Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Environmental Stewardship Division › Agricultural Labor Camps › Section R. 325.3617 - Fire safety and first aid

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 17.
(1) Living
				and sleeping above a second floor shall not be allowed unless authorized by the
				department.
(2) Except as provided
				in subrule (10) of this rule, each sleeping room shall have 2 remotely
				separated exits. One of the 2 exits may be a readily accessible window with a
				minimum net clear opening of 5.7 square feet. The minimum net clear opening
				height dimension shall be 24 inches. The minimum net clear opening width
				dimension shall be 20 inches. The sill height shall not be more than 44 inches
				above the floor.
(3) In a 1-story
				shelter, a sleeping area for 10 or more adults, a central dining facility, and
				a common assembly room shall each have not less than 2 doors that are remotely
				separated so as to provide alternate means of escape to the outside or to an
				interior hall.
(4) A second story
				with a living unit, a central dining facility, or a common assembly room shall
				have 2 stairways as means of egress. One of the 2 stairways may be an interior
				stairway and the second may be an exterior stairway, except as provided in
				subrule (10) of this rule.
(5)
				Escape corridors and interior exit stairways shall be protected by
				20-minute-fire-resistant, time-rated materials. An interior stairway from an
				escape corridor shall have a 1 3/4-inch solid wood core door or equivalent at
				the bottom or top of the stairway. Nonlocking-against-egress hardware shall be
				provided on each stairway door.
(6)
				Fire-extinguishing equipment shall be provided and located not more than 100
				feet from each shelter. The equipment shall, at a minimum, be the equivalent of
				a 2A 10BC fire extinguisher.
(7) A
				flammable or volatile liquid or material, except for those needed for current
				household use, shall not be stored in or adjacent to a shelter.
(8) An agricultural pesticide shall not be
				stored in a shelter, in a building in which a living unit is or may be located,
				in a service building, or in the camp area unless the pesticide is stored in a
				locked building. Agricultural pesticides shall not be stored or mixed in a camp
				that is established after the effective date of these rules. A camp that is
				constructed after the effective date of these rules shall not be located within
				50 feet of orchards or farmland on which agricultural pesticides will be
				applied.
(9) A smoke-detecting
				device shall be provided within each shelter at a point centrally located in
				each corridor or area that provides access to rooms used for sleeping and at
				the top of a stairway where the second floor of a structure is intended to be
				occupied. A smoke-detecting device shall be operational at the time the camp is
				licensed.
(10) Facilities in
				existence on the effective date of these rules shall comply with both of the
				following provisions:
(a) In a 1-story
				shelter for a family or for less than 10 adults, not less than 2 means of
				escape shall be provided. One means of escape may be a readily accessible
				window with an openable area of not less than 432 square inches and a least
				dimension of not less than 16 inches. The bottom opening of such window shall
				be not more than 3 feet 6 inches above the floor.
(b) A second story with a sleeping area, a
				central dining facility, or a common assembly room shall have a stairway, and
				an approved permanently affixed exterior ladder or a second stairway.