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Guide to Code Requirements for Fire Alarm and Detection Systems

2nd Edition September 1999
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FOREWORD
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This Guide to Code Requirements for Fire Alarm and Detection Systems has been published by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (Signaling, Protection, and Communication Section -3SB). The research was performed by the National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards (NCSBCS, Herndon, Virginia). About the NEMA Signaling, Protection, and Communication Section (3-SB): The objective of the Section is to be the principal source of technical, training, and educational materials essential for the specification and manufacture of reliable life safety products, their installation, performance, and inspection. The Section currently represents over 40 U.S., U.K., and Japanese manufacturers. The products are life safety/fire alarm products that provide early warning of an impending or actual fire or gaseous hazard. The products detect, noti& and initiate control functions in case of hazard to life or property. About the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA): For more than 70 years, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association has been developing standards for the electrical manufacturing industry and is today one of the leading consensus standards development organizations in the world. NEMA contributes to an orderly marketplace and helps promote improved public safety.
NEMA, with headquarters in Rosslyn, Virginia, has nearly 500 member companies, including large, medium, and small businesses. The organization is divided into eight divisions: Industrial Automation, Lighting Equipment, Electronics, Building Equipment, Insulating Materials, Wire and Cable, Power Equipment, and Diagnostic Imaging and Therapy Systems. Within these divisions are over 50 product-specific sections. The Signaling Section is one such Section in the Electronics Division.
For more information on NEMA and the Signaling Section, go to www.nema.org and search for the Signaling Section or Fire Alarm.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS....................................................................................................... ii CHAPTER 1: Introduction/Background and Summary............................................................................................ Purpose ........................................................................................................................................................................ Background ................................................................................................................................................................. Organization and Content ......................................................................................................................................... Glossary of Terms ...................................................................................................................................................... State Code Summary Table ...................................................................................................................................... CityiCounty Codes Summary Tables ..................................................................................................................... CHAPTER 2: Code Relations and Development ........................................................................................................... Building Regulations ................................................................................................................................................. Code Writing Organizations .................................................................................................................................... National Code Uniformity ........................................................................................................................................ The Code Change Process ........................................................................................................................................ summary ..................................................................................................................................................................... Map of General Areas of Building Construction Code Influence ..................................................................... States with Mandatory Statewide Building Codes ............................................................................................... CHAPTER 3: Model Code Regulations ........................................................................................................................... 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-2 1-5 1-7
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Introduction and Explanation ................................................................................................................................... 3-1 BOCA Organizational Information ........................................................................................................................ 3-2 BOCA Use Group Classifications ........................................................................................................................... 3-3 1999 BOCA Codes .................................................................................................................................................... 3-7 1996 BOCA Codes .................................................................................................................................................. 3-16 1993 BOCA Codes .................................................................................................................................................. 3-25 1990 BOCA Codes ................................................................................................................................... .............. 3-34 1987 BOCA Codes .................................................................................................................................................. 3-41 ICBO Organizational information ........................................................................................................................ 3-49 ICBO Use Group Classifications .......................................................................................................................... 3-50 1997 ICBO Codes .................................................................................................................................................... 3-55 1994 ICBO Codes .................................................................................................................................................... 3-64 1991 ICBO Codes .................................................................................................................................................... 3-73 SBCCI Organizational Information ...................................................................................................................... 3-81 SBCCi Use Group Classifications ........................................................................................................................ 3-82 1997 SBCCI Codes .................................................................................................................................................. 3-85 1994 SBCCI Codes.................................................................................................................................................. 3-94
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NFPA Organizational Information ..................................................................................................................... NFPA 101 Use Group Classifications................................................................................................................ 1997 NFPA 101...................................................................................................................................................... 1994 NFPA 101...................................................................................................................................................... 1991 NFPA 101...................................................................................................................................................... 1988 NFPA 101..................................................................................................................................................... 1985 NFPA 101...................................................................................................................................................... CHAPTER 4: State Codes and Regulations .................................................................................................................... Introduction and Explanation................................................................................................................................... Alabama ....................................................................................................................................................................... Alaska .......................................................................................................................................................................... Arizona ........................................................................................................................................................................ Arkansas .................................................................................................................................................................... California ................................................................................................................................................................... Colorado .................................................................................................................................................................... Connecticut ............................................................................................................................................................... Delaware .................................................................................................................................................................... Florida ........................................................................................................................................................................ Georgia ...................................................................................................................................................................... Hawaii ........................................................................................................................................................................ Idaho........................................................................................................................................................................... Illinois ........................................................................................................................................................................ Indiana ....................................................................................................................................................................... Iowa .......................................................................................................................................................................... Kansas ...................................................................................................................................................................... Kentucky ................................................................................................................................................................. Louisiana ................................................................................................................................................................. Maine ....................................................................................................................................................................... Maryland ................................................................................................................................................................. Massachusetts ......................................................................................................................................................... Michigan.................................................................................................................................................................. Minnesota ................................................................................................................................................................ Mississippi .............................................................................................................................................................. Missouri ................................................................................................................................................................... Montana ................................................................................................................................................................... Nebraska .................................................................................................................................................................. Nevada ..................................................................................................................................................................... New Hampshire ..................................................................................... ,................................................................. New Jersey .............................................................................................................................................................. New Mexico ............................................................................................................................................................ New York: ............................................................................................................................................................... North Carolina ........................................................................................................................................................ North Dakota .......................................................................................................................................................... Ohio .......................................................................................................................................................................... Oklahoma ................................................................................................................................................................ Oregon .....................................................................................................................................................................
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Pennsylvania ........................................................................................................................................................... Rhode Island ........................................................................................................................................................... South Carolina ........................................................................................................................................................ South Dakota ........................................................................................................................................................... Tennessee ................................................................................................................................................................ Texas ........................................................................................................................................................................ Utah .......................................................................................................................................................................... Vermont ................................................................................................................................................................... Virginia .................................................................................................................................................................... Washington ............................................................................................................................................................. West Virginia .......................................................................................................................................................... Wisconsin ................................................................................................................................................................ Wyoming ................................................................................................................................................................. CHAPTER 5: City and County Codes and Regulations ..............................................................................................
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Introduction and Explanation................................................................................................................................... 5-1 Atlanta, Georgia ......................................................................................................................................................... 5-2 Baltimore, Maryland ................................................................................................................................................. 5-3 Boston, Massachusetts .............................................................................................................................................. 5-4 Chicago, Illinois ......................................................................................................................................................... 5-5 Cincinnati, Ohio ....................................................................................................................................................... 5-16 Cleveland, Ohio ........................................................................................................................................................ 5-17 Dallas, Texas ........................................................................................................................................................... 5-18 Denver, Colorado ..................................................................................................................................................... 5-27 Detroit, Michigan ..................................................................................................................................................... 5-43 District of Columbia ................................................................................................................................................ 5~ Houston, Texas ......................................................................................................................................................... 5-53 Las Vegas, Nevada ................................................................................................................................................. 5-63 Los Angeles (City), California .............................................................................................................................. 5-74 Los Angeles (County), california ......................................................................................................................... 5-75 Miami, Florida .......................................................................................................................................................... 5-76 Minneapolis, Minnesota ......................................................................................................................................... 5-87 Montgomery County, Maryland............................................................................................................................ 5-88 New Orleans, Louisiana.......................................................................................................................................... 5-99 New York City, New York .................................................................................................................................. 5-100 Orange Couny, Florida ........................................................................................................................................ 5-108 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania................................................................................................................................... 5-109 Phoenix, Arizona .................................................................................................................................................... 5-124 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ...................................................................................................................................... 5-125 San Francisco, California ..................................................................................................................................... 5-126 Seattle, Washington ............................................................................................................................................... 5-127
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION, BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY
PURPOSE
The purpose of this report is to develop an analysis of building regulatory criteria applicable to fire alarm and detection systems. This document outlines and compares the administrative and technical requirements for installation of such systems, how the regulations are promulgated and applied, and who is responsible for these activities.
In the United States, building construction is regulated by state and local government agencies using a variety of codes, standards, and regulations. In many cases, building construction regulations are based on codes and standards developed by private organizations (i.e., SBCCI, BOCA, ICBO, NFPA). They are then adopted and enforced by state or local jurisdictions. Adopting and enforcing agencies often amend these documents to further regulate building design, safety, and construction. In some states and local jurisdictions, codes are developed independent of the previously mentioned model codes as "homegrown codes." The requirements for fire alarm and detection systems vary greatly among the states and local jurisdictions because of differences in code adoption and enforcement. In addition, such systems are subject to the provisions of several codes, specifically the building, fire prevention, and life safety codes which, in many cases, are adopted and enforced by "competing agencies." With such diversity, it is appropriate to analyze the building regulatory criteria of all 50 states and various major cities to get a realistic sense of provisions applicable to fire alarm and detection systems and how those provisions are enforced and revised.
ORGANIZATION AND CONTENT

In order to provide a comprehensive analysis of the vast amount of applicable data, the report is separated into three sections containing summaries of the codes and regulations from model, state, and city codes as they relate to fire alarmidetection systems. Each summary is organized giving the following information as applicable. Organizational Information (Model Codes only) - Specifics about the code organization such as address and phone number, their publications, areas covered, and other related information. Administration Requirements (States and Cities) - Details of what codes are used, who to contact, and enforcement applications. Use Group Classifications - Provides a breakdown of building classifications by use as applicable. Table of Requirements - Summarizes where fire alarmidetection systems are required by building use type. Requirements and Exceptions - Provides summaries of code regulations affecting fire alarmidetection systems. The state and city summaries provide the information from the model code edition adopted or from their own written codes. Changes to model code requirements are noted in italics. Where a model code is adopted with no changes, the user should refer back to the proper model code.
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BACKGROUND
GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED

The following phrases, words, and terms used within this report are defined below as used or referenced herein.
ANSI: American National Standards Institute.

Approved: Approved by the code official or other authority having jurisdiction.
AS
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers, Inc.
ASME: American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

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ASTM: American Society of Testing and Materials. Automatic Fire Alarm System: A device or system providing an emergency function without human intervention and activated by a predetermined temperature rise, rate of rise of temperature, or increase in the level of combustion
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Automatic Fire Detector: A device, which automatically detects heat, smoke or other products of combustion. Automatic Fire Extinguishing System: An approved system of devices and equipment which automatically detects fire and discharges an approved fire extinguishing agent on or in the area of a fire. Automatic Fire Suppression System: An engineered system to detect automatically and suppress a fire through fixed piping and nozzles. Automatic Sprinkler System: An automatic fire extinguishing system which automatically detects a fire and discharges water on or in the area of a fire. BOCA: Building Officials and Code Administrators International. Central Station Signaling System: A system consisting of electrically operated circuits and equipment which transmits alarms from buildings and structures equipped with a fire protection system to a central station. The central station is controlled and operated by a Department approved person or firm whose business is furnishing and maintaining such a system and where qualified personnel are in attendance at all times to notify the fire department of any alarm received. Dwelling Unit: Any building or portion of which contains living facilities, including provisions for sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation for not more than one family. Fire Alarm System: A system of electrical devices and circuits or mechanical devices installed, arranged, and maintained to form, transmit, or emit signals indicating an emergency requiring immediate action to safeguard life and property. Fire Protection Equipment: Any appliance, device, or system provided or installed in the event of fire. It may include, but is not limited to, fire assemblies, fire hydrants, fire department connections, and fire protection systems. Fire Protection System: Any fire alarm device or system, fire extinguishing device or system, or their combination for the premises which is designed and installed for detecting, controlling, or extinguishing a fire or otherwise alerting occupants of the premises that a fire is in progress or has occurred.
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Fire Suppression System: A mechanical system designed and equipped to detect a fire, actuate an alarm, and suppress a fire. Guest Room: Any room or rooms used or intended to be used by a guest for sleeping purposes only.
HPM: Hazard production materials.

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WAC: Heating, ventilating and air conditioning.
IAPMO: International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials. ICBO: International Conference of Building Officials. ICC: International Code Council Local Jurisdiction: County, city, or regional governments, Manual Fire Alarm System: An interior alarm system composed of sending stations and signaling devices in building, operated on an electric circuit, so arranged that the operation of any one station will ring all signals throughout the building and at one or more approved locations. NBC: National Building Code (BOCA). NCSBCS: National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards, Inc. NFC: National Fire Codes.
N F P A National Fire Protection Association.
NFPC: National Fire Prevention Code (BOCA).

Occupancy: The purpose for which a building, or part of, is used or intended to be used. Occupant Load: The total number of persons that may occupy a building, portion of a building, or premises at any one time for assembly purposes. SBC: Standard Building Code. SBCCI: Southern Building Code Congress International. SFBC: South Florida Building Code. SFPC: Standard Fire Prevention Code. Smoke Detector: An approved device, which senses visible or invisible particles of combustion. 1-3
Sprinkler Alarm System: An alarm activated by waterflow from a sprinkler system.
UBC: Uniform Building Code. UFC: Uniform Fire Code.

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Use Group: The classification of a building or structure based on the purpose for which it is intended to be used.
CODE BASIS FOR STATE CODES AND REGULATIONS
State
Alabama
Building
Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia
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1997 SFPC
1997 UFC None None State State State 1990 UFC
Hawaii
Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri
I 1997UBC
I None
1997 UBC 1994UBC 1997 UBC 1996 NBC 1994 SBC None 1996NBC 1993NBC
I 1997UFC
I State
1997UFC State State 1997 NFPA 1 1997 NFPA 1 NFPA 1997 NFPA 1 State
I 1997NFPA 101
I 1991NFPA 101
None State 1991NFPA 101 1997NFPA 101 1997NFPA 101 1994NFPA 101 1997NFPA 101 None
I 1996NBC
I None
I None
I 1997UBC
1997 SBC None
I 1997UFC
1997 SFPC None
I 1997NFPA101
1985NFPA 101 None
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I Pennsylvania
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I 1997NFPA 101
I None I 1994NFPA101
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I South Carolina I South Dakota
I 1994UBC
1997 SBC None 1997UBC 1987NBC 1996 NBC 1997 UBC 1996NBC State 1997 UBC
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CODE BASIS FOR CITY AND COUNTY CODES AND REGULATIONS
Locality Atlanta Baltimore Boston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Denver
Building I I 1994 SBC 1996NBC 1993NBC City 1996NBC 1996 NBC 1991 UBC 1997 UBC 1996NBC
Fire I I 1994 SFPC 1996NFPC City City 1996NFPC 1996 NFPC 1991 UFC 1997 UFC
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1997 UBC
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Minneapolis Montgomery County New Orleans
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1997 UFC
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CHAPTER 2 CODE REGULATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT

BUILDING REGULATIONS The best answer to the question "What's in the codes?" is "Anything that addresses health, life safety, welfare of buildings, and building construction." This includes the individual products, materials, systems, and equipment that are designed, manufactured, tested, and assembled to make a building and its spaces. Code provisions focus on two different aspects of buildings: 1) Conceptual aspects such as egress, ventilation, air quality, energy conservation, lighting, and things that one cannot touch-and material aspects such as products, materials, systems, devices, and other items which make up the building construction and 2) things that are finite and touchable. Buildmg regdations are a mixture of regulations, standards, and procedures covering the different aspects of building construction, plumbing, mechanical systems, electrical, fire protection, life safety, accessibility, and energy. These documents may appear as one complete text covering all of these aspects or may be an assortment of separate texts or standards, which together regulate construction and compliance.
CODE WRITING ORGANIZATIONS
Three code-writing organizations are the Building Officials and Code Administrators International (BOCA), Intemational Conference of Building Officials (ICBO), and the Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI). These code-writing organizations publish model codes, which may be adopted by u i s of state and local government or be used voluntarily by others where no building nt regulations exist. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) promulgates the National Fire Codes and Standards (NFC), which are a series of issue and building-type specific documents covering areas associated with fire safety and fire prevention. The most prominent of documents used in the building regulatory process are the NFPA 70, National Electrical Code, and NFPA 101 Life Safety Code; although others, such as NFPA 72 on protective signaling systems, NFPA 3 1 on fuel oil, NFPA 5 on natural gas, and NFPA 4 58 on LPG systems, are widely used in the codes community. Numerous other associations and trade groups develop standards applicable to their general area of interest and many of those documents are introduced into and used as supporting infomiation and documentation in the various codes. There is a significant reliance by organizations, other than state and local jurisdictions that write their own code provisions, on the model code organizations, BOCA, ICBO, ICC, NFPA, and SBCCI, for the criteria contained in state and local codes.
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Many of the voluntary standards, other industry guidelines and handbooks, are modified into code language or referenced and are included in the model codes or NFC. They are then used as part of the codes for the regulation of building design and construction. Recent initiatives at the state level have created more statewide codes and eliminated local government options to develop their own codes or amend codes themselves. (See Figures 1 and 2.) Such initiatives wi not change what is covered in the codes but the differences in requirements from jurisdiction to jurisdiction will become more uniform as time goes on. It must be recognized that several states and many units of local government do not use the model codes and standards that have been developed on the national level. Because of historic perspectives, many jurisdictions have maintained their ability or desire to update and maintain their own regulations. Wisconsin and New York were early leaders in the development of statewide codes and still maintain this ability. Major cities such as New York and Chicago continue to develop their own codes, as do Broward and Dade Counties in South Florida. This type of code promulgation was more prevalent in the past, but now more state and local governments are looking to the model codes and other national standards as the basis for their building and construction regulations.
NATIONAL CODE UNIFORMITY Common Code Format The three model code organizations, BOCA, ICBO, and SBCCI, along with CABO (now ICC), united to move toward a single national building code. As a first step, the 1993 BOCA National Codes, the 1994 ICBO Uniform Codes, the 1994 SBCCI Standard Codes, and the 1995 CABO One and Two Family D w e h g Code were reorganized and published in a common code format. Although technical content was not considered in this effort, users can now turn to the same chapter in all documents to find any given topic.
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The International Code Council Continuing in the direction of a single national code system, the International Code Council (ICC) was formed in December 1994. The ICC was organized to function as an umbrella organization to support common code development;it consists of representatives from each of the model code groups. The purpose of the ICC is to handle the development and maintenance of the International Codes and to support training and product evaluation activities.
The first two ICC codes-the International Plumbing Code (IPC) and the International Private Sewage Disposal Code, were published in late 1994. The memberships of both BOCA and ICBO approved the IPC as the plumbing code document at their respective 1994 mua1 business meetings. The third ICC code, the International Mechanical Code (IMC), was published at the beginning of 1996.
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Since then, other International Codes have been developed and published and it is expected the first edition of the International Building Code will be available by the year 2000. These codes will be maintained through a joint hearing process that still allows participation by the membership of each organization. The ICC will conduct a single initial hearing. Each organization will then conduct separate final hearings, with members voting at the respective annual meetings in the f d . The final disposition of each proposed change will be derived from the cumulative results of the three hearings.
THE CODE CHANGE PROCESS
BOCA, ICBO, SBCCI, and the ICC accept proposed code changes annually. Comments on proposed changes may be made by any individual or organization and are accepted at a public hearing or submitted in writing for the record. A committee of experts fi-omthe code organization is given the responsibility for hearing testimony and arguments for and against each particular change to the codes. These proposed changes, with the technical rationale for the changes, are published by the model code organizations and made available for review by interested and affected parties. Based on such discussions, at the meeting a code change is recommended for acceptance, rejection, or in some cases held for further study. The changes are published yearly as supplements to the codes and new code editions are published every three years. The NFPA accepts comments or proposed changes to its specific documents by holding hearings and debates. Membership votes are taken, the changes are recorded, and subsequent editions are published. Unlike the model codes, NFPA does not issue yearly supplements but reprints the documents at specific intervals, usually every three years or more often as necessary. NFPA does publish tentative interim amendments, which are essentially minor changes to specific provisions of t e h documents. When states and u i s of local government adopt the model codes and other standards, they may nt develop amendments to these codes as necessary to address particular state or local situations. These amendments are usually administrative and are intended to address fees, permits, plan review, and other aspects associated with code administration. In addition, these amendments may delete or modi@ major portions of these codes to address regional differences in construction requirements for seismic, climatic, or design variations peculiar to that region. Statewide code revisions are usually developed by the state agency responsible for development and administration of the code. They are made available for public review and comment and then finalized through state adoption processes. When local governments are allowed to adopt codes, they generally provide for the adoption of codes in their municipal ordinances. The appropriate officials are then responsible for maintaining andor enforcing these provisions as detailed in their municipal codes. 2-3
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Inconsistencies in model codes arise when state and local government adopt model codes from a specific edition of a model code or standard. When the edition is updated or revised, the state model code is not subsequently revised. In many cases, the model codes adopted are changed from year to year and the amendment to the code may not be applicable to the new edition. A major error made by state and local governments adopting model codes occur when revising a section of the regulations which adopt a particular edition of a model code or standard, is that they update to a later edition without revising subsequent portions of their codes that amend that document. In many cases, the model codes adopted are changed from year to year but the amendments to the code may not be applicable to the later edition subsequently adopted. This can result in erroneous substitutions or omissions in critical code provisions. Many of these adopting ordinances and regulations may not be written by the building official, but by a city clerk, attorney, or other individual responsible for administration and not enforcement.
SUMMARY
Building codes and regulations in the United States are as varied and individual as the subjects covered w t i them. To determine what rules to follow, one must consider the state, regional, county, or city ihn regulations, how they interGace, and who has the final authority. Adoption of model codes helps provide consistency as will a single national code system. The adoption and enforcement of a single code throughout the country is probably still a long way OE
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Note: States with no building code may have a voluntary code, or may have codes that apply to other applications, e.g. fire, plumbing, and life safety. To be sure your project is in compliance with the codes applicable to your area, always check with your state or local building department.
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CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCTION A N D EXPLANATION
This chapter contains summaries of requirements and regulations from the latest editions of the model codes as they affect fire alarm/detection systems. Each model code section provides information about the model code organization, explanation of the building use group classifications, a table summarizing the areas where fire suppression, protection and detection systems are needed, and an explanation of the code requirements and exceptions as they apply to the building types. Because the code requirements are complex and varied, the tables have been set up to indicate when there are code provisions for fire protection systems in each of the use groups. Where possible, the tables indicate the key item (i.e., building height or number of occupants) that dictates using fire protection systems. Where no specific item exists but fire protection systems may be needed, the tables will have the word "required." This alerts the user to review the appropriate listings of code requirements and explanations following the table. The code requirements and explanations are a brief synopsis of the appropriate code text and should be used in conjunction with the actual code for exact details.
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MODEL CODE ORGANEATION ORGANIZATION: Building Officials and Code Administrators International (BOCA) 405 1 West Flossmoor Road Country Club Hills, IL 60478-5795 (708) 799-2300 Chief Executive Officer, Paul Heilstedt, PE Vice President, Member Services, Terrence Leppellere, PE Vice President, Codes and Standards, Kenneth Schoonover, PE Founded in 19 15 to exchange knowledge and ideas concerning building safety and construction regulation. Promotes establishment of minimum unbiased building codes and provides services for keeping them up to date. National Building Code International Mechanical Code Inrernarional Plumbing Code National Fire Prevention Code National Existing Structures Code BOCA Magazine Research Reports International Codes Training Audio -visual programs Textbooks and manuals Codes publishing Seminars and workshops Computer software Certification programs Consultation and advisory services The Northeastern and North Central United States and parts of Texas including Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan,Illinois, and Missouri. The BOCA codes are revised and updated annually with editions published every third year. Proposals for code changes must be submitted by November 1, which will be considered and reviewed by democratic process for approval by September of the following year.
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1999 BOCA USE GROUP CLASSIFICATIONS
GROUP A ASSEMBLY
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Buildings used for assembly with greater than 50 occupants. Sub-classify as follows: A-1 Theaters - Theaters and other buildings for theatrical or operatic performances and exhibitions with raised stage and fixed seats, proscenium curtain, fixed or portable scenery loft, lights, motion picture booth, mechanical appliances, and other theatrical accessories and equipment.
A-2 Nightclubs, Dance Halls - Buildings and public assembly places including rooms, lobbies, and other spaces connected thereto with common means of egress and entrance without theatrical stage accessories and designed for use as dance hall, night club, or similar.
A-3 Restaurants, Recreation - Buildings with or without auditorium and without theatrical stage other than raised platform where people assemble for amusement, entertainment, or recreation and incidental motion picture, dramatic, or theatrical presentations including art galleries, exhibition halls, museums, lecture halls, libraries, restaurants other than nightclubs, recreation centers, and passenger terminals. A 4 Churches -Buildings used as churches and for similar religious purposes. A-5 Stadiums Outdoor assembly structures including grandstands, bleachers, coliseums, stadiums, tents, and similar structures.
GROUP B BUSINESS Buildings or parts thereof used for busmess transactions, rendering of professional services, or for other services involving stocks of goods, wares, or merchandise in limited quantities for use incidental to office uses or sample purposes including: data processing, animal hospitals and kennels, automobile showrooms, banks, beauty and barber shops, car washes, civic administration and post offices, laboratories for testinghesearch, telephone exchanges, laundries and dry cleaning and self-service and pick-up/delivery stations, outpatient clinics, radio/TV stations, fire and police stations, florists and nurseries, print shops, and professional services. GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL Buildings or parts thereof used by more than five persons at one time for educational purposes through twelfth grade including schools, academies, and day-care facilities providing care for more than 16 persons over two-and-one-half years of age for less than 24 hours per day. GROUPF - FACTORY/INDUSTRIAL. Buildings or parts thereof; including among others, factories, assembling plants, industrial laboratories, and all other industrial and manufacturing uses where occupants engaged in fabricating, assembling, or processing of products or materials. Sub-classify as follows: F-1 Moderate Hazard - Moderate hazard factory and industrial uses for manufacturing processes including aircraft, automobiles, appliances, boats, and RVs, bakeries, alcoholic beverages, boilers works, canneries, clothing, machinery, dry cleaning using other than flammables, electronics and electric light plants, food processing, film, furniture, tanneries, woodworking, paper mills, plastic, publishing, printing, refuse incinerators, shoes, soap, sugar, tobacco, upholstery, textile mills, and laundries.
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F-2 Low Hazard - Factory and industrial uses involving fabrication or manufacturing of noncombustible materials which during finishing, packing, or processing, do not involve significant fire hazard including nonalcoholic beverages, brick, masonry, ceramic, glass, and gypsum, foundries, ice, metal fabrication and assembly, and water pumping plants. GROUP H - HAZARDOUS
Buildings or parts thereof used for manufacturing, processing, generation, or storage of corrosive, highly toxic, highly cohustible, flammable, or explosive materials including loose combustible fibers, dust, and unstable materials that constitute high fire or explosion hazard. Sub-classify as follows:
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H-1 -Buildings and structures or parts thereof containing materials, which present a detonation hazard.
H-2 - Buildings and structures; or parts thereof, which contain materials presenting a deflagration hazard or a hazard from accelerated burning.
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ii-3 - Buildings and structures or parts thereof which contain materials rhat readily suppurl conibustiuri or pieseiii a physical hazard.
H-4 - Buildings and structures or parts thereof containing materials that are a health hazard.
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GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL Buildings or parts thereof where people suffering from physical limitations due to health or age harbored for medical or other care or treatment, where people detained for penal or correction purposes, or where liberty of inmates is restricted. Sub-classify as follows:
1-1 Supervised - Facilities for children, aged persons, mentally impaired and convalescents including group homes, mentally retarded care facilities, nursing homes, and orphanages, housing more than 16 individuals who, because of age, mental disability, or other reasons, must live in supervised environment but who are physically capable of responding to emergency situation without personal assistance.
1-2 Incapacitated -Use for persons with physical limitations including hospitals, day nurseries, sanitariums, infirmaries, orphanages, and homes for aged and infirm. This group includes care facilities accommodating for any length of time more than 16 occupants two and one-half years of age or less or occupants not capable of responding to emergency situations. 1-3 Restrained - Buildings or parts thereof including prisons, jails, reformatories, insane asylums, and similar uses, inhabited by occupants under some restraint. GROUP M - MERCANTILE Buildings or parts thereof used for display and sales purposes and accessible to public including retail stores, motor fuel service stations, shops, salesrooms, and markets. GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Buildings or parts thereof where families or households live or where sleeping accommodations provided for individuals with or without dining facilities. Sub-classify as follows: R-1 HotelsNotels - Hotels, motels, boarding houses, and similar buildings arranged for shelter and sleeping accommodations for more than five occupants primarily transient in nature who use facilities for less than 30 days. R-2 Multifamily -Dwellings with more than two dwelling units including boarding houses and similar buildings arranged for shelter and sleeping accommodations for occupants primarily not transient in nature. This also includes dormitories accommodating more than five persons older than 2-1/2 years of age.
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GROUP R - RESIDENTUL. continued] R-3 One and Two Family and Multiple Single-family-Buildings arranged for use as one- or two-family dwelling units with maximum five lodgers or boarders per family and multiple single-family dwellings where each unit has its own means of egress. This also includes a childcare facility accommodating five o r less children of any age. This group includes residential care facilities, unless classified as Group R-2. GROUP S - STORAGE Buildings or parts thereof including warehouses, storehouses, and freight depots used primarily for storage of goods, wares, or merchandise. Sub-classify as follows:
S-1 Moderate Hazard - Storage buildings for contents likely to bum with moderate rapidity, but not producing poisonous gases, fumes, or explosives. S-2 Low Hazard - Storage buildings for noncombustible materials and low hazard wares that do not ordinarily burn rapidly such as products on wood pallets or in paper cartons without significant amounts of combustible wrappings but with negligible amount ofplastic trim such as h o b s , handles, or film wrapping.
GROUP U - UTILITY AND MISCELLANEOUS Accessory buildings and miscellaneous structures not classified in any specific use group per Building Code requirements commensurate with fire and life hazard incidental to use. This group is to include structures accessory to a residential occupancy.
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1999 NATIONAL CODES (BOCA) Fire AlarmDetection Systems
Occupancy Type Group A - Assembly A-1 Theaters A-2 Night Clubs A-3 Restaurants
Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems

> 12,000 sq. ft. > 5,000 sq. ft. > 12,000 sq. ft. 12,000 sq. ft.
Fire Alarm Systems
Automatic Detection Systems
Required > 2 stories Required
> 20,000 sq. ft.
Group F - Factory F-1 Moderate Hazard GroupH - High Hazardous
> 3 stories or > 12,000 sq. ft. or > 24,000 sq. ft. total Required
Required
Required
Group I - Institutional
Required
Required
Required
Group M - Mercantile
> 3 stories or > 12,000 sq. ft. or > 24,000 sq. ft. total
Group R R-1 R-2 Group S S-1 -
Residential HotelMotels Multifamily Storage Moderate Hazard
Required Required
Required > 3 stories
Required Required
> 3 stories or > 12,000 sq. ft. or > 24,000 sq. fi. total
Required
> 2 stories
> 30 ft. ceiling
Covered Mails Hazardous Production Materials Facilities
Required Required Required
Required Required
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High-rise Buildings
> 75 ft.
Public Garages
Special Amusement Building Underground Structures
> 3 stories or 12,000 sq. fi. or > 24,000 sq. ft. total Required
Required
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1999 NATIONAL CODES (BOCA) Requirements and Exceptions
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 904.2 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Groups A-I, A-3, and A-4 occupancies that exceed 12,000 square feet as follows: entire story or floor level where Groups A-I, A-3, or A-4 occupancies are located; all stories and floors below Groups A-I, A-3, or A-4; and all stories and floor levels between Groups A-1, A-3, or A-4 and the level of exit discharge. Exception: Groups A-1 or A-3 auditoriums,Group A 4 naves and chancels, or Group A-3 participant sport areas if main floor of each area is at the level of exit discharge of the main entrance. These requirements also apply to Group A-2 occupancies, which are more than 5,000 square feet in area or located either above or below the level of exit discharge of exits serving the occupancy. Provide f i e alarm system in Group A 4 occupancies except in sanctuary and nave areas of churches.
Section 918.4.1 (Building Code) GROUP B - BUSINESS Section 918.4.2 (Building Code)
Provide fire alarm system in Group B occupancies, which are two or more stories above or below level of exit discharge.
GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL Section 904.4 (Building Code) Section 918.4.1 (Building Code) Section F-503.5 (Fire Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Group E occupancies, unless floor area is less than 20,000 square feet Provide fire alarm system in all Group E occupancies.
Provide fire alarm system in all existing Group E occupanciesper Building Code.
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GROUPF-FACTORYENDUSTRIAL
Section 904.7 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Group F-1 buildings more than 12,000 square feet in area, or more than 24,000 square feet total area on all floors, or more than three stories above grade.
GROUP H - HAZARDOUS
Sections 904.5 and 417.1 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group H occupancies or any other building or structure occupied for the manufacturing, processing, dispensing, use or storage of hazardous materials. Exception: Magazines used for the storage of Group H-1 materials constructed and located per NFPA 495 and the fire prevention code. Also excepted are grain storage tanks, silos, and bins. Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all high-hazard occupancies, including all structures occupied for the manufacture or storage of articles of cellulose nitrate (pyroxylin) plastic. Provide automatic fire suppression system in all spray, dip and immersing spaces and storage rooms of buildings of portions thereof used for the spraying of flammable paints, varnishes and lacquers or other flammable materials or mixtures. Provide approved automatic fire suppression system in drying rooms designed for high-hazard materials and processes. Provide automatic fire detection system per NFPA 72 throughout Group H occupancies where required by fire prevention code. Provide detection system in areas where highhazard materials are used and stored. Provide a fire alarm system in Groups H-2, H-3, and H-4 occupancies.
Section F-503.2 (Fire Code)
Section 419.3 (Building Code)
Section 2808.4 (Building Code) Section 417.5.3 (Building Code)
Section 918.4.3 (Building Code)
GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL Section 904.6 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group I Occupancies. Exception: Group 1-2 child-care facilities accommodating 1O children or less located 0 at level of exit discharge with an exit door in each child-care room directly to the exterior.
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GROUP I - INSTfTzTTIONAL (continued)

