school fire drills I do. The alarms in an echoey hall makes the volume almost unbearable to stand under for any period of time.

Dangnabbit, I just had an edit and it cut me off!

Anyways, I just realized I did a whole science fair about this. You can read a bit more about it here: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9640

...No matter where you're from, a loud screech or buzz means get out, whereas a nice man telling you calmly to leave the building might be harder to decipher if you don't know English. ... This is not entirely true. Loud screeches and buzzes can come from almost anything that could indicate somethi...

Reminds me of how a classmate in elementary school said the emergency light in the bathroom (out of all places) was a security camera.

Someone would have definitely filed a lawsuit against the school if this were true

I know in Taiwan that elevator doors respond very quickly to the door open and door close button. In residential elevators (ones used in multi-story homes or apartment buildings), there is even a "door hold" button that will hold the door open for about three minutes in case someone needs to move a ...

Heeeyyy! It's great to see you on here! Nothing much. Juggling four AP classes, working on a theatre production as a sound technician, and running my YouTube channel. I recently decided to start a new series called "Daily Life & Safety" which focuses on different life safety concepts applied to the ...

I know my school says this in the procedures (emphasis theirs): Fire Alarm : Follow evacuation route to closest exit, bring attendance roster As if teachers actually do that... All schools in the state of Georgia are required to fill out a fire drill report form for the purposes of record keeping a...

In Canada, our rules are different. Pull stations have to be at every classified entrance and exit. This is how I like it. :-) NFPA 72 (2019) seems to address this too in 17.15.9.4: Manual fire alarm boxes shall be located within 5 feet (1.5 meters) of each exit doorway on each floor. But it seems ...