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FIRE SAFETY
TABLE 3.14.: REQUIRED NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS
CRITERIA
i. ANY BUILDING,
FLOOR, STOREY
ii. LOAD LESS THAN
500
NUMBER OF EXITS
MINIMUM 2 MEANS OF EGRESS
MINIMUM 2 EXITS
TABLE 3.15.a: REMOTENESS OF MEANS OF EGRESS
BUILDING
NUMBER OF EXITS
MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCE
22.05m
iii. MIDRISE,
SPRINKLERED
1/3 OF FLOOR
DIAGONAL
SHORTEST WALKING DISTANCE BETWEEN
EXITS
42m
68.78m
UAE Fire and Life Safety Code of Practice, Sep 2018, Chapter 1
Business:
An occupancy used for the transaction of business other than
mercantile, usually used for office, professional or service-type
transactions, including storage of records and accounts.
Group B: Offices.
Ground floor retail: Group C: commercial.
DM Regulations Feb 2013, Article 4
The vertical distance that is measured from the ground surface level to the highest point of the height of the building roof.
UAE Fire and Life Safety Code of Practice, Sep 2018, Chapter 1
The occupancies or Multiple and Mixed occupancies, facilities, buildings and structures having occupiable or usable floors between 15m to 23m from
the lowest grade or lowest level of Fire Services Access into that occupancy is categorized as Mid Rise Building.
Calculation:
To the highest occupied level ceiling: 22.05
Building falls under Mid Rise Category.
BUILDING USE: OFFICE (OCCUPANT LOAD FACTOR 9.32sqm/ PERSON)
OCCUPANT LOAD: 1020.02/9.32= 110 PEOPLE
50 - 500 PEOPLE = 2 EXITS
REQUIRED DISTANCE BETWEEN CORES= 68.78m/ (1/3) = 22.93m
BUILDING CORE DISTANCE= 42m > REQUIRED 22.93m
UAE Fire and Life Safety Code of Practice, Sep 2018, Chapter 3
The number of means of egress shall be sufficient to accommodate the occupant load and
complying with the travel distance requirements. Number of exits shall comply with table 3.4.
Building Category And Applied Code Low Rise / High Rise Implications Fire Exit Cores Number & Distance
EXIT ACCESS
EXIT
EXIT DISCHARGE
BASEMENT2 BASEMENT2 LEVEL - BASEMENT2 LEVEL - LEVEL TYPICAL - LEVEL TYPICAL - LEVEL TYPICAL - LEVEL DISCHARGE - (GROUND) DISCHARGE LEVEL- (GROUND) DISCHARGE LEVEL- (GROUND) LEVEL-
INWARD SWING INWARD SWING INWARD SWING INWARD SWING INWARD SWING INWARD SWING OUTWARD SWING OUTWARD SWING OUTWARD SWING
UAE Fire and Life Safety Code of Practice, Sep 2018, Chapter 3, Pg. 237
Means of Egress: A continuous and unobstructed way of travel from any point in a building or structure to a public way consisting of three separate
and distinct parts: (1) the exit access, (2) the exit, and (3) the exit discharge.
Means Of Egress
UAE Fire and Life Safety Code of Practice, Sep 2018, Chapter 3, Pg. 248
Door leaves required to be of the side-hinged or pivoted-swinging type shall swing in the direction of egress travel where
serving a room or area with an occupant load of 50 or more, or serving horizontal exit, or serving high hazard content
room or serving an exit enclosure.
Direction Of Egress & Discharge Level