Section 918.4.4 (Building Code) Section F-503.5 (Fire Code) Section 919.4 (Building Code) Provide fire alarm systems in all Group I Buildings.
Provide fire alarm system in all existing Groups 1-2 and 1-3 occupancies.
Provide automatic fire detection system in all Groups 1-1 and 1-2 occupancies except Group 1-2, which are fully sprinkled throughout. In Group 1-3, provide automatic fire detection system and smoke detectors throughout all resident housing areas. Smoke detectors are not required in sleeping rooms with not more than four occupants. Provide single- or multiple-station smoke detectors in all sleeping areas in Group 1-1 occupancies, except where the building is equipped throughout with an automatic detection system. Smoke detectors are required to have battery-power backup.
In Group 1-2, provide automatic fire detection system in corridors and spaces open to the corridors in nursing homes and detoxification facilities. Exception 1: Not required if patient sleeping rooms have smoke detectors permanently connected to the building?s power supply and have a visible display on the corridor side of each patient room and an audible and visual alarm at the nursing station attending the rooms. Exceptions 2: Not required if patient rooms equipped with automatic door-closing devices with integral smoke detectors on the room side that perform the required alerting function.
Provide a minimum of one approved single-station or multiple-station smoke detector in each guest room, suite, or sleeping area in existing Use Group 1-1 occupancies. Power source for smoke detector may be either AC or battery.
GROUP M - MERCANTILE Section 904.7 (Building Code)? Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Group M occupancies which are more than 12,000 square feet in area, more than 24,000 square feet in total area on all floors, or more than three stories above grade. Exception: Public garages.
GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Sections 904.8 and 906.2.1 (Building Code) Section 904.9 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group R-1 occupancies except guest rooms if not more than three stories above the lowest level of exit discharge and each guest room has at least one door of direct access to exit. Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group R-2 occupancies other than residential care facilities and buildings two stories or less, including basements, and with 12 or less dwelling units and each dwelling unit has a least one door of direct access to exit. Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout fire area of Groups R-2 and R-3 residential care facility. Install sprinkler system per NFPA 13R or approved quickresponse sprinklers per NFPA 13. Excepted is R-1 residential care facilities where every floor level has direct access to exterior.
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GROUP R - RESIDENTIALconthued) Section 918.4.5 (Building Code) Section 918.4.6 (Building Code) Provide fire alarm system in all Group R-1 occupancies.
Provide fire alarm system in Group R-2 occupancies where dwelling unit is located three or more stories above lowest level of exit discharge or more than one story below the highest level of exit discharge. Provide automatic fire detection system in all Group R-1 occupancies except buildings without interior corridors and where all guest rooms have a direct exterior exit access. Provide single- or multiple-station smoke detectors in Groups R-1, R-2, and R-3 occupancies. In buildings equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system, smoke detectors are not required in bedrooms that are equipped with residential sprinklers. Smoke detectors are required to have battery-power backup. Provide a minimum of one approved single-station or multiple-station smoke detector in each guest room, suite, or sleeping area in existing Group R-I occupancies and in dwelling units in Groups R-2 and R-3 occupancies.
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Section 919.4.4 (Building Code) Section 920.3.1 (Building Code)
GROW S - STORAGE Section 904.7 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout in Group S-1 occupancies which are more than 12,000 square feet in area, more than 24,000 square feet in total area on all floors, or more than three stones above grade.
AIRPORT TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWERS Section 414.4 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire detection systems in all such buildings.
Section 404.2 (Building Code) Section 404.4 (Building Code) Section 404.6 (Building Code)
Provide automatic sprinkler system in atrium and all stories and floors connected to the atium. Provide a smoke control system in all atriums that connect more than two stories.
Provide a fire alarm system in all occupancies with an atrium that connects more than two stories. In Groups A, E, or M occupancies, provide a voice/alarm signaling system. In a smoke control area with ceiling height over 30 feet, provide smoke detectors to detect smoke above highest floor open to an atrium or at highest point of another smoke control space.
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COVERED MALLS Section 402.10 and 402.14.2 (Building Code) Section 402.7.1 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout covered mall building and all connected buildings, including kiosks and similar structures that are covered and located within the mall. In anchor store, provide smoke control system to be activated by smoke detectors installed in return air portion of heating and cooling system, automatic sprinkler system, and manual controls provided in an approved location.
HAZARDOUS PRODUCTION MATERIALS FACILITES Section 416.4 (Building Code) Section 416.9.2 (Building Code) Section 416.14.5 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout HPM facilities.
Install smoke detectors in re -circulating air stream to initiate a signal at the emergency control station. Provide local fire alarm system station or emergency telephone system outside each interior egress door from HPM cutoff rooms.
R I S E BUILDINGS Section 403.1 (Building Code) Apply to all buildings having floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Exceptions: Airport traffic control towers; open parking structures; Groups A-5, H-1, H-2 or H-3; and low-hazard special occupancies. Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout high-rise buildings. Exceptions: Open parking structures and telecommunications equipment buildings. Provide smoke detectors in rooms for mechanical equipment, electrical, transformer, telephone equipment, elevator machine. Install so that actuation of detector sounds alarm at a constantly supervised location. Provide voice alarm and communication system
Section 403.2 (Building Code) Section 403.4 (Building Code)
PUBLXC GARAGES Section 408.3.1 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system in public garages where any area exceeds 12,000 square feet, or the total combined area of all floors exceeds 24,000 square feet, or more than three stories above grade, or if located beneath other use groups. Provide automatic sprinkler system in the fuel-dispensing area of a public garage.
SPECIAL AMUSEMENT BUILDDIGS Section 413.3 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire detection system in all special amusement buildings. An approved alternative type of automatic detector may be installed where ambient conditions will cause a smoke detector to activate.
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SPECIAL AMUSEMENT BUILDINGS (continued)

Section 413.4 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout special amusement buildings. Excepted if total floor area of a temporary special amusement building is less than 1,000 square feet and the travel distance from any point to an exit is less than 50 feet.
STAGES AND PLATFORMS

Section 412.6 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system on stages and enclosed platforms installed under the roof and gridiron, in tie and fly galleries, and in all places beyond the proscenium wall of the stage; over and within enclosed platforms in excess of 500 square feet in area; and in dressing rooms, lounges, workshops and storerooms accessory to such stages or enclosed platforms. See Section 412.6 for exceptions to this requirement. Provide automatic sprinkler system in all buildings or portions used as sound stages for ntin picture or television production and over 1,000 square feet.
Section 411.7 and 412.8 (Building Code)
UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES
Section 405.1 (Building Code) Applies to all structures having a floor level used for human occupancy more than 30 feet below, or more than one story below, the lowest level of exit discharge serving that floor level. Provide an automatic sprinkler system throughout the highest level of exit discharge serving the underground portions of the structure and all levels below. Provide smoke detection in rooms for mechanical equipment, electrical transformer, telephone equipment, and elevator machinery. Install so that actuation of detector sounds an alarm at a constantly attended location. Provide smoke exhaust system to be activated by the automatic sprinkler system, smoke detectors, or manual controls provided for f r e department use.
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UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES
Section 405.6 (Building Code) Provide a fire alarm system, which includes a voiceialarm signaling system, where the lowest level of a structure is more than 60 feet below the lowest level of exit discharge.
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When an exit stairway discharges into an interior exit discharge lobby located at the level of exit discharge, provide automatic sprinkler system throughout the story containing the exit discharge lobby. Provide automatic fire suppression system over and immediately beneath buildings equipment platform(s). Defined by this code, equipment platform is an unoccupied elevated platform used for buildings mechanical systems or industrial process equipment. Provide approved automatic fire suppression system at the top and at alternate floor levels in a waste or linen chute and in the termination and incinerator rooms. System not required if incinerator burns only Type 4 waste. Provide automatic fire suppression system in vaults for combustible refuse, which are more than 360 cubic feet in volume. In buildings with windowless story, provide an automatic fire suppression system throughout every story or basement where there is not provided at least one of the type openings outlined by Section 904.1O. Exception: Group R-3 occupancies. Provide smoke detectors in each elevator lobby at each floor and associated machine/equipment room. Install smoke detector to activate emergency operation.
Where required, provide manual fire alarm boxes not more than five feet from the entrance to each exit. Exception: Manual fire alarm boxes are not required in Group B occupancies where the highest occupied floor is 75 feet or less above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access or the building is protected throughout with automatic sprinkler system. In existing structures, provide approved smoke or heat detectors in return air ducts or plenums in each re-circulating air system with a capacity of 2,000 cfm or more and serving more than one floor in building exceeding six stories in height. If not part of an approved smoke control system, install so that actuation of the detector automatically stops the fans.
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1996 NATIONAL CODES (BOCA) Fire Alarm/Detection Systems
Occupancy Type Group A - Assembly A-1 - Theaters A-2 - Night Clubs A-3 - Restaurants A-4- Churches Group B -Business Group E - Educational
Fire Alarm Systems
> 12,000 sq. ft. > 5,000 sq. fi. > 12,000 sq. ft. > 12,000 sq. ft.
Required
> 2 stories
> 20,000 sq. ft. > 3 stories or 12,000 sq. i?. er
Required
F-1 -
Moderate Hazard
Required
Required
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Required
Required
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Group R - Residential R-1 - Hotel/Motels R-2 - Multifmilv Group S - Storage S-1 - Moderate Hazard
Required Required
Required Required
> 3 stories or > 12,000 sq. fi. or > 24,000 sq. ft. total
Required Required
> 2 stories
> 30 ft. ceiling
Hazardous Production Materials Facilities
Required
High-rise Buildings
> 75 ft.
Public Garages
L
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.
Required
Required
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1996 NATIONAL CODES (BOCA) Requirements and Exceptions GROUP A ASSEMBLY Section 904.2 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Groups A-1, A-3, and A-4 occupancies that exceed 12,000 square feet as follows: entire story or floor level where Groups A-I, A-3, or A 4 occupancies are located; all stories and floors below Groups A-I, A-3, or A-4; and all stories and floor levels between Groups A-1, A-3, or A 4 and the level of exit discharge. Exception: Groups A-1 or A-3 auditoriums, Group A-4 naves and chancels, or Group A-3 participant sport areas if main floor of each area is at the level of exit discharge of the main entrance. These requirements also apply to Group A-2 occupancies, which are more than 5,000 square feet in area or located either above or below the level of exit discharge of exits serving the occupancy. Provide fire alarm system in Group A 4 occupancies except in sanctuary and nave areas of churches.
GROUP B - BUSINESS Section 918.4.2 (Building Code) Provide fire alarm system in Group B occupancies, which are two or more stories above or below level of exit discharge.
GROUP E EDUCATIONAL Section 904.4 (Building Code) Section 918.4.1 (Building Code) Section F-503.5 (Fire Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Group E occupancies, unless floor area is less than 20,000 square feet Provide fire alarm system in all Group E occupancies.
Provide fire alarm system in all existing Group E occupancies per Building Code.
GROUP F FACTORY/lNDUSTRIAL Section 904.7 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Group F-1 buildings more than 12,000 square feet in area, or more than 24,000 square feet total area on all floors, or more than three stories above grade.
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GROW H - HAZARDOUS
Sections 904.5 and 417.1 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group H occupancies or any other building or structure occupied for the manufacturing, processing, dispensing, use or storage of hazardous materials. Exception: Magazines used for the storage of Group H-1 materials constructed and located per NFPA 495 and the fire prevention code. Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all high-hazard occupancies, including all structures occupied for the manufacture or storage of articles of cellulose nitrate (pyroxylin) plastic. Provide automatic fire suppression system in all spray, dip and immersing spaces and storage rooms of buildings of portions thereof used for the spraying of flammable paints, varnishes and lacquers or other flammable materials or mixtures. Provide approved automatic fire suppression system in drying rooms designed for high-hazard materials and processes. Provide automatic fire detection system per NFPA 72 throughout Group H occupancies where required by fire prevention code. Provide detection system in areas where highhazard materials are used and stored. Provide a fire alarm system in Groups H-2, H-3, and H-4 occupancies.
Section 503.2 (Fire Code)
GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL
Section 904.6 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group I Occupancies. Exception: Group 1-2 child-care facilities accommodating 100 children or less located at level of exit discharge with an exit door in each child-care room directly to the exterior. Provide fire alarm systems in all Group I Buildings.
Section 918.4.4 (Building Code) Section 503.5 (Fire Code)
Provide fire alarm system in all existing Groups 1-2 and 1-3 occupancies.
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GROUPI - INSITIZTTIONAL(continued)
Section 919.4 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire detection system in all Groups 1-1 and 1-2 occupancies except Group 1-2, which are fully sprinkled throughout. In Group 1-3, provide automatic fire detection system and smoke detectors throughout all resident housing areas. Smoke detectors are not required in sleeping rooms with not more than four occupants. Provide single- or multiple-station smoke detectors in all sleeping areas in Group 1-1 occupancies, except where the building is equipped throughout with an automatic detection system. Smoke detectors are required to have battery-power backup. In Group 1-2, provide automatic fire detection system in corridors and spaces open to the corridors in nursing homes and detoxification facilities. Exception 1:Not required if patient sleeping rooms have smoke detectors permanently connected to the buildings power supply and have a visible display on the corridor side of each patient room and an audible and visual alarm at the nursing station attending the rooms. Exceptions 2: Not required if patient rooms equipped with automatic door-closing devices with integral smoke detectors on the room side that perform the required alerting function. Provide a minimum of one approved single-station or multiple-station smoke detector in each guest room, suite, or sleeping area in existing Use Group 1-1 occupancies. Power source for smoke detector may be either AC or battery.
GROUP M - MERCANTILE
Section 904.7 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Group M occupancies which are more than 12,000 square feet in area, more than 24,000 square feet in total area on all floors, or more than three stories above grade. Exception: Public garages.
GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL
Sections 904.8 and 906.2.1 (Building Code) Section 904.9 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group R-1 occupancies except guest rooms if not more than three stories above the lowest level of exit discharge and each guest room has at least one door of direct access to exit. Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group R-2 occupancies except buildings two stories or less, including basements, and with 12 or less dwelling units and each dwelling unit has a least one door of direct access to exit. Provide fire alarm system in all Group R-1 occupancies.
Provide fire alarm system in Group R-2 occupancies where dwelling unit is located three or more stories above lowest level of exit discharge or more than one story below the highest levei of exit discharge.
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GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL (continued) Section 919.4.4 (Building Code) Section 920.3.1 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire detection system in all Group R-1 occupancies except buildings without interior corridors and where all guest rooms have a direct exterior exit access. Provide single- or multiple-station smoke detectors in Groups R-I, R-2, and R-3, occupancies. In buildings equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system, smoke detectors are not required in bedrooms that are equipped with residential sprinklers. Smoke detectors are required to have battery -power backup. Provide a minimum of one approved single-station or multiple-station smoke detector in each guest room, suite, or sleeping area in existing Group R-1 occupancies and in dwelling units in Groups R-2 and R-3 occupancies.
GROUP S - STORAGE Section 904.7 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout in Group S-1 occupancies which are more than 12,000 square feet in area, more than 24,000 square feet in total area on all floors, or more than three stories above grade.
Provide automatic sprinkler system in atrium and all stories and floors connected to the atrium. Provide a smoke control system in all atriums that connect more than two stories.
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COWRED MALLS Section 402.10 and 402.14.2 (Building Code) Section 402.7.1 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout covered mall building and all connected buildings, including kiosks and similar structures that are covered and located within the mall.
In anchor store, provide smoke control system to be activated by smoke detectors installed in return air portion of heating and cooling system, automatic sprinkler system, and manual controls provided in an approved location.
HAZARDOUS PRODUCTION MATERIALSPACLlTIES

Section 416.4 (Building Code) Section 416.9.2 (Building Code) Section 416.14.5 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout HPM facilities.
Install smoke detectors in re-circulating air stream to initiate a signal at the emergency control station. Provide local fire alarm system station or emergency telephone system outside each interior egress door from HPM cutoff rooms.
HGHREZ BUILDINGS
Section 403.1 (Building Code) Apply to all buildings having floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Exceptions: Airport traffic control towers; open parking structures; Groups A-5, H-I, H-2 or H-3; and low-hazard special occupancies. Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout high-rise buildings. Exceptions: Open parking structures and telecommunications equipment buildings. Provide smoke detectors in rooms for mechanical equipment, electrical, transformer, telephone equipment, elevator machine. Install so that actuation of detector sounds alarm at a constantly supervised location. Provide voice alarm and communication system
PUBLIC GAFWGES Section 408.3.1 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system in public garages where any area exceeds 12,000 square feet, or the total combined area of all floors exceeds 24,000 square feet, or more than three stories above grade, or if located beneath other use groups. Provide automatic sprinkler system in the fuel-dispensing area of a public garage. 3-22
SPECIAL AMUSEMENT BUILDINGS

Section 413.3 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire detection system in all special amusement buildings. An approved alternative type of automatic detector may be installed where ambient conditions will cause a smoke detector to activate. Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout special amusement buildings. Excepted if total floor area of a temporary special amusement building is less than 1,000 square feet and the travel distance from any point to an exit is less than 50 feet.
STAGES AND PLATFORMS Section 412.6 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system on stages and enclosed platforms installed under the roof and gridiron, in tie and fly galleries, and in all places beyond the proscenium wall of the stage; over and within enclosed platforms in excess of 500 square feet in area; and in dressing rooms, lounges, workshops and storerooms accessory to such stages or enclosed platforms. See Section 412.6 for exceptions to this requirement. Provide automatic sprinkler system in all buildings or portions used as sound stages for motion picture or television production and over 1,000 square feet.
Applies to all structures having a floor level used for human occupancy more than 30 feet below, or more than one story below, the lowest level of exit discharge serving that floor level. Provide an automatic sprinkler system throughout the highest level of exit discharge serving the underground portions of the structure and all levels below. Provide smoke detection in rooms for mechanical equipment, electrical transformer, telephone equipment, and elevator machinery. Install so that actuation of detector sounds an alarm at a constantly attended location. Provide smoke exhaust system to be activated by the automatic sprinkler system, smoke detectors, or manual controls provided for fire department use. Provide a fire alarm system, which includes a voice/alarm signaling system, where the lowest level of a structure is more than 60 feet below the lowest level of exit discharge.
Section 405.5.2 (Building Code) Section 405.6 (Building Code)
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When an exit discharges into an interior lobby located at the level of exit discharge, provide automatic sprinkler system throughout lobby. Provide approved automatic fire suppression system at the top and at altemate floor levels in a waste or linen chute and in the termination and incinerator rooms. System not required if incinerator bums only Type 4 waste. Provide automatic fire suppression system in vaults for combustible refuse, which are more than 360 cubic feet in volume. In buildings with windowless story, provide an automatic fire suppression system throughout every story or basement where there is not provided at least one of the type openings outlined by Section 904.10. Exception: Group R-3 occupancies. Where required, provide manual fire alarm boxes not more than five feet from the entrance to each exit. Exception: Manual fire alarm boxes are not required in Group B occupancies where the highest occupied floor is 75 feet or less above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access or the building is protected throughout with automatic sprinkler system. In existing structures, provide approved smoke or heat detectors in return air ducts or plenums in each re-circulating air system with a capacity of 2,000 cfin or more and serving more than one floor in building exceeding six stories in height. If not part of an approved smoke control system, install so that actuation of the detector automaticaily stops the fans.
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1993 NATIONAL CODES (BOCA) Fire AlarnDetection Systems
Occupancy Type Group A - Assembly A-1 - Theaters A-2 - Night Clubs A-3 - Restaurants A-4- Churches Group B -Business Group E - Educational Group F - Factory F-1 - Moderate Hazard Group H - High Hazardous

> 12,000 sq. ft. > 5,000 sq. ft. > 12,000 sq. fi. > 12.000 sa. fi.
Fire Alarm Systems
I
> 20,000 sq. ft.
>2
Reauired stories
Requked
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Group R - Residential R-1 - HotelMotels R-2 - Multifamily Group S - Storage S-1 - Moderate Hazard
Required Required
Required Reauired
Atriums Covered Malls
Required Required
2 stories
> 30 fi. ceiling
Required
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Hazardous Production Materials Facilities High-rise Buildings
Required
> 1 5 fi.
Required
> 7 5 ft.
Required
> 75 fi.
Public Garages
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1993 NATIONAL CODES (BOCA) Requirements and Exceptions
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 904.2 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Groups A-1, A-3, and A-4 occupancies that exceed 12,000 square feet as follows: entire story or floor level where Groups A-1, A-3, or A-4 occupancies are located; all stories and floors below Groups A-1, A-3, or A-4; and all stories and floor levels between Groups A-1, A-3, or A-4 and the level of exit discharge. Exception: Groups A-1 or A-3 auditoriums, Group A 4 naves and chancels, or Group A-3 participant sport areas if main floor of each area is at the level of exit discharge of the main entrance. These requirements also apply to Group A-2 occupancies, which are more than 5,000 square feet in area or located either above or below the level of exit discharge of exits serving the occupancy. Provide fire alarm system in Group A-4 occupancies except in sanctuary and nave areas of churches.
GROW B - BUSINESS Section 917.4.2 (Building Code) Provide fire alarm system in Group B occupancies, which are two or more stories above or below level of exit discharge.
GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL Section 904.4 (Building Code) Section 917.4.1 (Building Code) Section F-503.5 (Fire Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Group E occupancies, unless floor area is less than 20,000 square feet Provide fire alarm system in all Group E occupancies.
Provide fire alarm system in all existing Group E occupanciesper Building Code.
GROUP F - FACTORY/INDUSTRIAL Section 904.7 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Group F-1 buildings more than 12,000 square feet in area, or more than 24,000 square feet total area on all floors, or more than three stories above grade.
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GROUP H - HAZARDOUS Sections 904.5 and 417.1 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group H occupancies or any other building or structure occupied for the manufacturing, processing, dispensing, use or storage of hazardous materials. Exception: Magazines used for the storage of Group H-1 materials constructed and located per NFPA 495 and the fire prevention code. Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all high-hazard occupancies, including all structures occupied for the manufacture or storage of articles of cellulose nitrate (pyroxylin)plastic. Provide automatic fire suppression system in all spray, dip and immersing spaces and storage rooms of buildings of portions thereof used for the spraying of flammable paints, varnishes and lacquers or other flammable materials or mixtures. Provide approved automatic fire suppression system in drying rooms designed for high-hazard materials and processes. Provide automatic fire detection system per NFPA 72 and NFPA 72E throughout Group H occupancies where required by fire prevention code. Provide detection system in areas where high-hazard materials are used and stored. Provide a fire alarm system in Groups H-2, H-3, and H-4 occupancies.
GROUPI INSmzTTIONAL
Section 904.6 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group I Occupancies. Exception: Group 1-2 child-care facilities accommodating 1O0 children or less located at level of exit discharge with an exit door in each child-care room directly to the exterior. Provide fire alarm systems in all Group I Buildings.
Provide fue alarm system in all existing Groups 1-2 and 1-3 occupancies.
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GROUP I INSTITUTIONAL (continued) Section 918.4.3 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire detection system in all Groups 1-1 and 1-2 occupancies except Group 1-2, which are fully sprinkled throughout. In Group 1-3, provide smoke detectors throughout all resident housing areas except sleeping rooms with not more than four occupants. Provide single- or multiple-station smoke detectors in all sleeping areas in Group 1-1 occupancies, except where the building is equipped throughout with an automatic detection system. Smoke detectors are required to have battery -power backup.
In Group 1-2, provide smoke detectors with a visible display on the corridor side of each patient room and an audible and visual alarm at the nursing station in nursing homes and detoxification facilities. Exceptions: Patient rooms equipped with automatic door-closing devices with integral smoke detectors on the room side that perform the required alerting function and sleeping rooms of a child-care facility.
Provide a minimum of one approved single-station or multiple-station smoke detector in each guest room, suite, or sleeping area in existing Use Group 1-1 occupancies. Power source for smoke detector may be either AC or battery.
GROUP M - MERCANTILE Section 904.7 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Group M occupancies which are more than 12,000 square feet in area, more than 24,000 square feet in total area on all floors, or more than three stories above grade. Exception: Public garages.
GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Sections 904.8 and 906.2.1 (Building Code) Section 904.9 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group R-1 occupancies except guest rooms if not more than three stories above the lowest level of exit discharge and each guest room has at least one door of direct access to exit. Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group R-2 occupancies except buildings two stories or less, including basements, and with 12 or less dwelling units and each dwelling unit has a least one door of direct access to exit. Provide fire alarm system in all Group R-1 occupancies.
Provide fire alarm system in Group R-2 occupancies where dwelling unit is located three or more stories above lowest level of exit discharge or more than one story below the highest level of exit discharge. Provide automatic fire detection system in all Group R-1 occupancies except buildings without interior corridors and where all guest rooms have a direct exterior exit access.
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GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL (continued) Section 919.3.1 (Building Code) Provide single- or multiple-station smoke detectors in Groups R-1, R-2, and R-3 occupancies. In buildings equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system, smoke detectors are not required in bedrooms that are equipped with residential sprinklers. Smoke detectors are required to have battery-power backup. Provide a minimum of one approved single-station or multiple-station smoke detector in each guest room, suite, or sleeping area in existing Group R-1 occupancies and in dwelling units in Groups R-2 and R-3 occupancies.
GROUP S - STORAGE Section 904.7 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout in Group S-1 occupancies which are more than 12,000 square feet in area, mort: hari 2,000 syuatt: fwi in oal area ori all floors, or more than three stories above grade.
Provide a fire alarm system in all occupancies with an atrium that connects more than two stories. In Groups A, E, or M occupancies, provide a voice/alann signaling system. In atriums where the height of the atrium ceiling exceeds 30 feet above the floor, provide smoke detectors to detect smoke above the highest floor level open to the atrium.
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COVERED MALLS Section 402.10 (Building Code) Section 402.12 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout covered mall building and all connected buildings. Provide smoke control system in covered mall and adjacent tenant spaces activated by smoke detectors per NFPA 72E, automatic sprinkler system, and manual controls provided for fire department use.
HAZARDOUS PRODUCTION MATERIALS FACILITIES

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HGHRISE BUILDINGS Section 403.1 (Building Code) Apply to all buildings having floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Exceptions: Airport traffic control towers; open parking structures; Groups A-5, H-1, H-2 or H-3; and low-hazard special occupancies. Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout high-rise buildings. Exceptions: Open parking structures and telecommunications equipment buildings. Provide smoke detectors in rooms for mechanical equipment, electrical, transformer, telephone equipment, elevator machine. Install so that actuation of detector sounds alarm at a constantly supervised location. Provide voice alarm and communication system
PUBLIC GARAGES
Section 408.3.1 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system in public garages where any area exceeds 12,000 square feet, or the total combined area of all floors exceeds 24,000 square feet, or more than three stories above grade, or if located beneath other use groups. Provide automatic sprinkler system in the fuel-dispensing area of a public garage.
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SPECIAL AMUSEMENT BUILDINGS Section 413.3 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire detection system in all special amusement buildings. An approved alternative type of automatic detector may be installed where ambient conditions will cause a smoke detector to activate. Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout special amusement buildings. Excepted if total floor area of a temporary special amusement building is less than 1,000 square feet and the travel distance from any point to an exit is less than 50 feet.
STAGES AND PLATFORMS Section 412.6 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system on stages and enclosed platforms installed under the roof and gridiron, in tie and fly galleries, and in all places beyond the proscenium wall ofthe stage; over and within enclosed platforms in excess of 500 square feet in area; and in dressing rooms, lounges, workshops and storerooms accessory to such stages or enclosed platforms. See Section 412.6 for exceptions to this requirement.
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UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES Section 405.1 (Building Code) Applies to all structures having a floor level used for human occupancy more than 30 feet below, or more than one story below, the lowest level of exit discharge serving that floor level. Provide an automatic sprinkler system throughout the highest level of exit discharge serving the underground portions of the structure and all levels below. Provide smoke detection in rooms for mechanical equipment, electrical transformer, telephone equipment, and elevator machinery. Install so that actuation of detector sounds an alarm at a constantly attended location. Provide a fire alarm system, which includes a voicealarm signaling system, where the lowest level of a structure is more than 60 feet below the lowest level of exit discharge. Provide smoke exhaust system to be activated by the automatic sprinkler system, smoke detectors, or manual controls provided for fire department use.
When an exit discharges into an interior lobby located at the level of exit discharge, provide automatic sprinkler system throughout lobby. Provide approved automatic fire suppression system at the top and at alternate floor levels in a waste or linen chute and in the termination and incinerator rooms. Provide automatic fire suppression system in vaults for combustible refuse, which are more than 360 cubic feet in volume.
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OTHER GENERAL. REOUREMENTS (continued)

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In buildings with windowless story, provide an automatic fire suppression system throughout every story or basement where there is not provided at least one of the type openings outlined by Section 904.10. Exception: Group R-3 occupancies. Where required, provide manual fire alarm boxes not more than five feet from the entrance to each exit. Exception: Manual fire alarm boxes are not required in Group B occupancies where the highest occupied floor is 75 feet or less above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access or the building is protected throughout with automatic sprinkler system. In existing structures, provide approved smoke or heat detectors in return air ducts or plenums in each re-circulating air system with a capacity of 2,000 cfm or more and serving more than one floor in building exceeding six stories in height. If not part of an approved smoke control system, install so that actuation of the detector automatically stops the fans.
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1990 NATIONAL CODES (BOCA) Fire AlarrdDetection Systems
Occupancy Type Group A - Assembly A-1 - Theaters A-2 - Night Clubs A-3 - Restaurants A A - Churches Group B - Business Group E - Educational F-1
Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems Required > 5,000 sq. ft. > 12,000 sq. ft.
Fire Alarm Systems
Moderate Hazard
Group H - High Hazard
> 3 stories or > 12,000 sq. ft. or > 24.000 sa. fi. total Required
Required
Required
Required
Required Required
Required Reauired
Covered Malls High-rise Buildings
Required
> 75 ft.
> 75 ft.
> 75 ft.
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Public Garages
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1990 BOCA CODES Requirements and Exceptions
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 1002 (Building Code) Provide fir-e suppression systems in assembly buildings as follows: Group A-1 - Throughout entire story or floor level where Group A-1 located, all stories and floors below Group A-1 and all stories and floor levels between Group A-1 and level of exit discharge. Exception: Auditoriums. t Group A-2 - When more than 5,000 square feet in area, provide throughout entire > story or floor level where Group A-2 located, all stories and floors below Group A-1 and all stories and floor levels between Group A-2 and level of exit discharge. Exception: Auditoriums. Group A-3 - When more than 12,000 square feet in area, provide throughout entire story or floor level where Group A-3 located, all stories and floors below Group A-1 and all stories and floor levels between Group A-3 and level of exit discharge. Exception: Auditoriums. Provide fue alarm system in new and existing Group A 4 (churches) except in sanctuary and nave areas. Provide manual fire alarm system in all existing buildings used as churches or for educational use except sanctuary and nave areas of churches and similar religious buildings.
GROUP B - BUSINESS Section 1016.4.2 (Building Code) GROUPE - EDUCATIONAL Section 1016.4.1 (Building Code) Provide fire alarm systems in all Group E occupancies. Provide fire alarm systems in Group B when two or more stories above or below level of exit discharge.
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GROWF-FACTORYIINDUSTRIAL
Section 1002.7 (Building Code) Provide fire suppression system in Group F-1 buildings more than 12,000 square feet in area; or more than 24,000 square feet total area on all floors; or more than three stories high. Exception: Public garages.
GROUPH - HAZARDOUS Section 1002.5 (Building Code) Provide fire suppression systems in all Group H buildings or portions thereof.
GROW I INSTITUTIONAL Section 610.5 (Building Code)

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Provide automatic fire alarm system in patient sleeping rooms, corridors, and common spaces open to corridors in Group 1-2 occupancies. Provide automatic smoke detection system interconnected to fire alarm system in corridors of Group 1-2 not equipped with automatic fire suppression systems. Provide smoke detector in patient sleeping rooms except when rooms equipped with automatic door closing devices with integral smoke detectors on room sides. Provide heat detectors in un-sprinkled areas per Section 610.2 of Building Code. Provide fire suppression system in all Group I buildings or portions except: Group 1-2 hospitals of Type 1 construction not more than 75 feet and not more than five stories; Group 1-2 hospitals of Type 2A construction not more than 45 feet and not more than three stories; t Group 1-2 nursing homes of Types 1,2A, or 2B construction not more than one > story; Group 1-2 hospitals of Type 2B construction not more than one story; Group 1-2 child care facilities not more than one story with maximum 1 O children 0 and with each room having direct exit outside; Group 1-1 not more than two stories and having maximum 20 occupants; Provide fire alarm systems in all Group I Buildings.
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GROUP I - INSTI7zTTIONAL continued) Section 1017.4 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire detection systems in all Group 1-1, automatic fire detector system per 610.5 in Group 1-2, and automatic smoke detectors in 1-3 throughout all resident sleeping areas except sleeping rooms with not more than four occupants in Use Condition II or 111 or when protected with approved automatic fire suppression systems. Automatic fire detection system not required when building equipped with automatic fire suppression system but must provide manual fire alarm system. Exception does not apply to Group 1-2 and 1-3 and single station smoke detectors in sleeping areas and dwelling units. Provide at least one single station smoke detector in each guest room, suite, or sleeping area in Group I- 1.
Section 1018.3.4 (Building Code) GROW M - MERCANTILE Section 1002.7 (Building Code)
Provide fire suppression system in Group M buildings more than 12,000 square feet in area or more than 24,000 square feet in total area on all floors; or more than three stories. Exception: Public garages.
GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Section 1002 (Building Code) Provide fire suppression systems throughout Group R-1 except guest rooms which have their own exit directly to outside at grade and throughout R-2; except in bathrooms not more than 55 square feet in area. Provide fire alarm systems in all Group R-I.
Provide fire alarm systems in Group R-2 where dwelling unit is located three or more stories above lowest level of exit discharge or more than one story below the highest level of exit discharge. Automatic fire detection system not required when building equipped with automatic fire suppression system but must provide manual fire alarm system. Exception does not apply to Group 1-2 and 1-3 and single station smoke detectors in sleeping areas and dwelling units.
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GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL(continued) Section 1017.4.4 (Building Code) Section 1018.3 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire detection systems in Group R-1 except units without interior corridors and direct exterior exit access from each sleeping room. Provide at least one single station smoke detector in all sleeping areas, areas of egress and on each story within each guest room or suite, in Group R-1, in dwelling units in immediate vicinity of bedrooms, on every story including basements in Group R-2 and R-3, and in all bedrooms in Group R-2.
GROUP S STORAGE Section 1002.7 (Building Code) Provide fire suppression system in Group S-1 when more than 12,000 square feet in area; more than 24,000 square feet in total area on all floors; or more than three stories.
PUBLIC GARAGES Section 609.2.1 (Building Code) Provide fire suppression system as follows: t Group I public garages more than 10,000 square feet in area, more than 7,500 a square feet and more than one story, more than 5,000 square feet and more than two stories, more than three stories, when located in buildings with other uses on upper stories, in any story more than 50 percent below grade, and in fuel dispensing areas. t Group 2 public garages when more than 10,000 square feet and more than one a story, more than two stories, and when located in buildings with other uses on upper stories. Exception: Open parking structures. t Bus garages per above or when used as passenger terminals or for storage and a Ioading of four or more buses.
COVERED MALLS Section 601.9 (Building Code) Section 1019.3 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression throughout covered mall building and all connected buildings. Electrically supervise all sprinkler control valves. Provide smoke control system in covered malls activated by smoke detectors per NFPA 72E-1987.
HIGHRISE BUILDINGS Section 602.1 (Building Code) Apply to all buildings having floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Exceptions: Airport traffic control towers, open parking structures, and Group A-5. Provide automatic fire suppression throughout high-rise buildings. Exception: Open parking structures. Provide automatic fire detection system in rooms per Building Code and in ducts serving two or more floors. Provide voice alarm and communication systems.
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HIGH-FUSE BUILDINGS (continued)

