3.1.2.4.(1)ATTRIBUTION:
Most technical provisions of the BC Fire Code describe how the code’s objectives and functional statements are achieved. However, some provisions, like this one, do not relate directly to a code objective. The following analysis is provided to assist in understanding of the provision.
APPLICATION:
Classification of a police station with detention
quarters that is not more than 1 storey in building height and 600 m2 in building area.
INTENT:
To classify police stations as Group B, Division 2 major
occupancies if they are small, and to exempt these buildings from the Group
B, Division 1 classification requirements of Sentence
3.1.2.1.(1). This
is to determine appropriate requirements in the Code.