Fire Escape's and Electrical service

[jdkennamer]

Hi I work on fire escapes.
I hope someone here can help me. I need to know if there is a specific NEC code to keep the electrical lines away from the fire escape. I have been told it's 3' and also told it's 10'.
Thanks in advance for any help
Jim

 

[Dennis Alwon]

Two questions-- Residential I assume???
Is the drop over the fire escape or off to the side?

 

[Dennis Alwon]

This may help

230.9 Clearances on Buildings. Service conductors and final spans shall comply with 230.9(A), (B), and (C).

(A) Clearances. Service conductors installed as open conductors or multiconductor cable without an overall outer jacket shall have a clearance of not less than 900 mm (3 ft) from windows that are designed to be opened, doors, porches, balconies, ladders, stairs, fire escapes, or similar locations.

Exception: Conductors run above the top level of a window shall be permitted to be less than the 900-mm (3-ft) requirement.

(B) Vertical Clearance. The vertical clearance of final spans above, or within 900 mm (3 ft) measured horizontally of, platforms, projections, or surfaces from which they might be reached shall be maintained in accordance with 230.24(B).

(C) Building Openings. Overhead service conductors shall not be installed beneath openings through which materials may be moved, such as openings in farm and commercial buildings, and shall not be installed where they obstruct entrance to these building openings.