Manchester enforces NFPA 101 and IBC egress hardware rules through Chapter 130 fire code and Chapter 70 building code, restricting deadbolts, chains, and electric strikes on egress doors in apartments, schools, and assembly occupancies.
Egress hardware on Manchester apartment buildings, schools, churches, and businesses must comply with the NH-adopted International Building Code and NFPA 101 Life Safety Code. Doors in the path of egress generally must open with a single motion, must not require a key from inside the egress side except in limited dwelling-unit conditions, and electromagnetic locks must release on fire alarm and power loss. Schools may use approved classroom barricade or lockdown devices that still meet egress and accessibility under NH-revised rules. Manchester Fire Department inspectors regularly cite chains, padlocks, and added deadbolts that violate egress provisions.
Improper locking hardware can prompt MFD red-tag notices, life-safety re-inspection orders, and citations under Chapter 130; in fire-loss cases, owners face civil and potentially criminal exposure for trapped occupants.
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