Section 320. Exit from boiler room  


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  • All boiler rooms exceeding 500 square feet floor area and containing one or more boilers having a fuel burning capacity of 1,000,000 BTU per hour, or equivalent electrical heat input, shall have at least two means of exit. Each exit shall be remotely located from the other. Each elevation in a boiler room shall have two means of exit, each remotely located from the other.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR425-01-75 § 2.31, eff. July 1, 1974; amended, eff. November 1, 1978; July 1, 1991; September 1, 1993.

Statutory Authority

§§ 40.1-22 and 40.1-51.5 et seq. of the Code of Virginia.