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What is NYC BC § 709.5.1?

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This section mandates that in Group I-2 and ambulatory care facilities, doors installed across corridors must be automatic-closing upon smoke detection and equipped with vision panels made of fire-protection-rated glazing materials. Applies to building owners operating such facilities.

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709.5.1 Group I-2 and ambulatory care facilities.

BC § 709.5.1

In Group I-2 and Group B ambulatory care facilities, where doors are installed across a corridor, the doors shall be automatic-closing by smoke detection in accordance with Section 716.5.9.3 and shall have a vision panel with fire-protection-rated glazing materials in fire-protection-rated frames, the area of which shall not exceed that tested.

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