LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU
INFORMATION BULLETIN OCTOBER 2005
FIRE/LIFE SAFETY MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS:
The following information is provided as a guide for charter schools within the City of Los Angeles. These minimum standards are in conjunction to the requirements of Los Angeles Unified School District and Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety. They shall include but not be limited to provide:
· Occupancy classification, location on property and construction type of building;
· Allowable area and actual area calculations for the building;
· How sprinklers would effect the building construction or allowable area;
California Building Code:
Section 508 Fire resistive substitutions
505.3 Increase allowable area
506 Increase allowable height
The following identified subject areas and related code chapters and sections are based on the California Fire Code (2001) and California Building Code (2001).
California Building Code:
Section 305 Requirements for E Occupancies
305.2.2 Special Provisions
305.2.4 Special Hazards
305.3 Location On Property
305.4 Means of Egress (Section 1007.3)
305.7 Sprinkler Requirements (Section 904.2.1)
305.9 Fire Alarm
California Fire Code (Section 1006.2.4 Except 1006.2.4.2)
Section 904.2.1 Sprinkler requirements
904.2.4.1 Exceptions 1 and 2.
904.2.4.2 Basements
904.2.4.3 Stairs
904.21.4.4 Special Provisions
California Fire Code Appendix III-AA and III-BB
Section 1007.3 Means of Egress for E Occupancies:
1007.3.2 Separate means of egress
1007.3.3 Travel distance
10076.3.4 Travel through intervening rooms.
1007.3.5 Hallways, Corridors, and Exterior Exit Balconies.
1007.3.6 Stairways
1007.3.7 Exits serving auditoriums.
1007.3.8 Laboratories
1007.3.9 Basements
1007.3.10 Panic Hardware
1007.3.11 Fences, Gates and Safety Dispersal Areas
1007.3.12 Floor-level exit signs
Fire Alarm System:
California Fire Code 1006.2.4 E Occupancies
1006.2.4.2 Smoke Detectors
1006.2.3 Exterior Alarm Signaling device.
The intent of this informational bulletin is to provide consistency and a clearer understanding of the minimum requirements for charter schools within the City of Los Angeles. They represent minimum requirements and do not supersede those requires of ADA or the State Fire Marshal.