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Presenters: Marsha Mazz, US Access Board and Kim Paarlberg International Code Council (ICC)

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Accessible Means of Egress 
Session Agenda
•	Planning
•	 MOE: Minimum Number  
•	 Components of Accessible MOE 
•	 Other Requirements

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Pre-Planning for Emergencies 
•	Fire evacuation plans
•	Fire safety plans
•	Lockdown plans
•	Associated drills
•	Worked out with the building owner/renter and the fire department
•	Updated annually or when necessitated by changes
•	Available for review 

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Pre-Planning for Emergencies
Required in:
•	Assembly
•	Churches over 2,000 occupants
•	Educational
•	College dormitories 
•	High Hazard
•	Institutional
•	Hotels
•	Group homes 

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Pre-Planning for Emergencies 
Required in:
•	High-rise buildings
•	Covered malls > 50,000 sq.ft.
•	Mercantile & Factory (> 500 occupants on the 1st floor and basements or 2nd floor > 100 occupants) 
•	Underground buildings
•	Assembly, Educational and Mercantile with atriums

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Fire Evacuation Plans 
•	Emergency routes
•	Strategy - Evacuation or defend in place
•	Critical equipment operation
•	Assisted rescue procedures
•	Verifying full evacuation
•	Emergency responders
•	Notification of occupants
•	Notification of fire department
•	Emergency voice/alarm communication system

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Fire Safety Plans 
•	Reporting emergency
•	Evacuation or relocation of occupants
•	Site plans – occupancy assembly point, fire hydrants, fire truck route
•	Floor plans – exits, routes, areas of refuge, fire alarm, extinguishers, fire hoses
•	Major fire hazards
•	Persons responsible

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Emergency Drills 
•	Assembly – quarterly
•	Business – annually
•	Educational – monthly
•	Factory – annually
•	Institutional – quarterly on each shift
•	Hotel - quarterly on each shift
•	Apartments/dorms – 4 times annually
•	Group homes - quarterly on each shift
•	High rise – annually

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ADA & ABA Standards §207
Require compliance with the International Building Code (IBC) for accessible means of egress
ADA Accessibility Standards, July 2004 and International Building Code 2003 edition (§1007) or International Building Code 2000 edition & 2001 Supplement §1003.2.13)
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ADA & ABA Standards
What about compliance with later editions?
Cover photos of the International Building Code 2006, 2009 and 2012
Permitted where equivalent or better (“equivalent facilitation” in the ADA Standards §103) 

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Means of Egress (MOE)
A means of egress is an obstructed path to leave buildings, structures, and spaces          Comprised of: Exit Access, Exits, Exit Discharge
Diagram with labels: Exit, Exit Access, and Exit Discharge

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MOE: Exit Access
The path from any location in a building to an exit
Building floor plan shows all areas highlighted except exit stairs and exit doors

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MOE: Exits
Exits include doors to the outside, enclosed exit stairways, or horizontal exits
Building floor plan with exit doors, exit stairs, and connecting corridor highlighted

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MOE: Exit Discharge
The path from an exit to a public way (i.e., street or alley)
Building floor plan shows exterior routes from building exits to public way (street and alley) highlighted

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Accessible MOE
An accessible means of egress is: 
“continuous and unobstructed way of egress travel from any point in a building or facility that provides an accessible route to an area of refuge, a horizontal exit, or a public way.” (IBC) 

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Accessible MOE
Allow for self evacuation when possible 
Building exit with landing served by a ramp and by stairs

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Accessible MOE
Assisted rescue when necessary
Areas of refuge
Exterior areas for assisted rescue
Defend in place (i.e., hospitals, jails)
Elevators with standby power
Two-way communication
Person being evacuated down stairs in evacuation chair
Sign: "Area for Evacuation Assistance" with International Symbol of Accessibility and fire symbol

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Accessible MOE
AMOE: Minimum Number
Minimum number of AMOE required:
1 - where 1 MOE required
2 - if more than 1 MOE required
Exceptions: 
Existing facilities
Areas not required to be accessible

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MOE: Minimum Number
IBC requires 2 or more MOE in most facilities with few exceptions
3D floor plan of level of exit discharge with 1 means of egress extending through building entrance/exit and a second means of egress extending through exit located in stair tower
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MOE: Minimum Number
MOE required from each space and room 
Floor plan shows 3 rooms each with 2 exits that open to the exterior or to the building lobby which also has 2 exits

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MOE: Minimum Number
Required MOE must be maintained under all conditions, including temporary divisions of space 
Floor plan shows moveable partitions that divide floor into 3 rooms each with 2 exits that open to outside or to the building lobby

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MOE: Minimum Number
At least 2 MOE required
Floor plan shows building with 2 means of egress, 1 of which leads to an exit with a ramp and stairs

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Example: 1 MOE/AMOE 
1 MOE & 1 AMOE  allowed under these conditions:  mercantile occupancy; and 49 or fewer occupants; and 75’ max. travel distance from farthest point
floor plan shows small building with 1 means of egress extending to an exit

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Exit Discharge
•	Accessible route to a public way or
•	Interior area of refuge or
•	Exterior area for assisted rescue
            No exceptions for sprinklered buildings

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Exit Discharge
Accessible route to a public way 
Building exit with landing served by a ramp and by stairs

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Exit Discharge
Interior Area of Refuge 
Floor plan shows building with 1 means of egress leading to exit and a second means of egress that leads to an area of refuge inside the building near an exit with stairs

