19 Public Safety Adoption of 2006 IFC

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(62) Section 905.2 shall be amended to read as follows: 905.2 Installation standards. Standpipe systems shall be installed in accordance with this section and NFPA 14. Manual dry standpipe systems shall be supervised with a minimum of 10 psig and a maximum of 40 psig air pressure with a high/low alarm. (63) Section 905.3.8 shall be added to read as follows: 905.3.8 Building Area. In buildings exceeding 10,000 square feet in area per story, Class I automatic wet or manual wet standpipes shall be provided where any portion of the building's interior area is more than 200 feet (60960 mm) of travel, vertically and horizontally, from the nearest point of fire department vehicle access. Exception: Automatic dry and semi-automatic dry standpipes are allowed as provided for in NFPA 14. (64) Section 905.4, su6section 5 shall be amended to read as follows: 5. Where the roof has a slope less than four units vertical in 12 units horizontal (33.3-percent slope), each standpipe shall be provided with a two-way hose connection located either on the roof or at the highest landing of a stairway with stair access to the roof. An additional hose connection shall be provided at the top of the most hydraulically remote standpipe for testing purposes. (65) Section 905.4 shall be amended to add subsection 7 to read as follows: 7. Class I standpipes shall also be required on all occupancies in which the distance f rom accessible points for the Fire Department ingress to any point in the structure exceeds two hundred fifty feet (250') along the route that a fire hose is laid as measured from the fire apparatus access road. When required by this Code, standpipe connections shall be placed adjacent to all required exits to the structure and at two hundred (200') intervals along major corridors thereafter. 24 - 0 0 0 1916-11,