| Hotel Fire Safety Act |
TABLE 1
FIRE SEPARATIONS
|
COLUMN 1
|
COLUMN 2
|
COLUMN 3
|
COLUMN 4
|
COLUMN 5
|
Rating of Fire Separation
(hr)
|
Minimum Fire Resistance Rating of Construction
(hr)
|
Minimum Fire Resistance Rating of Closures
(hr)
|
Minimum Fire Resistance Rating of Shafts
(hr)
|
Minimum Fire Resistance of Closures in shafts
(hr)
|
|
¾
1
1 ½
2
|
¾
1
1 ½
2
|
¾
¾
1 ½
1 ½
|
¾
¾
¾
¾
|
¾
¾
¾
¾
|
Note: A fire door with a ¾-hour fire resistance rating
may not contain a panel of wired glass with an area greater
than 0.84 m2. A fire door with a 1 1/2-hour fire
resistance rating may not contain a panel of wired glass
with an area greater than 64 cm2. |
| COLUMN 1 |
COLUMN 2 |
|
Areas
|
Fire Extinguisher Rating |
| 1.
Basement and storeys, one for each 500 m² or part
thereof
2. Boiler or furnace rooms containing -
gas or oil fired appliances
solid fuel-fired appliances
3. Carpentry shops
4. Electrical rooms
5. Fire hose cabinet areas
6. Fireplace areas
7. Flammable liquid storage areas
8. Garages, one for each 500 m² or part thereof
9. Laundries
10. Incinerator areas
11. (a) Kitchen (main hotel kitchens serving dining
areas)
(b) Kitchen in suites and
other small kitchens
12. Machine rooms
13. Maintenance shops
14. Mechanical rooms
15 Paint storage areas
16. Rubbish rooms at bottom of rubbish chutes
17. Stage areas in auditoria and theatres
|
2A
10-B,C
2A
2A
10-B,C
2A
2A
10-B,C
10-B,C
2A and 10-B,C
2A
10-B,C
5-B,C
10-B,C
10-B,C
10-B,C
10-B,C
2A
2A
|
|
|
| COLUMN 1 |
COLUMN 2 |
| Areas |
Fire Extinguisher Rating |
| 1.
Basement and storeys, one for each 500 m² or part
thereof
2. Boiler or furnace rooms containing
-
gas or
oil fired appliances
solid fuel-fired appliances
3. Carpentry shops
4. Electrical rooms
5. Fire hose cabinet areas
6. Fireplace areas
7. Flammable liquid storage areas
8. Garages, one for each 500 m²
or part thereof
9. Laundries
10. Incinerator areas
11. (a) Kitchen (main hotel kitchens
serving dining areas)
(b) Kitchen in suites
and other small kitchens
12. Machine rooms
13. Maintenance shops
14. Mechanical rooms
15 Paint storage areas
16. Rubbish rooms at bottom of
rubbish chutes
17. Stage areas in auditoria and
theatres
|
2A
10-B,C
2A
2A
10-B,C
2A
2A
10-B,C
10-B,C
2A and 10-B,C
2A
10-B,C
5-B,C
10-B,C
10-B,C
10-B,C
10-B,C
2A
2A
|
|
|
|
| |
| Back to Hotel Fire Safety
Act Main Page |
|
