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2018 IFC Update <br />2018 IFC Chapter 10: Means of Egress <br />Code Section <br />Section Title Description of Change <br />2018 2015 <br />1004.8 1004.8 <br />Occupant Load The method of calculating occupant load in business areas is revised, which <br />Calculation in allows for larger occupant loads. <br />Modification <br />Concentrated <br />Business Use <br />Area <br />1006.2.1,1006.2.1, <br />1006.2.1, Table Determination of cumulative occupant loads is clarified and correlated with <br />TableTable <br />other code requirements <br />1006.2.1 Spaces <br />1006.2.1 1006.2.1 <br />with One Exit or <br />Modification <br />Exit Access <br />Doorway <br />1006.2.2.6, <br />Groups R-3 and Exit access travel distances are provided for Groups R-3 and R-4 when <br />Table <br />R-4 Protected sprinklered with NFPA 13D sprinkler systems. <br />1006.2.1, <br />with NFPA 13D <br />Table 1017.2 <br />Sprinkler <br />Addition <br />System <br />1006.3,1006.3, <br />Determining egress requirements has been clarified when the occupants <br />Exits on <br />1006.3.11006.3.1 <br />Adjacent Stories travel to an adjacent story to reach the exit. <br />Modification <br />1008.2.3 <br />Illumination of exit discharge can now terminate at a safe dispersal area. <br />Illumination of <br />the Exit <br />Addition <br />Discharge <br />1008.3.5,1008.3.5, <br />Emergency lighting must meet minimum illumination levels even when one <br />Emergency <br />1008.2.2 1008.2.2 <br />lamp fails in a single luminaire. <br />Illumination in <br />Modification <br />Group I-2 <br />1009.7.2 1009.7.2 <br />Protection of The 1-hour fire-resistance-rated separation between an exterior of assisted <br />Exterior Areas of rescue and the building is not required if the building is protected with an <br />Modification <br />Assisted Rescue automatic sprinkler system designed to NFPA 13 or 13R. <br />1010.1.11010.1.1 <br />Size of Doors The requirements for the door size are revised to correlate with ICC A117.1. <br />Clarification <br />1010.1.4.4,1010.1.4.4, <br />Guidance is provided to allow enhanced security measures yet still meet <br />Locking <br />1010.1.4.4.11010.1.4.4.1 <br />Arrangements in egress requirements on classroom doors. <br />Modification <br />Educational <br />Occupancies <br />1010.1.9.8,1010.1.9.8, <br />Delayed Egress Guidance is provided to allow enhanced security measures yet still meet <br />1010.1.9.8.1 1010.1.9.8.1 <br />egress requirements on classroom doors. <br />Modification <br />1010.1.9.9,1010.1.9.9, <br />Electrically Criteria for electrically locked egress doors have been clarified and <br />1010.1.9.10 1010.1.9.10 <br />Locked Egress correlated. <br />Clarification <br />Doors <br />1010.1.9.12 1010.1.9.12 <br />Locks on The limitation is removed which prohibited locking doors on the stairway <br />Stairway Doors side when the stairway was more than four stories, but less than a high-rise. <br />Modification <br />0 ¦¤Ε <br /> <br />