Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 376.01

Current through August 26, 2024
Section SPS 376.01 - Exits
(1) MINIMUM NUMBER. Every building and every story thereof in this classification shall have at least 2 exits. In large buildings, or where a large number of persons are employed, or where there is an especially hazardous condition, additional exits shall be provided as directed, so as to afford safe egress for all the occupants.
(2) TYPE. The exits herein required shall be either stairways or fire escapes or horizontal exits (see s. SPS 375.12). But in every non-fire-resistive building more than 2 stories in height, at least one exit shall be a fire escape or a horizontal exit, unless the building is equipped throughout with an approved automatic sprinkler system, or unless there are at least 2 stairways enclosed with not less than one-hour-fire-resistive partitions and fire-resistive doors. (ss. SPS 375.08, 375.09)

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 376.01

1-2-56; renum. and am., Register, September, 1974, No. 225, eff. 10-1-74; corrections made under s. 13.93(2m) (b) 7, Stats., Register, June, 1995, No. 474; correction in (2) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7, Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672.