Section 1017.5 (Building Code) Automatic fire detection system not required when building equipped with automatic fire suppression system but mu st provide manual fire alarm system. Exception does not apply to Group 1-2 and Group 1-3 and single station smoke detectors in sleeping areas and dwelling units.
HAZARDOUS PRODUCIION MATERZALS FACILITES

Section 603.1.2.1 (Building Code) Section 603.1.7.2 (Building Code) Section 603.4.5 (Building Code) Provide automtic sprinkler system throughout HPM facilities.
Install smoke detectors in re-circulating air stream.
Provide local manual alarm pull station or emergency telephone system outside each interior egress door from HPM cutoff rooms.
AIRPORT TRAFF'IC CONTROL TOWERS Section 617.4 (Building Code) Section 1017.5 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire detection systems in all such buildings.
Automatic fire detection system not required when building equipped with automatic fire suppression system but must provide manual fire alarm system. Exception does not apply to Group 1-2 and 1-3 and single station smoke detectors in sleeping areas and dwelling units.
SPECIAL NOTES Section 606.2 (Building Code) Section 606.4 (Building Code) Section 1019.4.3 (Building Code) Section 606.6 (Building Code) Provide an electrically supervised automatic sprinkler system.
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Provide a smoke control system in accordance with Section 1019.4 in all atriums that connect more than two stories. Provide smoke detectors in the atrium and on the ceiling of floors opening into the atrium within 15 feet of the atrium. Provide a f r e alarm system in all buildings with an atrium. In Use Groups A, E, or M the system is required to be a voice alarm signaling system.
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1987 NATIONAL CODES (BOCA) Fire AlarmIDetection Systems Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems Required > 1 story or >5,000 sq. ft. > 12,000 sq. ft. Fire Alarm Svstems Automatic Detection Svstems
Occupancy Type Group A - Assembly A-1 - Theaters A-2 - Night Clubs A-3 - Restaurants A-4- Churches Group B -Business Group E - Educational
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> 12 stories or 150 ft.
I
> 3 stories or > 12,000 sq. fi. or > 24,000 sq. fi. total Required
Group F - Factory F-1 - Moderate Hazard GroupH - High Hazard
Required
Required
Required
> 12 stories or 150 fi. > 12 stories or 150 ft.
Required > 75 ft.
Required
> 75 fi. Required > 7.5 fi.
Covered Maiis High-rise Buildings Group B, R-1, R-2 Public Garages
Required
> 75 ft Required
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1987 BOCA CODES Requirements and Exceptions GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 1002 (Building Code)
9 Group A-1 - Throughout building except in auditoriums, foyers, lobbies, and toilet
rooms. 9 Group A-2 - In all buildings more than one story high or when more than 5,000 square feet in area. 9 Group A-3 - In all buildings more than 12,000 square feet in area.
Provide fire suppression systems in assembly buildings as follows:
Provide fire alarm system in new and existing Group A 4 (churches) except in sanctuary and nave areas. Provide manual fire alarm system in all existing buildings used as churches or for educational use except sanctuary and nave areas of churches and similar religious buildings.
GROUP B - BUSINESS Section 1002 (Building Code) Section 1017.3.2 (Building Code) Section 1018.3.4 (Building Code) Provide fire suppression systems in all Group B buildings more than 12 stories or more than 150 feet high. Provide fire alarm systems in Group B when three or more stories except buildings less than seven stories and equipped with automatic fire suppression systems. Provide automatic fire detection systems in ail Group B having floors for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Automatic fire detection system not required when building equipped with automatic fire suppression system but shall provide manual fire alarm system. Exception does not apply to Group 1-2 and single station smoke detectors in sleeping areas and dwelling units. May substitute automatic fire alarm system in lieu of fire suppression system where such system may be detrimental or dangerous to specific use or occupancy.
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GROUP E EDUCATIONAL Section 1002.22 (Building Code) Section 1017.3.1 (Building Code) Section 1018.4 (Building Code) May substitute automatic fire alarm system in lieu of fire suppression system where such system may be detrimental or dangerous to specific use or occupancy. Provide fire alarm systems in all new and existing Group E occupancies.
Automatic fire detection system not required when building equipped with automatic fire alarm system but shall provide manual fire alarm system. Exception does not apply to Group 1-2 and single station smoke detectors in sleeping areas and dwelling units.
GROUPF FACTORYLNDUSTRJAL Section 1002 (Building Code) Provide fire suppression system in Group F-1 buildings more than 12,000 square feet in area; or more than 24,000 square feet total area on all floors; or more than three stories high. May substitute automatic fire alarm system in lieu of fire suppression system where such system may be detrimental or dangerous to specific use or occupancy.
Section 1002.22 (Building Code) GROUPH - HAZARDOUS Section 1002 (Building Code) Section 1002.22 (Building Code)
Provide fire suppression systems in all Group H buildings or portions thereof.
May substitute automatic fire alarm system in lieu of fire suppression system where such system may be detrimental or dangerous to specific use or occupancy.
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Provide automatic fire alarm system in patient sleeping rooms, corridors, and common spaces open to corridors in Group 1-2 occupancies. Provide automatic smoke detection system interconnected to fire alarm system in corridors of Group 1-2 not equipped with automatic fire suppression systems. Provide smoke detector in patient sleeping rooms except when rooms equipped with automatic door closing devices with integral smoke detectors on room sides. Provide heat detectors in un-sprinkled areas per Section 610.2 of Building Code. Provide fire suppression system in all Group I buildings or portions except:
t Group 1-2 hospitals of Type 1 construction not more than 75 feet and not more than a t Group 1-2 hospitals of Type 2A construction not more than 45 feet and not more a
than three stories; t Group 1-2 nursing homes of Types 1,2A, or 2B construction not more than one a story; Group 1-2 hospitals of Type 2B construction not more than one story; t Group 1-2 child-care facilities not more than one story with maximum 100 children a and with each room having direct exit outside; Group 1-1 not more than two stories and having maximum 20 occupants; L Group 1-3 with less than six occupants. X five stories;
Section 1002.22 (Building Code) Section 1017.3.3 (Building Code) Section 1018.3 (Building Code)
May substitute automatic fire alarm system in lieu of fire suppression system where such system may be detrimental or dangerous to specific use or occupancy. Provide fire alarm systems in all Group I Buildings.
Provide automatic fire detection systems in all Group 1-1, fire alarm systems in Group 1-2, and automatic smoke detectors in Group 1-3 throughout all resident sleeping areas except sleeping rooms with not more than four occupants in Use Condition II or III or when protected with approved automatic fire suppression systems. Provide at least one single station smoke detector in each guest room, suite, or sleeping area in Group 1-1.
Section 1018.3.5 @Building Code)
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GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL (continued) Section 1018.4 (Building Code) Automatic fire detection system not required when building equipped with automatic fire suppression system but shall provide manual fire alarm system. Exception does not apply to Group 1-2 and single station smoke detectors in sleeping areas and dwelling units.
GROUP M - MERCANTILE Section 1002 (Building Code) Section 1002.22 (Building Code) GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Section 1002 (Building Code) Section 1002.22 (Building Code) Section 1017.3.5 (Building Code) Section 1018.3 (Building Code) Provide fire suppression systems in Group R-1 and R-2 more than 12 stories or more than 150 feet except in bathrooms not more than 55 square feet in area. May substitute automatic fire alarm system in lieu of fire suppression system where such system may be detrimental or dangerous to specific use or occupancy. Provide fire alarm systems in all Group R-1 and Group R-2 four stories or more. Provide fire suppression system in Group M buildings more than 12,000 square feet in area; more than 24,000 square feet in total area on all floors; or more than three stories. May substitute automatic fire alarm system in lieu of fire suppression system where such system may be detrimental or dangerous to specific use or occupancy.
Provide automatic fire detection systems in Group R-1 except motelhotel units without interior corridors and direct exterior exit access from each sleeping room and Group R2 not more than 75 feet. Provide at least one single station smoke detector in each guest room, suite, or sleeping area in Group R-1 and 1-1, in dwelling units in immediate vicinity of bedrooms in Group R-2 or R-3, i basements in Group R-1 and R-2, and on every story including n basements in Group R-3.
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GROUP R - RESIDENTIALcontinued) Section 1018.4 (Building Code) Automatic fire detection system not required when building equipped with automatic fire suppression system but shall provide manual fire alarm system. Exception does not apply to Group 1-2 and single station smoke detectors in sleeping areas and dwelling units.
GROUP S - STORAGE Section 1002 (Building Code) Section 1002.22 (Building Code) Provide fire suppression system in Group S-1 when more than 12,000 square feet in area; more than 24,000 square feet in total area on all floors; or more than three stories. May substitute automatic fire alarm system in lieu of fire suppression system where such system may be detrimental or dangerous to specific use or occupancy.
PUBLE GARAGES Section 1002 (Building Code) Provide fire suppression system as follows: Group 1 public garages more than 10,000 square feet in area, more than 7,500 square feet and more than one story, more than 5,000 square feet and more than two stories, more than three stories, when located in buildings with other uses on upper stories, in any story more than 50 percent below grade, and in fuel dispensing areas. Group 2 public garages when more than 10,000 square feet and more than one story, more than two stories, and when located in buildings with other uses on upper stones. Exception: Open parking structures. Bus garages per above or when used as passenger terminals or for storage and loading of four or more buses. May substitute automatic fire alarm system in lieu of fire suppression system where such system may be detrimental or dangerous to specific use or occupancy.
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COVERED MALLS Section 601.9 (Building Code) Section 1019.4 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression throughout covered mall building and all connected buildings. Electrically supervise all sprinkler control valves. Provide smoke control system in covered malls activated by smoke detectors per NFPA 72E-1984.
HIGHRISE BUILDINGS
Section 602.1 (Building Code) Section 602.3.1 (Building Code) Apply to Group B, R-1, and R-2 buildings having floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Provide automatic fire suppression throughout high-rise buildings. Areas of refuge may be substituted for fire suppression systems when less than 12 stories or less than 150 feet but also provide manual alarm system. Provide manual fire alarm system.
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Section 602.3.2.5 (Building Code) Section 602.4 (Building Code) Section 602.5 (Building Code) Section 1018.4 (Building Code)
Provide smoke detection system in rooms per Building Code and in ducts serving two or more floors. Provide alarm and communication systems.

Section 603.1.7.2 (Building Code) Section 603.4.5 (Building Code) Install smoke detectors in re-circulating air stream.
AIRPORT TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWERS Section 616 (Building Code) Section 1018.4 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire alarm systems in all such buildings.
Automatic fire detection system not required when building equipped with automatic fire suppression system but shall provide manual fire alarm system. Exception does not apply to Group 1-2 and single station smoke detectors in sleeping areas and dwelling units.
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Automatic fire detection system not required when building equipped with automatic fire suppression system but shall provide manual fire alarm system. Exception does not apply to Group 1-2 and single station smoke detectors in sleeping areas and dwelling units.
SPECIAL NOTES
Section 606.1.1 (Building Code) Section 606.2.1 (Building Code) Section 1019.5.3 (Building Code) Section 606.2.3 (Building Code) Provide an electrically supervised automatic fire suppression system.
Provide a smoke control system in accordance with Section 1019.5 in all atriums that connect more than two stories. Provide smoke detectors in the atrium and on the underside of each floor level that is open to the atrium space. Provide a fire alarm system in all buildings with an atrium. In Use Groups A, E, or M, the system is required to be a voice alarm signaling system.
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MODEL CODE ORGANIZATION
ORGANIZATION: ADDRESS:
International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO)
5360 South Workman Mill Road Whittier, CA 90601 (562) 699-0541

President, Jon Traw Vice President of Technical Services, Rick Okawa Publications, Edward Giles Publishes, maintains, and promotes the Uniform Building Code series; researches principles underlying safety to life and property in the construction, use, and location of buildings and related structures; develop and promulgate uniformity in regulations pertaining to building construction; educate the building official; formulate guidelines for the administration of building inspection departments. Founded in 1922. Uniform Building Code International Mechanical Code International Plumbing Code Uniform Housing Code Uniform Fire Code Uniform Code for Abatement of Dangerous Buildings Uniform Sign Code Uniform Administrative Code Uniform Code for Building Construction Building Standards Magazine Newsletter International Codes Training programs and seminars Certification programs Speakers Bureau Evaluation service The State of Indiana and most states west of the Mississippi River except Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, and Louisiana. The ICBO codes are revised and updated annually with new editions published every three years. Code updating is a continuous process with changes acted upon by ICBO membership at its annual business meeting.
KEY STAFF:
PURPOSE:
PUBLICATIONS:
SERVICES:
AREAS OF I"CE
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1997 ICBO USE GROUP CLASSIFICATIONS
GROUP A -ASSEMBLY Building or structure for the gathering of 50 or more persons for purposes such as civic, social or religious functions, recreation, education or instruction, food or drink consumption, or awaiting transportation. Amusement buildings are included in this classification. Sub-classify in divisions as follows: A-1 A-2 An Assembly building with a stage and an occupant load of 1,000 or more. Building or portion thereof; having an assembly room with occupant load less than 1,000 and a stage.
A-2.1 Building or portion thereof with an assembly room with occupant load of 300 or more without a stage, including buildings for educational purposes and other than Groups E or B. A-3 Building or portion thereof; with an assembly room with occupant load less than 300 without a stage, including buildings for educational purposes and other than Groups E or B. Stadiums, reviewing stands, and amusement park structures not included in other Group A occupancies.
A4
GROUP B BUSINESS Building or structure or portion thereof for office, professional or service-type transactions, including storage of records and accounts, and eating and drinking establishments with an occupant load of less than 50.
GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL Sub-classify in divisions as follows:
El
Buildings used for educational purposes through 12th grade by 50 or more persons for more than 12 hours per week or 4 hours per day. Buildings used for educational purposes through 12th grade by less than 50 persons for more than 12 hours per week or 4 hours a day. Buildings used for day-care purposes for more than six persons.
E2
E3
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GROUP F - FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL
A building or structure for assembling, disassembling, fabricating, finishing, manufacturing, packaging, repairing or processing operations. Sub-classify in divisions as follows: F-1
Moderate-hazard factory and industrial occupancies including factory and industrial uses not classified as F2. Low-hazard factory and industrial occupancies including facilities producing noncombustible or nonexplosive materials which, during finishing, packing or processing, do not involve a significant fire hazard.
F-2
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GROUP H - HAZARDOUS Building or structure where manufacturing, processing, generation of storage materials constitute a high fire, explosion or health hazard. Sub-classify in divisions as follows:
H-1
Buildings with quantity of material in excess of building code limitations, which present high explosion hazard, including but not limited to: Explosives, blasting agents, fireworks, and black powder. Exception: Storage and use of pyrotechnic special effect materials in motion picture, television, theatrical, and group entertainment production when under permit per Fire Code. Maximum time period for storage is 90 days. 6Manufacturing of Class 1.4G fireworks. Unclassified detonatable organic peroxides. LX Class 4 oxidizers. 6 Class 4 or Class 3 detonatable unstable (reactive) materials. Buildings with quantity of material in excess of building code limitations which present moderate explosion hazard or hazard from accelerated burning, including but not limited to: Class I organic peroxides. Class 3 non-detonatable unstable (reactive) materials. Pyrophoric gases. Flammable or oxidizing gases. Class I, II, or III-A flammable or combustible liquids used in normally open containers or systems or in closed containers pressurized at more than 1Spsi gauge. Exception: aerosols. Class 3 oxidizers. Class 3 water-reactive materiais.
H-2
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GROUP H - HAZARDOUS (continued)
H-3
Buildings with quantity of materials in excess of building code limitations, which present high fire or physical hazard, including but not limited to: + Class II, III, or IV organic peroxides. a + Class 1 or 2 oxidizers. a + Class I, II, or III-A flammable liquids or combustible liquids used or stored in normally closed a containers or systems and containers pressurized at 15 psi gauge or less, and aerosols. + Class III-B combustible liquids. a + Pyrophoric liquids or solids. a t Class 1 or 2 water-reactive materials. a + Flammable solids in storage. a + Flammable or oxidizing cryogenic fluids (other than inert). a t Class 1 unstable (reactive) gas or Class 2 unstable (reactive) materials. a Repair garages not classified as Group S-3. Aircraft repair hangars and heliports not classified as Group S-5. Semiconductor fabrication facilities and comparable research and development areas when facilities in which hazardous production materials (HPM) used and aggregate quantity of materials in excess of building code limitations. Occupancies with quantities of materials in excess of building code limitations that are health hazards, including but not limited to: Corrosives, except stationary lead-acid battery systems. + Highly toxic materials. a +Irritants. 3 Sensitizers. + Other health hazards. a
H-4
H-5
H-6
H-7
GROW I - INSTlTUTIONAL Sub-classiSr in divisions as follows: 1-1.1 Nurseries for fill-time care of children under the age of six, hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes with non-ambulatory patients, and similar buildings, each accommodating more than five persons, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group.
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GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL (continued) 1-1.2 Health-care centers for ambulatory patients receiving outpatient medical care which may render the patient incapable of unassisted self-preservation, each tenant space accommodating more than five such patients, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group. Nursing homes for ambulatory patients, homes for children six years old or over, each accommodating more than five persons, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group. Mental hospitals, mental sanitariums,jails, prisons, reformatories, and buildings where personal liberties of inmates are similarly restrained, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group.
1-2
1-3
GROUP M - MERCANTILE Building or structure or portion thereof for display and sale of merchandise, and involving stocks of goods, wares or merchandise, incidental to such purposes and accessible to the public. GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Sub-classify in divisions as follows: R-1 R-2 R-3 Hotels, apartment houses, congregate residences; each accommodating more than ten persons. Classification not used. Dwellings, lodging houses, and congregate residences, each accommodating ten persons or less.
Building or structure for storage not classified as a hazardous occupancy. Sub-classify in divisions as follows:
S-1
Moderate hazard storage occupancies include buildings or portions thereof used for storage of combustible materials not classified as S-2 or Group H. Low-hazard storage occupancies include buildings or portions thereof used for storage of noncombustible materials. Repair garages and parking garages not classified as S-4. Open parking garages. Aircraft hangars and helistops.
S-2
S-3
S-4
S-5
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GROUP U - UTILITY
Sub-classify in divisions as follows:
U1
U2
Private garages, carports, sheds and agricultural buildings. Fences over six feet high, tanks and towers.
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1997 UNIFORM CODES (ICBO) Fire AlarmDetection Systems

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Occupancy Type Group A - Assembly Amusement Buildings Group B - Business Group E - Educational Group F- Factory Industrial Group H - Hazardous H-1 - Flammables/ Explosives H-2 - Moderate Explosion Hazard H-3 - HighHazard H-4 - Repair Garages H d - Semiconductor Facilities H-7 - Health Hazards
Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems Required Required Required Required
Fire Alarm Systems Required Required Required 50 occupants
Required Required Required > 3,000 sq. ft. Required Required
Group I - Institutional 1-1 Hospitals 1-2 Nursing Homes 1-3 Jails Group M - Mercantile

> 3 stories > 12,000 sq. ft./floor > 24,000 sq. ft. total
Group R - Residential R-1 - HoteVMultifamily Group S - Storage High-rise -New and Existing Construction B-2 - Offices R-1 - Hotelhultifamily Covered Maus Aviation Control Towers
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
Required
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.
Required
Required Required
Required Required
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1997 UNIFORM CODES (ICBO) Requirements and Exceptions
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 904.2.3 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.3 (Fire Code) Provide automatic sprinkler systems in Group A as follows: t Rooms and un-separated accessory uses more than 5,000 square feet in total area a when used for consumption of alcoholic beverages. t Basements more than 1,500 square feet in floor area. a G Exhibition and display rooms more than 12,000 square feet t Enclosed usable space below or over a stairway in Groups A-2, a A-2.1, A-3, and A-4. Multi-theater complexes. t Amusement buildings, except if temporary with floor area less than 1,000 square a feet and exit travel distance is less than 50 feet from any point. G All stages more than 1,000 square feet in area and 50 feet in height, dressing rooms, workshops, storerooms, and other accessory spaces adjoining such stages. t Smoke-protected assembly seating, except press boxes, storage less than 1,000 a square feet, or in conjunction with outdoor seating. Provide approved fire alarm system in Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1 occupancies installed per Fire Code.
Section 303.9 (Building Code) Section 1007.2.2 (Fire Code)
In Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1, provide manual fire alarm system. When occupant load is 1,000 or more, fire alarm must immediately activate approved prerecorded announcement using an approved voice communication system.
In amusement buildings, provide automatic sprinkler, smoke detection, and supervised alarm and/or public address systems. In areas where ambient conditions will cause smoke detector to alam, an approved alternate type of automatic detector may be substituted.
Section 408 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.1.2 (Fire Code) GROUP B - BUSINESS
See specific requirements for High-rise Group B Office Buildings and Group R-1 Occupancies for both New Construction and Existing Structures.
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GROUP E EDUCATIONAL Section 305.2.2.2 (Building Code) Section 305.9 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.4 (Fire Code) Section 904.2.4 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.4 (Fire Code) Provide approved smoke detectors to activate all automatic -closing fire assemblies installed in the atmospheric separation. Provide approved fire alarm system when occupant load is 50 or more. When automatic sprinkler or smoke detectors provided, install to automatically activate fire
alarm.
Provide automatic fire sprinkler system throughout all Group E.1 occupancies including basements and in enclosed usable space below or over a stairway. Exception allowed when room for instruction has one exit door directly outside at ground level. Exception also allowed when area separation walls or occupancy separation has twohour fire resistive rating subdividing building into separate compartments with aggregate floor area not greater than 20,000 square feet Provide smoke detectors installed throughout area of common atmosphere when the only means of exit from a room is through an adjoining or intervening room. Exceptions: 1) When aggregate occupant load of interior room is not more than ten; 2 ) When enclosures forming interior rooms are less than two -thirds of floor-to-ceiling height or not more than eight feet; and 3) Rooms are used exclusively for mechanical and public utility service to building.
Section 1007.3.4 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.4.2 (Fire Code)
GROUP F - FACTORY AND INDUSTFUAL

Section 904.2.5 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.5 (Fire Code) Provide automatic fire -sprinkler system in woodworking occupancies over 2,500 square feet where finely divided combustible waste or materials present.
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GROUP H - HAZARDOUS
Section 307.9 (Building Code) and Sections 1007.2.6, 5013.1, and Article 80 (Fire Code) Section 307.11 (Building Code) Provide approved manual fire alarm system in Group H occupancies used to manufacture organic coatings and Group H-6 hazardous production materials occupancies. Provide approved smoke detection for rooms used for storage, dispensing, use and handling of hazardous materials.
Provide approved emergency alarm system outside each interior door of hazardous production materials (Group H-6) storage rooms. Install so that activation of emergency alarm device will sound a local alarm and transmit signal to emergency control station. Provide automatic fire extinguishing systems throughout H-1, H-2, H-3, H-6, and H-7 occupancies and H-4 occupancies with more than 3,000 square feet floor area.
Section 904.2.6 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.6 (Fire Code)
GROUP I INSTITUTIONAL
Section 308.9 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.7 (Fire Code) Section 308.10 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.7.1.2 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.7.1.1 (Fire Code) Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in all Group I Occupancies. Install audible alarm devices in non-patient areas. Visible alarm devices may be substituted for audible devices in patient-occupied areas.
Provide smoke detectors in patients sleeping rooms of hospital and nursing homes. Install to receive primary power from building wiring. Except in rooms equipped with automatic door closers having integral smoke detectors on room side, integral detector may substitute for smoke detector provided it performs required alerting functions. In Groups I-1.1,I-1.2, and 1-2, provide smoke detectors at automatic-closing doors in smoke barriers and one-hour fire-resistive occupancy separations, and in waiting areas open to corridors. Install smoke detectors to activate alarm signal audible throughout building.
Section 1007.2.7.2.4 (Fire Code)
In Group 1-3, provide approved automatic smoke-detection system throughout resident housing areas.
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GROUPI - INSTITUTIONAL (continued) Section 904.2.7 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.7 (Fire Code) Appendix Chapter 3, Division 1 (Building Code) GROUPM - MERCANTILE Section 904.2.8 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.8 (Fire Code) GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Section 310.9.1 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.9.2 (Fire Code) Section 310.10 (BuildingCode) and Section 1007.2.9.1.1 (Fire Code)
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Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout. Install approved quick-response or residential sprinklers throughout patient sleeping areas in Groups 1-1.1 and 1-2.
Alternative provisions for Group 1-3 housing with more than six inmates, provide automatic sprinkler system, smoke management system with smoke detectors, and fire alarm system.
Provide automatic sprinkler system in rooms classified as Group M if floor area exceeds 12,000 square feet on any floor or 24,000 square feet on all floors or if more than three stories.
Provide smoke detectors in dwelling units, congregate residences, and hotel or lodging house guest sleeping rooms installed per manufacturer's instructions and receiving primary power from building's wiring with a battery backup as secondary power supply. Single-station smoke detectors may be battery powered in existing buildings. Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in apartment house three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and in congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. In Group R-1 occupancies located in a highrise building provide a fire alarrdcommunication system. Exceptions: 1) Buildings not more than two stories with all individual units provided one hour fire separation and direct exterior egress; 2) Building with approved supervised fire sprinkler system throughout and with local alarm system.
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GROUP R RESIDENTIAL (continued) Section 904.2.9 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.9 (Fire Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system in apartment houses three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. Install residential or quick-response standard sprinklers in dwelling units and guest rooms. Provide smoke and heat detectors in all common areas and smoke detectors in interior corridors serving as exit for ten or more occupants.
HIGHRISE. NEW CONSTRUCTION. GROUP B OFFICE BUILDINGS AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES Section 403.2 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system; smoke detection system, and alarm and communication systems in buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access and of Type I or II-F.R. construction. Provide smoke detectors connected to automatic fire alarm system in mechanical system ducts or risers, air conditioning return-air and exhaust-air plenums, equipment rooms, elevator lobbies and interior corridors serving as exit for occupant load of ten or more occupants in Group R-1 occupancies. Provide fire alarm, emergency voice/alarm signaling system and f i e department communication systems in buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access.
Section 403.3 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.2.2 (Fire Code) Section 403.5 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.2 (Fire Code) Section 402.2 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.3 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.4 and Article 81 (Fire Code)
Buildings with atriums: Provide smokecontrol system that operates automatically upon actuation of automatic sprinkler system within and areas open to atrium. Install smoke-control system to initiate fire alarm signal in designated portions of building.
Provide automatic firedetection system throughout high-piled combustible storage uses as required by Article 81. Provide approved automatic fire sprinkler system when required by Table 81-A.
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Section 1007.2.9.1.3 & .4 (Fire Code)
HIGHRISE, NEW CONSTRUCTION. GROUP B OFFICE BUILDINGS AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES (continued) Section 1007.2.12.5 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.6 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.7 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.8 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.9 (Fire Code) Provide automatic smoke -detection system throughout building when special egresscontrol devices are installed on exit doors. Provide smoke detectors within office corridors not of one-hour fire-resistive construction. Install detectors to activate alarms audible in all areas served by corridor. Provide approved manual alarm system when required by Article 88 for aerosol storage rooms and general purpose warehouses containing aerosols. Provide approved automatic smoke detection system when required by the Building Code for automatic control of a smoke-control system. Provide manual fire alarm system in lumber, plywood, and veneer mills.
HIGHRISE. GROUP B-2 OFFICES AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES. EXISTING STRUCTURES
Appendix Chapter 34 Division II (Building Code) and Appendix 1-B (Fire Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in Type II-N, III-N, or V-N construction in all required corridors, stairwells, elevator lobbies, public assembly areas for 100 or more persons, and commercial kitchens. Provide fire department communication system and occupant voice notification system. Provide approved manual fire alarm system connected to approved central, proprietary or remote station service, or a system, which will provide an audible signal at a constantly attended location. Provide single station smoke detectors in dwelling units and guest rooms, which may be battery powered.
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COVERED MALLS Section 404.3.1 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system electrically supervised by approved central, proprietary or remote signal or local alarm service throughout. Provide smoke control system connected to both sprinkler system and smoke detector system; excepted are malls not more than one story or with no more than 24,000 square feet of leasable area.
AVIATION CONTROL TOWERS Appendix Chapter 4, Division II, Section 425 (Building Code) Provide smoke detectors and approved fire alarm system in all occupied levels.
GROUP CARE FACLITES (GROUP R DIVISION 4) Appendix Chapter 3, Division IV, Section 341 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic and manual fire alarm systems.
Except in Group R-3 and U occupancies, provide automatic sprinkler system in every story or basement area more than 1,500 square feet except as detailed in Section 904.2.2 of 1997 UBC; at top of rubbish and linen chutes and their terminal rooms, in rooms where nitrate film is stored or handled, or in protected combustible fiber storage vaults, and throughout all buildings with floor level with an occupant load of 30 or more located 55 feet or more above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Exceptions: Airport control towers, open parking structures, and Group F-2 occupancies.
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OTHER G E N E U REOUIREMENTS (continuecl)

Appendix Chapter 34 Division 1, Section 3408 (Building Code) and Appendix 1-A (Fire Code) Appendix Chapter 34 Division 1, Section 3409 (Building Code) and Appendix 1-A (Fire Code) Appendix Chapter 34 Division 1, Section 3411 (Building Code) and Appendix 1-A (Fire Code) Section 713 (Building Code) Protect openings into interior shafts in existing buildings, other than high-rise buildings, by self-closing one-hour fire assemblies or by automatic closing by smoke detection.
Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in basements of existing buildings, other than high-rise buildings, with more than 1,500 square feet in area and meeting other criteria as established in the 1997 UBC and 1997 UFC.
Provide smoke detector installed per approved manufacturer's instructions in dwelling units and hotel and lodging house guest rooms used for sleeping purposes in existing other than high-rise buildings. Install smoke detectors to receive primary power source from building wiring if from commercial source or by battery power.
Provide approved and listed smoke detectors to activate closing device of an automatic closing fire assembly, i.e., fire door, fire window or fire damper, and to close smoke dampers in ducted or un-ducted air openings as required by the 1997 UBC. Provide elevator lobby, entrance area, and associated machine rooms with approved, listed smoke detector for elevator recall purposes when the elevator vertical travel is 25 feet or more.
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1994 UNIFORM CODES (ICBO) Fire AlarmDetection Systems
Occupancy Type Group A - Assembly Amusement Buildings Group B - Business Group E - Educational
Fire Alarm Systems Required Required Required
Required Required
> 50 occupants
I Group F - Factory Industrial

Group H - Hazardous H-1 - Flammables/ Explosives H-2 - Moderate Explosion Hazard H-3 - HighHazard H-4 - Repair Garages H d - Semiconductor Facilities H-7 - Health Hazards
I Required
Required Required Required > 3,000 sq. ft. Required Required Required
I Required
Required
Required
Il
Group R - Residential R-1 - HoteVMultifamily Group S - Storage High-rise - New and Existing Construction B-2 - Offices R-1 - HoteVMultifamily Covered Malls Aviation Control Towers
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
~
Required
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.

