39-1901 FIRE ESCAPES TO BE PROVIDED FOR CERTAIN STRUCTURES. - Idaho Statutes

TITLE 39

HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 19

FIRE ESCAPES AND DOORS

39-1901. Fire escapes to be provided for certain structures. It is hereby made the duty of every person, firm or corporation, or his or its agents, officers or trustees, owning or having the management or control of any public hall, office building, factory or other structure over two (2) stories in height, and in the case of school buildings, above one (1) story in height except that any story above the first which, because of the contour of the site, has direct ground-floor exits shall be exempt from the requirement herein set forth, to provide and furnish such building with safe and suitable metallic, iron or fireproof ladders of sufficient strength, and to permanently and securely attach the same to the outside or outer walls of such buildings, in such manner and in such position as to be adjacent to the windows, and convenient and easy of access to the occupants of such buildings in case of fire, or fire escape stairs located in such a manner as to be convenient and easy of access from each floor to the occupants of such buildings in case of fire. A fire escape stair shall consist of a continuous stairway enclosed from the highest point to the lowest point by walls of noncombustible materials. Access to the fire escape stair shall be by means of self-closing class "B" fire doors that open in the direction of exit travel. A fire escape stair shall exit into a public way or directly to the exterior of the building at ground level.