Mich. Admin. Code R. 325.3617 - Fire safety and first aid

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.

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Mich. Admin. Code R. 325.3617

1989 AACS