Required
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.
> 75 fi. > 75 ft.
Required Required
Required Required
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> 3 stories > 12,000 sq. ft./floor > 24,000 sq. fi. total
1994 UNIFORM CODES (ICBO) Requirements and Exceptions GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 904.2.3 (BuildingCode) and Section 1003.2.3 (Fire Code)
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Provide automatic sprinkler systems in Group A as follows: Rooms and un-separated accessory uses more than 5,000 square feet in total area when used for consumption of alcoholic beverages. Basements more than 1,500 square feet in floor area. Exhibition and display rooms more than 12,000 square feet t Enclosed usable space below or over a stairway in Groups A-2, a A-2.1, A-3, and A-4. Multi-theater complexes. Amusement buildings, except if temporary with floor area less than 1,000 square feet and exit travel distance is less than 50 feet from any point. All stages more than 1,000 square feet in area and 50 feet in height, dressing rooms, workshops, storerooms, and other accessory spaces adjoining such stages. Provide approved fire alarm system in Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1 occupancies installed per Fire Code. In Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1, provide manual fire alarm system, which activates prerecorded announcement using an approved electrically supervised voice communication or public address system. Exception: Occupancies with automatic fire-extinguishing system installed to activate prerecorded message. In amusement buildings, provide automatic sprinkler, smoke detection, and supervised alarm and/or public address systems.
Section 408 (Building Code) GROUP B - BUSINESS
See specific requirements for High-rise Group B Office Buildings and Group R-1 Occupancies for both New Construction and Existing Structures. GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL Section 305.2.2 (Building Code) Provide approved smoke detectors to activate all automatic-closing fire assemblies installed in the atmospheric separation.
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GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL (continued) Section 305.9 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.4 (Fire Code) Section 904.2.4 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.4 (Fire Code) Provide approved fire alarm system when the occupant load is more than 50 persons. When automatic sprinkler or smoke detectors provided, install to automatically activate fire a i m .
Provide automatic fire extinguishing system throughout all Group E-1 occupancies including basements and in enclosed usable space below or over a stairway. Exception allowed when room for instruction has one exit door directly outside at ground level. Ekeption also allowed when area separation walls or occupancy separation has twohour fire resistive rating subdividing building into separate compartments with aggregate floor area not greater than 20,000 square feet Provide smoke detectors installed throughout area of common atmosphere when the only means of exit from a room is through an adjoining or intervening room. Exceptions: 1) When aggregate occupant load of interior room is not more than ten; 2) Mihen enclosures forming interior rooms are less than two-thirds of floor-to-ceiling height or not more than eight feet; and 3) Rooms are used exclusively for mechanical and public utility service to building.
GROUP H - HAZARDOUS Section 307.9 (Building Code) and Sections 1007.2.6,

5013.1,5102.3,
and Article 80 (Fire Code) Section 307.11 (Building Code) Provide approved manual alarm pull station or approved signal device outside each exit door from hazardous production materials (Group H-6) storage rooms.
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Provide approved manual fire alarm system in Group H occupancies used to manufacture organic coatings and Group H-6 hazardous production materials occupancies. Provide approved smoke detection for rooms used for storage, dispensing, use and handling of hazardous materials.
GROUP H - HAZARDOUS (continued) Section 904.2.5 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.5 (Fire Code) Provide automatic fire extinguishing systems throughout H-1, H-2, H-3, H-6, and H-7 occupancies and H-4 occupancies with more than 3,000 square feet floor area.
GROUP I - I N S m O N A L
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Section 308.9 (Building Code) and Section 1007.1.7 (Fire Code) Section 308.10 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.7.1.2 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.7.1.1 (Fire Code)
Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in all Group I Occupancies.
Provide smoke detectors in patients sleeping rooms of hospital and nursing homes. Except in rooms equipped with automatic door closers having integral smoke detectors on room side, integral detector may substitute for smoke detector provided it performs required alerting functions. In Groups I-1.1,I-1.2, and 1-2, provide smoke detectors at automatic-closing doors in smoke barriers and one-hour fire-resistive occupancy separations, and in waiting areas open to corridors. Install smoke detectors to activate alarm signal audible throughout building.
In Group 1-3, provide approved automatic smoke -detection system throughout resident housing areas.
Section 1007.2.7.2.4 (Fire Code) Section 904.2.6 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.6 (Fire Code) Appendix Chapter 3, Division 1 (Building Code) GROUP M - MERCANTILE Section 904.2.7 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.7 (Fire Code)
Provide automatic fire extinguishing system throughout.
Alternative provisions for Group 1-3 housing more than six inmates, provide automatic sprinkler system, smoke management system with smoke detectors, and fire alarm system.
Provide automatic sprinkler system in retail stores if floor area exceeds 12,000 square feet on any floor or 24,000 square feet on all floors or if more than three stories.
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Section 310.9.1 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.9.2 (Fire Code) Section 310.10 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.9.1.1 (Fire Code) Provide smoke detectors in dwelling units, congregated residences, and hotel or lodging houseguest rooms installed per manufacturer's instructions.
Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in apartment house three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and in congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. In Group R-1occupancies located in high-rise buildings; provide a fire aladcommunication system. Exceptions: i) Buildings not more than two stories with all individual units provided one hour fire separation and direct exterior egress; 2 ) Building with automatic sprinkler system throughout and with local alarm system.
Section 904.2.8 (Building Codej and Section 1003.2.8 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.9.1.3 (Fire Code)
Provide automatic sprinkler system in apartment houses three or more stories or containing more than i 5 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more.
In Group R-1, provide smoke and heat detectors in all common areas and smoke detectors in interior corridors serving as exit for ten or more occupants.
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HIGHRISE. NEW CONSTRUCTION. GROUP B-2 OFFICES AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES Section 403.2 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system, smoke detection system, and alarm and communication systems in buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access. Provide smoke detectors connected to automatic fire alarm system in mechanical system ducts or risers, air conditioning retum-air and exhaust-air plenums, equipment rooms, elevator lobbies and interior corridors serving as exit for occupant load of ten or more occupants in Group R-1 occupancies. Provide fire alarm, emergency voicealarm signaling system and fire department communication systems in buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access.
Section 403.3 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.2.2 (Fire Code) Section 403.5 (BuildingCode) and Section 1007.2.12.2 (Fire Code) Section 402.2 (Bugding Code) and Section 1007.2.12.3 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.4 and Article 81 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.5 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.6 (Fire Code)
Buildings with atriums: Provide smoke-control system that operates automatically upon actuation of automatic sprinkler system within and areas open to atrium. Install smoke-control system to initiate fire alarm signal in designated portions of building.
Provide automatic smoke detection system throughout high-piled combustible storage uses as required by Article 8 1. Provide approved automatic fire sprinkler system when required by Table 8 1 -A. Provide automatic smoke-detection system throughout building when special egresscontrol devices are installed on exit doors.
In corridors, which are not of fire-resistive construction located in office spaces with less than 100 occupants, provide smoke detectors to activate alarms audible in all areas served by corridor.
Provide approved manual alarm system when required by Article 88 for aerosol storage rooms and general purpose warehouses containing aerosols.
Section 1007.2.12.7 (Fire Code)
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HIGHRISE. NEW CONSTRUCTION. GROUP B-2 OFFICES AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES {continued) Section 1007.2.12.8 (Fire Code) Provide approved automatic smoke -detection system when required by the Building Code for automatic control of a smoke-control system.
HIGHRISE, GROUP B-2 OFFICES AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES.EXISTING STRU-S Appendix Chapter 34 Division II (Building Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in Type II-N, III-N, or V-N construction and areas occupied by 100 or more persons and commercial kitchens. Provide fire department communication system and occupant voice notification system. Provide manual fire alarm system except may be waived when approved automatic sprinkler system installed throughout building. Provide single station smoke detectors in dwelling units and guest rooms. Provide automatic elevator recall system except may be waived when approved automatic sprinkler system installed throughout building. Provide automatic sprinkler systems in exit corridors, stairwell, elevator lobbies, and public assembly areas with 100 or more persons, and commercial kitchens. Apply to all existing high-rise buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access. Provide approved manual fire alarm system connected to approved central, proprietary or remote station service, or a system, which will provide an audible signal at a constantly attended location. Provide single-station smoke detectors in dwelling units and guest rooms.
Appendix 1-B (Fire Code)
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GROW CARE FACIJATIES (GROUP R DMSION 4) . Appendix Chapter 3, Division IV, Section 341 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic and manual fire alarm systems.
Except in Group R-3 and U occupancies, provide automatic sprinkler system in every story or basement area more than 1,500 square feet except as detailed in Section 904.2.2 of 1994 UBC; at top of rubbish andlinen chutes and their terminal rooms, in rooms where nitrate film is stored or handled; or in protected combustible fiber storage vaults, and throughout all buildings with floor level with an occupant load of 30 or more located 55 feet or more above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Exceptions: Airport control towers, open parking structures, and Group F-2 occupancies. Protect openings'into interior shafts in existing buildings other than Group R-3, M, and high-rise buildings by self-closing one-hour fire assemblies or by automatic closing by smoke detection.
Appendix Chapter 34 Division 1, Section 3408 (Building Code) and Appendix 1-A (Fire Code)
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OTHER GENERAL REOUIREMENTS continued)

Appendix Chapter 34 Division 1, Section 3409 (Building Code) and Appendix 1-A (Fire Code) Appendix Chapter 34 Division 1, Section 3411 (Building Code) and Appendix 1-A (Fire Code) Section 713 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in basements of existing buildings other than Group R-3, M, and high-rise buildings with more than 1,500 square feet in area and meeting other criteria as established in the 1994 UBC and 1994 UFC.
Provide smoke detector installed per approved manufacturer's instructions in dwelling units and hotel and lodging-house guest rooms used for sleeping purposes in existing buildings of existing buildings.
Provide approved and listed smoke detectors to activate closing device of an automatic closing fire assembly, i.e., fire door, fire window or fire damper as required by the 1994UBC.
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1991 UNIFOIUM CODES (ICBO) Fire AlarmlDetection Systems
Occupancy Type Group A - Assembly Amusement Buildings Group B - Business B-2 - RetaiiDrinking Group E - Educational Group H - Hazardous H-1 - Flammables/ Explosives 8 2 - Moderate Explosion Hazard H-3 - HighHazard H-4 - Repair Garages H- - Semiconductor Facilities I H-7 - HealthHazards

~
> 50 occupants
Required
Required
Required
Group I- Institutional 1-1 Hospitals 1-2 Nursing Homes 1-3 Jails Group R - Residential R-1 - HoteVMultifamily Highrise -New and Existing Construction B-2 - Offices R-1 - HoteiMultifamily Covered Malis
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.
Required
Required Required
Required Required
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1991 UNIFORM CODES (ICBO) Requirements and Exceptions

GROUP A - ASSEMBLY
Section 3802 (Building Code) and Section 10.507(c) (Fire Code)
Provide automatic sprinkler systems in Group A as follows: t Rooms and un-separated accessory uses more than 5,000 square feet in total area a when used for consumption of alcoholic beverages. t Basements more than 1,500 square feet in floor area. a t Exhibition and display rooms more than 12,000 square feet a t Enclosed usable space below or over a stairway in Groups A-2, a A-2.1, A-3, and A-4. Multi-theater complexes. t Amusement buildings, except if temporary with floor area less than 1,000 square a feet and exit travel distance is less than 50 feet from any point. t Under roof and gridiron, tie and fly galleries, proscenium walls of stages, a piatforms more than 500 square feet, dressing rooms, workshops, and storerooms. Provide approved fire alarm system in Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1 occupancies installed per Fire Code. In Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1, provide manual fire alarm system, which activates prerecorded announcement using an approved electrically supervised voice communication or public address system. Exception: Occupancies with automatic he-extinguishing system installed to activate prerecorded message. In amusement buildings, provide approved automatic sprinkler, smoke detection, and supervised alarm and/or public address systems.
Section 609 (Building Code) Section 14.104(b) (Fire Code)
Section 610 (Building Code)
GROUP B - BUSINESS
Section 3802(d) (Building Code) and Section 10.507(d) (Fire Code) Section 14.104(c)(l) (Fire Code) Provide automatic fire extinguishing system in Group B-2 retail sales areas where floor area exceeds 12,000 square feet on any floor or 24,000 square feet on all floors or when more than three stories.
Provide fire alarm systems in Group B-2 occupancies as set forth in the following subsections of this code.
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GROUP B - BUSINESS (continued)

Section 14.104(~)(2) and Article 81 (Fire Code) Section 14.104(~)(3) (Fire Code) Section 14.104(~)(4) (Fire Code) Section 14.104(~)(5) (Fire Code) Section 14.104(~)(6) (Fire Code)
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Provide automatic smoke -detection system throughout high-piled combustible storage uses as required by Article 8 1. Provide approved automatic fire-extinguishing system when required by Table 81.105-A.
Provide automatic smoke-detection system throughout building when special egresscontrol devices are installed on exit doors. Provide automatic smoke-detection system in corridors, which are not of one hour fireresistive construction located in office spaces with less than 100 occupants. Provide fire alarm and communication systems in high-rise office occupancies.
Provide approved manual alarm system when required by, Article 88 of this code for aerosol storage rooms and general purpose warehouses containing aerosols.
See also specific requirements for High-rise Group B Office Buildings and Group R-1 Occupancies for both New Construction and Existing Structures. GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL Section 809 (Building Code) and Section 14.104(d) (Fire Code) Section 802(b) (Building Code) Section 3802(e) (Building Code) and Section 10.507(e) (Fire Code) Provide an approved fire alarm system when the occupant load is more than 50 persons. When automatic sprinkler system or smoke detectors provided, install to automatically activate school fire alarm.
Provide approved smoke detectors to activate all automatic -closing fire assemblies installed in the atmospheric separation. Provide automatic sprinkler system in basements more than 1,500 square feet in floor area and in enclosed usable space below or over a stairway.
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GROUP E EDUCATIONAL (continued) Section 3318(d) (Building Code) Provide smoke detectors throughout area of common atmosphere when the only means of exit from a room is through an adjoining or intervening room. Exceptions: 1) When aggregate occupant load of interior room is not more than ten; 2) When enclosures forming interior rooms are less than two-thirds of floor-to-ceiling height or not more than eight feet; and 3) Rooms are used exclusively for mechanical and public utility service to building.
GROUP H HAZARDOUS Section 909 (Building Code) Sections 14.104(e), 50.113, Article 51 and Article U (Fire Code) Section 911 (Building Code) Section 3802(f) (Building Code) and Section 10.507() (Fire Code) Provide approved manual fire alarm system in Group H occupancies used to manufacture organic coatings and Group H-6 hazardous production materials occupancies. Provide approved smoke detection for rooms used for storage, dispensing, use and handling of hazardous materials.
Provide alarm pull station or approved signal device outside each exit door from hazardous production materials (Group H-6) storage rooms. Provide automatic fire extinguishing systems throughout H-1, H-2, H-3, H-6, and H-7 occupancies and H-4 occupancies with more than 3,000 square feet floor area.
GROUPI - INSTITUTIONAL Section 1002(b) (Building Code) Provide smoke detector operated damper(s) at each point where ducts penetrate smoke barrier except where openings in ducts are limited to single smoke compartment and ducts are of steel construction. Provide manual and automatic fire alarm system in Group I occupancies.
Section 1009 (Building Code) and Section 14.104(f) (Fire Code)
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GROUP I INSTITUTIONAL (continued) Section 1010 (Building Code) and Section 14.104(f)(5) (Fire Code) Section 3802(g) (BuildingCode) and Section 10.507(g) (Fire Code) Section 14.104(f)(3) (Fire Code)
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Provide smoke detectors in patients sleeping rooms of hospital and nursing homes. Except in rooms equipped with automatic door closers having integral smoke detectors on room side, integral detector may substitute for smoke detector provided it performs required alerting functions. Provide automatic fire extinguishing system throughout.
Provide smoke detectors at automatic closing doors in smoke barriers and in ducts penetrating smoke barriers and in waiting areas, which are open to corridors. Install smoke detectors to activate alarm signal audible throughout building.
GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Section 1210 (Building Code) and Section 14.104(g)(6 (Fire Code) Section 1211 (Building Code) and Section 14.104(g) (Fire Code) Provide smoke detectors in dwelling units, congregate residences, and hotel or lodginghouse guest rooms installed per manufacturer's instructions.
Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in apartment house three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. In Group R-1 occupancies located in high-rise buildings; provide a fire alarm/communication system. Exceptions: 1) Buildings not more than two stories with all individual units provided one hour fire separation and direct exterior egress; 2) Buildings with automatic sprinkler system throughout and with local alarm system.
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GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL (continued) Section 14.104(g) (Fire Code)
In Group R-1 occupancies, provide: Manual fire alarm boxes. Smoke detectors in all common areas and interior corridors serving as required exit for ten or more occupants. Heat detectors in common areas such as recreational rooms, laundry rooms, furnace rooms, and similar areas. t3 Install alarm-initiating devices to activate an alarm signal audible throughout designated portions of building.
Provide automatic sprinkler system in apartment houses three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more.
Section 3802(h) (Building Code) and Section 10.507(h) (Fire Code)
HIGHRISE. NEW CONSTRUCTION. GROUP B-2 OFFICES AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES Section 1807 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system, smoke detection system, and alarm and communication systems when buildings have floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access. Provide fire alarm and communication systems for Group B-2 offices and Group R-1 occupancies with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access.
Section 14.104(g) (Fire Code)
HIGHRISE. GROUP B-2 OFFICES ANI) GROUP R-1 OCCWl'ANCIES. EXISTING STRUCTURES Appendix Chapter 1 Division II (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system in Type II-N, III-N, or V-N construction and areas occupied by 100 or more persons. Provide fire department communication system and occupant voice notification system. Provide manual fire alarm system except may be waived when approved automatic sprinkler system installed throughout building. Provide single station smoke detectors in dwelling units and guest rooms, and automatic elevator recall.
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HIGJBUSE. GROUP B-2 OFFICES AND GROW R-1 OCCUPANCIES. EXISTING STRUCTURES {continued) Appendix 1-B (Fire Code) Provide automatic sprinkler systems in exit corridors, stairwell, elevator lobbies, public assembly areas with 100 or more persons, and commercial kitchens. Apply to all existing high-rise buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access. Provide approved manual fire alarm system connected to central, proprietary or remote station service, or a system, which will provide an audible signal at a constantly attended location. Provide fire department communication system and occupant voice notification system. Provide single-station smoke detectors in dwelling units and guest rooms.
COVERED MALLS Section 5603 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system electrically supervised by approved central, proprietary or remote signal or local alarm service throughout. Provide smoke control system connected to both sprinkler system and smoke detector system.
ATRIA Section 1716(b) (Building Code) Provide smoke control system that operates automatically upon actuation of automatic sprinkler system within atrium and areas open to atrium. Provide smoke detectors that will automatically operate atrium smoke-control system.
AVIATION CONTROL TOWERS Appendix Chapter 7 (Building Code) Provide smoke detectors and approved fire alarm system in all occupied levels.
GROUP CARE FACILITIES (GROW R DMSION 4) Appendix Chapter 12 Division II, Section 1232 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic or manual alarm system.
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Section 3802(a) (Building Code) and Section 10.507(f) (Fire Code) Appendix Chapter 1 Division 1 Section 112 (Building Code) Appendix Chapter 1 Division 1 Section 115 (Building Code) Section 4306(f) (Building Code)
Except in Group R-3 and M occupancies, provide automatic sprinkler system in every story or basement area more than 1,500 square feet except as detailed in Section 3802 of 1991 UBC; at top of rubbish and linen chutes and their terminal rooms, in rooms where nitrate film is stored or handled, or in protected combustible fiber storage vaults. Protect openings into interior shafts in existing buildings other than Group R-3, M, and high-rise buildings by self-closing one-hour fire assemblies or by automatic closing by smoke detection.
Provide smoke detector installed per approved manufacturer's instructions in dwelling units and hotel and lodging-house guest rooms used for sleeping purposes in existing buildings.
Provide smoke detectors to activate closing device of an automatic closing fire assembly.
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Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI) 900 Montclair Road B i m i i n g h ~AL ~ , ~ ~ 35213-1206 (205) 591-1853 Chief Executive Officer, William Tangye, PE Vice President of Technical Services, John Battles, PE, CBO Director of Examination Services, Bruce Burdette, PE Director of Publications, Karla Price Higgs Founded in 1940 to provide forum for governments, design professionals, universities, and industry to democratically promulgate and maintain a set of model regulatory construction codes. Encourages uniformity in building regulations through the Standard codes and their application and enforcement. Standard Amusement Device Code Standard Building Code Standard Excavation and Grading Code Standard Fire Prevention Code Standard Gas Code Standard Housing Code Standard Plumbing Code Standard Swimming Pool Code Standard Unsafe Building Abatement Code Southern Building Magazine International Codes Certification programs Education and training Technical code services Administrative code support Product evaluation The Southeastern United States including areas of Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and North Carolina. The Standard codes are revised and updated annually with new editions published every third year. Changes are made by a democratic process; with submittals for changes due March 1 and the changes approved based on letter ballot in December and January.
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1997 SBCCI USE GROUP CLASSIFICATIONS
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS Buildings or portions thereof used for civic, social or religious functions, for recreation, for food or drink consumption, or for awaiting transportation. Sub-classify as follows: A-1 : A-2: Large Assembly. Theaters and other places of assembly without a stage with capacity of 1,000 or more persons and theaters and assembly places with working stage having capacity of 700 or more persons. Small assembly. Theaters and other places of assembly with or without working stage requiring proscenium opening protection with capacity of 100 or more persons but having a capacity less than large assembly.
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GROUP B - BUSINESS Buildings or portions thereof used for office, professional or service-type transactions including normal accessory storage and keeping of records and accounts. These include: Office Buildings Service Stations Bowling Alleys Educational occupancies above 12th grade GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL Buildings or space used by six or more persons at any one time for educational purposes through 12th grade. Childcare facilities accommodating six or more children of any age who stay less than 24 hours per day. GROUP F - FACTORYLNDUSTRIAL Building or space used for assembly, repairing, fabricating, finishing, manufacturing, and packaging, or for processing operations not otherwise classified in Building Code. Group F includes: Manufacturing Plant Processing Plant Assembly Plant Factory Mill Greenhouses Banks Libraries (other than school) Radio and television stations
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GROUP F - FACTORYINDUSTRIAL (continued) Group F does not include buildings principally involving highly combustible, inflammable, or explosive products or materials. GROUP H - HAZARDOUS
A building or space whose principal use involves the manufacturing, processing, generation, storage, or other use of hazardous materials in excess of quantities exempt by this code. Subdivide as follows:
H : Buildings or parts thereof used for the manufacturing, processing, generation or storage of materials, which i
present a detonation hazard.
H2: Buildings or parts thereof used for the manufacturing, processing, generation or storage of materials, which
present a deflagration hazard or a hazard from accelerated burning.
H4:
readily support combustion or present a physical hazard. Buildings or parts thereof used for the manufacturing, processing, generation or storage of materials, which are health hazards.
GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL Group I buildings are sub-classified into two categories: Group I restrained: Buildings or portions thereof used to provide sleeping facilities for six or more persons under some degree of restraint or security, such as jail, detention center, correctional institution, and reformatory. Group I unrestrained: Buildings or portions thereof used for medical, surgical, psychiatric, nursing, or custodial care on a 24-hour basis of six or more persons who are not capable of self-preservation and shall include among others: Hospitals, nursing homes (both intermediate care facilities and skilled nursing facilities), mental hospitals and detoxification facilities. GROUP M - MERCANTILE Buildings or portions thereof used for display and sale of merchandise including stocks of goods, wares or merchandise incidental to such purposes and accessible to the public.
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Buildings or portions thereof used for sleeping accommodations when not classed as Group I. Subdivide as follows: Residential occupancies where the occupants are primarily transient in nature (less than 30 days) including: hotels, motels, boarding housing (transient). R2: Multiple dwellings where the occupants are primarily permanent in nature, including: apartment houses, boarding houses (not transient), convents, fraternities and sororities, monasteries, rectories, dormitory facilities which accommodate six or more persons of more than two and one-half years of age who stay more than 24 hours.. R3: One and two family dwellings where the occupants are primarily permanent in nature and not classified as R1, R2,or I. Child-care facilities, which accommodate five or less children of any age for any time period, shall be classified as Group R3. R4: Residential care/assisted living facilities housing six or more occupants on a 24-hour basis including: congregate care facilities, assisted living facilities, group homes.
R1:
GROUP S STORAGE Buildings or portions thereof used for storage not classed as Group H, or for sheltering animals. Subdivide as follows: S1:Moderate Hazard Storage shall include buildings used for the storage of combustible materials when not classified as S2 Low Hazard or Group H. S2:Low Hazard Storage shall include buildings used for the storage of noncombustible materials such as products on wood pallets or in paper cartons without significant amounts of combustible wrappings. Such products may have a negligible amount of plastic trim such as knobs, handles, or film wrapping. S2 Low Hazard Storage shall include but not be limited to the following: Metal desks with plastic tops and trim Electric coils Electrical motors Dry cell batteries Metal parts Empty cans Stoves Washers and dryers Metal cabinets Glass bottles; empty or filled with non-combustible liquids Mirrors Foods in noncombustible containers Frozen foods Meats Fresh fruit and vegetables in non-plastic trays or containers Dairy products in non-waxed coated paper containers Beer or wine up to 12% alcohol in metal, glass or ceramic containers Oil filled and other types of distribution transformers Cement in bags Electrical insulators Gypsum board Inert Pigments Dry insecticides
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1997 STANDARD CODES (SBCCI) Fire Alarfletection Systems Fire Alarm Automatic Fire i Svstems Snrinkler Svstems Required Group B -Business Required Required Group F - Factory/Industrial Required Manual when > 1,000 persons Required
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Automatic Detection Svstems
Required Manual when > 2 stories or > 500 persons Required
i
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
> 15,000 sq. ft.
Manual when > 500 persons
Group R - Residential oup S - Storage Atriums Covered Maiis High-rise Buildings Group B Group R Special Amusement Buildings
> 3 stories
Required
Required Required - residential hangars Required Required
'Required Required Required

> 75 ft. > 75 ft. Required
Required Required
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.
> 75 ft. > 75 ft. Required
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Underground Buildings
Required
Required
Required
1997 STANDARD CODES (SBCCI) Requirementsand Exceptions GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 903.7.2 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in Group A-1 occupancies in areas over 15,000 square feet used for display, sale, or storage of combustible materials. Also provide throughout stages and in dressing rooms, workshops, storerooms and other accessory spaces contiguous to stage, and sound stages for motion picture or television productions over 1,000 square feet in area. Provide manual alarm system in Group A occupancies with 1,000 or mo re persons. May omit manual fire alarm system when building equipped throughout with automatic fire detection or automatic sprinkler system, which will activate the fire alarm system. Also a centrally located station must be provided to manually activate fire alarm system. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in all enclosed areas of assembly occupancy permanent, temporary or portable seating facilities. Exception: If floor area used for entertainment is restricted to low fire hazard use and roof is more than 50 feet above floor level, or if press boxes and storage facilities less than 1,000 square feet open to the outside.
Section 905.1 (Building Code) and Section 603.7 (Fire Code)
Section 3102 (Fire Code)
GROUP B - BUSINESS Section 905.1 (Building Code) and Section 603.7 (Fire Code) Provide manual fire alarm system in Group B occupancies with 500 or more persons or more than 100 persons located above or below street floor. May omit manual fire alarm system when building equipped throughout with automatic fire detection or automatic sprinkler system, which will activate the f i e alarm system. Also a centrally located station must be provided to manually activate fire alarm system.
GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL Section 905.1 (Building Code) and Section 603.7 (Fire Code) Provide manuai fire alarm system throughout Group E occupancies. May omit manual fire alarm system when building equipped throughout with automatic fire detection or automatic sprinkler system, which will activate the fire alarm system. Also a centrally located station must be provided to manually activate fire alarm system.
GROUP F - FACTORY/INDUSTRIAL Section 905.1 (Building Code) and Section 603.7 (Fire Code) Provide manual fire alarm system in Group F two or more stories or having total capacity of 500 or more persons above or below street floor level. May omit manual fire alarm system when building equipped throughout with automatic fire detection or automatic sprinkler system, which will activate the fire alarm system. Also a centrally located station must be provided to manually activate fire alarm system.
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GROW H HAZARDOUS
Section 407.1.3 (Building Code) and Chapter 22 (Fire Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system throughout Group H indoor storage areas, storage buildings and areas or rooms in which hazardous materials are dispensed or used. Provide internal sprinklers in gas cabinets and exhausted enclosures for the storage of cylinders of highly toxic and toxic compressed gas and provide automatic sprinkler system for roof structures provided for the storage of highly toxic or toxic compressed gases. Provide a local manual fire alarm box or approved emergency signal device outside of each interior egress door to a storage room. Also provide an approved supervised smoke detection system in rooms or areas where highly toxic compressed gases, liquid or solid oxidizers or unclassified detonatable, Class I or Class II organic peroxides are stored, and where Class III or Class IV organic peroxides are stored in quantities exceeding exempt amounts specified by this code. Activation of detection system shall sound a local alarm. Exception: Detached storage buildings with an automatic fire extinguishing system. Provide supervision by an approved central, proprietary or remote station service of fire detection or extinguishing systems. Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout Group H Hazardous Production Material (HPM) facilities. Provide all valves with supervisory tamper switches. Provide manual fue alarm system throughout Group H except may omit manual fire alarm system when building equipped throughout with automatic fire detection or automatic sprinkler system, which will activate the fire alarm system. Also a centrally located station must be provided to manually activate fire alarm system.
Section 407.2.5 (Building Code) and Chapter 22 (Fire Code)
Section 903.7.4 8 z 903.8.2 (Building Code) Section 905.1 (Building Code) and Section 603.7 (Fire Code)
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GROUP H - HAZARDOUS (continued) Section 3102 (Fire Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in all enclosed areas of assembly occupancy permanent, temporary or portable seating facilities. Exception: If floor area used for entertainment is restricted to low fire hazard use and roof is more than 50 feet above floor level, or if press boxes and storage facilities less than 1,000square feet open to the outside. Provide approved fire alarm system in all Group H buildings used for manufacture of organic coatings. Provide automatic fire extinguishing system and smoke detection system where Class I-V materials stored in quantities per Fire Code.
Section 1303.2 (Fire Code) Section 3605 (Fire Code)
GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL Section 905.1 (Building Code) and Section 603.7 (Fire Code) Provide manual fire alarm system throughout Group I occupancies.
Grouu I Unrestrained OccuDancv: Section 409.1.1.1 (Building Code) Provide with an approved automatic sprinkler system. Protect smoke compartments containing patient rooms with quick response sprinklers. Standard sprinklers may be used if patient room is equipped with smoke detectors permanently connected to house current. Provide smoke detectors to activate automatic closing devices on doors in smoke barriers. Provide supervised fire alarm system, which is activated by manual fire alarm boxes, by sprinkler activation, and by smoke detection.
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Section 409.1.2.5 (Building Code) Section 409.1.6 (Building Code)
Grouu I Restrained Occuuancv: Section 409.2.10 (Building Code) Section 409.2.12 (Building Code) Provide manual and automatic fire alarm system per NFPA 7 2 .
Provide approved automatic fire detection system with smoke detectors per NFPA 7 2 throughout all resident housing areas, including common spaces, except in sleeping rooms with four or less occupants in a building protected throughout with an approved automatic sprinkler system.
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GROUPI - KNSIITIZTTIONAL(continued) Section 409.2.13 (Building Code) Section 409.2.14.6 (Building Code) Section 409.2.17.4 (Building Code) Provide an electrically supervised approved automatic sprinkler system per NFPA 13 when required by Table 500 of this code. Provide smoke detectors to activate automatic closing devices on doors in smoke barriers. Provide automatic extinguishing protection per NFPA 13 in any trash chute or linen chute, including pneumatic rubbish and linen systems.
GROUP M MERCANTILE Section 903.7.1 (Building Code) Section 905.1 (Building Code) and Section 603.7 (Fire Code) Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler systems in Group M occupancies where combustible storage and story floor area exceeds 15,000 square feet. Provide manual fire alarm system when total occupancy is 500 or more persons or more than 1O persons located above or below street floor. May omit manual fire alarm 0 system when building equipped throughout with automatic fire detection or automatic sprinkler system, which will activate the fire alarm system. Also a centrally located station must be provided to manually activate fire alarm system.
GROUP R RESIDENTIAL Section 903.7.5 (Building Code) Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout Group RI occupancies three or more stories except when exterior exitway stairs are provided for the guest rooms. Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout Group R2 occupancies three or more stories except when not required by other provisions of this code or when exterior exitway stairs are provided. Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout Group R4 occupancies. Install quick-response or residential sprinklers per NFPA 13.
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Provide manual fire alarm system in R1 occupancies having accommodations for more than 15 guests; R2 occupancies having four or more stories, and dormitories or rooming houses with more than 15 sleeping accommodations; and R4 occupancies. Exception allowed if guest rooms in Group R1, dormitories and rooming houses have a direct exit to outside and building is three stories or less. Also may omit manual fire alarm system when building equipped throughout with automatic fire detection or automatic sprinkler system, which will activate the fire alarm system. Also a centrally located station must be provided to manually activate fire alarm system. Provide approved single -station or multiple -station smoke detector in every dwelling, dwelling unit in apartment house, condominium or townhouse, and every guest or sleeping room in motel, hotel, or dormitory. Install per NFPA 72. Smoke detectors connected to a fire alarm system should be installed per NFPA 72. Smoke detectors in dwelling, dwelling units, and sleeping room in residential careassisted living occupancies should be hardwired into buildings electrical power source and equipped with monitored battery backup in all new construction. Monitored battery power is permitted in existing construction. In residential care/assisted living facilities provide smoke detectors to activate automatic closing devices on doors in hazardous areas. Provide approved smoke detector in every new and existing dwelling, including one- and two-family dwellings, dwelling unit within an apartment house, condominium, or townhouse, and every guest or sleeping room in a motel, hotel, or dormitory. Install per NFPA 72.
GROUP S - STORAGE
Section 411.7.7 (Building Code) Section 411.7.8.5 (Building Code) Provide aircraft hangars with fire suppression as required by NFPA 409.
Provide at least one approved smoke detector within a residential aircraft hangar which is hardwired into the residential smoke alarm or other sounding device to be audible in all sleeping areas of the dwelling.
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Section 414.3 & .6 (Building Code)
Provide approved automatic sprinkler system, smoke control system, and smoke detection throughout. Install smoke detectors to activate atrium smoke removal system and sound alarm at a constantly supervised station.
COVERED MALLS Section 413.4.5.2 (Building Code) Section 413.8 (Building Code) Section 413.10 (Building Code) Provide smoke detectors to activate automatic closing devices on doors.
Provide automatic fire sprinkler system throughout.
Provide smoke detectors within return air portion of air conditioning system to shut down air supply to the zone where fire occurs.
HAZARDOUS PRODUCON MATERIAL OFACILITIES

