410.4 Emergency Preparedness in Educational Occupancies and Dormitories With Fire and Emergency Preparedness Plans

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):

1. a high-rise Group B educational building.
2. a high-rise Group E educational building.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. a high-rise Group R-1 dormitory building.
6. 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.

In Group R-1 dormitory buildings or occupancies subject to FC410.4.1, a fire and emergency notice in accordance with FC405.5 shall be posted within each dwelling unit in the building or occupancy, on or immediately adjacent to the main entrance door to the dwelling unit.