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APPENDIX D <br />Ar.1cizu P0,64 -di <br />The provisions contained in this appendix are not mandatory unless specifically referenced in the adopting ordinance. <br />SECTION D101 <br />GENERAL <br />D101,1 Scope. Fire apparatus access roads shall be in at:cor- <br />dance with this appendix and all other applicable require- <br />ments of the International Fire Code. <br />SECTION D102 <br />REQUIRED ACCESS <br />D102.1 Access and loading. Facilities, buildings or portions <br />of buildings hereafter constructed shall be accessible to fire <br />department apparatus by way of an approved fire apparatus <br />access road with an asphalt, concrete or other approved driv- <br />ing surface capable of supporting the imposed load of Fire <br />apparatus weighing at least 75,000 pounds (34 050 kg). <br />SECTION D103 <br />MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS <br />D103.1 Access road width with a hydrant. Where a fare <br />hydrant is located on a fire apparatus access road, the mini- <br />mum road width shall be 26 feet (7925 mm), exclusive of <br />shoulders (see Figure D103. 1). <br />D103.2 Grade. Fire apparatus access roads shall not exceed <br />10 percent in grade. <br />Exception: Grades steeper than 10 percent as approved by <br />the fire chief. <br />D103.3 Turning; radius. The minimum turning radius shall <br />be detenuined by the fire code official. <br />D103.4 Dead ends. Dead-end fire apparatus access roads in <br />excess of 1.50 feet (45 720 mm) shall be provided with width <br />and turnaround provisions in accordance with Table D103.4. <br />TABLE D103.4 <br />REQUIREMENTS FOR DEAD-END <br />FIRE APPARATUS ACCESS ROADS <br />LENGTH <br />(neer) <br />WIDTH <br />t -t) <br />TURNAROUNDS REWRED <br />0-150 <br />20 <br />None required <br />120 -foot Hammerhead, 60 -foot "Y" or <br />I51-500 <br />20 <br />96 -foot diameter cul-de-sac in accor- <br />dance with Figure D103.1 <br />120 -foot. Hammerhead, 60 -foot "Y" or <br />501-750 <br />26 <br />96 -foot diameter cul-de-sac in accor- <br />dance with Figure D103.1 <br />Over 750 <br />Special approval required <br />For SI: I Foot = 304.9 mm. <br />Y�26'R <br />6 26' <br />r28'R' 20'_26,TYP' <br />-- 20' <br />96' DIAMETER 60 -FOOT "Y" MINIMUM CLEARANCE <br />CUL-DE-SAC AROUND A FIRE <br />HYDRANT <br />For SI: 1 foot = 304.8 ram. <br />6(Y j . <br />r-2 <br />' <br />28'R-- <br />TYP.' <br />120' HAMMERHEAD <br />28' R-- <br />TYP.' <br />-- 70' <br />20'–T <br />20' <br />ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE <br />TO 120' HAMMERHEAD <br />FIGURE D103.1 <br />DEAD-END FIRE APPARATUS ACCESS ROAD TURNAROUND <br />2015 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE® 483. <br />