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FIRE CODE REVISION PAGE 5 Article 31- Division 2 -Sec. 31.17 was read and approved as presented: ARTICLE 31: SPECIAL OCCUPANCIES DIVISION SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (EXCLUDING: COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, ETC. L Doors, exits, installation of warning equipment, fire drills in scnools. -~~ Doors and exits: (1) No superintendent, principal, teacher, or other person in charge of any building used for a public, private, or parochial school or any other type educational institution shall either lock or permit to be locked, any exit doors leading from such building during such time a.s said building is occupied. (2) All exit doors leading from schools or educational institutions shall open outward and be equipped with approved panic hardware. (b) Installation of .warning equipment. The superintendent, principal, teacher, or any other person in charge of maintenance in a public, private, or parochial school or any other educational institution shall erect, install, and maintain in good condition any and all required illuminated exit signs. The required fire alarm system in a public, private, parochial school or any other educational institution shall be installed as per N.F.P.A. standards and inter-corniected with all buildings on campus. The abovementianed fire alarm system shall be independent in sound from and not cocmected to the class bell change system. Maintenance and inspection of the fire alarm system shall be done by a fire alarm installation superintendent with a current license issued by the State Fire Marshal. All new fire alarm systems must be tested and approved by the La Porte Fire Marshal or his designated representative prior to the time such building is occupied by students. (c) Fire drills (1) The superintendent, principal, teacher or person in charge of any public, private , or parochial school or educational institution shall prepare a plan of evacuation of the building which is approved by the Fire Marshal or his designated representative to be used in event of fire and shall post such plan of evacuation in every class- room where it is clearly visible and shall be responsible, furthermore that every teacher and student occupying such building is thoroughly indoctrinated in the evacuation procedure. (2) The Fire Marshal or his designated representative is authorized to enter any public, private, or parochial school or other educational institution at any time without notice and conduct a fire drill. (3) It shall be the duty of the superintendent, principal, teacher, or other person in charge pf any public, private, or parochial school or educa.tianal institution to hold one classroom and one assembly fire drill each month and make written reports thereof to the Fire Marshal at the end of each month or part thereof that such school is in session, giving the time and date each fire drill is held during the mrmth. (4) All students in any public, private, or parochi.a.l school building or any other educational institution shall immediately leave the school building upon the sounding of a fire alarm in accordance with the evacuation plan prepared for the school. (d) Delay in sounding alarm is prohibited. No superintendent principal, teacher, or other person in charge of any public, private, or parochial school or other educational institution shall cause or permit any delay in sounding of fire alarm or evacuation of the building when receiving a signal from any auto- matic or manual fire alarm station.