We have been providing Life Safety plans for temporary tents like used at special events for hospitality areas. We've been doing these for several years, but just had a new scenario come up that I'm not sure how to handle.
In the past the tents were all small enough that we could classify them as Type VB, which made everything easy.
Currently we have a couple of tents that are larger than would be allowed with Type VB construction. The tents proposed have raised floors with plywood decking covered with a flame resistant carpeting.
Do temporary structures and tents fall within the same Type requirements as permanent buildings? 2015 IBC Section 3103.1.1 Conformance - says IBC applies to structural strength, fire safety, means of egress, accessibility, light, ventilation and sanitary requirements....3103.1 says IFC applies for all temporary structures. Does building Type fall under the category of Fire Safety mentioned above? If not, then these requirements should be regulated by IFC, not IBC and the size of the tent isn't limited by IBC Table 506.2.
In the past the tents were all small enough that we could classify them as Type VB, which made everything easy.
Currently we have a couple of tents that are larger than would be allowed with Type VB construction. The tents proposed have raised floors with plywood decking covered with a flame resistant carpeting.
Do temporary structures and tents fall within the same Type requirements as permanent buildings? 2015 IBC Section 3103.1.1 Conformance - says IBC applies to structural strength, fire safety, means of egress, accessibility, light, ventilation and sanitary requirements....3103.1 says IFC applies for all temporary structures. Does building Type fall under the category of Fire Safety mentioned above? If not, then these requirements should be regulated by IFC, not IBC and the size of the tent isn't limited by IBC Table 506.2.