3.2.5.5.(3)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:
Method of measuring the unobstructed path of travel
for the firefighter required by Sentence
3.2.5.5.(2) from the vehicle
to the building.
This applies
to the location of access routes [required by Article
3.2.5.4.]
for fire department vehicles, for buildings described in Sentence
1.3.3.2.(1) of Division A that are more than 3 storeys in building height or more than 600 m2 in building area.
INTENT:
To clarify how to measure the unobstructed path of travel.