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said he had no idea how much. His
report, on which the school officials
estimate was made, was not an at
tempt at a complete survey, he
said, but the inspection now under
way by the building inspector will
be complete" and will cover many
more items.
r. D. Kinney, building inspector
in charge of egress work, said the
formula for determining the seating
capacity of the school auditoriums,
cafeterias and gymnasiums would be
the same as applied to any other
such gathering place in the District.
Formula Varies.
BaSically, the formula works like
this:
The square foot area Of an audi
torium is computed and then di-
vided by seven, the number of square
feet needed for each person. This
gives the number Of people who
could be accommodated.
Then the exit factor is considered.
The number of persons is divided by
rs, the number of persons allowed
per door unit, and this gives the
number of doors needed. AS a final
touch, half of the doors must be both
entrance and exit doors while the
other half may be fer exit only.
In actual practice. hoNegerss there
are many variations to this basic
formula. For example, in the case
of cafeterias, the square feet re-
quired per person is different than
Mr.. Kinney said that schools
would be required to post a, dia-
gram, approved by his Office, in each
place of assembly showing the
seating arrangement and indicating
the approved seating capacity. This
will be required of all place of pub
lie assembly except churches, which
are little affected by the new reg
ulations.
The fire marshals report, on
which school officials based their
budget requests, gives preliminary
idea of the construction that will
be necessary in the schools. Here
are the high lights:
Miner Teachers College-Inciose
open stairways and provide a sec
ond means of egress from the third
floor. =
Wilson Teachers College-In-
close open stairways.
Armstrong High School-Provide
an exit stairway at the north end
of the west corridor from all floors;
provide an automatic sprinkler for
the stage; inclose open stairs; in
stall q modern firm alarm system.
Cardozo to Install Stairways.
Cardozo-Inclose stairways and
install new firm. alarm system.
Central-Inclose open stairs; re-
model stage skylight shutters SO
they will open automatically in case
Of fire; provide second means Of
egress from the armory.
Dunbar - Inclose open stairs,
close window between corridor and
chemical supply room with ma
sonry; provide fire-resistant doors
and frame for chemical laboratory
and chemical supply room.
Eastern-Install sprinkler for stage
dressing rooms, storage room and
work shop; inclose stairs; install
exit signs for doors leading from
stage; exit signs for all stairways;
fire-resistive doors for chemical lab
oratory.
Alarm System for Mckinley.
McKinley-New fire alarm sys-
tenn; exit signs to stairways on all
floors.
Roosevelt-Install city fire alarm
box on stage; new fire alarm sys-
tenn.
Western-City fire alarm box on
stage; sprinkler system on stage;
fire-resistive doors for chemical lab
oratory; inclose stairs; new fire
alarm system and exit signs for
cafeteria.
Wilson-New fire alarm system;
exit lights for stage.
Bell (old building at Seventh and