Laserfiche WebLink
sprinkler systems or smoke detectors are installed, such systems or detectors shall be connected to the <br />building fire alarm system. An ar1proved smoke detection system shall be installed in Group E day care <br />occu ancies. Unless seoarated by a minimum of 100' o en space,, all buildings, whetheraortable buildings <br />or the main mLq,i,[ ing.will be considered one building for alarm occupant., load consideration and <br />interconnection of alarm systems. <br />Exceptions: <br />1. A manual fire alarm system is not required in Group E occupancies with an occupant load of <br />50 or less. <br />1.1. Residential In -Home day care with not more than 12 children mai use interconnected, <br />single station detectors in all habitable rooms. For care of more than five children 2 1/2 <br />or less years of agesee_Section 907.2.6.1 <br />{No change to Exceptions 2-4.1 <br />Section 907.2.13, High Rise Buildings, Exception 3 shall be amended to read as follows: <br />Section 907.1.13 High Rise Buildings. ... <br />Exceptions: <br />[F] 3. Open air paortions of buildings with an occupancy in Group A-5 in accordance with Section 303.1 of <br />the International Building Code; however, this pxgpStio,n does not.gippiy to accessory uses including„ <br />but not limited to slog boxes restaurants and similarly, enclosed areas. <br />..._.__________ _ _____________ <br />Section 907.4.2, Manual fire alarm boxes, shall be amended by adding Section 907.4.2.7, Type, to <br />read as follows: <br />[F] 907.4.2.7 Type. Manual alarm initiating devices,shall be an approved double action type. <br />Section 907.6.1, Wiring, shall be amended to add Section 907.6.1.1, Wiring installation, to read as <br />follows: <br />[F] 907.6.1.1 Wirin installation. All fire alarm s' stems shall be installed in such a manner that a failure <br />of anysinglemminitiating wdevice or single open in an initiatingcircuit conductor willµ not interfere with the normal <br />oq�eration of_other such devices. All signaling line circuits SLC" shall be install.e.0-in such a way that a single <br />open will not interfere _with the operation of an addressable devices tClass A�,_u0utcoing and return SLC <br />conductors shallbewinstalled in accordance with NFPA 72 requirements_ for Class A circuits and shall have <br />a minimum of four feet se aration horizontal and one foot vertical between supe and „return_wcircuit <br />conductors. The initiating device circuitm(lITDCIfrom,awws nalin�, line circuit interface device ma be wired <br />Class B rovided the distance from theIT interface device to theinitiatingdevice is ten feet or less. <br />Section 907.6.3, Initiating device identification, shall be amended by deleting all four Exceptions. <br />Section 907.6.6, Monitoring, shall be amended to read as follows: <br />[F] 907.6.6 Monitoring. Fire alarm systems required by this chapter or by the International Fire Code shall <br />be monitored by an approved supervising station in accordance with NFPA 72. See 907.6.3 for the re u�d. <br />information transmitted to the supervisingstation. <br />Exception: {The Exception remains unchanged.} <br />Section 909, SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEMS, shall be amended to add Section 909.22, Stairway or <br />ramp pressurization alternative, to read as follows: <br />[F] 909.22 Stairwa or ram ressurization alternative. Where the buildin is a uipped throughout with <br />anautomatics rinkler s stem in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1 and the stair oressurization_alternative <br />9 2015 IBC <br />Amendments <br />