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 REQUIREMENTS
Industrial occupancy

Section

Industrial occupancy
Sub-Classification of Occupancy

10.2.17.1 Occupant Load

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 SUB-
CLASSIFICATIONS
OF OCCUPANCY
Industrial occupancy
GENERAL
INDUSTRIAL
O C C U PA N C Y
It conduct ordinary and low
hazard industrial operations in
buildings of conventional
design suitable for various
industrial process.
Industrial occupancy
S P E C I A L P U R P O S E H I G H H A Z A R D OPEN
I N D U S T R I A L I N D U S T R I A L INDUSTRIAL
O C C U PA N C Y O C C U PA N C Y STRUCTURES
It conduct ordinary and low It uses high hazard materials It include operations conducted
hazard industrial operations in and processes. in open-air as distinguished
all buildings, except high from enclosure with buildings.
hazard occupancy.
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 O C C U PA N T
LOAD
Industrial occupancy

Industrial occupancy
1 person by 9.3m²
gross floor area
Every auditorium, restaurant, office,
For Special Purpose Industrial garage and medical facility in connection
Occupancy and Open Industrial with industrial occupancies shall have
Structures, occupant load shall exits.
be the maximum number of
persons to occupy the are
under probable conditions.

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 EXIT
D E TA I L S
Industrial occupancy

Section

Industrial occupancy
General
Types of Exits
Minimum Corridor Width

10.2.17.2
Capacity of Exits
Number of Exits
Travel Distance to Exits
Discharge from Exits
Signs, Lighting, and Exit Signage

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 EXIT
D E TA I L S
A. GENERAL
Each required exit shall be in
accordance with the applicable
Sections of Division 4 of this
Chapter, with access thereto and
Industrial occupancy
ways of travel therefrom in
accordance with Section
10.2.5.2 of this RIRR.
E. NUMBER OF
EXITS
At least two (2) exits every
floor
At least one (1) without
traversing other storey
B. TYPES OF C. MINIMUM
EXITS CORRIDOR
WIDTH
Doors; Stairs or smoke proof 1.12 meters
enclosures; Horizontal exits;
Ramps; Slide Escapes.
F. T R AV E L G. DISCHARGE
DISTANCE TO FROM EXITS
EXITS
1. Not be necessary to travel A maximum of (50%) of the
more than 61 m or76 m exits may discharge through
2. At least two (2) separate exits areas on the floor of exit
discharge provided:
1.) Exit discharges to a free
and open way to the exterior
2.) Provided with automatic
fire suppression system
3.) Discharge is separated
from areas below by
construction having a
minimum of (2-hr) fire-
6 / 8 resistance rating.
D . C A PA C I T Y O F
EXITS
Table 1: Capacity Factors
Industrial occupancy
H. SIGNS,
LIGHTING, AND
EXIT SIGNAGE
1.) Signs designating exits or
ways of travel shall be provided
in accordance with Section
10.2.5.12 Exit Marketing
2.) Exit lighting shall be
provided in accordance with
Section 10.2.5.11 Illumination
of Means of Egress
3.) Emergency lighting shall
be provided in accordance
with Section 10.2.5.11
Illumination of Means of
 PROTECTION
Industrial occupancy

Section

Industrial occupancy
Protection of Vertical Openings

10.2.17.3
Interior Finish

Detection, Alarm and

Communication Systems

Extinguishing Requirement

Explosion Prevention

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 PROTECTION
A. PROTECTION D. E. EXPLOSION
B. INTERIOR
OF VERTICAL FINISH EXTINGUISHING PREVENTION
OPENINGS REQUIREMENTS
Exception No. 1: Unprotected Shall be Class A, Class B or Every high-hazard occupancy Shall bein accordance with
vertical openings connecting Class C shall be provided with NFPA 654 and NFPA 69
not more than 3 storeys used automatic fire suppresion
for industrial occupancy only C. DETECTION, system.
ALARM AND Portable fire extinguisher shall
may be permitted in accordance C O M M U N I C AT I O N S
Industrial occupancy

be installed in accordance with

Industrial occupancy
with the provisons of Section SYSTEM
10.2.6.7 of this RIRR, with Required in all industrial Section 10.2.6.9 of this RIRR
approved, supervised sprinkler occupancies except for Standpipe system shall be
system. buildings with less than 25 inastalled in accordance with
Exception No. 2: In any occupants. Section 10.2.6.8 of this RIRR
existing building only, where Not less than 1 alarm box for
provided with approved, buildings
supervised sprinkler system in Supervised automatic sprinkles
accordance with Section system
10.2.6.7 of this RIRR, vertical
openings not constituting as
required means of egress may
be uprotected, provided that all
required exits shall consist of
smoke-proof enclosure in
accordance with Section
10.2.5.4, outside stairway in
accordance with Section
10.2.5.5, or horizontal exits in 8 / 8
accordance with Section