Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Childrens Services Agency › Juvenile Court-Operated Facilities › Part 5 - FIRE SAFETY FOR SMALL, LARGE, AND SECURE FACILITIES › Section R. 400.10535 - Means of egress

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 535.
(1)
				  Means of egress shall be considered the entire way and method of passage to
				  free and safe ground outside a facility. All required means of egress shall be
				  maintained in an unobstructed, well-defined, easily traveled condition at all
				  times.
(2) In an existing facility,
				  each resident-occupied room or area shall have access to not less than 2
				  independent, properly separated, approved means of egress or have a doorway
				  leading directly to the outside at grade.
(3) In multistory secure and large
				  facilities, at least 1 means of egress from each floor shall be direct to the
				  outside or shall be through an enclosed stairway which is properly separated
				  from floors below and which exits directly to the outside at grade or through a
				  previously approved escape window.
(4) In a small facility where ambulatory
				  residents use a floor above the street level, 1 of the 2 required means of
				  egress may be an approved escape window from each resident-occupied room which
				  provides direct access to the ground and which has a sill height that is not
				  more than 5 feet above the ground below or which provides access to an approved
				  fire escape.
(5) In a newly
				  constructed, remodeled, or converted facility, each resident-occupied story,
				  including a resident-occupied basement, shall have not less than 2 independent
				  approved means of egress separated by not less than 50% of the longest
				  dimension of the story. Where possible, resident sleeping rooms shall be
				  located between approved means of egress.
When this is not possible, each exit shall be arranged so
					 that a corridor or aisle does not have a pocket or dead end of more than 20
					 feet and so that not more than 4 residents have sleeping rooms with exit access
					 on such corridor or aisle. There shall not be a hazardous area on such a
					 dead-end corridor or aisle.
(6) In a newly constructed, remodeled, or
				  converted large or secure facility, additional means of egress, in addition to
				  the minimum of 2 required from each story, are required if the maximum possible
				  occupancy is more than 100 residents per story. There shall be at least 1
				  additional means of egress for each 100 additional residents per story. Means
				  of egress shall be of such number and so arranged that it is not necessary to
				  travel more than 100 feet from the door of a resident-occupied room to reach
				  the nearest approved protected exitway from that story.
(7) An elevator shall not be approved as a
				  required means of egress.
(8) A
				  means of egress shall not be used to house residents or for storage of any kind
				  and shall not be obstructed or hidden from view by ornamentation, curtains, or
				  other appurtenances.
(9) Each
				  required means of egress from floors where nonambulatory residents are
				  permitted shall discharge at grade or shall be equipped with a ramp which
				  terminates at grade level. Ramps shall not exceed 1 foot of rise in 12 feet of
				  run and shall have sturdy handrails. Once at grade, nonambulatory residents
				  shall have a surface that is sufficient to permit them to move a safe distance
				  from the facility.
(10) In a small
				  facility that houses 1 or more nonambulatory residents, required aisles that
				  form part of a required means of egress from portions of the facility housing
				  such residents shall be not less than 48 inches wide in a new facility and not
				  less than 44 inches wide in a converted facility and shall have doors that are
				  a minimum of 36 inches wide.