S-3, r. 2 - Regulation respecting safety in public buildings

Section 28 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

28. Enclosed slide escapes:

(1)  No enclosed slide escape may be permitted as a required exit in a building built after 6 March 1971.

(2)  Enclosed slide escapes shall:

(a)  have a slope not less than 24º and not more than 42º to the horizontal;

(b)  have a section at the lower end, at least 3 m long, set at an angle not to exceed 15º to the horizontal and connected to the upper section by a transition curve;

(c)  be not less than 600 mm nor more than 1,070 mm wide;

(d)  be accessible through doorways at floor level or through windows whose sill height shall not exceed 750 mm; such openings shall swing in the direction of exit travel and shall be at least 750 mm wide and 2 m high. Where entrance is directly accessible, the height of access openings may be reduced to 1,070 mm;

(e)  have a door at their discharge point; such discharge point shall be not less than 300 mm and not more than 500 mm above ground;

(f)  have a smooth and non-corrosive interior surface.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. S-3, r. 4, s. 28; O.C. 88-91, s. 23.