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Section 410 Educational Occupancies
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Schools, colleges, universities and other Group B and Group E educational buildings and occupancies; Group R-1 dormitories operated by or on behalf of educational institutions; and Group E day care facilities shall comply with the emergency preparedness requirements set forth in FC 401, 416 and this section.
Group E educational buildings and occupancies regulated by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shall prepare and maintain a written safety plan addressing fire safety, medical emergencies and evacuation procedures, in compliance with the rules or other requirements of that agency.
Group B educational buildings and occupancies required by FC410.3.1 to have a comprehensive fire safety and emergency action plan shall comply with the emergency preparedness requirements of this section.
A comprehensive fire safety and emergency action plan in accordance with FC401.4 shall be prepared for:
- a high-rise Group B educational building that is provided with voice communication capability.
- a Group B educational occupancy occupied or designed to be occupied by a total of more than one hundred persons on one or more high-rise floors, that is provided with voice communication capability.
The comprehensive fire and life safety plan required pursuant to FC410.3.1 shall designate an FLS director and such other FLS staff as the commissioner may prescribe by rule as appropriate for the manner in which the building or occupancy, or floors thereof, is used or staffed.
Educational and dormitory buildings and occupancies required by FC410.4.1 to have a fire and emergency preparedness plan shall comply with the emergency preparedness requirements of this section.
A fire and emergency preparedness plan in accordance with FC401.5 shall be prepared for the following buildings and occupancies (other than buildings and occupancies subject to FC410.3):
- a high-rise Group B educational building.
- a high-rise Group E educational building.
- a Group B educational occupancy occupied or designed to be occupied by a total of more than one hundred persons on one or more high-rise floors.
- a Group E educational occupancy occupied or designed to be occupied by a total of more than one hundred persons on one or more high-rise floors.
- a high-rise Group R-1 dormitory building.
- a Group R-1 dormitory building or occupancy, with a total of more than fifty sleeping rooms above street level, or communal sleeping facilities above street level occupied or designed to be occupied by a total of more than fifty lodgers.
The commissioner may prescribe by rule that in a Group B, E or Group R-1 dormitory building or occupancy subject to FC410.4.1 that is provided with voice communication capability there shall be present during regular business hours one or more members of the FEP staff required pursuant to FC401.5.5 who hold a certificate of fitness for emergency announcements and other fire safety duties.
Group R-1 dormitory buildings and occupancies, other than buildings and occupancies subject to FC410.4, shall comply with the following emergency preparedness requirements:
Fire and non-fire emergency drills shall be conducted in all educational buildings and occupancies and dormitories in accordance with FC401.7 and the rules. The frequency and timing of drills in educational occupancies shall be in accordance with the New York State Educational Law. Group E occupancies shall establish procedures for accounting for students after they have been relocated or evacuated during a drill.
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