The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) released “One Stair, Two Perspectives: Single Exit Stair Symposium,” a report summarizing key discussions and findings from a recent symposium addressing concerning efforts by legislative bodies in the U.S. and Canada to increase the allowable height of single exit stair apartment buildings from three or four stories to six. The International Code Council and NFPA codes currently allow single exit stair buildings under specific conditions for new apartment buildings up to three and four stories, respectively; however, the symposium focused on a recent legislative trend, falling outside the traditional codes and standards development process, to increase the allowable height to six stories for such buildings.
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