IBC/IFC approved high rise egress markings feature two aspects of IBC/IFC compliance: luminescence and a minimum width of 1 inch. Otherwise, the effect of the markings depends on how you apply them, with the codes being precise about their application to the following elements within vertical exit enclosures: handrails and handrail extensions, the leading edges [...]
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IFC Approved Safety Signs: Does your Building Need Them?
When your building contains the best egress safety for evacuations, its occupants are protected from tragedies that occur when egress safety is inadequate. But in addition to protecting your occupants against injuries and death, the best egress safety also protects you or your company against legal action that can follow such happenings. But what is [...]
IFC Floor Identification Sign Requirements
Floor identification signs (a.k.a. level indicators) provide information about floor levels, usually in buildings that have two or more stories. Typically found in commercial and residential R1 buildings, the signs are an integral part of evacuation safety, especially when they meet IFC (International Fire Code) guidelines. Currently, a version of the IFC, which regulates egress [...]
IBC and IFC Approved Floor Identification Signs: Three Reasons to Use Them
Strengthening your building’s evacuation safety protects its occupants from evacuation injuries and you from the lawsuits they create. In most buildings, the most important area of evacuation safety is vertical exit enclosures, the long stairwells that are used in place of elevators during emergencies. Unlike other building areas, the enclosures are prone to egress jams [...]
Choosing the Best Floor Identification Signs
A floor identification sign identifies a level within a building, featuring at least one or more numerical characters that coincide with the level on which it is posted. Implementing the signs requires some consideration, beginning with where you need to implement them. For the purposes of this blog, we discuss floor identification signs for vertical [...]
IFC and IBC Approved Luminous Egress Systems
Choosing the best safety measures for your building’s vertical exit enclosures (referred to here as “enclosures”) is key to preventing injuries and casualties during evacuations, tragedies that often result in lawsuits. To protect themselves and their building occupants against tragic evacuation scenarios, concerned building owners across the U.S. follow the safety measures for enclosures set [...]
Luminous Egress Signage: An Overview
Does your commercial or residential R1 building contain luminous fire exit signs, emergency exit symbols, and floor identification signs according to the International Building Code (IBC) and International Fire Code (IFC)? If not, you could be jeopardizing the safety of your building’s occupants during a low visibility evacuation, and increasing your risk for lawsuits due [...]
The International Fire Code: Using it to Address Evacuation Safety
The ultimate test of a building’s evacuation safety is a real evacuation. But that’s not the way to find out that your building needs improvements to its vertical exit enclosures (referred to here as “enclosures”). Problems in enclosures that become apparent after evacuations are often revealed at the expense of injuries or fatalities, which result [...]
The International Building Code: Its Impact on Evacuation Safety
The International Building Code (IBC) was created by the International Code Council (ICC) to regulate the construction quality, structural stability, and egress safety of new commercial and residential R1 buildings that feature occupancy above 75 feet from the lowest level of fire vehicle access. A version of the code has been adopted by all 50 [...]
IFC Approved Markings for Steps and Landings
Created by the ICC (International Code Council), the IFC (International Fire Code) regulates the egress safety of commercial and residential R1 buildings that feature occupancy above 75 feet from the lowest level of fire vehicle access. Currently, a version of the IFC has been adopted by at least 42 states, with the remaining states expected [...]
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