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publicACCESS 2015 Minnesota Fire Code <br />APPENDIX D <br />FIRE APPARATUS ACCESS ROADS <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. <br />Fire apparatus access roads shall be in accordance with this appendix and all other applicable requirements of the International Fire Code. <br />SECTION D102 <br />REQUIRED ACCESS <br />D102.1 Access and loading. <br />Facilities, buildings or portions of buildings hereafter constructed shall be accessible to fire department apparatus by way of an approved fire apparatus <br />access road with an asphalt, concrete or other approved driving surface capable of supporting the imposed load of fire apparatus weighing at least 75,000 <br />pounds (34 050 kg). <br />SECTION D103 <br />MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS <br />D103.1 Access road width with a hydrant. <br />Where a fire hydrant is located on a fire apparatus access road, the minimum road width shall be 26 feet (7925 mm), exclusive of shoulders (see Figure <br />D103.1). <br />For SI: 1 foot = 304.8 mm. <br />s6' <br />28' R <br />TYP. <br />26' <br />86 -FOOT DIAMETER <br />CUL-DE-SAC <br />60 -FOOT ' Y" <br />60, - 60' <br />20' <br />2$'R <br />TYP. <br />26• <br />120-FQ QT FIRM ME R H EAD <br />20' <br />26' <br />20' <br />20' <br />MINIMUM CLEARANCE <br />AROU NR A F IRE <br />HYDRANT <br />28' R <br />TYP. <br />70' <br />21 <br />a©' <br />ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE <br />TO 120 -FOOT HAMMERHEAD <br />FIGURE D103.1 <br />DEAD-END FIRE APPARATUS ACCESS ROAD TURNAROUND <br />D103.2 Grade. <br />Fire apparatus access roads shall not exceed 10 percent in grade. <br />Exception: Grades steeper than 10 percent as approved by the fire chief. <br />D103.3 Turning radius. <br />The minimum turning radius shall be determined by the fire code official. <br />D103.4 Dead ends. <br />Dead-end fire apparatus access roads in excess of 150 feet (45 720 mm) shall be provided with width and turnaround provisions in accordance with TabI6 <br />D103.4. m <br />0 <br />Lu <br />TABLE D103.4 LU <br />REQUIREMENTS FOR DEAD-END ILL <br />FIRE APPARATUS ACCESS ROADS <br />LENGTH <br />(feet) <br />WIDTH <br />(feet) <br />TURNAROUNDS REQUIRED <br />0-150 <br />20 <br />None required <br />151-500 <br />20 <br />120 -foot Hammerhead, 60 -foot "Y" or 96 -foot diameter cul-de-sac in accordance with Figure D103.1 <br />501-750 <br />26 <br />120 -foot Hammerhead, 60 -foot "Y" or 96 -foot diameter cul-de-sac in accordance with Figure D103.1 <br />Over 750 <br />Special approval required <br />For SI: 1 foot = 304.8 mm. <br />D103.5 Fire apparatus access road gates. <br />Gates securing the fire apparatus access roads shall comply with all of the following criteria: <br />