Section 408.1.2 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system throughout all buildings containing HPM facilities, such as semiconductor fabrication and areas of comparable research and development. Provide smoke detectors in the re-circulating air stream of ventilation system. Install to initiate a signal at the emergency control station. Provide an emergency telephone system or local manual alarm pull station outside of each interior egress door from W M cutoff rooms.
HIGHRISE BUILDINGS, GROUPS B AND R Section 412.1.1 (Building Code) Provide an approved automatic sprinkler system or areas of refuge (compartmentation) in all Group B buildings having floor surfaces used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Group B buildings more than 12 stories or 150 feet high must be provided with approved automatic sprinkler system. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in all Group R buildings having floor surfaces used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access.
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HIGHRISE BUILDINGS, GROUPS B AND R (continued) Section 412.2 (Building Code) Provide at least one smoke detector in every room for mechanical equipment, electrical, transformer, telephone equipment, and elevator machine; in every elevator lobby; in recirculating air systems serving more than one story; in each connection to a return air vertical duct or riser serving a re-circulating air system of more than one story. Exception: In Group R occupancies, an approved smoke detector may be used in each return air riser carrying not more than 5,000 cfm and serving not more than ten air inlet openings. See Group R for other requirements for smoke detectors. Install detectors to operate voice alarm system and equipment to prevent the re-circulation of smoke. A one-way voice alarm system, and two-way fire department communication system shall be provided. If area of refuge provided in lieu of automatic sprinkler system, provide a manual fire alarm system.
SPECMI. AMLJSEMENTBUILDINGS Section 403.5.3 (Building Code) Provide an automatic fire detection system with smoke detectors. An approved alternate type of automatic fire detector may be installed in areas where the ambient conditions may cause a smoke detector to alarm. Install detection device to sound alarm at a constantly supervised station. Provide an automatic sprinkler system throughout except when building is temporary with total floor area of 1,000 square feet or less and the exit travel distance from any point is 50 feet or less. Install automatic sprinkler system, single smoke detector, or any other automatic fire detection device to sound alarm at a constantly attended station.
Section 403.5.4 & .5 (Building Code)
UNDERGROUND BUILDJNGS Section 415.1 (Building Code) Applies to building spaces having a floor level used for human occupancy more than 30 feet or more than one story below the lowest level of exit discharge. Exceptions: Fixed guideway transit system, grandstands, parking garages with automatic fire suppression system, buildings which qualify but have an area not more than 1,500 square feet and have under ten occupants, and sprinkled one- and two-family dwellings. Provide automatic fire sprinkler system in the highest level of exit discharge serving the underground portion of the building and all levels below.
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UNDERGROUND BUILDINGS (continued) Section 415.4.2 (Building Code) Section 415.5.2 (Building Code) Provide smoke detectors to activate automatic closing devices on doors between compartments. Provide at least one smoke detector in every room for mechanical equipment, electrical, transformer, telephone equipment, and elevator machine; in every elevator lobby; in the main return and exhaust air plenum of each air conditioning system serving more than one story; in each connection to a vertical duct or riser serving two or more stories from return air ducts or plenums of W A C system. Exception: In Group R occupancies, an approved smoke detector may be used in each return air riser carrying not more than 5,000 cfm and serving not more than 10 air inlet openings. Smoke exhaust system must be activated by smoke detectors, automatic suppression system, and manual controls. Provide fire alarm system throughout when the lowest level of building is more than 60 feet below the lowest level of exit discharge. Alarm to be activated by smoke detectors, automatic fire sprinkler system, and manual pull station.
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OTHERGENERALBUILDINGAREAS Section 903.5 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in the following: Basements more than 2,500 square feet used to manufacture, repair, sell or store combustible material or when used as lounge or night club regardless of size. In buildings without suitable access per this code. Spray finishing booth, area or room. Enclosed parking garage more than 65 feet high and more than 10,000 square feet per floor. Repair garages two or more stories high and more than 10,000 square feet in single floor area. Single story repair garages more than 15,000 square feet Basement garages or repair garages in basement except R3 occupancies. Commercial truck storage garage more than 5,000 square feet Bus garages for four or more buses. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system with high-piled combustible stock as required by fire prevention code.
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1994 STANDARD CODES (SBCCI) Fire AlarndDetection Systems

Fire Alarm Automatic I Fire ISystems Sprinkler Systems Occupancy Type
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Group A - Assembly Group B -Business
Required
Manual when > 1,000 persons Required stories or > 500
Required Group F - FactoryIndustrial Group H - Hazardous
Required
Group I- Institutional
Required
Required
Required
> 15,000 sq. ft.
Group R - Residential
> 3 stories
Required
Required Required - residential hangars Required Required 75 ft. > 75 ft. Required
Group S Storage
Required Required Required Required Required
1) Atriums
Covered Maiis High-rise Buildings Group B Group R Special Amusement Buildings
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.
Underground Buildings
Required
Required
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1994 STANDARD CODES (SBCCI) Requirements and Exceptions
GROUP A ASSEMBLY Section 903.7.2 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in Group A-1 occupancies in areas over 15,000 square feet used for display, sale, or storage of combustible materials. Also provide throughout stages and in dressing rooms, workshops, storerooms and other accessory spaces contiguous to stage, and sound stages for motion picture or television productions over 1,000 square feet in area. Provide manual alarm system in Group A occupancies with 1,000 or more persons. May omit manual fire alarm system when building equipped with automatic fire alarm or automatic sprinkler system throughout.
GROUP B - BUSINESS Section 905.1 (Building Code) and Section 603.7 (Fire Code) Provide manual fire alarm system in Group B occupancies with 500 or more persons or more than 1O0 persons located above or below street floor. May omit manual fire alarm when building equipped with automatic f r e alarm or automatic sprinkler system throughout.
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GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL Section 905.1 (Building Code) and Section 603.7 (Fire Code) Provide manual fire alarm system throughout Group E occupancies. May omit manual fire alarm system when building equipped with automatic fire alarm or automatic sprinkler system throughout.
GROUPF-FACTORY/INDUSTRIAL
Section 905.1 (Building Code) and Section 603.7 (Fire Code) Provide manual fire alarm system in Group F two or more stories or having total capacity of 500 or more persons above or below street floor level. May omit manual fire alarm when building equipped with automatic fire alarm or automatic sprinkler system throughout.
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GROUP H - HAZARDOUS
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Provide approved automatic sprinkler system throughout Group H indoor storage areas, storage buildings and areas or rooms in which hazardous materials are dispensed or used. Provide internal sprinklers in gas cabinets and exhausted enclosures for the storage of cylinders of highly toxic and toxic compressed gas and provide automatic sprinkler system for roof structures provided for the storage of highly toxic or toxic compressed gases. Install a local fire alarm manual pull station or approved emergency signal device outside of each interior egress door to a storage room. Also provide an approved supervised smoke detection system in rooms or areas where highly toxic compressed gases, liquid or solid oxidizers or unclassified detonatable, Class I or Class II organic peroxides are stored, and where Class III or Class IV organic peroxides are stored in quantities exceeding exempt amounts specified by this code. Activation of detection system shall sound a local alarm. Exception: Detached storage buildings with an automatic fire extinguishing system. Provide supervision by an approved central, proprietary or remote station service of fire detection or extinguishing systems. Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout Group H Hazardous Production Material (HPM) facilities. Provide manual fire alarm system throughout Group H except may omit when building equipped with automatic fire alarm or automatic sprinkler system.
Section 903.7.4 (Building Code) Section 905.1 (Building Code) and Section 603.7 (Fire Code) Section 1303.2 (Fire Code) Section 3605 (Fire Code)
Provide approved fire alarm system in all Group H buildings used for manufacture of organic coatings. Provide automatic fire extinguishing system and smoke detection system where Class I-V materials stored in quantities per Fire Code.
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Section 905.1 (Building Code) and Section 603.7 (Fire Code) Provide manual fire alarm system throughout Group I occupancies.
Grout, I Unrestrained OccuDancv: Section 409.1.1.1 (Building Code) Provide with an approved automatic sprinkler system. Protect patient rooms with quick response sprinklers. Standard sprinklers may be used if patient room is equipped with smoke detectors permanently connected to house current. Provide smoke detectors to activate automatic closing devices on doors in smoke barriers and hazardous areas. Provide electrically supervised fire alarm system, which is activated by manual pull stations, by sprinkler activation, and by smoke detection.
Grout, I Restrained OccuDancv: Section 409.2.10 (Building Code) Section 409.2.12 (Building Code) Provide a manual and automatic fire alarm system per NFPA 72A.
Provide approved automatic fire detection system with smoke detectors per NFPA 72A and 72E throughout all resident housing areas, including common spaces, except in sleeping rooms with four or less occupants in a building protected throughout with an approved automatic sprinkler system. Provide an electrically supervised approved automatic sprinkler system per NFPA 13 when required by Table 500 of this code. Provide smoke detectors to activate automatic closing devices on doors in smoke barriers. Provide automatic extinguishing protection per NFPA 13 in any trash chute or linen chute, including pneumatic rubbish and linen systems.
Section 409.2.13 (Building Code) Section 409.2.1 4.6 (Building Code) Section 409.2.17.4 (Building Code)
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GROUP M - MERCANTILE Section 903.7.1 (Building Code) Section 905.1 (Building Code) and Section 603.7 (Fire Code) Provide supervised automatic sprinkler systems in Group M occupancies where combustible storage and story floor area exceeds 15,000 square feet Provide manual fire alarm system when total occupancy is 500 or more persons or more than 100 persons located above or below street floor. May omit manual fire alarm system when building equipped with automatic fire alarm or automatic sprinkler system throughout.
GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Section 903.7.5 (Building Code) Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout Groups R1 and R2 occupancies three or more stories except when exterior exitway stairs are provided for the guest rooms. Provide manual fire alarm system in hotels for more than 15 guests, apartment houses four or more stories, and dormitories, lodging houses, or rooming houses with more than 15 sleeping accommodations. May omit manual fire alarm system when building equipped with automatic f i e alarm or automatic sprinkler system. Also may omit if each guest room or apartment has direct exit to the outside and the building is three stories or less. Provide approved single-station or multiple-station smoke detector in every dwelling, dwelling unit in apartment house, condominium or townhouse, and every guest or sleeping room in motel, hotel, or dormitory. Install per NFPA 74. Smoke detectors connected to a fire alarm system should be installed per NFPA 72 and 72E. Provide approved smoke detector in every new and existing dwelling, including one- and two-family dwellings, dwelling unit within an apartment house, condominium, or townhouse, and every guest or sleeping room in a motel, hotel, or dormitory. Install per NFPA 74 and 72E.
GROUP S STORAGE Section 411.7.7 (Building Code) Section 411.7.8.5 (Building Code) Provide aircraft hangars with fire suppression as required by NFPA 409.
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ATRIUMS
Section 414.3 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system, smoke control system, and smoke detection throughout. Install smoke detectors to activate smoke control system and sound alarm at a constantly supervised station.
Provide smoke detectors within return air portion of air conditioning system to shut down air supply.
HAZARDOUS PRODUCTION MATERIAL "M)
FACTLITIES
Provide approved automatic sprinkler system throughout all buildings containing HPM facilities, such as semiconductor fabrication and areas of comparable research and development. Provide smoke detectors in the re-circulating air stream of ventilation system. Install to initiate a signal at the emergency control station. Provide an emergency telephone system or local manual alarm pull station outsde of each interior egress door from HPM cutoff rooms.
HIGHRISE BUILDINGS, GROUPS B AND R

Section 412.1.1 (Building Code) Provide an approved automatic sprinkler system or areas of refuge (compartmentation) in all Group B buildings having floor surfaces used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Group B buildings more than 12 stories or 150 feet high must be provided with approved automatic sprinkler system. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in all Group R buildings having floor surfaces used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access.
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HIGHRISE BUILDINGS. GROUPS B AND R (continued) Section 412.2 (Building Code) Provide at least one smoke detector in every room for mechanical equipment, electrical, transformer, telephone equipment, and elevator machine; in every elevator lobby; in recirculating air systems serving more than one story; in each connection to a return air vertical duct or riser serving a re-circulating air system of more than one story. Exception: In Group R occupancies, an approved smoke detector may be used in each return air riser carrying not more than 5,000 cfin and serving not more than ten air inlet openings. See Group R for other requirements for smoke detectors. Install detectors to operate voice alarm system and equipment to prevent the re-circulation of smoke. A voice alarm system, public address system, and fire department communication system shall be provided. If area of refuge provided in lieu of automatic sprinkler system, provide a manual fire alarm system.
SPECIALAMUSEMENT BUILDINGS
Section 403.5.3 (Building Code) Provide an automatic fire detection system with smoke detectors. An approved alternate type of automatic fire detector may be installed in areas where the ambient conditions may cause a smoke detector to alarm. Install detection device to sound alarm at a constantly supervised station. Provide an automatic sprinkler system throughout except when building is temporary with total floor area of 1,000 square feet or less and the exit travel distance from any point is 50 feet or less. Install automatic sprinkler system to sound alarm at a constantly supervised station.
UNDERGROUNDBUILDINGS Section 415.1 (Building Code) Applies to building spaces having a floor level used for human occupancy more than 30 feet or more than one story below the lowest level of exit discharge. Exceptions: Fixed guideway transit system, grandstands, parking garages with automatic fire suppression system, buildings which qualify but have an area not more than 1,500 square feet and have under ten occupants. Provide automatic fire sprinkler system in the highest level of exit discharge serving the underground portion of the building and all levels below.
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UNDERGROUND BUILDINGS (continued) Section 415.4.2 (Building Code) Section 415.5.2 (Building Code) Provide smoke detectors to activate automatic closing devices on doors between compartments. Provide at least one smoke detector in every room for mechanical equipment, electrical, transformer, telephone equipment, and elevator machine; in every elevator lobby; in the main return and exhaust air plenum of each air conditioning system serving more than one story; in each connection to a vertical duct or riser serving two or more stories from return air ducts or plenums of W A C system. Exception: In Group R occupancies, an approved smoke detector may be used in each return air riser carrying not more than 5,000 cfm and serving not more than 10 air inlet openings. Smoke exhaust system must be activated by smoke detectors, automatic suppression system, and manual controls. Provide fire alarm system throughout when the lowest level of building is more than 60 feet below the lowest level of exit discharge. Alarm to be activated by smoke detectors, automatic fire sprinkler system, and manual pull station. Provide supervised voice communication system in underground portion of building.
OTHER GENERAL BUILDING AREAS

Section 903.5 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in the following: Basements more than 2,500 square feet used to manufacture, repair, sell or store combustible material or when used as lounge or night club regardless of size. In buildings without suitable access per Section 703.2 of this code. Spray finishing booth, area or room. Enclosed parking garage more than 65 feet high and more than 10,000 square feet per floor. Repair garages two or more stories high and more than 10,000 square feet in single floor area. Single story repair garages more than 15,000 square feet Basement garages or repair garages in basement except R3 occupancies. Commercial truck storage garage more than 5,000 square feet Bus garages for four or more buses. Section 903.7.3 (Building Code) and Chapter 36 (Fire Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system with high-piled combustible stock as required by fire prevention code. v
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1997 NFPA 101 USE GROUP CLASSIFICATIONS
ASSEMBLY Buildings or portions thereof used for gathering at 50 or more people for deliberation, worship, entertainment, eating, drinking, amusement, or awaiting transportation. Includes special amusement buildings regardless of occupancy.
EDUCATIONAL. Buildings used for gathering groups of at least six people through the 12th grade for purposes of instruction for at least four hours per day or more than 12 hours per week.
"CARE Buildings used for medical, treatment, or care purposes for persons having physical or mental problems as well as care of infants, infirm aged, and convalescents which provide sleeping facilities for four or more occupants generally incapable of self-preservation, such as hospitals, nursing homes, and limited care facilities.
DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL Buildings used to house those under some degree of restraint and who are mostly incapable of self-preservation due to security measures beyond their control.
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RESIDENTIAL
Buildings where sleeping accommodations provide for normal residential purposes, except health care or detention and correction facilities. Includes hotels, motels, dormitories, apartments, lodging or rooming houses, board and care facilities, and one- and two-family dwellings. Sub-classify as follows: Hotels, Motels and Dormitories - Buildings or groups of building under same management with more than 16 sleeping accommodations for hire or providing group sleeping accommodations for more than 16 persons not in same family group without individual cooking facilities. Apartments - Buildings with more than three living units with individual cooking and bathroom facilities.
RESIDENTIAL (contlliued)
Lodging or Rooming Houses - Buildings with separate sleeping rooms for less than 16 people without separate cooking facilities. Residential Board and Care - Buildings used to provide lodging, boarding, and personal care for four or more residents unrelated by blood. Classify small facilities as used for 5-16 persons and large facilities as used for more than 16 persons. One- and Two-Family Dwellings - Buildings containing maximum two dwelling units.
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Buildings or structures for display and sale of merchandise. Minor incidental mercantile operations in buildings of different occupancy subject to exit requirements of main occupancy.
1
BUSINESS Buildings, other than mercantile, used for maintaining accounts, records, and similar purposes. When minor and incidental to another occupancy, apply provisions applicable to that occupancy.
INDUSTRIAL
Factories making all kinds of products and properties devoted to processing, assembling, mixing, finishing, packaging, and repairing. Includes laboratories involving hazardous chemicals, laundries, power plants, pumping stations, etc.
STORAGE
Buildings or structures used primarily for storage and sheltering of goods, products, animals, or vehicles. Treat minor incidental storage in another occupancy as part of that occupancy.
DAY CARE
Buildings or portions of buildings where four or more clients receive care, maintenance and supervision by a nonrelative for less than a 24-hour period.
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1997 NFPA 101 Fire Alarm/Detection Systems
NFPA - Occupancy Assembly Underground Special Amusement Educational
Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems Required Required Required
Fire Alarm Svstems Required Required Required
Automatic Detection Systems Hazardous areas Required Required Required
Health Care Detention and Correctional HotelslDormitories
Required
~
Required Required
Apartments
Required
> 3 stories
Required
Lodging Houses
Required
Required
Required
Residential Board Care Small Facilities Large Facilities Mercantile Covered Malis Ahiums Business
Required Required > 3 sales levels or > 30,000 sq. fi. Required Required

> 300 persons
Required Required
Required
Il
Industria'
Required
Highhazard
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Storage
Required
High-rise Buildings Day-care
> 75 ft.
> 75 ft.
Required Required
3-107
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1997 NFPA 101 Requirements and Exceptions
ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCTES
8-4.5.5 In proscenium opening, provide emergency ventilation to remove smoke and independently activated by sprinkler system in stage area, smoke detectors over stage area, and by manually operated switch at approved location. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system for stages, in permanent dressing rooms, storerooms and workshops, and other accessory spaces contiguous to stage. Exception: Stages 1,000 square feet or less in area and 50 feet or less in height and under stage areas less than four feet in height. Provide approved fire alarm system in assembly occupancies with occupant load of 300 or more and in theaters with more than one audience-viewing room. Initiate alarm by manual means or with automatic detection or sprinkler systems. Provide automatic detection in all hazardous areas of assembly occupancies with occupant load of 300 or more unless protected by automatic sprinkler system. Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout story of assembly occupancy with occupant load of 300 or more, throughout the story below assembly occupancy, and when below level of exit discharge, throughout intervening levels and exit discharge level. Exceptions: Occupancies primarily for worship with fixed seating. Assembly rooms less than 12,000 square feet not used for exhibition and display. Participant sports areas with audience less than 300 people. 84.3.3.4 Provide automatic smoke detection throughout each smoke compartment of underground portions of assembly buildings. Provide supervised voice alarm system in underground portions of assembly buildings. Provide approved, automatic sprinkler system in all enclosed areas with walls and ceilings in buildings or structures containing smoke -protected assembly seating. Provide automatic extinguishing system in certain levels of exhibit booths covered with a ceiling.
8-4.5.10
8-3.4.1
8-3.4.2.2
8-3.5.1
84.3.5 84.2.1
8-7.5.3.7
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ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES (continued)

8-4.7.2 & .3 Provide approved automatic sprinkler system throughout special amusement buildings. When operating at reduced lighting levels, provide automatic smoke detection. Provide automatic smoke detection to sound an alarm, illuminate means of egress and stop confusing sounds.
EDUCATIONAL
10-3.2.1
Provide automatic extinguishing system in rooms or spaces used for processing or use of combustible supplies in quantities considered hazardous, including janitor closets. Provide fire alarm system throughout all educational occupancies unless maximum area is 1,000 square feet with single classroom and not location to another building not less than 50 feet. Exception: May omit manual pull stations in locations per administrative authority in buildings with two-way communicationbetween normally occupied spaces and constantly attended receiving station, and when conditions of Section 10-3.4.2.3 are met. Provide automatic sprinkler system in portions below level of exit discharge. Provide automatic smoke detection for portions underground or more than 30 feet below level of exit discharge. Also provide approved supervised voice alarm system. Provide smoke detection system throughout each smoke compartment.
10-3.4.1
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10-3.5 10-4.1.3 & .6
10-4.1.3.4
"AE CR
12-2.2.2.6 The automatic sprinkler system and the fire alarm system shall initiate closing action of all doors throughout entire facility. Provide fire alarm system equipped with a secondary power supply and initiated by manual means and by required sprinkler and detection systems. In nursing homes, provide approved automatic smoke detection systems in corridors throughout smoke compartments containing patient sleeping rooms and in spaces open to corridors unless excepted by this section. Detection systems are to be provided with a secondary power supply. Provide approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout according to construction type. Install listed quick response or listed residential sprinklers throughout patient sleeping area.
12-3.4.1.1 & 12-3.4.2 12-3.4.5.3
12-3.5.1
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HEALTH CARE continue)

12-6.3.4.1 & .2 Provide fire alarm system in all ambulatory health-care centers initiated by manual means and by means of any required detection devices or system. Fire alarm system and either a local smoke detector or a complete automatic fire extinguishing system or comp lete automatic fire detection system shall activate automatic closing devices on doors in smoke barriers.
12-6.3.7.7
DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL

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14-3.4.1.1 & .2
Provide electrically supervised fire alarm system throughout detention and correctional facilities. Initiate by manual means and by required detection devices or systems. Provide approved automatic smoke detection throughout all resident sleeping areas and adjacent day rooms, activity rooms, and contiguous common spaces. Exception: May omit smoke detectors as follows: In sleeping rooms with four or less occupants in Use Condition II or III; and In buildings protected throughout by automatic sprinkler system, may omit smoke detectors from sleeping rooms with more than four occupants. Provide automatic sprinkler system according to type of construction used.
14-3.4.4
14-3.5.2
16-3.4.1 & .2
Provide fire alarm system in hotels and dormitories. Initiate by manual means, by a manual fire alarm station located at a central point, by any automatic sprinkler system, and by any required automatic detection system. Exception: Sleeping room smoke detectors need not initiate fire alarm system. Provide corridor smoke detection except when protected throughout by approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system. Install single station smoke detectors powered by building electrical system in each sleeping room and each living area within a guest room or suite. Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout. Exception: Buildings other than high-rise where guest sleeping rooms have a door that opens directly outside at ground level. Install quick response or listed residential sprinklers throughout guest rooms and suites.
16-3.4.4.1 & .2
16-3.5.2
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APARTMENTS
18-3.4.1 & e 2 Provide fire alarm system for buildings more than three stories or with more than 11 living units except where each living unit is separated from other units by fire barriers with not less than I-hour rating and has independent exit, exit stairway, or ramp discharging to grade or in buildings not more than four stories or 16 dwelling units protected with an automatic sprinkler system. Provide initiation by manual means or by automatic sprinkler system. Provide approved single-station smoke detectors powered by house electrical service on all levels and in and outside sleeping rooms of every living unit within apartment buildings. Excepted are buildings protected throughout by an approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system. Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout building. Exception: Buildings where every living unit has either an exit door opening directly to ground level, direct access to an outside stair that serves no more than two units on same floor, or direct access to an interior stair serving only that unit with a one-hour fire resistance rating fire barrier from other portions of building. Install quick response or listed residential sprinklers throughout all living units.
18-3.4.4.1
18-3.5.2
LODGING OR ROOMING HOUSES 20-3.3.1 Provide fire alarm system except when equipped with smoke detection system that includes at least one manual fire alarm station. Provide approved single-station smoke detectors powered by building's electrical service in every sleeping room. Provide automatic sprinkler system in all new lodging or rooming houses unless every sleeping room has a door opening directly to the outside of the building at ground level or an exterior stairway.
20-3.3.4
20-3.5.2
ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY D W " G S 21-3.3.1

Provide approved single-station smoke detectors powered by building's electrical system in all sleeping rooms, outside and in the immediate vicinity of sleeping rooms, and on each additional story including basement.
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Small Facilities 22-2.3.4.1-3
Provide manual fire alarm system and approved smoke detectors powered by house electrical system throughout every area. Each sleeping room must be provided with approved, listed single station smoke detector. Exception: May omit detectors in buildings protected throughout by approved automatic sprinkler system using quick response or residential sprinklers. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system using quick response or residential sprinklers.
22-2.3.5.1 Large Facilities 22-3.3.4.1 & .2
Provide fire alarm system to be initiated by manual means, by a manual fire alarm station located at a supervised central location, and by any automatic sprinkler and detection systems. Provide approved single-station smoke detectors in each sleeping room of large facilities powered from building electrical system. Provide smoke detectors in all living areas and corridors unless protected by approved automatic sprinkler system. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system throughout all buildings. Install with quick response or residential sprinklers which will activate the fire alarm system.
2 2-3.3.4.1
22-3.3.4.8
22-3.3.5.1
MERCANTILE 24-3.4.1 & .2
Provide fire alarm system in Class A mercantile occupancies. Initiate by manual means. Provide approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system as follows: Buildings three or more stories in height. Buildings with more than 12,000 square feet in gross area. Stories below level of exit discharge with more than 2,500 square feet of area used for combustible goods.
24-3.5.1 & .2
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COVERED MALLS
244.4.3.1 & .2 Provide fire alarm system in covered malls with initiation by approved automatic sprinkler systems. Install fire alarm system to automatically actuate smoke control system. This requirement also applies to bulk merchandising retail buildings.
ATRIUMS
6-2.4.6 Provide an approved supervised automatic sprinkler system in entire building with atrium. Exception: If atrium ceiling is more than 55 feet above the floor, the local authority may permit the omission of sprinklers at the top of the atrium. Provide smoke detectors at the highest floor level of the atrium and at return air intakes from the atrium.
BUSINESS
26-3.4.1 & .2 Provide fire alarm system when two or more stories above level of exit discharge or 50 or more occupants above or below level of exit discharge; 300 or more occupants total. Initiate by manual means or approved automatic fire detection or sprinkler system. Provide automatic extinguishing system in hazardous locations.
26-3.2.1
INDUSTRIAL
28-3.2 In high hazard industrial occupancies, provide automatic extinguishing systems or other protection appropriate to the particular hazard. Provide fire alarm system except if total capacity of building is less than 1O persons and 0 less than 25 persons are above or below level of exit discharge. Initiate fire alarm by either manual or automatic means.
I
28-3.4.1
STORAGE
29-3.4 Provide fire alarm system except storage occupancies with low hazard contents or maximum 100,000 square feet or automatic extinguishment protection provided. Initiate by either manual or automatic means.
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STORAGE (continued) 29-8.3.4 Provide fire alarm system in parking garages more than 100,000 square feet in aggregate floor area except open parking structures and garages with automatic sprinkler system throughout. Initiate by either manual or automatic means.
DAY CARE 30-3.4.1 & .2 Provide fire alarm system in day-care occupancies housed in more than one room. Fire alarm to be initiated by manual means and by operation of required smoke detectors, except single-station, and required sprinkler systems. Provide smoke detection system in each story and in the corridors of all floors occupied by day-care occupancy if housed in more than one room. In day-care homes, smoke detectors are required to be installed in all rooms used for sleeping and in any corridors serving a day-care home.
30-3.4.5
3 O -6.3.4
SPECIAL STRUCTURESAND HIGHRISE BUILDINGS 3 -2 Apply provisions to all buildings more than 75 feet in height measured from the lowest level of fire department vehicle access to the floor of the highest occupiable story. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in all areas and floor levels traversed in traveling to the exit discharge throughout windowless and underground structures with an occupant load of 50 or more. Exception: Existing structures with an occupant load of 100 or less. In high-rise buildings, provide approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system and a fire alarm system with an approved emergency voice/aiam communication system throughout.
32-7.3.1
32-8.2.1 & 32-8.3.1
OTHERGENERALREOUREMWE3 5-2.1.8 Provide smoke detector to activate automatic self-closing devices on egress doors. As protection from the hazard in most occupancies, provide an automatic extinguishing system in hazardous areas, including but not limited to areas for general storage, boiler or furnace rooms, fuel storage, and janitor closets. Provide smoke detectors to activate both mechanical ventilation and pressurized stair enclosure systems.
No number
5-2.3.10.1 & .2
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1994 NFPA 101 Fire Alarm/Detection Systems
NFPA - Occuoancv Assembly Class A Class B Underground Special Amusement Educational Day Care Group Day Care Family Day Care Health Care Detention and Correctional HotelsDormitories
Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems Required Required Required Required Required Required Required Required Required
Automatic Detection Systems Hazardous areas Hazardous areas Required Required Required Required Required Required Required Required
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Required Required Required Required Required Required
Apartments
Required
> 3 stories
Required
Lodging Houses
Required
Required
Required
IL
Residential Board Care Small Facilities Large Facilities Mercantile Covered Malls
Atriums
Required Required > 3 stories or > 12,000 sq. ft. Required Required
Required Required
Required
> 300 persons

Required
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Storage
Required
Highrise Buildings
> 75 fi.
> 75 fi.
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ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES
8-3.2.1.9 Provide approved automatic sprinkler system for stages, in permanent dressing rooms, storerooms and workshops, and other accessory spaces contiguous to stage. Exception: Stages 1,000 square feet or less in area and 50 feet or less in height and under stage areas less than four feet in height. Provide approved fire alarm system in Class A and B occupancies and theaters with more than one viewing audience. Initiate alarm by manual means or with automatic detection or sprinkler systems. Provide automatic detection in all hazardous areas of Class A and B assembly occupancies unless protected by automatic sprinkler system. Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout story containing Class A and B assembly occupancies, story below assembly occupancy and when below level of exit discharge throughout intervening levels and exit discharge level. Exceptions: Occupancies primarily for worship with fixed seating. Assembly rooms less than 12,000 square feet not used for exhibition and display. Sports areas with audience less than 300 people. 841.3 8-4.1.5 8.4.3 Provide automatic smoke detection throughout underground portions of assembly buildings. Provide supervised voice alarm system in underground portions of assembly buildings. Provide approved, automatic sprinkler system in all enclosed areas with walls and ceilings in buildings or structures containing smoke-protected assembly seating. Provide automatic extinguishing system in certain levels of exhibit booths covered with a ceiling. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system throughout special amusement buildings. When operating at reduced lighting levels, provide automatic smoke detection. Provide automatic smoke detection to sound an alarm, illuminate means of egress and stop confusing sounds.
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8-3.4.1
8-3.4.2
8-3.5.1
8-4.4.3.7
84.6
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EDUCATiONAL
10-3.2.1 Provide automatic extinguishing system in rooms or spaces used for processing or use of combustible supplies in quantities considered hazardous, including janitor closets. Provide fire alarm system throughout all educational occupancies unless maximum area is 1,000 square feet with single classroom. Exception: May omit manual pull stations in locations per administrative authority in buildings with two -way communication between normally occupied spaces and constantly attended receiving station. Provide automatic sprinkler system in portions below level of exit discharge. Provide automatic smoke detection for portions underground or more than 30 feet below level of exit discharge. Also provide approved supervised voice alarm system. Day-care centers - Provide fire alarm system except day-care centers housed in one room. Initiate fire alarm by manual means and by any required smoke detector. Install smoke detection system in day-care centers except centers housed in only one room. Day-care homes - Provide smoke detectors except homes for clients more than six years old with no sleeping facilities. Provide single station smoke detectors powered by building electrical system or system detectors with integral sounding devices in rooms used for sleeping. Provide smoke detection system in corridors serving day-care home if located within building of another occupancy.
10-3.4.1
10-3.5 104.1.3
10-7.3.4.1
10-7.3.4.5 10-8.3.4
HEALTHCARE 12-2.2.2.6 The automatic sprinkler system and the fire alarm system shall initiate closing action of all doors throughout entire facility. Provide electrically supervised fire alarm system initiated by manual means and by required sprinkler and detection systems. Provide an approved automatic smoke detection system in corridors of nursing homes and limited care facilities unless fully sprinkled. Provide an automatic smoke detection system in areas and spaces open to corridors.
12-3.4
HEALTH CARE continued)

12-3.5 Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout according to construction type. Install listed quick response or listed residential sprinklers throughout patient sleeping area. Provide fire alarm system in all ambulatory health-care centers initiated by manual means and by means of any required detection devices or system. Fire alarm system and either a local smoke detector or a complete automatic fire extinguishing system or complete automatic fire detection system shall activate automatic closing devices on doors in smoke barriers.
12-6.3.4
12-6.3.7.7
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DETENTION AND CORRECIONAL

14-3.4.1 Provide electrically supervised fire alarm system throughout detention and correctional facilities. Initiate by manual means and by required detection devices or systems. Provide approved automatic smoke detection throughout all resident housing areas. Exception: May omit smoke detectors as follows: In sleeping rooms with four or less occupants in Use Condition II or III; and In buildings protected throughout by automatic sprinkler system, may omit smoke detectors from all but corridors, common spaces, and sleeping rooms with more than four occupants. 14-3.5.2 Provide automatic sprinkler system according to type of construction used.
14-3.4.4
16-3.4.1
Provide fire alarm system in hotels and dormitories. Initiate by manual means, by a manual fire alarm station located at a central point, by any automatic sprinkler system, and by any required automatic detection system. Exception: Sleeping room smoke detectors need not initiate fire alarm system. Provide corridor smoke detection except when protected throughout by automatic sprinkler system. Install single station smoke detectors powered by building electrical system in each sleeping room and each living area within a guest room or suite. Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout. Exception: Buildings other than high-rise where guest, sleeping rooms have a door that opens directly outside at ground level. Install quick response or listed residential sprinklers throughout guest rooms and suites.
16-3.4.4
16-3.5.2
APARTMENTS
18-3.4 Provide fire alarm system for buildings more than three stories or with more than 11 living units except where each living unit is separated from other units by fire barriers with 3/4 hour rating and has independent exit, exit stairway, or ramp discharging to grade. Provide initiation by manual means or by automatic sprinkler system. Provide approved single station or multiple station smoke detectors powered by house electrical service in every living unit within apartment buildings. The individual units are to be in addition to any sprinkler or detection systems required to be installed in the building. Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout building. Exception: Buildings where every living unit has either an exit door opening directly to ground level, direct access to an outside stair that serves no more than two units on same floor, or direct access to an interior stair serving only that unit with a one-hour fire resistance rating fire barrier from other portions of building. Install quick response or listed residential sprinklers throughout all living units.
18-3.4.4.1
18-3.5.2
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LODGING OR ROOMING HOUSES

