luckylerado
Senior Member
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- Lake of the Ozarks
NFPA 72 tells me a manual pull station is required within 5' of exit doors.
17.14.8.4 Manual fire alarm boxes shall be located within 5'
(1.5 m) of each exit doorway on each floor.
During design review I pointed out several stairwell exits that had pull stations outside of the doors entering the stairwell on both floors but without a pull station at the exit door to the outside from the stair tower.
Designer response was:
"Where exit doors are provided in series (e.g., vestibules, doors to the exterior from exit stair enclosures, etc.), pull stations are only required at the first door in that series. For instance, at exit stairs on Level 1, there is an exit door into the stair and then the door within the stair to the exterior. The pull station is installed at the first door into the stair; a second pull station within the stair at the door to the exterior is not required."
I dot see anything like this in NFPA 72. Does anyone know where this comes from or if it is legit? I have never heard of this exception and do not see it in NFPA 72.
17.14.8.4 Manual fire alarm boxes shall be located within 5'
(1.5 m) of each exit doorway on each floor.
During design review I pointed out several stairwell exits that had pull stations outside of the doors entering the stairwell on both floors but without a pull station at the exit door to the outside from the stair tower.
Designer response was:
"Where exit doors are provided in series (e.g., vestibules, doors to the exterior from exit stair enclosures, etc.), pull stations are only required at the first door in that series. For instance, at exit stairs on Level 1, there is an exit door into the stair and then the door within the stair to the exterior. The pull station is installed at the first door into the stair; a second pull station within the stair at the door to the exterior is not required."
I dot see anything like this in NFPA 72. Does anyone know where this comes from or if it is legit? I have never heard of this exception and do not see it in NFPA 72.