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DBI to Revise Emergency-Escape Guidance, Launch AIA Workshops Ahead of March Proposal

Building Inspection Commission · January 19, 2022
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Summary

The Department of Building Inspection says it will work with the San Francisco Fire Department and the AIA on a series of workshops in Feb–Mar to revise information sheet EG-02 on emergency escape and rescue openings (EEROs) after the State Fire Marshal required rescue openings be accessible to emergency personnel.

Deputy Director Neville Pereira and DBI policy director Jeff Buckley told the Building Inspection Commission on Jan. 19 that the department will pursue multi-stakeholder outreach and a March proposal to revise information sheet EG-02 governing emergency escape and rescue openings (EEROs) for one- and two-family dwellings.

Pereira said EG-02 was drafted because many San Francisco lots are zero-lot-line and the sheet previously allowed a reduced area-of-refuge from 50 feet to 25 feet. "This information sheet allowed single family dwellings to have emergency…

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