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Hoptels and the Life Safety Code (2000 Ed.)
Other 3 4
Number of
Life Safety Code -
Construction
Corridor
Rated Corridor Closer
Latching Required Smoke
Single Station
Direct
Occupants
Requirements
requirements
Door
Required
detection in
Smoke Alarm
Connection to
Occupancy
Sleeping 1
Required? 2
corridor
FD required?
Chapter
required?
Ch.19 5
NA
Yes
1/2 hour
20 minute
No
Yes, or closing
No
No
Yes
equivalent
device to keep the
without sprinklers
door closed.
Ch. 19 5
NA
Yes
Smoke resistant 20 minute
No
Yes, or closing
No
No
Yes
equivalent
device to keep the
with sprinklers
door closed.
>16
Ch. 28 without
sprinklers 6
1/2 hour 7
20 minutes 8
>16
Ch. 28 with
None
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
sprinklers 6
≤16
Ch. 26 without
sprinklers 9
≤16
Ch. 26 with
None
Smoke resistant No
No
Yes, or closing
No
Yes
No
sprinklers
device to keep the
door closed.
Ch. 24 10 without
≤3
None
None
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
sprinklers
≤3
Ch. 24 with
None
None
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
sprinklers
1
This should be addressed on an area basis, i.e. if there are multiple floors in a healthcare building, treat each zone/floor separately. This table assumes that the Hoptel is going into an existing
healthcare occupancy. Where separate buildings are provided, they shall comply with the appropriate chapter in the Life Safety Code. See footnote 10.
2
In guest rooms which have been specifically de signed for the hearing impaired, a visible fire alarm signal shall be provided.
3
Signage including a floor plan shall be provided on the guest room doors to explain emergency egress for the floor/area. Fire safety information shall be provided to all residents on emergency egress
actions.
4
All residents should be advised of the medical center's smoking policy. For buildings with non-residential occupancies, the building fire plan must be revised to reflect that some of the occupants are
residents sleeping overnight.
5
Healthcare chapters are provided for comparison purposes only.
6
New Hotels and Dormitories are required to be sprinklered throughout with QR heads (See NFPA 101, 28-3.5.2).
7
The corridors walls are required to go floor slab to floor slab, or, if the Hoptel is located within a sprinklered healthcare occupancy, the walls may terminate at a smoke resistant ceiling. Healthcare
occupancies have minimum construction requirements as well as an automatic response from emergency forces that compensate for the wall not going slab to slab.
8
Existing 1-3/4 inch solid bonded wood core doors are considered equivalent to 20 minute doors and are acceptable.
9
New Lodging and Rooming Homes are required to be sprinklered.
10
Chapter 24 shall not be used for Hoptels located within healthcare occupancies. As a minimum, the requirements in Chapter 26 shall be followed for Hoptel rooms located in healthcare
occupancies.
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