Orlando enforces Florida Building Code and NFPA 101 Life Safety rules requiring single-action egress hardware on exit doors, with limited delayed-egress and classroom-barricade exceptions inspected by Orlando Fire Department prevention staff.
Under Orlando Code Chapter 27 and the adopted Florida Fire Prevention Code, exit doors in commercial, multi-family, and assembly occupancies must open with a single motion without keys, special knowledge, or tools. Delayed-egress devices are allowed only with fire alarm and sprinkler protection. Classroom security barricade devices must comply with state K-12 safe-school rules and remain operable from the corridor side for emergency responders. Hotels, theme park venues, and event spaces such as the Amway Center are routinely audited. Orlando Fire Department prevention checks panic hardware on assembly occupancies of fifty or more occupants during periodic inspections.
Notice of violation, required immediate hardware replacement, and possible occupancy restriction at assembly venues until single-action egress is restored on every required exit.
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