Submitted by DeepPossession8916 t3_11c6vvo in mildlyinteresting
TheIllustrativeMan t1_ja5layj wrote
Reply to comment by xxxsur in This sign telling you to stay inside the apartment building when the alarm sounds by DeepPossession8916
Other doors and walls are not rated, though the construction of most walls isn't terribly different from a rated wall - a gyp studwall. Where you lose the rating is penetrations aren't protected, so it's easy for fire to bypass the assembly.
It's not that you run down the stairs so much as a controlled shuffle. The whole point of the fire rating is to give people time, so no need to rush and potentially hurt yourself.
Yeah, it can be a pain when the fire alarm goes off at 3am and you're 40 stories up, but ultimately all of this stuff exists because people died. Take advantage of all the things that make modern buildings safer.
CableSlayer t1_ja6iuhj wrote
Which code version are you in?
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