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Chicago first floor fire escape.
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Exit stairway fire escape and directional signs of luminous phosphorescent material illuminated as herein before required may be used in lieu of requirements of systems ii and iii as defined in sections 14 48 060 and 14 48 070 of the municipal code of chicago in all existing buildings and in buildings hereafter erected altered or.
Moreover the school s interior primarily contained highly combustible materials.
As a result many of the national fire codes governing schools were drastically overhauled.
A fire escape can be a window and if above the first floor with an approved ladder or door that leads to a porch with ground access or a fire escape ladder.
Building code clarifications 10.
Federal rules such as those of the u s.
Department of housing and urban development hud have requirements that follow icc codes.
The school lacked fire sprinklers and detectors the stairwells only had first floor fire doors and there was only one fire escape.