Learning Objective
IBC Apartment Buildings: Fire and Life Safety. The design and construction of apartment buildings requires the application of unique IBC requirements. This seminar focuses on those fire and life safety provisions that are generally limited to multi-family residential buildings. Provisions specific to residential building classification, construction type, fire-resistance, fire protection and means of egress will be addressed.
IBC Use of Fire Sprinklers and Alarms. This seminar identifies those conditions under which automatic sprinkler protection and/or fire alarm systems are required. The application of the fire area concept will be discussed, along with the varying extent of sprinkler protection required based upon specific situations. In addition, the discussion will address many of the key code conditions under which the presence of an automatic sprinkler system can be used to modify other requirements. Specific topics include: 1) definition and application of fire areas, 2) required sprinkler and alarm protection based on occupancy classification, and 3) optional use of automatic sprinkler systems.
