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• 1. In every required stairway, a hose connection shall be provided for <br />each floor level above or below grade. Hose connections shall be located <br />at an intermediate floor level landing between floors, unless otherwise <br />approved by the fire code official. See Section 909.20.3.2 for additional <br />provisions in smokeproof enclosures. <br />2. On each side of the wall adjacent to the exit opening of a horizontal <br />exit. <br />Exception: Where floor areas adjacent to a horizontal exit are <br />reachable from exit stairway hose connections by a nozzle attached <br />to 100 feet (30 480 mm) of hose, as measured along the path of <br />travel, a hose connection shall not be required at the horizontal exit. <br />3. In every exit passageway, at the entrance from the exit <br />passageway to other areas of a building. <br />Exception: Where floor areas adjacent to an exit passageway are <br />reachable from exit stairway hose connections by a 30 -foot (9144 <br />mm) hose stream from a nozzle attached to 100 feet (30 480 mm) <br />of hose, a hose connection shall not be required at the entrance <br />40 from the exit passageway to other areas of the building. <br />4. In covered mall buildings, adjacent to each exterior public entrance <br />9 � 1 p <br />to the mall and adjacent to each entrance from an exit passageway or exit <br />corridor to the mall. <br />5. Where the roof has a slope less than four units vertical in 12 units <br />horizontal (33.3 - percent slope), each standpipe shall be provided with a <br />hose connection located either on the roof or at the highest landing of a <br />stairway with stair access to the roof. An additional hose connection shall <br />be provided at the top of the most hydraulically remote standpipe for <br />testing purposes. <br />6. Where the most remote portion of a nonsprinklered floor or story is <br />more than 150 feet (45 720 mm) from a hose connection or the most <br />remote portion of a sprinklered floor or story is more than 150 feet (45 720 <br />mm) from a hose connection, the fire code official is authorized to require <br />that additional hose connections be provided in approved locations. The <br />distance from a hose connection shall be measured along the patch of <br />travel. <br />7. The centerline of the 2.5 inches (64 mm) outlet shall be no less <br />than 18 inches (457 mm) above and no more than 24 inches (610 mm) <br />• above the finished floor. <br />Ordinance No. NS -2810 <br />Page 5 of 43 <br />