20-3.3 Provide fire alarm system except when equipped with smoke detection system. Initiate fire alarm by manual means. Provide approved single station or multiple station smoke detectors powered by building's electrical service. Provide single station smoke detectors in each sleeping room. Provide automatic sprinkler system in all new lodging or rooming houses unless every sleeping room has a door opening directly to the outside of the building at ground level or an exterior stairway.
20-3.5.2
RESIDENTIAZ,BOARD CARE
Small Facilities 22-2.3.4
22-2.3.5 Large Facilities 2 2-3.3.4
Provide fire alarm system to be initiated by manual means, by a manual fire alarm station located at a supervised central location, and by any automatic sprinkler and detection systems. Sleeping room smoke detectors are not required to initiate the building fire alarm. Provide single station smoke detectors in each sleeping room of large facilities powered from building electrical system. Provide smoke detectors in all living areas and corridors. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system throughout all buildings. Install with quick response or residential sprinklers which will activate the fire alarm system.
22-3.3.4.7
22-3.3.4.8 22-3.3.5
MERCANTlLE
24-3.4 24-3.5 Provide fire alarm system in Class A mercantile occupancies. Initiate by manual means. Provide supervised, automatic sprinkler system as follows: Buildings three or more stories in height. Buildings with more than 12,000 square feet in gross area. Stories below level of exit discharge with more than 2,500 square feet of area used for combustible goods.
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COVERED MALLS
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24-4.4.3
Provide fire alarm system in covered malls with initiation by approved automatic sprinkler systems. Install fire alarm system to automatically actuate smoke control system. Provide covered mall and all buildings with approved electrically supervised automatic sprinkler system.
24-4.4
ATRIUMS 6-2.4.6 Provide an approved supervised automatic sprinkler system in entire building with atrium. Exception: If atrium ceiling is more than 55 feet above the floor, the local authority may permit the omission of sprinklers at the top of the atrium. Provide smoke detectors at the highest floor level of the atrium and at return air intakes from the atrium.
BUSINESS 26-3.4 Provide fire alarm system when two or more stories above level of exit discharge or 50 or more occupants above or below level of exit discharge; 300 or more occupants total. Initiate by manual means or approved automatic fire detection or sprinkler system. Provide detection, alarm, and communications systems in buildings with occupied story 150 feet or more above lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Fire alarm system must use voice communication.
26-4.2.3.1
28-3.4
Provide fire alarm system except if total capacity of building is less than 100 persons and less than 25 persons are above or below level of exit discharge. Initiate fire alarm by either manual or automatic means.
STORAGE 29-3.4 Provide fire alarm system except storage occupancies with low hazard contents or maximum 100,000 square feet or automatic extinguishment protection provided. Initiate by either manual or automatic means.
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STORAGE continued) 29-8.3.4 Provide fire a l a m system in parking garages more than 100,000 square feet in aggregate floor area except open parking structures and garages with automatic sprinkler system throughout. Initiate by either manual or automatic means.
SPECIAL STRUCTURES AND HIGHRISE BUILDINGS 3 -2 Apply provisions to all buildings more than 75 feet in height measured from the lowest level of fire department vehicle access to the floor of the highest occupiable story. Provide fire alarm system except in open structures and towers designed for occupancy by maximum of three persons. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system throughout windowless and underground structures with an occupant load of 50 or more. Exception: Existing structures with an occupant load of 100 or less. In high-rise buildings, provide approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system and a fire alarm system with an approved emergency voiceialann communication system throughout.
30-3.4
30-7.2
30-8.3
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OTHERGENERALREO~ 5-2.1.8 No number Provide smoke detector to activate automatic self-closing devices on egress doors. As protection from hazard in most occupancies, provide automatic extinguishing system in hazardous areas, including but not limited to areas for general storage, boiler or furnace rooms, fuel storage, and janitor closets.
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1991 NFPA 101 Fire AlarmDetection Systems
NFPA - Occupancy Assembly Class A Class B Underground Special Amusement Educational Day Care Group Day Care Family Day Care Health Care
Automatic Fire Sorinkler Svstems Required Required Required Required Required Required Required
Automatic Detection Svstems Hazardous areas Hazardous areas Required Required Required Required Required Required
1) Detention and Correctional
Required Required
Required
Apartments
Required
> 3 stories
Required
Lodging Houses
Required
Required
Required
Residential Board Care Small Facilities Large Facilities Mercantile Covered Malls Atriums Business Industrial
Required Required > 3 stories or > 12,000 sq. ft. Required Required
Required Required
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Required
Required
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Storage
Required
High-rise Buildings
> 75 fi.
75 fi.
> 150 fi.
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8=3.2.1.9 Provide automatic sprinkler system for all stages, in usable spaces under a stage, in auxiliary spaces, and in dressing rooms, storerooms and workshops. Exception: Regular and thrust stages less than 1,000 square feet in area. Provide approved fire alarm system in Class A and B occupancies and theaters with more than one viewing audience. Initiate alarm by manual means or with automatic detection or sprinkler systems. Provide automatic detection in all hazardous areas of Class A and B assembly occupancies unless protected by automatic sprinkler system. Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout story containing Class A and B assembly occupancies, story below assembly occupancy and when below level of exit discharge throughout intervening levels and exit discharge level. Exceptions: Occupancies primarily for worship with fixed seating. Assembly rooms less than 12,000 square feet not used for exhibition and display. Sports areas with audience less than 300 people. Provide automatic smoke detection throughout underground portions of assembly buildings. Provide supervised voice alarm system in underground portions of assembly buildings. Provide automatic extinguishing system in certain levels of exhibit booths covered with a ceiling. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system throughout special amusement buildings. When operating at reduced lighting levels, provide automatic smoke detection. Provide automatic smoke detection to sound an alarm, illuminate means of egress and stop confusing sounds.
8-3.4.1
8-3.4.2
8-3.5.1
84.1.3 84.1.5 84.4.3.7
84.6
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EDUCATIONAL 10-3.2.1 Provide automtic extinguishing system in rooms or spaces used for processing or use of combustible supplies in quantities considered hazardous, including janitor closets. Provide fire alarm system throughout all educational occupancies. Exception: May omit manual pull stations in locations per administrative authority in buildings with two-way communication between normally occupied spaces and constantly attended receiving station. Provide automatic sprinkler system in portions below level of exit discharge. Provide automatic smoke detection for portions underground or more than 30 feet below level of exit discharge. Also provide approved supervised voice alarm system. Day-care centers - Provide fire alarm system except day-care centers housed in one room and day-care centers with less than four-person staff. Initiate fire alarm by manual means and by any required smoke detector. Install smoke detection system in day-care centers except centers housed in only one room. Group day-care homes -Provide smoke detectors except homes for clients more than six years old with no sleeping facilities. Provide single station smoke detectors powered by building electrical system or system detectors with integral sounding devices in rooms used for sleeping. Family day-care homes - Provide smoke detectors except homes for clients more than six years old with no sleeping facilities. Provide single station smoke detectors powered by building electrical system or system detectors with integral sounding devices in rooms used for sleeping.
10-3.4.1
10-3.5.1 104.1.3
10-7.3.4.1
10-7.3.4.5 10-8.3.4
10-9.3.4
HEALTHCARE 12-1.1.1.6 The automatic sprinkler system and the fire alarm system shall initiate closing action of all doors throughout entire facility.
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HEALTH CARE (continued)

12-3.4 Provide electrically supervised fire alarm system initiated by manual means and by required sprinkler and detection systems. Provide an approved automatic smoke detection system in corridors of nursing homes and limited care facilities unless fully sprinkled. Provide an automatic smoke detection system in areas and spaces open to corridors. Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout according to construction type. Install listed quick response or listed residential sprinklers throughout patient sleeping area. Provide fire alarm system in all ambulatory health-care centers initiated by manual means and by means of any required detection devices or system. Fire alarm system and either a local smoke detector or a complete automatic fire extinguishing system or complete automatic fire detection system shall activate automatic closing devices on doors in smoke barriers.
123.5
126.3.4
12-6.3.7.7

14-3.4.1 Provide electrically supervised fire alarm system throughout detention and correctional facilities. Initiate by manual means and by required detection devices or systems. Provide approved automatic smoke detection throughout all resident housing areas. Exception: May omit smoke detectors as follows: In sleeping rooms with four or less occupants in Use Condition II or III; and In buildings protected throughout by automatic sprinkler system, may omit smoke detectors from ali but corridors, common spaces, and sleeping rooms with more than four occupants. 14-3.5.1 Provide automatic sprinkler system according to type of construction used.
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14-3.4.4
16-3.4.1
Provide fire alarm system in hotels and dormitories. Initiate by manual means, by a manual fire alarm station located at a central point, by any automatic sprinkler system, and by any required automatic detection system. Exception: Sleeping room smoke detectors need not initiate fire alarm system.
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HOTELS/DORMITORIES (continued)
16 -3.4.4 Provide corridor smoke detection except when protected throughout by automatic sprinkler system. Install single station smoke detectors powered by building electrical system in each sleeping room and each living area within a guest room or suite. Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout. Exception: Buildings other than high-rise where guest, sleeping rooms have a door that opens directly outside at ground level.
16-3.5.2
APARTMENT3 18-3.4 Provide fire alarm system for buildings more than three stories or with more than 1 1 living units except where each living unit is separated from other units by fire barriers with 314 hour rating and has independent exit, exit stairway, or ramp discharging to grade. Provide initiation by manual means or by automatic sprinkler system. Provide approved single station or multiple station smoke detectors powered by house electrical service in every living unit within apartment buildings. The individual units are to be in addition to any sprinkler or detection systems required to be installed in the building. Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout building. Exception: Buildings where every living unit has either an exit door opening directly to ground level, direct access to an outside stair, or direct access to an interior stair serving only that unit with a one-hour fire resistance rating fire barrier rom other portions of building.
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18-3.4.4.1
18-3.5.2
20-33
Provide fire alarm system except when equipped with smoke detection system. Initiate fire alarm by manual means. Provide approved single station or multiple station smoke detectors powered by building's electrical service. Provide single station smoke detectors in each sleeping room. Provide automatic sprinkler system in all new lodging or rooming houses unless every sleeping room has a door opening directly to the outside of the building at ground level or an exterior stairway.
20-3.5.2
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RESIDENTIAL. BOARD CARE

Small Facilities 22-2.3.4 Provide manual fire alarm system and approved smoke detectors powered by house electrical system throughout every area. Each sleeping room must be provided with approved single station smoke detector. Exception: May omit detectors in buildings protected throughout by approved automatic sprinkler system using quick response or residential sprinklers. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system using quick response or residential sprinklers.
22-2.3.5.3
Large Facilities 22-3.3.4
Provide fire alarm system to be initiated by manual means, by a manual fire alarm station located at a supervised central location, and by any automatic sprinkler and detection systems. Sleeping room smoke detectors are not required to initiate the building fire alarm. Provide single station smoke detectors in each sleeping room of large facilities powered from building electrical system. Provide smoke detectors in corridors and common spaces, unless protected throughout with automatic sprinkler systems. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system throughout all buildings. Install with quick response or residential sprinklers which will activate the fire alarm system.
2 2-3.3.4.7
22-3.3.4.8
22-3.3.5
MERCANTiLl3
24-3.4.1 24-3.5 Provide fire alarm system in Class A mercantile occupancies. Initiate by manual means. Provide automatic sprinkler system as follows: Buildings three or more stories in height. Buildings with more than 12,000 square feet in gross area. Stories below level of exit discharge with more than 2,500 square feet of area used for combustible goods.
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COVERED MALLS
244.4.3 Provide fire alarm system in covered malls with initiation by approved automatic sprinkler systems. Install fire alarm system to automatically actuate smoke control system. Provide covered mall and all buildings with approved electrically supervised automatic sprinkler system.
24-4.4
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ATRTUNIS
BUSINESS
26-3.4 Provide fire alarm system when two or more stories above level of exit discharge or 100 or more occupants above or below level of exit discharge; 1,000 or more occupants total. Initiate by manual means or approved automatic fire detection or sprinkler system. Protect high-rise buildings throughout by approved electrically supervised automatic sprinkler system. Provide detection, alarm, and communications systems in buildings with occupied story 150 feet or more above lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Fire alarm system must use voice communication.
264.2.2
264.2.3.1
INDUSTRIAL
283.4 Provide fire alarm system except if total capacity of building is less than 100 persons and less than 25 persons are above or below level of exit discharge. Initiate fire alarm by either manual or automatic means.
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STORAGE 29-3.4 Provide fire alarm system except storage occupancies with low hazard contents or maximum 100,000 square feet or automatic extinguishment protection provided. Provide fire alarm system in parking garages more than 100,000 square feet in aggregate floor area except open parking structures and garages with automatic sprinkler system throughout. Initiate by either manual or automatic means.
29-8.3.4.1
SPECIAL, STRUCTURES AND HIGHRISE BUILDINGS 3 -2 Apply provisions to all buildings more than 75 feet in height measured from the lowest level of fire department vehicle access to the floor of the highest occupiable story. Provide fire alarm system except in open structures and towers designed for occupancy by maximum three persons. Initiate alarm by either manual or automatic means. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system throughout windowless and underground structures with occupant load of more than 50 persons. Exception: Existing structures with an occupant load of 100 or less. In high-rise buildings, provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system and a fire alarm system with an approved emergency voice/alann communication system throughout.
30-3.4.1
30-7.1.2
30-8.2.1
5-2.1.8
No number
Provide smoke detector to activate automatic self-closing devices on egress doors.

As protection from hazard in most occupancies, provide automatic extinguishing system in hazardous areas, including but not limited to areas for general storage, boiler or furnace rooms, fuel storage, and janitor closets.
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1988 NFPA 101 Fire Alarfletection Systems
NFPA - Occunancv Assembly Class A Class B Underground Special Amusement Educational Day Care Group Day Care Family Day Care Health Care
Automatic Fire SDrinkier Svstems Required Required Required Required Required Required Required
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Required Required Required Required Required Required Required Required
I Detention and Correctional

HotelslDormitories
Apartments
> 75 ft.
Required
Required
Lodging Houses
Required
Required
II Covered Malls
Business
r
Residential Board Care Small Facilities Lar e Facilities Mercantile
Required
Required Required
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Storage
Required
High-rise Buildings
> 75 fi.
> 75 fi.
8-3.4.1
Provide approved fire protective signaling system in Class A and B occupancies and theaters with more than one viewing audience. Initiate alarm by manual means or with automatic detection ur sprinklcr systems. Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout story containing Class A and B assembly occupancy, story below assembly occupancy and when below level of exit discharge throughout intervening levels and exit discharge level. Exceptions: Occupancies primarily for worship with fixed seating. Assembly rooms less than 12,000 square feet not used for exhibition and display. Sports areas with audience less than 300 people.
8-3.5.1
e
8.4.1.3 8.4.1.5 8.4.6
Provide automatic smoke detection throughout underground portions of assembly buildings. Provide supervised voice alarm system in underground portions of assembly buildings. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system throughout special amusement buildings. When operating at reduced lighting levels, provide automatic smoke detection. Provide automatic smoke detection to sound an alarm, illuminate means of egress and stop confusing sounds.
EDUCATIONAL
10-3.4.1
Provide fire alarm system throughout all educational occupancies. Exception: May omit manual pull stations in locations per administrative authority in buildings with two -way communication between normally occupied spaces and constantly attended receiving station. Provide automatic sprinkler systems in portions below level of exit discharge. Provide automatic smoke detection for portions underground or more than 30 feet below level of exit discharge. Also provide approved supervised voice alarm system.
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10-3.5.1 104.1.3
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EDUCATiONAL (continued) 10-7.3.4.1 Day care centers -provide fire alarm system except day care centers housed in one room and day care centers with less than four-person staff. Install smoke detection system in day care centers. Install single station smoke detectors powered by building electrical system in all rooms used for sleeping. Group day care homes - provide smoke detectors except houses for clients more than six years old with no sleeping facilities. Provide single station smoke detectors powered by building electrical system in rooms used for sleeping. Family day care -provide smoke detectors except houses for clients more than six years old with no sleeping facilities. Provide single station smoke detectors powered by building electrical system in rooms used for sleeping.
10-7.3.4.5
10-8.3.4
1O -9.3.4
HEALTHCARE 12-3.4 Provide electrically supervised fire alarm systems. Provide approved automatic smoke detection system in corridors of nursing homes and limited care facilities. Provide an automatic smoke detection system in areas and spaces open to corridors. Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout according to construction type and use of structure. See Section 12-1.6 ofNFPA 101-88.
12-3.5
DETECTION AND CORRECTIONAL
14-3.4.1
Provide electrically supervised fire alarm system throughout detention and correctional facilities. Provide approved automatic smoke detection throughout all resident housing areas. Exception: May omit smoke detectors as follows:
14-3.4.4
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t In sleeping rooms with four or fewer occupants in Use Condition II or III; and a t In buildings protected throughout by automatic sprinkler system, may omit smoke a
detectors from all but corridors, common spaces, and sleeping rooms with more than four occupants.
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DETECTION AND CORRECTIONAL (continued)

14-3.5.1 Provide automatic sprinkler system according to type of construction used. See Section 141.6 OfNFPA 101-88.
16-3.4.1 16-3.4.4
Provide fire alarm system in hotels and dormitories. Provide corridor smoke detection except when protected throughout by automatic sprinkler system. Install single station smoke detectors powered by building electrical system in each sleeping room.
APARTMENTS
18-1.1.1 Provide with or without automatic fire suppression and/or detection according to Table 18-1 ofNFPA i 1. Protect all high-rise buildings with approved aukmatic sprinkler system. Provide fire alarm system for buildings more than three stories or 11 living units except where each living unit separated from other units by fire barriers with 3/4 hour rating and has independent exit, exit stairway, or ramp discharging to grade. Provide initiation by manual or automatic means or both according to options used in 18.1.1.1. Provide approved single station or multiple station smoke detectors powered by house electrical service in every living unit within apartment buildings.
18-3.4
18-3.4.4.1
LODGLNG HOUSES
20-33 Provide fire alarm system except when equipped with s m k e detection system. Single station detectors allowed powered by batteries. Provide single station smoke detectors as required.
RESIDENTIAL BOARD CARE 21-2.3.4 Small facilities - provide manual fire protective signaling system and approved smoke detectors powered by house electrical system. Exception: May omit detectors in buildings protected throughout by approved automatic sprinkler system using quick response or residential sprinklers.
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RESIDENT[AL BOARD CARE (continued)

2 1-2.3.5.2 Small facilities - provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system in all impractical facilities. Large facilities - provide fire alarm system except in existing facilities more than three stories and sleeping rooms having direct exterior exit access. Provide single station smoke detectors in each sleeping room of large facilities powered from building electrical system. Provide smoke detectors in large facilities in corridors and common spaces.
21-3.3.4
21-3.3.4.7
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2 1-3.3.4.8
MERCANTILE 24-3.4.1 24-3.5 Provide fire alarm system in Class A mercantile occupancies. Provide automatic sprinkler system as follows:
t a
t Buildings more than stories. a Buildings with story more than 12,000 square feet Buildings with gross area more than 24,000 square feet Stories below level of exit discharge more than 2,500 square feet used for combustible goods, etc.
COVERED MALLS 2443.3.1 Provide fire alarm system in covered malls with initiation by approved automatic sprinkler systems.
ATRIUMS
24-4.5.3.1 24-4.5.2 Provide fire alarm system with initiation by the smoke detection and sprinkler systems. Provide smoke detectors at top of space and adjacent to each return air intake from the atrium.
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BUSINESS 26-3.4 Provide fue alarm system when two or more stories above level of exit discharge or 100 or more occupants above or below level of exit discharge; 1,000 or more occupants total. Provide detection, alarm, and communications systems in buildings with occupied story 150 feet or more above lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Provide fire alarm system activated by smoke detection and automatic sprinkler systems in buildings housing atriums. Manual pull stations not required. Provide smoke detectors at top of space and adjacent to each return air intake of the atrium.
26-4.2.3.1
26-4.3.3
INDUSTRIAL,
283.4
0 Provide fue alarm system except total capacity less than 1O persons and more than 25 persons above or below level of exit discharge.
STORAGE 293.4 Provide fire alarm system except storage occupancies with low hazard contents or maximum 100,000 square feet or automatic extinguishment system provided. Provide fire alarm system in garages more than 100,000 square feet in aggregate floor area except open parking structures and garages with automatic sprinkler system throughout.
29-8.3.4.1
HiGHREX BUILDINGS 3-2 30-3.4.1 Apply provisions to all buildings more than 75 feet high. Provide fire alarm systems except in open structures and towers designed for occupancy by maximum three persons. Provide electrically supervised, approved automatic sprinkler system and fire alarm systems. Provide a fire alarm and voice communication system.
30-8.2 30-8.3.1
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1985 NFPA 101 Fire AlartdDetection Systems

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NFPA - Occupancy Assembly Class A" Class B Underground Educational Day Care Group Day Care Family Day Care Health Care Detention and Correctional
Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems Required Required
Fire Alarm Svstems Required Required Required Required Required Required Required Required
Required Required Required Required Required Required Required
Apartments
> 3 stories
Required
Lodging Houses
Required
Required
Small Facilities
Required
I Required Required
Covered Malls Business

> 75 ft.
Required
I
Required
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Storage
Required
Highrise Buildings
> 75 fi.
> 75 ft.
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ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCES
8-3.4.1 Provide approved fire alarm system in Class A and B assembly occupancies when required to be sprinkled, theaters with more than one viewing audience, and all assembly occupancies with more than 2,000 occupant load. Provide automatic sprinkler system in every Class A and B assembly except:
8-3.5.1
t Auditoriums with fixed seating. a t Single room multipurpose assemblies less than 12,000 square feet a
$ Passenger terminals at or above grade.
t Gymnasiums a t Skating rinks and swimming pools with less than 300 person audience facility. a t Class B assemblies used exclusively for restaurants. a
8.4.1 Provide automatic smoke detection and supervised voice alarm system in underground portions of assembly structures.
EDUCATIONAL
10-3.4.1 10-3.5.1 10-4.13
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Provide fire alarm system in all educational occupancies. Provide automatic sprinkler systems in portions below level of exit discharge. Provide automatic smoke detection for portions underground or more than 30 feet below level of exit discharge. Also provide approved supervised voice alarm system. Day care centers -provide fire alarm system except day care centers housed in one room and day care centers with less than four-person staff. Day care centers -provide smoke detection systems except centers housed in only one room or centers housing clients age six or older and no sleeping facilities provided. Group day care homes - provide smoke detectors except houses for clients over six years old and no sleeping facilities.
10-7.3.4
10-7.3.5
10-8.3.4
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EDUCATIONAL (continued) 10-9.3.4 Family day care -provide smoke detectors except houses for clients over six years old with no sleeping facilities.
HEALTHCARE 12-3.4 Provide electrically supervised fire alarm systems. Provide approved automatic smoke detection system in corridors of nursing homes, custodial care and supervisory, and care facilities. Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout according to construction type and use of structure. See Section 12-1.6 ofNFPA 101-1985 for construction types permitted.
12-3.5
DETECTION AND CORRECiONAL 14-3.4.1 Provide electrically supervised fire alarm system throughout detention and correctionai facilities. Provide approved automatic smoke detection throughout all resident housing areas except in sleeping rooms with four or less occupants in Use Condition II or III or when such rooms protected with automatic sprinkler system throughout. Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout according to type of construction used. See Section 14-1.6 for construction type requirements.
14-3.4.4
14-3.5.1
16-3.4.1 16-3.4.4
Provide fire alarm system in hotels and dormitories. Provide corridor smoke detection except when protected throughout by automatic sprinkler system. Provide single station smoke detectors in each sleeping room except such rooms where smoke detectors connected to central alarm.
APARTMEm 18-3.4 Provide fire alarm system for buildings more than three stories or 11 living units. Provide single or multiple station smoke detectors powered by building electrical service in each living unit except when building equipped with total automatic smoke detection system throughout. Provide automatic sprinkler system according to construction type option used. See Section 18-1.1 NFPA 101-1985 forrequirements.
18-3.5
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LODGING HOUSES
20-3.3 Provide fire alarm system except when equipped with smoke detection system or approved automatic sprinkler system. Existing battery powered single station detectors allowed per administrative authority.
FtESIDENTIAL BOARD CARE

2 1-2.2.2 Small facilities - provide fire alarm system except if approved smoke detection system powered by house electrical service installed and system includes minimum one manual fire alarm station per floor, or other manually activated continuously sounding alarms acceptable to administrative authority installed. Small facilities - provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system. Provide smoke detectors in large facilities in corridors and common spaces. Exception: Common spaces with approved automatic sprinkler systems.
2 1-2.2.4.4 21-3.2.2.5
MERCANTILE 24-3.4.1 24-3.5

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Provide fire alarm system in Class A mercantile occupancies. Provide automatic sprinkler system as follows:
t Buildings of three or more stories. a
e Buildings with story more than 12,000 square feet

Buildings with gross area more than 24,000 square feet
$ Stories below levei of exit discharge more than 2,500 s q u m feet used for combustible
goods, etc.
COVERED MALLS 24-4.3.3.1
Provide fire alarm system in covered malls with initiation by approved automatic sprinkler systems. Provide approved smoke detectors at top of space and adjacent to each return air intake of the atrium. Provide fire alarm system in buildings housing atriums.
244.4.4
24-4.4.5.1
BUSINESS
26-3.4 Provide fiie alarm system when two or more stories above level of exit discharge or 100 or more occupants above or below level of exit discharge; 1,000 or more occupants total.
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INDUSTRIAL 283.4 Provide fire alarm system except total capacity less than 100 persons and less than 25 persons above or below level of exit discharge.
STORAGE 29-3.4 Provide fire alarm system except storage occupancies with low hazard contents or maximum 100,000 square feet or automatic extinguishment system provided. Provide fire alarm system in garages more than 100,000 square feet in aggregate floor area except open parking garages and garages with automatic sprinkler system throughout.
29-8.3.4.1
HIGHRISE BUILDINGS 264.2.1 264.2 Apply provisions to all business occupancies more than 75 feet high. Provide fire alarm system and automatic sprinkler system throughout.
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CHAPTER 4 INTRODUCTION AND EXPLANATION

Chapter 4 contains summaries of requirements and regulations of the state codes as they affect fire alanddetection systems. Each state code section provides information about the state code organization, explanation of the building use group classifications where necessary, a table summarizing the areas where fire suppression, protection and detection systems are needed, and an explanation of the code requirements and exceptions as they apply to the building types. The administrative requirements for each state provides information on codes adopted, how they are adopted and enforced, and, where applicable, information about the code change cycle and codes history. Where no codes are enforced or state amendments do not affect the model code requirements, no further information is given or the user is referred back to the model codes in Chapter 3, respectively. State amendments or additional requirements are summarized in the administrative requirements and highlighted in the tables and other information. Because the code requirements are complex and varied, the tables have been set up to indicate when there are code provisions for fire protection systems in each of the use groups. Where possible, the tables indicate the key item, such as building height or number of occupants that dictates using fire protection systems. Where no specific item exists but fire protection systems may be needed, the tables will have the word "required." This alerts the user to review the appropriate listings of code requirements and explanations following the table. The code requirements and explanations are a brief synopsis of the appropriate code text and should be used in conjunction with the actual code for exact details.
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STATE OF ALABAMA Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code 1994 SBC
Fire Prevention Code i994 SFPC and VFPA National Fire Codes ind Standards Vo state amendments Ulandatory minimum itatewide
Life Safey Code

1994NFPA 101
Amendments Preemptive Application
No state amendments
No state amendments
Mandatory minimum for state projects, hotels, schools, motion picture theaters. Voluntary for ail other occupancies. Alabama Building Commission The RSA Plaza 770 Washington Ave. Suite 444 Montgomery, AL 36130 (334) 242-4082
Mandatory minimum statewide
Promulgation
4labama Building Commission and Department of Insurance State Fire Marshals Office 135 South Union Street P. O. Box 303352 Montgomery, AL 361303352 (334) 241-4166
Department of Insurance State Fire Marshals Office 20 1 Monroe Street, Suite 1780 P. O. Box 303352 Montgomery, AL 361303352 (334) 241-4166
Enforcement
Stedmann B.McCollough Director Alabama Building Commission The RSA Plaza 770 Washington Ave. Suite 444 Montgomery, AL 36130 (334) 242-4082
Local jurisdictions or Alabama Building Commission and John Robison State Fire Marshal Department of Insurance State Fire Marshals Office 135 South Union Street P. O. Box 303352 Montgomery, AL 361303352 (334) 241-4166
Local jurisdictions or John Robison State Fire Marshal Department of Insurance State Fire Marshals Office 135 South Union Street P. O. Box 303352 Montgomery, AL 36 1303352 (334) 241-4166
Comments
Summary of Amendments
ILocal jurisdictions may adopt ( standards of state code. State Fire Marshals Office uses 1994 SBC for fire prevention enforcement. See 1994 SBC and 1994NFPA i01 in Chapter 3 for fire aiaddetection system requirements.
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History: The State of Alabama adopted the SBCCI Standard Building Code in 1957. It was used by fire bureau chiefs to enforce fire standards. In 1965, the NFPA standards were adopted. The Manufactured Housing Commission also adopts SBCCI codes, which are updated as the codes are amended. The ktest Standard Codes are used for state projects, hotels, schools, and movie theaters and are voluntary for other commercial occupancies. The State Fire Marshal does have the authority to direct local jurisdictions to meet the state building or fire code.
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Alaska
STATE OF ALASKA Administrative Requirements Building Code Code Amendments Preemptive Application Promulgation Fire Prevention Code
I I
Life Safey Code
I 1997UBC
State amendments
I1997 UFC State amendments
INone
Enforcement
Comments
Mandatory minimum. Local Mandatory minimum. Local jurisdictions may amend to jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent. make more stringent. Department of Public Safety Department of Public Safety Division of Fire Prevention Division of Fire Prevention 5700 East Tudor Road 5700 East Tudor Road Anchorage, AK 99507-1225 Anchorage, AK 99507-1225 (907) 269-5604 (907)269-5604 Chester Weger Chester WWegcr Assistant State Fire Marshal Assistant State Fire Marshal Department of Public Safety Department of Public Safety Division of Fire Prevention Division of Fire Prevention 5700 East Tudor Road 5700 East Tudor Road Anchorage, AK 99507-1225 Anchorage, AK 99507-1225 (907) 269-5604 (907)269-5604 Alaska has state mandatory minimum code requirements for all buildings except 1,2, or 3 family dwellings. Local jurisdictions may amend the codes to be more stringent without state approval. Building code is mandatory for state-financed residential construction. In addition to the 1997 Uniform Code fire protection system provisions, state requires approved automatic sprinkler systems to be provided throughout Group E3 occupancies operating between 1O:OO p.m. and 6:OO a.m. and smoke detectors installed in rooms used for sleeping or napping. See Chapter 3 for summary of 1997 Uniform Codes.
4-4
Alaska
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Code Change Cycle: There is no set schedule for reviewing and updating codes. Proposed code revisions are published in the State Administrative Journal. Public comments are solicited.
1
History: Several statewide codes have been enacted for many years but have been enforced only in the last 20 years and only in the rural areas of the state. Most of the larger municipalities have their own building code sections. The Uniform Building, Mechanical, and Fire Codes are enforced through the State Fire Marshal's Office.
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STATE OF ARIZONA Administrative Requirements
Building Code
-
Fire Prevention Code i988 UFC State amendments Mandatory statewide (6 cities :xempt). Eric Borg Director Department of Building and Fire Safety 29 East Virginia, Suite 100 Phoenix, AZ 85004 (602) 255-4072 Local jurisdictions
Life Safety Code
Code Amendments
~
ione (See comments below)
Preemptive Application Promulgation
Enforcement Comments 988 UBC adopted by eference in state fire code.
Amendments
Zhapter 31,1988 NFPA 101 he six exempt cities, Mesa, idopted by reference in state Tempe, Phoenix, Glendale, fire code for fire drills only. Scottsdale, and Tucson, use NFPA codes, which are more restrictive than the state code. The state code still applies to state-owned or operated buildings and schools. e applicable to state and county-owned and operated buildings as summarized on the following pages.
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Arizona
Code Change Cycle (continued):
4. 5. 6. 7.
Proposed rule is noticed for hearing by the Board (30 days in advance) in the Arizona Administrative Register. Board holds public hearing, votes to close the record and adopts the rule. Rule packet is forwarded to the Attorney General for certification (90 days allowed for this process). Attorney General certifies rule and forwards to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing. Rule becomes effective when filed with the Secretary of State.
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Arizona
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STATE OF ARUONA FLRE CODE 1988 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with State Amendments Fire AlarnDetection Systems Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems Required Fire Alarm Systems Required Automatic Detection Systems
Occupancy Type Group A - Assembly Group B - Business B-2 - RetailDrinking Group E - Educational Group H - Hazardous H-1 - Flammables/ Explosiues H-2 - Moderate Explosion Hazard H-3 - HighHazard H 4 - Repair Garages H-6 - Semiconductor Facilities H-7 - Health Hazards
Required Required
Required
> 50 occupants
Required Required
Required
Required
Required
Group I - Institutional 1-1 Hospitals 1-2 Nursing Homes 1-3 Jails Group R - Residential R-1 - Hotelhultifamily High-rise -New and Existing Construction B-2 - Ofices R-1 - HoteVMultifamily Covered Malis Aviation Control Towers
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.
> 75 fi. > 75 ft.
Required
Required Required
Required Required
4-8
Arizona
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STATE O F ARIZONA F I R E CODE
1988 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with State Amendments

Requirements and Exceptions
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 3802 (Building Code) and Section 10.306 (Fire Code) Provide automatic sprinkler systems in Group A as follows:
t Rooms and un-separated accessory uses more than 5,000 square feet in total a
area when used for consumption of alcoholic beverages.
t Basements more than 1,500 square feet in floor area. a t Exhibition and display rooms more than 12,000 square feet a t Stairs and enclosed usable space below or over stairs in Group A divisions 2, a
2.1,3, and 4. Under roof and gridiron, tie and fly galleries, proscenium walls of stages, platforms more than 500 square feet, dressing rooms, workshops, and storerooms.
Section 14.104 (Fire Code) GROUP B - BUSINESS Section 3802(d) (Building Code)
and
Install fire alarm system in Group A-1, A-2, and A-2.1 occupancies.
Provide automatic fire extinguishing system in Group B-2 occupancies in retail sales areas where floor area exceeds 12,000 square feet on any floor or 24,000 square feet on all floors or when more than three stories.
Section 10.306 (Fire Code) Section 14.104 (Fire Code) (Amended) Article 81 (Fire Code) GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL Section 809 (Building Code) Provide approved fire alarm systems when occupant load more than 50 persons. Provide automatic alarm system in Group B-2 occupancies as set forth in Chapter 33 of the Building Code and manual Fire Alarm system in Group B-2 occupancies owned by the state 01-county at the discretion o the Fire Marshal. f Provide supervised smoke detection throughout areas with high-piled combustible storage with Class I-V materials per limits in Fire Code.
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GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL (continued) Section 3319 (Building Code) Provide smoke detectors installed throughout area of common atmosphere when the only means of exit from a room is through an adjoining or intervening room. Exceptions: 1) When aggregate occupant load of interior room is not more than ten; 2 ) When enclosures forming interior rooms are less than two-thirds of floor-toceiling height or not more than eight feet; and 3) Rooms are used exclusively for mechanical and public utility service to building. Provide automatic fire extinguishing systems in basements more than 1,500 square feet and in enclosed usable space below or over stairway. Provide manual and automatic fire alarm system in Group E with more than 50 occupants per Chaptei. 33 of Building Code. Lise autmzatic system +vlzeiz construction includes internal corridors which serve as egress passage ways. Install approved smoke detectors in internal corridors.
Section 3802 (Building Code) Section 14.104 (Fire Code)

