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Section 907.5.3, Occupant notification, shall be added to read as follows: Section 907.5.3 Occupant notification. Occupant notification in accordance with this section and 907.5 shall be required for all new construction, or existing construction complying with the International Building Code, for renovations to existing buildings, tenant spaces, changes in occupancy, replacement or modification of the existing fire alarm system, or as required by the fire code official for all building or spaces provided with an approved automatic sprinkler system. Section 907.6.1.1, Wiring installation, shall be added to read as follows: 907.6.1.1 Wiring installation. All fire alarm systems shall be installed in such a manner that a failure of any single initiating device or single open in an initiating circuit conductor will not interfere with the normal operation of other such devices. All signaling line circuits (SLC) shall be installed in such a way that a single open will not interfere with the operation of any addressable devices (Class A). Outgoing and return SLC conductors shall be installed in accordance with NFPA 72 requirements for Class A circuits and shall have a minimum of four feet separation horizontal and one foot vertical between supply and return circuit conductors. The initiating device circuit (IDC) from a signaling line circuit interface device maybe wired Class B, provided the distance from the interface device to the initiating device is ten feet or less. Amend Section 907.6.3, Initiating device identification, by deleting all four Exceptions. Amend Section 907.6.6, Monitoring, by adding the following sentence at end of the paragraph: Section 907.6.6, Monitoring. ....See 907.6.3 for the required information transmitted to the supervising station. Amend Section 910.2, Where required, by amended Exceptions 2 and 3 to read as follows: Section 910.2 Where required. Exceptions: 1. {Unchanged} 2. Only manual smoke and heat removal shall be required in areas of buildings equipped with early suppression fast -response (ESFR) sprinklers. Automatic smoke and heat removal is prohibited. 3. Only manual smoke and heat removal shall be required in areas of buildings equipped with control mode special application sprinklers with a response time index of 50(m x s)1/2 or less that are listed to control a fire in stored commodities with 12 or fewer sprinklers. Automatic smoke and heat removal is prohibited.