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Exit Discharge
Exterior Area for Assisted Rescue
Floor plan shows building with 1 means of egress leading to exit and a second means of egress that leads to exit with an exterior area for assisted rescue

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Exterior Area for Assisted Rescue
3D view of exterior area for assisted rescue with clear floor space highlighted on landing at exit and walls shown to have 1 hour min. fire-rated separation 10 feet min. above and from each side of the exterior rescue area/landing.  Window in this wall location is shown and note indicates that openings must have 3/4 hour protection rating

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Exterior Area for Assisted Rescue
2012 IBC: New provision for alternative protection   
3D image of exterior area for assisted rescue with a wing all protective (highlighted) separating the rescue area landing from a loading dock rolling door

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Exit Access: Upper Floors
3D floor plan shows 2 separate means of egress on the 3rd floor, each extending to a stair tower

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Exit Access: Upper Floors
AMOE on floors above or below level of exit discharge connect to exit stairs 
Plan view shows 2 separate means of egress on a floor, each extending to a stair tower

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Exit Access: Upper Floors 
Areas of refuge required in non-sprinklered buildings  
Plan view shows 2 separate means of egress on a floor, each extending to a stair tower; a area of refuge is located on the landing in one stair tower, another area of refuge is located adjacent to the other stair tower near the entrance to the stair tower. 

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Areas of Refuge
•	on accessible route
•	separated by a smoke barrier
•	direct access to exit stairway, elevator with standby power
•	48” min. stairway width 
•	30” x 48” space (1 for every 200 occupants) located outside general MOE path
•	two-way communication system
•	identification and instructional signage
•	alternative: horizontal exit

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Area of Refuge
Person using wheelchair occupying 1 of 2 clear floor spaces in an area of refuge that are located outside exit width; communication device and posted instructions on wall near wheelchair spaces.

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Area of Refuge
Area of refuge located on stair landing with 2 wheelchair spaces located outside clear egress width and served by stairs 48" wide min. measured between handrails; Note: "Maintain minimum required clear egress width."

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Area of Refuge
Plan view of area of refuge with 2 wheelchair spaces located adjacent to exit stairway enclosure and protected by compliant smoke barrier (section 712.0); Note"  "Maintain minimum required clear egress width."

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Area of Refuge
Not required in:
•	buildings fully equipped with an automatic sprinkler system  
•	open parking garages
•	open exit stairways between floors in buildings with NFPA13  systems
•	apartment buildings 

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Stairway Width (48” min)
Stairway width 48” min. (measured between handrails) not required:
•	in buildings fully equipped with an automatic sprinkler system  
•	where horizontal exits are provided 

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Elevator with Standby Power 
Required in buildings 5 stories or higher
3D floor plan shows 2 separate means of egress on the 5th floor; one extends to a stair tower, the other to an elevator equipped with standby power

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Elevator with Standby Power 
Counts as 1 of 2 accessible MOE
Plan view of floor with 2 separate means of egress; one extends to a stair tower, the other to an elevator equipped with standby power

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Elevator with Standby Power 
Required in buildings with 4 or more stories above or below the level of exit discharge
Figure of building with 5 stories above grade; ground floor labeled "Level of Exit Discharge" and top floor labeled "Accessible Floor."
Figure of building with 4 stories below the level of exit discharge; lowest floor labeled "Accessible Floor."

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Elevator with Standby Power 
Exceptions for standby power:
•	Sprinklered buildings with horizontal exits
•	Ramps from each level

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Signage
•	Elevators
•	Exits
•	Two way communication
•	Areas of refuge
•	Exterior areas for assisted rescue
Sign indicating "Stair/Refuge" with stair symbol and accessibility symbol

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Protruding Objects
Standards limit protrusions from walls and posts along all circulation paths, including stairways
Stand pipe with hose connection that protrudes into circulation path
Exposed piping in corner that protrudes into circulation path

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Requirements New to the 2009 IBC

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Fire Service Access Elevators
Required in buildings with floor >120 ft. above fire department vehicle access
Must open into a fire service access elevator lobby and have direct access to an exit enclosure 
Numerous requirements: lobby protection, minimum lobby size, standby power, monitoring of elevator, protection of wiring, etc.

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Fire Service Access Elevators
Figure shows building with fire service access elevator serving each floor in protected lobby with fire-resistant doors; firefighters in elevator on floor below fire level and in adjacent stairway (escape route) with hose connected to Class I standpipe that is used to combat fire

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Occupant Evacuation Elevators
Used for occupant self evacuation prior to emergency recall
Must open into a elevator lobby and have direct access to an exit enclosure 
Numerous requirements: lobby protection, minimum lobby size, lobby status indicators, standby power, monitoring of elevator, protection of wiring, etc.

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Occupant Evacuation Elevators
Occupant Evacuation Elevator Lobby 
Occupant evacuation elevator lobby enclosed by 1-hour smoke barrier and sized to accommodate 25% of occupant load at 3 sf per person shown  in plan view with: direct access to an exit enclosure, doors with automatic closing on fire alarm signal and 3/4 hour assembly with vision panel, 1 wheelchair space per 50 occupants, 2-way communication system and instructions, and signage and lobby status indicator

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Questions
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a message )
If you are listening by phone and not logged in to the webinar, you may ask questions by emailing them to adaconferences@adagreatlakes.org

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International Code Council
888-ICC-SAFE (888-422-7233) 
E-mail: CareCenter@iccsafe.org 
www.iccsafe.org 

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U.S. Access Board
(800) 872-2253 (voice)
(800) 993-2822 (TTY)
E-mail: ta@access-board.gov
www.access-board.gov

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