(Amended)
GROUP H - HAZARDOUS Section 909 (Building Code) Sections 14.104, 50.113, Article 51 and Article 80 (Fire Code) Section 911 (Building Code) Section 3802 (Building Code) and Section 10.306 (Fire Code) Provide approved fire alarm system and automatic smoke detection in Group H occupancies used to manufacture organic coatings and Group H-6 hazardous production materials occupancies.
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GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL Section 1002(b) (Building Code) Provide smoke detector operated damper(s) at each point where ducts penetrate smoke barrier except where openings in ducts are limited to single smoke compartment and ducts are of steel construction. 4-10 Arizona
GROW I - INSTITUTIONAL (continued)

Section 1009 (Building Code) Section 1010 (Building Code) Provide approved fire alarm system in all Group I occupancies.
Provide smoke detectors in patients sleeping rooms of hospital and nursing homes. Except in rooms equipped with automatic door closers having integral smoke detectors on room side, integral detector may substitute for smoke detector provided it performs required alerting functions. Provide automatic fire extinguishing system throughout.
Section 3802 (Building Code) and Section 10.306 (Fire Code) Section 14.104 (Fire Code) (Amended)
Provide manual and automatic fire alarm system in Group I occupancies. Provide automatic system when construction includes internal corridors which serve as egress passage ways. Install approved smoke detectors in internal corridors.
Section 1210 (Building Code) Section 1211 (Building Code) and Section 14.104 (Fire Code)
Provide smoke detectors in dwelling units and hotel or lodging-house guest rooms installed per manufacturer's instructions. Provide manual and automatic approved fire alarm system in apartment house three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, and hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms. Exceptions: 1) Buildings not more than two stories with all individual units provided one hour fire separation and direct exterior egress; 2) Buildings with automatic sprinkler system throughout and with local alarm system. Provide automatic sprinkler system in apartment house three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, and hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms.
Section 3802 (Building Code) and Section 10.306 (Fire Code)
Provide manual and automatic alarm system throughout R-1 occupancies three or more stories and with more than 15 dwelling units in apartments or 20 or more guest rooms in hotels and smoke detection in common areas. 4-11 Arizona
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HIGHRISE. NEW CONSTRUCTION. GROUP B-2 OFFICES AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES Section 1807 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system, smoke detection system, and alarm and communication systems when buildings have floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access. Provide fire alarm and communication systems for Group B-2 offices and Group R-1 occupancies with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access. Separate return wires of above ground$re alarni system wiring.froni outgoing wires by sixfeet or by a niinimum one-hourfire resistive construction except when making connections to panel.
Section 14.104 (Fire Code) (Amended)
HIGJBUSE. GROUP B-2 OFFICES AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES. EXISTING STRUCTURES Appendix Chapter 1 Division II (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system in Type II-N, Ei-N, or V-N construction and areas occupied by 100 or more persons. Provide fire department communication system and occupant voice notification system. Provide manual fire alarm system except may be waived when approved automatic sprinkler system installed throughout building. Single station smoke detectors in dwelling units and guest rooms, automatic elevator recall. Provide automatic sprinkler systems in exit corridors, stairwell, elevator lobbies, and public assembly areas with 100 or more persons, and commercial kitchens. Apply to all existing high-rise buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access. Provide fire alarm system connected to approved central station or local fire department dispatch office. Provide single station smoke detectors in dwellings units and guest rooms.
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Section 3802 (BuildingCode) and Section 10.308 (Fire Code) Appendix Chapter 1 Division 1 Section 112 (Building Code) Appendix Chapter 1 Division 1 Section 115 (Building Code) Section 14.109 (Fire Code) (Added)
Except in Group R-3 and M occupancies, provide automatic sprinkler system in every story or basement area more than 1,500 square feet except as detailed in Section 3802 of 1988 UBC; at top of rubbish and linen chutes and their terminal rooms, in rooms where nitrate film is stored or handled, or in protected combustible fiber storage vaults. Protect openings into interior shafts in existing buildings other than Group R-3, M, and high-rise buildings by self-closing one-hour fire assemblies or by automatic closing by smoke detection.
Provide smoke detector installed per approved manufacturer's instructions in dwelling units and hotel and lodging-house guest rooms used for sleeping purposes in existing buildings.
Fire alarm s,vstems installed in buildings used for public accomnzodation as dejned in A.R.S. 34-492.20 shall meet the requirements 0fA.R.S. 34-431.
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STATE OF ARKANSAS Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code Amendments Preemptive Application Promulgation
Fire Prevention Code
Life Safety Code
1997 SBC
State supplement Statewide minimum. Local urisdictions may amend to nake more stringent. Lt. Ray E. Camahan Zommander, Fire Marshal Section State Fire Marshal's Office 71 State Police Plaza D . r @I-30and Geyer Springs Little Rock, AR 72209
1997 SFPC
State supplement Statewide minimum. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent. Lt. Ray E. Carnahan Commander, Fire Marshal Section State Fire Marshal's Office #I State Police Plaza Dr. @I-30 and Geyer Springs Little Rock, AR 72209
1997NFPA 1 1 0
No amendments Statewide minimum. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent. Lt. Ray E. Carnahan Commander, Fire Marshal Section State Fire Marshal's Office #1 State Police Plaza Dr. @I-30 and Geyer Springs Little Rock, AR 72209
:SOI) 618-8624
Enforcement Local jurisdictions or Lt. Ray E. Carnahan Commander, Fire Marshal Section State Fire Marshal's Office Y I State Police Plaza D . r @I-30 and Geyer Springs Little Rock, AR 72209
(501) 618-8624
Local jurisdictions or Lt. Ray E. Carnahan Commander, Fire Marshal Section State Fire Marshal's Office #I State Police Plaza D . r @I-30 and Geyer Springs Little Rock, AR 72209
(501\ 618-8624
Local jurisdictions or Lt. Ray E. Carnahan Commander, Fire Marshal Section State Fire Marshal's Office #1 State Police Plaza Dr. @I-30 and Geyer Springs Little Rock, AR 72209
(501) 618-8624
Comments Summary of Amendments
(501)618-8624
(501) 618-8624
dings, but local jurisdictions may amend them to be more stringent. The Arkansas Fire Prevention Code specifies the following additions to the model codes adopted: Sprinkler systems are to be installed and maintained in all high-rise buildings more than 75 feet in height in which permits for construction were issued after January 1, 1984,or existing buildings more than 75 feet in height in which 25 percent or mo re of gross floor area is being remodeled or added thereto. All required sprinkler systems must be equipped with fire alarm features to communicate an audible and visual alarm throughout building. All single or multiple station smoke alarms or detectors are required to have an auxiliary power source. Day Care (Child Care) facilities must comply with the provisions of NFPA 101. See summarv of 1997 Standard Codes and 1997NFPA 1O1 in Chanter 3.
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Code Change Cycle: There is no set schedule for reviewing and updating codes. The board or department responsible for regulations is empowered to implement the rulemaking process, which includes publication, public comment, and hearings. History: The Arkansas Fire Code was adopted under authority of Act 254 in 1955. The code was updated in 1958, 1965,1983,1992, and 1999.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code Amendments Preemptive Application Promulgation 1997 UBC
Fire Prevention Code 1997 UFC
Life Safety Code None
Enforcement
Comments
1998 state amendments (Title 1998 state amendments (Title 24. P r 9 ) at 24, Pari 2) Mandatory statewide. Local IMandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may amend to jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent. make more stringent. Travis Pitts Travis Pitts Executive Director Executive Director California Buildings Standards California Buildings Standards Commission Commission 1130 E; Street, Suite 101 I i3 K Street, Suite 101 Sacramento, CA 95814-3917 Sacramento, CA 95814-3917 (916) 323-6363 (916) 323-6363 ILocal jurisdictions or ILocal jurisdictions or John Guhl John Guhl Department of Forestry and Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Fire Protection Regulations Coordinator Regulations Coordinator Office of the State Fire Office of the State Fire Marshal Marshal 113 1 S Street 1131 S Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 445-842 i (916) 445-8421 California has mandatory code requirements for all state-regulated buildings. Local jurisdictions enforce the same edition of the model codes as the state and may amend the codes only if topographic, geological, or climatic conditions warrant. Title 24 applies to all buildings in California. Seventeen state agencies adopting building standards have a specific jurisdictional authority to regulate construction in California, as specified in statute. At the beginning of each part of Title 24, there is an administrative section, either in the foreword or first chapter, that lists the application for each agency's buildings standards. State amends Building Code to include provisions for new occupancies, existing buildings, and modifies high-rise to include all structures. State also adds chapter on various standards for installation of fire alarm systems. Due to the complexity of the code changes and the application of 17 state departments in enforcement, please refer to code text for exact details of requirements.
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Code Change Cycle: California has a three-year code change cycle. Proposed revisions are prepared and documented by the state agency proposing adoption. Revisions then go through the state administrative procedures process of review and recommendation of Code Advisory Committees, hearings, public comment, adoption by the California State Building Standards Commission, and publication by the Commission.
History: The State of California to date has enacted statewide standards for housing construction and maintenance; mobile home park and accessory standards for construction and maintenance; standards for employee housing, factorybuilt housing, and energy conservation; fire safety in assembly areas; and access and adaptability standards for the physically handicapped. In addition to the above standards, there are additional standards for state-owned facilities.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA 1997 ICBO Use Group Classificationswith State Amendments GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Building or structure for the gathering of 50 or more persons for purposes such as civic, social or religious functions, recreation, education or instruction, food or drink consumption, or awaiting transportation. Amsement buildings are included in this classification. Sub-classify in divisions as follows: A-1 A-2 Assembly building with stage and occupant load of 1,000 or more. Building or portion thereof having an assembly room with occupant load less than 1,000 and a stage. Building or portion thereof with an assembly room with occupant load of 300 or more without a stage, including buildings for educational purposes and other than Groups E or B. Buiiding or portion thereofwith an assembly room with occupant load less than 300 without a stage, including buildings for educational purposes and other than Groups E or B. Stadiums, reviewing stands, and amusement park structures not included in other Group A occupancies.
A-2.1
A-3
A4
GROUP B - BUSINESS Building or structure or portion thereof for office, professional or service-type transactions, including storage of records and accounts, and eating and drinking establishments with an occupant load of less than 50.
GROUP C - ORGANIZED CAMPS (Added) Organized camps where programs and facilities aref o r the primary purpose ofproviding an outdoor group living experience with social, spiritual, educational or recreational objectives for five days or more during one or more seasons of the year.
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El
Buildings used for educational purposes through 12th grade by 50 or more persons for more than 12 hours per week or 4 hours per day. Buildings used for educational purposes through 12th grade by less than 50 persons for more than 12 hours per week or 4 hours a day.
Any nonresidential building or portion used.for day-care purposesfor more than six children or persons and any residential building awedfor da,v-care purposes,for more than I4persons.
E2
E3 (Amended)
GROUP F FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL Building or structure for assembling, disassembling, fabricating, finishing, manufacturing,packaging, repair or processing operations. Sub-classi@ in divisions as follows: F-1 Moderate-hazard factory and industrial occupancies including factory and industrial uses not classified as F-2. Low-hazard factory and industrial occupancies including facilities producing noncombustible or non-explosive materials which, during finishing, packing or processing, do not involve a significant fire hazard.
F-2
GROUP H - HAZARDOUS Building or structure where manufacturing, processing, generation of storage materials constitute a high fire, explosion or health hazard. Sub-classify in divisions as follows: H-1 Buildings with quantity of material in excess of building code limitations which present high explosion hazard, including but not limited to: Explosives, blasting agents, fireworks, and black powder. Exception: Storage and use of pyrotechnic special effect materials in motion picture, television, theatrical, and group entertainment production when under permit per Fire Code. Maximum time period for storage is 90 days. Manufacturing of Class 1.4G fireworks. Unclassified detonatable organic peroxides. Class 4 oxidizers. Class 4 or Class 3 detonatable unstable (reactive) materials.
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H-2
H-3
Buildings with quantity of materials in excess of building code limitations which present high fire or physical hazard, including but not limited to: t Class II, III, or IV organic peroxides. a Class 1 or 2 oxidizers. t Class I, II, or III-A flammable liquids or combustible liquids used or stored in normally a closed containers or systems and containers pressurized at 15 psi gauge or less, and aerosols. L Class III-B combustible liquids. x tx Pyrophoric liquids or solids. t Class 1 or 2 water-reactive materiais. a t Flammable solids in storage. a t Flammable or oxidizing cryogenic fluids (other than inert). a y Class 1 unstable (reactive) gas or Class 2 unstable (reactive) materials. a Repair garages not classified as Group S-3. Aircraft repair hangars and heliports not classified as Group S-5. Semiconductor fabrication facilities and comparable research and development areas when facilities in which hazardous production materials (HPM) used and aggregate quantity of materials in excess of building code limitations. Occupancies with quantities of materials in excess of building code limitations that are health hazards, including but not limited to: LX Corrosives, except stationary lead-acid battery systems. Highly toxic materials. L Irritants. x Sensitizers. t Other health hazards. a
H-4
H-5
H-6
H-7
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Buildings with quantity of material in excess of building code limitations which present moderate explosion hazard or hazard from accelerated burning, including but not limited to: Class I organic peroxides. t Class 3 non-detonatable unstable (reactive) materials. a tx Pyrophoric gases. Flammable or oxidizing gases. t Class I, II, or III-A flammable or combustible liquids used in normally open containers or a systems or in closed containers pressurized at more than 15 psi gauge. Exception: aerosols. Class 3 oxidizers. Class 3 water-reactive materiais.

H-8 (Added) Laboratories and sintilar areas usedfor scientific experimentation or research having quantities ofniaterials not in excess ofthose listed in Tables 3-D.1 and 3-1 and not otherwise classified.
GROUP I - INSTlTUTIONAL State Fire Marshal defines and subdivides Group I occupancies as follows: 1-1.1 (Amended) Nurseries for full-time care of children under the age of six, each accommodating more thansix children. Hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes with non-ambulatory patients where medical care is provided or homes with non-ambulatory guests where medical care is provided, and similar buildings, each accommodating more than six patients. 1-1.2 Health-care centers for ambulatory patients receiving outpatient medical care which may render the patient incapable of unassisted self-preservation, each tenant space accommodating more than five such patients, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group. Nursing homes for ambulatory patients where medical care isprovided, homes for ambulatory children six years old or over where medical care is provided, or homes with ambulatory guests where pedical care is provided, and similar buildings and honor farms and conservation camps housing inmates who are not restrained, each accommodating more than six patients or children. Mental hospitals, mental sanitariums, jails, prisons, reformatories, and buildings where personal liberties of inmates similarly restrained.
1-2 (Amended)
1-3
GROUP M MERCANTILE Building or structure or portion thereof for display and sale of merchandise, and involving stocks of goods, wares or merchandise, incidental to such purposes and accessible to the public. GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL State Fire Marshal defines and subdivides Group R Occupancies as follows: R-1 Hotels, apartment houses, congregate residences; each accommodating more than ten persons.
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GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL (continued) R-2

R-2.1 (Added) R-2.1.1 (Added) R-2.2 (Added)
Classification not used.

Residential facilities and residential-care facilities f o r the elderly (each accommodating more than six non-ambulatory clients). his division may include ambulatory clients. ResidentiaI.facilities and residential-care.facilities,for elderly (each accommodating six or the less non-ambulatory clients). This division may include ambulatory clients. Residential facilities and residential-care facilitiesfor the elderly (each accommodating more than six ambulatory clients). This division may include non-ambulatory clients and shall not exceed six non-ambulatory clients. Residentia1,facilities and residential-care facilities f o r the elderly (each accommodating six or less ambulatory clients). This division may include a maximum of two non-ambulatory clients. Residentia1,facilities providing hospice care and accommodating more than six bedridden clients. Residential facilities providing hospice care and accommodating six or less bedridden clients.
R-2.2.1 (Added) R-2.3 (Added) R-2.3.1 (Added)
R-3 (Added) R-6 (Added)

GROUP S - STORAGE
Dwellings used for large family day-care homes, lodging houses, and congregate residences, each accommodating ten persons or less.
Residential group carefacilities providing care and/or supervisory services. Restraint shall not be practiced in these.facilities.
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s-1
Moderate hazard storage occupancies include buildings or portions thereof used for storage of combustible materials not classified as S-2 or Group H. Low-hazard storage occupancies include buildings or portions thereof used for storage of noncombustible materials. Repair garages and parking garages not classified as S-4.
s-2 s-3
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GROUP S STORAGE (continued) S4

Open parking garages. Aircraft hangars and helistops.
s-5
GROUP U - UTILITY
u 1 u2
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STATE OF CALJFORNiA 1997 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with State Amendments Fire AlarmDetection Systems
Occupancy Type Group A - Assembly Amusement Buildings Group B - Business Group E - Educational Group F - Factory Industrial Group H - Hazardous H-1 - Flammables/ Explosives H-2 - Moderate Explosion Hazard H-3 - HighHazard H-4 - Repair Garages H-6 - Semiconductor Facilities H-7 - Health Hazards
Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems Required Required Required Required Required
Fire Alarm Systems Required Reauired Required
> 50 occupants
Required
Required
Required

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> 3 stories >12,000 sq. ft./floor > 24,000 sq. ft. total
Group R - Residential R-1 - HoteVMultifamily Group S - Storage High-rise -New and Existing Construction B-2 - Offices R-1 - HoteVMultifamily Covered Malls Aviation Control Towers
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
Required
> 75 fi. > 75 ft.
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.

Required Required
Required
Required Required
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California
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425
Califomia
STATE OF CALIFORNIA 1997 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with State Amendments Requirements and Exceptions
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY
Section 904.2.3 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.3 (Fire Code) Provide automatic sprinkler systems in Group A as follows:
t Basements more than 1,500 square feet in floor area. a

Exhibition and display rooms more than 12,000 square feet Enclosed usable space below or over a stairway in Groups A-2, A-2.1, A-3, and A-4. < Multi-theater complexes. + Amusement buildings, except if temporary with floor area less than 1,000 square feet and exit travel distance is less than 50 feet from any point. t All stages more than 1,000 square feet in area and 50 feet in height, dressing a rooms, workshops, storerooms, and other accessory spaces adjoining such stages. t Smoke-protectedassembly seating, except press boxes, storage less than a 1,000 square feet, or in conjunction with outdoor seating. Provide approved fire alarm system in Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1 occupancies installed per Fire Code. In Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1, provide manual fire alarm system. When occupant load is 1,000 or more, fiie alarm must immediately activate approved prerecorded announcement using an approved voice communication system. In amusement buildings, provide automatic sprinkler, smoke detection, and supervised alarni andior public address systems. In areas where ambient conditions will cause smoke detector to alarm, an approved alternate type of automatic detector may be substituted.
GROUP B - BUSINESS
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Section 408 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.1.2 (Fire Code)
GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL Section 305.2.2.2 (Building Code) Section 305.9 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.4 (Fire Code) (Amended) Section 904.2.4 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.4 (Fire Code) Provide approved smoke detectors to activate all automatic -closing fire assemblies installed in the atmospheric separation. Provide approved fire alarm system when occupant load is 50 or more persons or containing more than one classroom. When sprinkler or smoke detectors provided, install to automatically activate fire alarm. Provide approved fire alarm systems in even) building used for educational purposes other than private& owned trade or vocational schools. Provide automatic fire sprinkler system throughout all Group E-1 occupancies including basements and in enclosed usable space below or over a stairway. Exception allowed when room for instruction has one exit door directly outside at ground level. Exception also allowed when area separation walls or occupancy separation has two-hour fire resistive rating subdividing building into separate compartments with aggregate floor area not greater than 20,000 square feet. Provide smoke detectors installed throughout area of common atmosphere when the only means of exit from a room is through an adjoining or intervening room. Exceptions: 1) When aggregate occupant load of interior room is not more than ten; 2) When enclosures forming interior rooms are less than two-thirds of floor-toceiling height or not more than eight feet; and 3) Rooms are used exclusively for mechanical and public utility service to building.
GROUPF - FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL Section 904.2.5 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.5 (Fire Code) Provide automatic fire -sprinkler system in woodworking,occupanciesover 2,500 square feet where fmely divided combustible waste or materials present.
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GROUP H - HAZARDOUS Section 307.9 (Building Code) and Sections 1007.2.6, 5013.1, and Article 80 (Fire Code) Section 307.11 (Building Code) Provide approved manual fire alarm system in Group H occupancies used to manufacture organic coatings and Group H-6 hazardous production materials occupancies. Provide approved smoke detection for rooms used for storage, dispensing, use and handling of hazardous materials.
Provide approved emergency alarm system outside each interior door of hazardous production materials (Group H-6) storage rooms. Install so that activation of emergency alarm device will sound a local alarm and transmit signal to emergency control station. Provide automatic fire extinguishing systems throughout H-1, H-2, H-3, H-6, and H-7 occupancies and H-4 occupancies with more than 3,000 square feet Boor area.
Section 904.2.6 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.6 (Fire Code) Section 904.2.5.4 (Building Code) (Amended) GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL Section 308.7.2 (Building Code) (Amended)
Provide automatic sprinkler system in Group H-8 occupancies.
Provide automatic sprinkler system of type approved by State Fire Marshal in every hospital, or children's home, nursery or institution, or home or institution for care of aged or senile persons, or sanitarium or institution,for insane or mentally retardedpersons, or any nursing or convalescent home, or any stateowned or state-occupied building used f o r any such specified type orfacilis, with more than six patients on premises on a 24-hour-per-day basis. Excepted are homes or institutions for the 24-hour-per-day care of ambulatory children f and one-story structures providing 24-hour-per-day care o six or less ambulatory agedpersons iffire alarm system and smoke and/or heat detection system provided.
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GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL (continued)

Section 308.9 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.7 (Fire Code) (Amended) Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in all Groups Z-1.1, 1.2, and 2 occupancies. Install audible alarm devices in non-patient areas. Visible alarm devices may be substituted for audible devices in patient-occupied areas. Audible devices placed in patient areas are to be chimes or similar sounding devices to alert staJt
Provide in local detentionfacilities state$fire marshal-approved and listed automaticfire alarm system, which responds to the products of combustion other than heat. Install nianua1,fire alarm-initiating device in all guard control stations capable of alerting personnel in a central control point.
Section 308.10 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.7.1.2 (Fire Code) Section 308.12.7 (Building Code) (Added) Section 1007.2.7.1.1 (Fire Code)
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Provide smoke detectors in patients sleeping rooms of hospital and nursing homes. Install to receive primary power from building wiring. Except in rooms equipped with automatic door closers having integral smoke detectors on room side, integral detector may substitute for smoke detector provided it performs required alerting functions.
Provide automaticfire alarm system in existing protective social-care homes or facilities unless equipped with approved automatic sprinkler system.
In Groups 1-1.1,1-1.2, and 1-2, provide smoke detectors at automatic-closing doors in smoke barriers and one-hour fire-resistive occupancy separations, and in waiting areas open to corridors. Install smoke detectors to activate alarm signal audible throughout building. In Group 1-3,provide approved automatic smoke-detection system throughout resident housing areas.
Section 1007.2.7.2.4 (Fire Code) Section 904.2.7 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.7 (Fire Code) Appendix Chapter 3A, Division II (Building Code) (Amended)
Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout. Install approved quick-response or residential sprinklers throughout patient sleeping areas in Groups 1-1.1 and I2.
Provide automatic sprinkler system in every building, or portion of building, where inmates are restrained. Provide state fire marshal-approved manual and automatic fire alarm system, which responds to products of combustion other than heat installed in every detention and correction facility. Also provide smoke detection system.
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GROUP M MERCANTILE Section 904.2.8 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.8 (Fire Code) GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Section 310.9.1 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.9.2 (Fire Code)
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Provide smoke detectors in dwelling units, congregate residences, and hotel or lodging house guest sleeping rooms installed per manufacturer's instructions and receiving primary power from building's wiring with a battery backup as secondary power supply. Single-station smoke detectors may be battery powered in existing buildings.
Section 31.i (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.9.1.1 (Fire Code) (Amended)
In Group K-1 occupancy, provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in apartment house three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and in congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. In Group R-1 occupancies located in high-rise buildings provide a fire alarm/communication system. Exceptions: 1) Buildings not more than two stories with all individual units provided one hour fire separation and direct exterior egress; 2) Building with approved supervised fire sprinkler system throughout and with local alarm system. In addition to smoke detectors required under Section 310.9, provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm in Group R-2.1, a manual pull station in Groups R-2.1.1, R-2.2.1, and R-2.3.1, and a manualfire alarm system in Group R-2.2 occupancies. Provide an automatic or manually operatedfire alarm system in existing apartment houses three or more stories in height or containing more than 15 apartments and every hotel three or more stories in height or containing 20 or more guest rooms. Provide state fire marshal-approved and listed single-station smoke detector in largefamily day-care homes.
Section 310.10.1-3 (Building Code) (Added) Section 310.14 (Building Code) (Added)
Section 310.15.2 (Building Code) (Added)
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GROUP R RESIDENTIAL (continued)

Section 310.16.2 (Building Code) (Amended) Section 904.2.9 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.9 (Fire Code) Section 904.2.10 (Building Code) (Amended)
Pi-Ovide a State Fire Marshal approved and listed smoke detector in all existing Group R-3 occupancies.
Provide automatic sprinkler system in apartment houses three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. Install residential or quickresponse standard sprinklers in dwelling units and guest rooms.
Provide automatic sprinkler system in all Group R-2 occupancies. Exception provided under certain conditions or if equipped with automatic$re alarm system activated by detectors. Provide automatic sprinkler system in Groups R2.1, 2.11, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.3 and 2.3A occupancies. Install residential or quickresponse standard sprinklers in sleeping areas of Groups R-2.3 and R-2.3A.
Section 904.2.10 (Building Code) (Amended) Section 1007.2.9.1.3 81.4 (Fire Code) Appendix Chapter 3A (Building Code) (Added)
Provide,fire-extinguishing system connected to a remote station protection signaling system in all new public librariesfunded from the California Library Construction and Renovation Act of 1988. Provide smoke and heat detectors in all common areas and smoke detectors in interior corridors serving as exit for ten or more occupants.
Provide all Group R-6 occupancies with smoke detectors. Provide all Group R6.1 and 6.2 occupancies with an approved automatic fire alarm system which responds to products of combustion. Where automatic fire alarm is not required, provide manual pull station in all other Group R-6 occupancies. Excepted are Group R-6 occupancies equipped with an automatic sprinkler system. I f Group R-6 houses hearing impairedpersons; provide notification appliances f o r hearing impaired which operate upon initiation of either an automatic$re alarm system or some detectors.
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HIGHRISE. NEW CONSTRUCTION. GROUP B OFFICE BUILDINGS AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCTES Section 403.2 (Building Code) (Amended) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system, smoke detection system, and alarm and communication systems in buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access and of Type I or II-F.R. construction. This also applies to every new building o f any type of construction or occupancy havingfloors used,for human occupancy located more than 75feet above the lowestfloor level having building access with exceptions as listed by the State Fire Marshal. Provide smoke detectors connected to automatic fire alarm system in mechanical system ducts or risers, air conditioning return-air and exhaust-air plenums, equipment rooms, elevator lobbies and interior corridors serving as exit for occupant load of ten or more occupants in Group R-1 occupancies.
Section 403.3 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.2.2 (Fire Code) Section 403.5 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.2 (Fire Code) Section 402.2 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.3 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.4 and Article 81 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.5 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.6 (Fire Code)
Provide fire alarm, emergency voice/alarm signaling system and fire department communication systems in buildings with tloors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access.
Provide automatic fire -detection system throughout high-piled combustible storage uses as required by Article 8 1. Provide approved automatic fire sprinkler system when required by Table 8 1-A.
Provide automatic smoke-detection system throughout building when special egress-control devices are installed on exit doors.
Provide smoke detectors within office corridors not of one-hour fire-resistive construction. Install detectors to activate alarms audible in all areas served by corridor.
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HIGHRISE. NEW CONSTRUCTON, GROW B OFFICE BUILDINGS AND GROW R-1 OCCUPANCIES (continued) Section 1007.2.12.7 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.8 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.9 (Fire Code) Provide approved manual alarm system when required by Article 88 for aerosol storage rooms and general purpose warehouses containing aerosols.
Provide approved automatic smoke detection system when required by the Building Code for automatic control of a smoke-control system.
Provide manual fire alarm system in lumber, plywood, and veneer mills.
HIGHRISE. GROUPB-2 OFFICES A N D GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES. EXISTEVG STRUCTURES

Section 403.24 & .25 (Building Code) (Amended)
Provide approved automatic sprinkler system conforming to NFPA 13 in even, existing high-rise building of Type II-N, Tvpe III-N or Tvpe V-N construction. Provide either automatic or manually operatedfire alarm system in every existing high-rise building used for housing Group R-I occupancies. If automaticfire-extinguishing system installed,provide an approved,flow indicator to be electrically interconnected with fire alarm system.
Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in Type II-N, III-N, or V-N construction in all required corridors, stairwells, elevator lobbies, public assembly areas for 100 or more persons, and commercial kitchens. Provide fire department communication system and occupant voice notification system. Provide approved manual fire alarm system connected to approved central, proprietary or remote station service, or a system which will provide an audible signal at a constantly attended location. Provide single station smoke detectors in dwelling units and guest rooms, which may be battery powered.
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GROUP CARE FACILITIES (GROUP R DIVISION 4) Appendix Chapter 3, Division IV, Section 341 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic and manual fire alarm systems.
Except in Group R-3 and U occupancies, provide automatic sprinkler system in every story or basement area more than 1,500 square feet except as detailed in Section 904.2.2 of 1997 UBC; at top of rubbish and linen chutes and their terminal rooms, in rooms where nitrate film is stored or handled, or in protected combustible fiber storage vaults, and throughout all buildings with floor level with an occupant load of 30 or more located 55 feet or more above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Exceptions: Airport control towers, open parking structures, and Group F-2 occupancies. Protect openings into interior shafts in existing buildings, other than high-rise buildings, by self-closing one-hour fire assemblies or by automatic closing by smoke detection.
Appendix 1-A (Fire Code)
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OTHFR GENERAL REOuIREMENTS (continued)

Appendix 1-A (Fire Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in basements of existing buildings, other than high-rise buildings, with more than 1,500 square feet in area and meeting other criteria as established in the 1997 UBC and 1997 UFC. Provide smoke detector installed per approved manufacturer's instructions in dwelling units and hotel and lodging house guest rooms used for sleeping purposes in existing other than high-rise buildings. Install smoke detectors to receive primary power source from building wiring if from commercial source or by battery power. Provide approved and listed smoke detectors to activate closing device of an automatic closing fire assembly, i.e., fire door, fire window or fire damper, and to close smoke dampers in ducted or un-ducted air openings as required by the 1997UBC. Provide elevator lobby, entrance area, and associated machine rooms with approved, listed smoke detector for elevator recall purposes when the elevator vertical travel is 25 feet or more.
Appendix 1-A (Fire Code)
OTHER STRUc"RES/S/OCCUPANCIES
Section 414A.4.1 (Building Code) (Added) Section 431A (Building Code) Section Provide automatic sprinkler system and state fire marshal-approved and listed fire alarm system in all stations of fixed guideway transit systems.
Provide automatic f r e extinguishing system in Group C occupancies. Provide automatic smoke-detection system in every building and structure used for sleeping purposes
1007.2.13
(Fire Code) (Added)
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STATE OF COLORADO Administrative Requirements
Building Code
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Fire Prevention Code None None
Life Safey Code
Code Amendments Preemptive Application

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Promulgation Enforcement Comments
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Local jurisdictions other construction requirements are the prerogative of local government.
Code Change Cycle: The Housing Act of 1970 gave statutory responsibility to the Division of Housing in areas of the state where no codes exist for hotels, motels, and multifamily dwellings. Current editions of the model codes are always enforced by the Director of Housing. History: The Housing Act of 1970 gives statutory responsibility for site-built construction in areas of the state where there are no codes for hotels, motels, and multifamily dwellings. It also gives statutory responsibility in the following areas: factory-built housing built to HLJD standards and certification for recreation vehicles constructed to the ANSI 119.2 Standard.
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code Amendments Preemptive Application Promulgation 1996NBC State amendments Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may not amend. Daniel Tierney Public Safety Building Official Supervisor Department of Public Safety Division of Fire, Emergency and Building Services Office of State Building Inspector P. O. Box 2794 Middletown, CT 06457-9294 (860) 685-83 1O Local jurisdictions The state deleted the reference to NFPC-1996 in building code. {one

