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Pursuant to a survey by the Indiana Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing Administration, of 26 January 1999, the house owned and operated by LOGAN as a group home located at 1215 North Riverside Drive, South Bend, IN, the following citation of deficiency regarding the Life Safety Code was issued. This survey was conducted by one Robert Booher, Life Safety Code Specialist. The citation was based upon the following K 032, NFPA 101 Standard: Life Safety Code Standard: At least two acceptable exits that do not involve windows and remote from each other are provided, at least one path of travel shall be provided that does not traverse any space exposed to unprotected vertical openings, or common living spaces. 21-2:2.3.3, - This STANDARD is not met as evidenced by: 1. Based on observation and interview, the facility failed to insure 1 of 5 sleeping rooms was provided with two exits which did not involve windows, and at least one exit with a path of travel that did not traverse any space exposed to common living areas such as living rooms, dining rooms and kitchens. Findings include: A. Based upon observation at 3:18 p.m. on 1.26.99, the only exit from the first floor sleeping room that did not involve the use of the window was to traverse the short corridor that exited into the dining room, a common living space. From the dining room the client could go into the living room, and exit using the front door, or into the kitchen and exit through the back door. Per interview with the Supervised Living Manager at 3:18 p.m. on this same date, the client sleeping in the first floor sleeping room has a physician's order to be on the first floor due to seizures. As a result, it could not be assured this client in the first floor sleeping room would be able to move to safety during a fire. In order to accommodate the above citation and have it removed from the record of the house located at 1215 North Riverside Drive, South Bend, IN, LOGAN proposes to the South Bend Historical Development Commission the following request: To cut a doorway directly from the downstairs bedroom to the exterior of the house on the north side, first floor (please see attached photographs with markings as to location of the doorway). The doorway would be cut through the exterior wall of the house and a stoop approximately 48 inches by 48 inches complete with banister around the stoop with steps leading to the ground surface complete with hand railings.