19 Public Safety Adoption of 2006 IFC

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907.10.3 Water-flow Notification. When required by Section 903.4.2, an exterior audible and visible notification device shall be provided on the exterior of the building and shall be located above the Fire Department Connection. The notification device shall operate on a water-flow alarm only, shall be non- silenceable and shall continue to flash after the panel is silenced on the condition the alarm was a water-flow alarm only. The notification device shall be wired from the fire alarm control panel as a latching circuit (78) Section 907.15.1 shall be added to read as follows: 907.15.1. Communication Requirements. All alarms, supervisory and trouble signals shall be transmitted descriptively to the approved central station, remote supervisory station or proprietary supervising station as defined in NFPA 72, with the correct device designation and location or addressable device identification. Alarms shall be not permitted to be transmitted as a General Alarm or Zone condition. (79) Section 910.1 Exception #2 shall be amended to read as follows: 2. Where areas of buildings are equipped with early- suppression, fast-response (ESFR) sprinklers, only manual smoke and heat vents shall be required within these areas. (80) Section 910.2.4 shall be added to read as follows: 910.2.4 Group H. Buildings and portions thereof used as a Group H occupancy as follows: 1. In occupancies classified as Group H-2 or H-3, any of which are more than 15,000 square feet (1394m2) in single floor area. Exceptions: 1. Buildings of noncombustible construction containing only noncombustible materials. 2. In areas of buildings in Group H used for storing Class 2, 3 and 4 liquid and solid oxidizers, Class 1 and unclassified detonable organic peroxides, Class 3 and 4 unstable (reactive) materials, or Class 2 or 3 water-reactive 28 W. 000196