Turkey offers 750,000 KYK + 400,000 private dorm beds; Bogazici, ITU and ODTU host large campus dorms. Typical dorms have 4-8 floors, 500-2000 students and 4-person rooms. NFPA 101 dormitory rules require 30 m dead-end corridors, 2 exits, QR sprinklers, bedroom smoke detectors and 45 m travel.
Dormitory Hazard
- Sleep load: Delayed alarm response
- Electrical appliances: Heater kettle
- Smoking: In bed
- Open door: Smoke spread
- Seton Hall 2000: 3 dead USA
NFPA 101 Egress
- Travel distance: 45 m sprinklered
- Dead-end: 15 m
- 2 exits: Every floor
- Corridor width: 1.1 m
- Door: 0.81 m self-close
Sprinkler
- NFPA 13R: 4 stories max
- NFPA 13: 4+ stories
- QR sprinkler: Low RTI
- Typical room: 4.1 L/min/m2
- Corridor: 2 sprinklers min
Detection
- Room smoke: Photoelectric
- Corridor: Ionization
- Audible alarm: 75 dBA sleep
- Visual: ADA strobe
- CO detector: Combustion fuel
Turkey Dorms
- KYK total: 750,000 beds
- Bogazici Kilyos: 2000 students
- ITU Maslak: 3500 beds
- ODTU Ankara: 7000 beds
- 2017 Aladag Adana: 12 dead dorm
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