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Life Safety Code Connecticut Fire Safety Code based on 1997 NFPA 101 State amendments Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may not amend.
John Blaschik, Jr. Deputy State Fire Marshal Department of Public Safety Division of Fire, Emergency and Building Safety Office of the State Fire Marshal P. O. Box 2794 Middletown, CT 06457-9294 (860) 685-8380
Enforcement
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that they deal with the same requirements. Where conflicts occur, the more stringent shall apply. See summaries of both the State Building and Fire Codes on the following pages.
Code Change Cycle: Connecticut's codes are reviewed every four years with the publication of the new editions of the model codes. Recommendations for state amendments to the model codes are reviewed by the state's Codes and Standards Committee. Revisions go through the state's administrative procedures process of publication, public comment, and hearings. After approval, the amendment goes to the Commissioner and Attorney General for approval, then to the Secretary of State for final approval. The process generally takes about six months.
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STATE OF CONNECTICT 1996 BOCA Use Group Classificationswith State Amendments GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Buildings used for assembly with greater than 50 occupants. Sub-classifi as follows: A-1 Theaters - Theaters and other buildings for theatrical or operatic performances and exhibitions with raised stage and fixed seats, proscenium curtain, fixed or portable scenery loft, lights, motion picture booth, mechanical appliances, and other theatrical accessories and equipment.
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A-2 Nightclubs, Dance Halls - Buildings and public assembly places including rooms, lobbies, and other spaces connected thereto with common means of egress and entrance without theatrical stage accessories and designed for use as dance hall, night club, or similar.
A-3 Restaurants, Recreation - Buildings with or without auditorium and without theatrical stage other than raised platform where people assemble for amusement, entertainment, or recreation and incidental motion picture, dramatic, or theatrical presentations including art galleries, exhibition halls, museums, lecture halls, libraries, restaurants other than nightclubs, recreation centers, and passenger terminals.
A 4 Churches -Buildings used as churches and for similar religious purposes.
A-5 Stadiums - Outdoor assembly structures including grandstands, bleachers, coliseums, stadiums, tents, and similar structures. GROUP B - BUSINESS Buildings or parts thereof used for business transactions, rendering of professional services, or for other services involving stocks of goods, wares, or merchandise in limited quantities for use incidental to office uses or sample purposes including: data processing, animal hospitals and kennels, automobile showrooms, banks, beauty and barber shops, car washes, civic administration and post offices, laboratories for testingiresearch, telephone exchanges, laundries and dry cleaning and self-service and pick-up/delivery stations, outpatient clinics, radio/TV stations, fire and police stations, florists and nurseries, print shops, and professional services. GROUPE - EDUCATION& Buildings or parts thereof used by more than five persons at one time for educational purposes through twelfth grade including schools, academies, and day-care centers providing care for more than six persons over two -and-one-half years of age for less than 24 hours per day. GROUPF - FACTORY/INDUSTRIAL Buildings or parts thereof including among others, factories, assembling plants, industrial laboratories, and all other industrial and manufacturing uses where occupants engaged in fabricating, assembling, or processing of products or materials. Sub-classify as follows:
F-1 Moderate Hazard Moderate hazard factory and industrial uses for manufacturing processes including aircraft, automobiles, appliances, boats, and RVs, bakeries, alcoholic beverages, boilers works, canneries, clothing, machinery, dry cleaning using other than flammables, electronics and electric light plants, food processing, film, furniture, tanneries, woodworking, paper mills, plastic, publishing, printing, refuse incinerators, shoes, soap, sugar, tobacco, upholstery, textile mills, and laundries. 4-38
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F-2 Low Hazard - Factory and industrial uses involving fabrication or manufacturing of noncombustible materials which during finishing, packing, or processing, do not involve significant fire hazard including nonalcoholic beverages, brick, masonry, ceramic, glass, and gypsum, foundries, ice, metal fabrication and assembly, and water pumping plants.
GROW H - HAZARDOUS Buildings or parts thereof used for manufacturing, processing, generation, or storage of corrosive, highly toxic, highly combustible, flammable, or explosive materials including loose combustible fibers, dust, and unstable materials that constitute high fire or explosion hazard. Sub-classify as follows:
H-1 - Buildings and structures or parts thereof containing materials which present a detonation hazard.
H-2 - Buildings and structures or parts thereof which contain materials presenting a deflagration hazard or hazard from accelerated burning.
H-3 - Buildings and structures or parts thereof which contain materials that readily support combustion or present a physical hazard.
H-4 - Buildings and structures or parts thereof containing materials that are a health hazard.
GROUP I INSTlTUTIONAL Buildings or parts thereof where people suffering from physical limitations due to health or age harbored for medical or other care or treatment, where people detained for penal or correction purposes, or where liberty of inmates is restricted. Sub-classify as follows:
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1-1 Supervised Facilities for children, aged persons, mentally impaired and convalescents including group homes, mentally retarded care facilities, nursing homes, and orphanages, housing six or more individuals who because of age, mental disability, or other reasons, must live in supervised environment but who are physically capable of responding to emergency situation without personal assistance. 1-2 Incapacitated- Use for persons with physical limitations including hospitals, day nurseries, sanitariums, infirmaries, orphanages, homes for aged and infirm, and child care.faci1itie.vaccommodating more than six children two-and-one-hayyears of age or less for any length of time. 1-3 Restrained - Buildings or parts thereof including prisons, jails, reformatories, insane asylums, and similar uses, inhabited by occupants under some restraint.
GROUP M MERCANTILE Buildings or parts thereof used for display and sales purposes and accessible to public including retail stores, motor h e i service stations, shops, saiesrooms, and markets.
GROUP R RESIDENTIAL Buildings or parts thereof where families or households live or where sleeping accommodations provided for individuals with or without dining facilities. Sub-classify as follows: R-1 HotelsIMotels - Hotels, motels, boarding houses, and similar buildings arranged for shelter and sleeping accommodations for more than five occupants primarily transient in nature who use facilities for less than 30 days, R-2 Multifamily -Dwellings with more than two dwelling units including boarding houses and similar buildings arranged for shelter and sleeping accommodations for occupants primarily not transient in nature. This also includes dormitories accommodating more than five persons older than 2-1/2 years of age. R-3 One and Two Family and Multiple Single-family - Buildings arranged for use as one- or two-family dwelling units with maximum five lodgers or boarders per family and multiple single-family dwellings where each unit has its own means of egress. This also includes a childcare facility accommodating six or less children of any age.
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GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL (continued)
R-4 Single Family -Detached one- or two-family dwellings and oneTfamilytownhouses, not niore than two stories and 35,feet in height, plus habitable attic, 4,800 square feet perfloor, and the accessor,v structures.
GROUP S - STORAGE Buildings or parts thereof including warehouses, storehouses, and freight depots used primarily for storage of goods, wares, or merchandise. Sub-classify as follows:
S-1 Moderate Hazard - Storage buildings for contents likely to burn with moderate rapidity, but not producing poisonous gases, fumes, or explosives.
S-2 Low Hazard - Storage buildings for noncombustible materials and low hazard wares that do not ordinarily burn rapidly such as products on wood pallets or in paper cartons without significant amounts of combustible wrappings but with negligible amount of plastic trim such as knobs, handles, or film wrapping. GROUP U - UTILI" AND MISCELLANEOUS Accessory buildings and miscellaneous structures not classified in any specific use group per Building Code requirements commensurate with fire and life hazard incidental to use. This group to include structures accessory to a residential occupancy.
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT 1996 National Codes (BOCA) with State Amendments Fire AJarmDetection Systems
Occupancy Type Group A - Assembly A-1 - Theaters A-2 - Night Clubs A-3 - Restaurants A-4- Churches Group B - Business
Fire Alarm Systems
> 12,000 sq. ft. > 5,000 sq. ft. > 12,000 sq. ft. > 12.000 sa. ft.
Reauired > 2 stories Required
> 20,000 sq. fi.
Group F - Factory F-1 - Moderate Hazard
Group H - High Hazardous
> 3 stories or > 12,000 sq. fi. or > 24,000 sq. ft. total Required
Required
Required
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Group I - Institutional Required Required Required Group M - Mercantile
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Required Reauired
Required Reauired
Required Required
I Atriums
Covered Maus
> 2 stories
> 30 ft. ceiling

Required
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Hazardous Production Materials
Required
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Public Garages
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT 1996 National Codes (BOCA) with State Amendments Requirements and Exceptions GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 904.2 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Groups A-1, A-3, and A 4 occupancies if fire area exceeds 12,000 square feet as follows: entire story or floor level where Groups A-1, A-3, or A-4 occupancies are located; all stories and floors below Groups A-1, A-3, or A-4; and all intervening stories and floor levels between Groups A-1, A-3, or A 4 and the highest level of exit discharge serving these use groups. Exception: Group A-4 naves and chancels where main floor is at the level of exit discharge of the main entrance, or Group A-3 participant sport areas if main floor of each area is at the level of exit discharge of the main entrance and with no audiencefacilities.for more than 300persons. These requirements also apply to Group A-2 occupancies, which are more than 5,000 square feet in area or located either above or below the level of exit discharge of exits serving the occupancy. Provide fire alarm system in Group A-4 occupancies except in sanctuary and nave areas of churches. A.fire alarm is not required for Assembly occupancies with occupant loads o 300 or less, or in Group A-1 theaters with only one audiencef viewing room.
Section 918.4.1 (Building Code) (Amended)
GROUP B - BUSINESS Section 918.4.2 (Building Code) (Amended)

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Provide fire alarm system in Group B occupancies which are two or more stories above or below level of exit discharge, or which have floors two or more stories below the highest level of exit discharge, or which have an occupancy o 300 or f more.
GROUP E EDUCATIONAL Section 904.4 (Building Code) (Am ended) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Group E occupancies, unless fire area is less than 20,000 square feet. Provide automatic sprinkler f f system in every portion o building below the level o exit discharge.
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GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL (continued) Section 918.4.1 (Building Code) (Amended) Provide fire alarm system in all Group E occupancies. A$re alarm is not required in Group E occupancy with a maximuni area of 1O00 square feet and containing a single classroom and located not closer than 5O.feet from another building. Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Group F-1 buildings more than 12,000 square feet in fire area, or more than 24,000 square feet total area on all floors, or fire area more than three stories above grade.
GROW H - HAZARDOUS Sections 904.5 and 417.1 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group H occupancies or any other building or structure occupied for the manufacturing, processing, dispensing, use or storage of hazardous materials. Exception: Magazines used for the storage of Group H-1 materials constructed and located per NFPA 495 and the fire prevention code. Provide automatic fire suppression system in all spray, dip and immersing spaces and storage rooms of buildings of portions thereof used for the spraying of flammable paints, varnishes and lacquers or other flammable materials or mixtures. Provide approved automatic fire suppression system in drying rooms designed for high-hazard materials and processes. Provide automatic fire detection system per NFPA 72 throughout Group H occupancies where required by fire prevention code. Provide detection system in areas where high-hazard materials are used and stored. Provide a fire alarm system in Groups H-2, H-3, and H-4 occupancies.
GROW I INSTlTUTIONAL Section 904.6 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group I Occupancies. Exception: Group 1-2 child-care facilities accommodating 1O children or less 0 located at level of exit discharge with an exit door in each child-care room directly to the exterior.
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GROUP I - INSTITUITONAL (continued) Section 918.4.4 (Building Code) Section 919.4 (Building Code) Provide fire alarm systems in all Group I Buildings.
Provide automatic fire detection system in all Groups 1-1 and 1-2 occupancies except Group 1-2, which are fully sprinkled throughout. In Group 1-3, provide automatic fire detection system and smoke detectors throughout ali resident housing areas. Smoke detectors are not required in sleeping rooms with not more than four occupants. Provide single- or multiple-station smoke detectors in all sleeping areas in Group 1-1 occupancies, except where the building is equipped throughout with an automatic detection system. Smoke detectors are required to have battery-power backup. In Group 1-2, provide automatic fire detection system in corridors and spaces open to the corridors in nursing homes and detoxification facilities. Exception 1: Not required if patient sleeping rooms have smoke detectors permanently connected to the buildings power supply and have a visible display on the corridor side of each patient room and an audible and visual alarm at the nursing station attending the rooms. Exceptions 2: Not required if patient rooms equipped with automatic door-closing devices with integral smoke detectors on the room side that perform the required alerting function.
Provide single- or multiple-station smoke detectors in all day care and child care occupancies unless housed in one rooni. Install in each story, in the corridors of allfloors occupied by the occupancy, and in lounges, recreation areas and sleeping rooms.
GROUP M - MERCANTIIX Section 904.7 (Building Code) (Amended) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Group M occupancies which are more than 12,000 square feet in area, more than 24,000 square feet in total fire area on all floors, fire area is more than three stories above grade, and throughout stories below the level of exit discharge ifjre area exceeds 2,500 square feet and used for the sale, storage, or handling of combustible goods and merchandise. Exception: Public garages.
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GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Sections 904.8 and 906.2.1 (Building Code) Section 904.9 (Building Code) (Amended) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group R-1 occupancies except guest rooms if not more than three stories above the lowest level of exit discharge and each guest room has at least one door of direct access to exit. Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group R-2 occupancies except buildings two stories or less, including basements, and with 12 or less dwelling units and each dwelling unit has a least one door of direct access to exit, and existing Group R-3 buildings converted to Group R-2 with not more than three families. Provide fire alarm system in all Group R-1 occupancies.
Provide fire alarm system in Group R-2 occupancies where dwelling unit is located three or more stories above lowest level of exit discharge or more than one story below the highest level of exit discharge, and in all Group R-2 dormitories. Provide automatic fire detection system in all Group R-1 occupancies except buildings without interior corridors and where all guest rooms have a direct exterior exit access. Provide single- or multiple-station smoke detectors in Groups R-1, R-2, and R-3 occupancies. In buildings equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system, smoke detectors are not required in bedrooms that are equipped with residential sprinklers. Smoke detectors are required to have battery -power backup.
GROUP S - STORAGE Section 904.7 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout in Group S-1 occupancies, which are more than 12,000 square feet in fire area, more than 24,000 square feet in total area on all floors, or fire area more than three stories above grade.
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Section 402.10 and 402.14.2 (Building Code) Section 402.7.1 (Building Code)
Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout covered mall building and all connected buildings, including kiosks and similar structures that are covered and located within the mall. In anchor store, provide s m k e control system to be activated by smoke detectors installed in return air portion of heating and cooling system, automatic sprinkler system, and manual controls provided in an approved location.
HAZARDOUS PRODUaON MATERIALS FACILITIES

Install smoke detectors in recirculating air stream to initiate a signal at the emergency control station. Provide local fire alarm system station or emergency telephone system outside each interior egress door from HPM cutoff rooms.
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HIGHRISE BUILDINGS Section 403.1 (Building Code) Apply to all buildings having floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Exceptions: Airport traffic control towers; open parking structures; Groups A-5, H-1, H-2 or H-3; and low-hazard special occupancies. Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout high-rise buildings. Exceptions: Open parking structures and telecommunications equipment buildings. Provide smoke detectors in rooms for mechanical equipment, electrical, transformer, telephone equipment, elevator machine. Install so that actuation of detector sounds alarm at a constantly supervised location. Provide voice alarm and communication system
PUBLIC GARAGES Section 408.3.1 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system in public garages where any area exceeds 12,000 square feet, or the total combined area of all floors exceeds 24,000 square feet, or more than three stories above grade, or if located beneath other use groups. Provide automatic sprinkler system in the fuel-dispensing area of a public garage.
SPECIAL AMUSEMENT BULDINGS Section 413.3 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire detection system in all special amusement buildings. An approved alternative type of automatic detector may be installed where ambient conditions will cause a smoke detector to activate. Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout special amusement buildings. Excepted if total floor area of a temporary special amusement building is less than 1,000 square feet and the travel distance from any point to an exit is less than 50 feet.
STAGES AND PLATFORMS Section 412.6 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system on stages and enclosed platforms installed under the roof and gridiron, in tie and fly galleries, and in all places beyond the proscenium wall of the stage; over and within enclosed platforms in excess of 500 square feet in area; and in dressing rooms, lounges, workshops and storerooms accessory to such stages or enclosed platforms. See Section 412.6 for exceptions to this requirement. 4-49 Connecticut
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STAGES AND PLATFORMS (continued1

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Provide automatic sprinkler system in all buildings or portions used as sound stages for motion picture or television production and over 1,000 square feet.
U D " S"RTJCTURE3
Section 405.1 (Building Code) Applies to all structures having a floor level used for human occupancy more than 30 feet below, or more than one story below, the lowest level of exit discharge serving that floor level. Provide an automatic sprinkler system throughout the highest level of exit discharge serving the underground portions of the structure and all levels below. Provide smoke detection in rooms for mechanical equipment, electrical transformer, telephone equipment, and elevator machinery. Install so that actuation of detector sounds an alarm at a constantly attended location. Provide smoke exhaust system to be activated by the automatic sprinkler system, smoke detectors, or manual controls provided for fire department use. Provide a fire alarm system, which includes a voice/alarm signaling system, where the lowest level of a structure is more than 60 feet below the lowest level of exit discharge.
When an exit discharges into an interior lobby located at the level of exit discharge, provide automatic sprinkler system throughout lobby. Provide approved automatic fire suppression system at the top and at alternate floor levels in a waste or linen chute and in the termination and incinerator rooms. System not required if incinerator burns only Type 4 waste. Provide automatic fire suppression system in vaults for combustible refuse, which are more than 360 cubic feet in volume.
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OTHER GENERAL, FtEOuTREMENTscontinued)

Section 904.10 (Building Code) In buildings with windowless story, provide an automatic fire suppression system throughout every story or basement where there is not provided at least one of the type openings outlined by Section 904.10. Exception: Group R-3 occupancies.
Provide aiitomatic,firesuppression s.vstem in any building or structure more than four stories tall and used.for human occupancy, in any hotel or motel with six or more guest rooms and providing sleeping accommodationsfor more than 16 persons, in any residential building having more than 12 units with 80percentof the dwelling units available having at least one resident who has attained the age of 65, and in other occupancies as required by the State Fire Marshal in the interest of safety because o f special occupancy hazards. Exceptions: open parking structures, telecommunications equipment buildings where equipment is located ifother conditions as specified by the code is met, and over an inside swimming pool water surface.
Section 904.1 (Building Code) (Amended)
Where required, provide manual fire alarm boxes not more than five feet from the entrance to each exit. Exception: Manual fire alarm boxes are not required in Group B occupancies where the highest occupied floor is 75 feet or less above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access or the building is protected throughout with automatic sprinkler system.
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT 1997 NFPA 101 with State Amendments Fire AlarmlDetection Systems
NFPA Occupancy Assembly Underground Special Amusement Educational
Health Care Detention and Correctional
Required Required
Apartments
Required
> 3 stories
Required
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Lodging Houses
Required
Required
Required
Residential Board Care Small Facilities Large Facilities Mercantile Covered Malls Atriums Business Industrial
Required Required > 3 sales levels or > 30,000 sq. ft. Required Required

> 300 persons
Required Required
Required
High hazard
Required
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Storage
Required
> 75 ft.
> 75 fi.
Required
Required
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT 1997 NFPA 101 with State Amendments Requirements and Exceptions
8-4.5.5
In proscenium opening, provide emergency ventilation to remove smoke and independently activated by sprinkler system in stage area, smoke detectors over stage area, and by manually operated switch at approved location. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system for stages, in permanent dressing rooms, storerooms and workshops, and other accessory spaces contiguous to stage. Exception: Stages 1,000 square feet or less in area and 50 feet or less in height and under stage areas less than four feet in height. Provide approved fire alarm system in assembly occupancies with occupant load of 300 or more and in theaters with more than one audience-viewing room. Initiate alam by manual means or with automatic detection or sprinkler systems. Provide automatic detection in all hazardous areas of assembly occupancies with occupant load of 300 or more unless protected by automatic sprinkler system. Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout story of assembly occupancy with occupant load of 300 or more, throughout the story below assembly occupancy, and when below level of exit discharge, throughout intervening levels and exit discharge level. Exceptions: Occupancies primarily for worship with fixed seating. Assembly rooms less than 12,000 square feet not used for exhibition and display. Participant sports areas with audience less than 300 people. Provide automatic smoke detection throughout each smoke compartment of underground portions of assembly buildings. Provide supervised voice alarm system in underground portions of assembly buildings. Provide approved, automatic sprinkler system in all enclosed areas with walls and ceilings in buildings or structures containing smoke-protected assembly seating.
84.5.10
8-3.4.1
8-3.4.2.2
8-3.5.1
8-4.3.3.4
84.3.5 84.2.1
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ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCZES (continued)

8-7.5.3.7 Provide automatic extinguishing system in certain levels of exhibit booths covered with a ceiling. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system throughout special amusement buildings, except buildings or structures not niore than I0,feet in height and I 6 0 square feet in horizontal projection, or any temporary buildings or structures used f o r fewer than 60 da,vs with totalfloor area of less than 1,000 square feet and travel distance from any point to an exit is less than 50,feet. When operating at reduced lighting levels, provide automatic smoke detection. Provide automatic smoke detection to sound an alarm, illuminate means of egress and stop confusing sounds.
84.7.2 & .3 (Amended)
EDUCATIONAL
10-3.2.1 Provide automatic extinguishing system in rooms or spaces used for processing or use of combustible supplies in quantities considered hazardous, including janitor closets. Provide fire alarm system throughout all educational occupancies unless maximum area is 1,000 square feet with single classroom and not location to another building not less than 50 feet. Exception: May omit manual pull stations in locations per administrative authority in buildings with two-way communication between normally occupied spaces and constantly attended receiving station, and when conditions of Section 10-3.4.2.3 are met. Provide automatic sprinkler system in portions below level of exit discharge. Provide automatic smoke detection for portions underground or more than 30 feet below level of exit discharge. Also provide approved supervised voice alarm system. Provide smoke detection system throughout each smoke compartment.
10-3.4.1
10-3.5 104.1.3 & .6
10-4.1.3.4
HEALTHCARE
12-2.2.2.6
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The automatic sprinkler system and the fire alarm system shall initiate closing action of all doors throughout entire facility. Provide fire alarm system equipped with a secondary power supply and initiated by manual means and by required sprinkler and detection systems.
12-3.4.1.1 & 12-3.4.2
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HEALTH CARE continue)

12-3.4.5.3
In nursing homes, provide approved automatic smoke detection systems in corridors throughout smoke compartments containing patient sleeping rooms and in spaces open to corridors unless excepted by this section. Detection systems are to be provided with a secondary power supply. Provide approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout according to construction type. Install listed quick response or listed residential sprinklers throughout patient sleeping area. Provide fue alarm system in all ambulatory healthcare centers initiated by manual means and by means of any required detection devices or system. Fire alarm system and either a local smoke detector or a complete automatic fire extinguishing system or complete automatic fire detection system shall activate automatic closing devices on doors in smoke barriers.
12 -3.5.1
12-6.3.4.1 & 2
12-6.3.7.7

14-3.4.1.1 & .2
Provide electrically supervised fire alarm system throughout detention and correctional facilities. Initiate by manual means and by required detection devices or systems. Provide approved automatic smoke detection throughout all resident sleeping areas and adjacent day rooms, activity rooms, and contiguous common spaces. Exception: May omit smoke detectors as follows: In sleeping rooms with four or less occupants in Use Condition II or III; and In buildings protected throughout by automatic sprinkler system, may omit smoke detectors from sleeping rooms with more than four occupants. Provide automatic sprinkler system according to type of construction used.
14-3.4.4
14-3.5.2
16-3.4.1 & .2
Provide fire alarm system in hotels and dormitories. Initiate by manual means, by a manual fire alarm station located at a central point, by any automatic sprinkler system, and by any required automatic detection system Exception: Sleeping room smoke detectors need not initiate fire alarm system.
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HOTELSIDORMITORIES coninued)
16-3.4.4.1 & .2 (Amended) Provide corridor smoke detection except when protected throughout by approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system. Install single station smoke detectors powered by building electrical system in each sleeping room and each living area within a guest room or suite.
In each hotel, motel or inn, install such equipment which, when activated, will provide an approved visible alarm suitable to warn occupants in at least one percent of the units/rooms o such occupancies having I O 0 or more unitshooms. In occupancies f having less than I O0 unitsh-ooms, at least one unit/room required to have such an alarni.
163.5.2
Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout. Exception: Buildings other than high-rise where guest, sleeping rooms have a door that opens directly outside at ground level. Install quick response or listed residential sprinklers throughout guest rooms and suites.
APARTMFANTS 18-3.4.1 & .2

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Provide fire alarm system for buildings more than three stories or with more than 11 living units except where each living unit is separated from other units by fire barriers with not less than 1-hour rating and has independent exit, exit stairway, or ramp discharging to grade or in buildings not more than four stories or 16 dwelling units protected with an automatic sprinkler system. Provide initiation by manual means or by automatic sprinkler system. Provide approved single -station smoke detectors powered by house electrical service on all levels and in and outside sleeping rooms of every living unit within apartment buildings. Excepted are buildings protected throughout by an approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system. Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout building. Exception: Buildingsfour stories or less where every living unit has either an exit door opening directly to ground level, direct access to an outside stair that serves no more than two units on same floor, or direct access to an interior stair serving only that unit with a one-hour fire resistance rating fire barrier from other portions of building. Install quick response or listed residential sprinklers throughout all living units.
18-3.4.4.1
18-3.5.2 (Amended)
LODGING OR ROOMING HOUSES 20-3.3.1 Provide fire alarm system except when equipped with smoke detection system that includes at least one manual fire alarm station. Provide approved single-station smoke detectors powered by building's electrical service in every sleeping room. Install smoke alarm which, when activated, will provide an approved visible alarm suitable to warn occupants in at least one room. Provide automatic sprinkler system in all new lodging or rooming houses unless every sleeping room has a door opening directly to the outside of the building at ground level or an exterior stairway. Install to actuate the fire alarm system.
20-3.3.4 & .5 (Amended)
20-3.5.2
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ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS 2 1-3.3.1 (Atnended) Provide approved single -station smoke detectors powered by buildings electrical system in all sleeping rooms, outside and in the immediate vicinity of sleeping rooms, and on each additional story including basement. Excepted would be buildings protected throughout by an approved autoniatic sprinkler s,vsteni where the bedrooms are equipped with residential sprinklers.
RESIDENTIAL BOARD CARE Small Facilities 22-2.3.4.1 -3
Provide manual fire alarm system and approved smoke detectors powered by house electrical system throughout every area. Each sleeping room must be provided with approved, listed single station smoke detector. Exception: May omit detectors in buildings protected throughout by approved automatic sprinkler system using quick response or residential sprinklers. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system using quick response or residential sprinklers. Install to initiate fxe alarm system.
22-2.3.5.1
Large Facilities 22-3.3.4.1 & .2
Provide fire alarm system to be initiated by manual means, by a manual fire alarm station located at a supervised central location, and by any automatic sprinkler and detection systems.
22-3.3.4.7
Provide approved single-station smoke detectors in each sleeping room of large facilities powered from building electrical system.
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RESIDENTIAL BOARD CARE continue) 22-3.3.4.8 Provide smoke detectors in all living areas and corridors unless protected by approved automatic sprinkler system. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system throughout all buildings. Install with quick response or residential sprinklers which will activate the fire alarm system.
22-3.3.5.1
MERCANTILE 24-3.4.1 & -2 Provide fire alarm system in Class A mercantile occupancies. Initiate by manual means. Provide approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system as follows: Buildings three or more stories in height. Buildings with more than 12,000 square feet in gross area. Stories below level of exit discharge with more than 2,500 square feet of area used for combustible goods.
24-3.5.1 & -2
COVEREDMALLS 24-4.4.3.1 & .2 (Amended) Provide fire alarm system in covered malls with initiation by approved automatic sprinkler systems. Install fire alarm system to automatically actuate smoke control system, a general alarni throughout the covered mall building, and an alarni signal is a continuously attended location for the purpose of initiating emergency action by trained personnel. This requirement also applies to bulk merchandising retail buildings.
ATRIurvLs
26-3.4.1 & .2
Provide fire alarm system when two or more stories above level of exit discharge or 50 or more occupants above or below level of exit discharge; 300 or more occupants total. Initiate by manual means or approved automatic fire detection or sprinkler system Provide automatic extinguishing system in hazardous locations.
26-3.2.1
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INDUSTRIAL
28-3.2 In high hazard industrial occupancies, provide automatic extinguishing systems or other protection appropriate to the particular hazard. Provide fire alarm system except if total capacity of building is less than 100 persons and less than 25 persons are above or below level of exit discharge. Initiate fire alarm by either manual or automatic means.
Provide automatic sprinkler protection in all high-rise buildings.
28-3.4.1
284.1 (Amended)
STORAGE
29-3.4 Provide fire alarm system except storage occupancies with low hazard contents or maximum 100,000 square feet or automatic extinguishment protection provided. Initiate by either manual or automatic means. Provide fire alarm system in parking garages more than 100,000 square feet in aggregate floor area except open parking structures and garages with automatic sprinkler system throughout. Initiate by either manual or automatic means.
Provide automatic sprinkler protection.
29 -8.3.4
29-8.3.5 (Amended)
DAY CARE
30-3.4.1 & .2 Provide fire alarm system in day-care occupancies housed in more than one room. Fire alarm to be initiated by manual means and by operation o f required smoke detectors, except single-station, and required sprinkler systems.
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DAY CARE (continued) 30-3.4.5 Provide smoke detection system in each s t o h and in the corridors of all floors occupied by day-care occupancy if housed in more than one room.
Provide automatic sprinkler protection.
30-3.4.1 (Amended) 30-6.3.4 (Amended)
In day-care homes, provide single-station or multiple station smoke detectors or system detectors with integral sounding devices in all rooms used for sleeping and in any corridors serving a day-care home.
SPECIAL STRUCTURESAND HIGHRISE BUILDINGS

3 -2 Apply provisions to all buildings more than 75 feet in height measured from the lowest level of fire department vehicle access to the floor of the highest occupiable story. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in all areas and floor levels traversed in traveling to the exit discharge throughout windowless and underground structures with an occupant load of 50 or more. Exception: Existing structures with an occupant load 'of 100 or less. In high-rise buildings, provide approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system and a fire alarm system with an approved emergency voice/alarm communication system throughout.
32-7.3.1
32-8.2.1 & 32-8.3.1
5-2.1.8
Provide smoke detector to activate automatic self-closing devices on egress doors. As protection from hazard in most occupancies, provide automatic extinguishing system in hazardous areas, including but not limited to areas for general storage, boiler or furnace rooms, fuel storage, and janitor closets. Provide smoke detectors to activate both mechanical ventilation and pressurized stair enclosure systems.
No number
5-2.3.10.1 & .2
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OTHER GENERAL REOUIREMENTS coninued)

Statutory Requirements (7-7.1.2 & -5) Snioke alarnzs are required to be powered by both alternating current and batteries if permit issued on or after October I , 1985. Snioke alarms; required to be powered by household electrical service ifpermit issued on or after October 1, 1976, and smoke alarnzs may be battery powered ifpermit issued prior to October 1. 1976. An automatic sprinkler system is required throughout the,following: t Al1 buildingsf o r hunzan occupanc,v overfour stories (if permit issued after October x 1, 1973). ~3 Hotels and motels having six or more guest rooms and sleeping accommodations for more than 16persons (ifpermit issued after January 1, 1987). t Hotels and motels having more than four stories (ifpermit issued after October I , 3 1992). t Residential buildings having more than.four stories and occupiedprimari1,v by 3 elderlypersons (ifpermit issued after Januaq I , 1995). t Residential buildings having more than 12 living units and occupiedprimarily by % elderly persons (ifpermit issued after January I , 1997).
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STATE OF DELAWARE Administrative Requirements
Building Code
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Life Safety Code
Code Amendments Preemptive Application Promulgation
INone
IDelaware State Fire Prevention 1997NFPA 101 Regulations State written. State amendments
Enforcement
Com m ents Summary of Amendments
Mandatory statewide. Local Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may amend to jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent. make more stringent. State Fire Prevention State Fire Prevention Commission Commission Office of the State Fire Office of the State Fire Marshal Marshal Delaware Fire Service Center Delaware Fire Service Center 1537 Chestnut Grove Road 1537 Chestnut Grove Road Dover, DE 19904-9610 Dover, DE 19904-9610 (302) 739-4394 (302) 739-4394 Local jurisdictions or Local jurisdictions or Greg Haley, CFPS Greg Haley, CFPS Chief Fire Protection Chief Fire Protection Specialist Specialist State Fire Prevention State Fire Prevention Commission Commission Office of the State Fire Office of the State Fire Marshal Marshal Delaware Fire Service Center Delaware Fire Service Center 1537 Chestnut Grove Road 1537 Chestnut Grove Road Dover, DE 19904-961O Dover, DE 19904-9610 (302)739-4394 (302) 7394394 State Fire Prevention Regulations adopts NFPA National Fire ( Ides and Standards and adds other requirements as the minimum standard throughout the state. State Fire Prevention Regulations require automatic fire suppression systems in buildings more than 10,000 square feet or more than four stories or 40 feet in height, except as noted. See Chapter 3 for summary of NFPA 101 provisions and the following pages for additional fire protection of certain occupancies required by the State Fire Prevention Regulations.
History: Building codes are enforced and administered at the county government level. New Castle and Kent Counties enforce the National Building Code for all occupancies. Sussex County enforces the Standard Building Code for multiple dwellings only.
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STATE OF DELAWARE 1997 NFPA 101 and State Fire Prevention Regulations Fire AlarnDetection Systems
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NFPA-Occu anc Assembly Class A Class B Underground Special Amusement Educational Day Care Group Day Care Health Care Required Required Required Required Required
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Fire Alarm Systems
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Reauired Required Required Required Required Required
Hazardous areas Hazardous areas Required Reauired Required Required Required Required Required Required
)I Detention and Correctional

Hotels/Dormitories
Required
Apartments
Required
Required
Required
Lodging Houses
Required
Required
Required
II
Small Facilities Large Facilities Mercantile

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Covered Malls
Required Reauired > 3 stories or > 12,000 sq. ft. ~ ~ Required Required
Required Reauired Required Required Required
Required Reauired
Required
> 300 persons
Required Industria' 4-64 Delaware
Storage
Required
Highrise Buildings
> 10,000 sq. ft. or > 4 stories or > 40 fi.
> 40 fi.
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STATE OF DELAWARE 1997 Fire Prevention Regulations Requirements and Exceptions to 1997 NFPA 101
Section 4-1.1 (State Fire Regs)
Install automatic fire suppression systems in the following areas and occupancies: Buildings more than 10,000 square feet gross floor area except one- and two-family dwellings, buildings of one story subdivided by Class B fire barriers into areas less than 10,000 square feet, and low hazard occupancies with not more than ten occupant load per State Fire Marshal; All buildings four or more stories or 40 feet; Buildings or areas thereof used for storage, fabrication, assembling, manufacturing, processing, display or sale of combustible goods, materials or products when more than two stories or 25 feet; All basement areas more than 2,500 sq. ft; Residential occupancies of Type V (O,O,O) or Type III (2,0,0) construction more than two stories or 25 feet or Type V (l,l,l) and Type III (2,1,1) or Type IV (2,H,H) construction more than three stories or 35 feet. Exceptions: Single lamily dwellirigs and attached one- or two-family dwelling units separated by two-hour rated construction; All residential apartment building storage areas; Health-care occupancies per NFPA definitions; and Buildings defined as "high hazard" per 1997 NFPA 1 O or "extra hazard." 1 Provide automatic sprinkler systems in every building over 40 feet in height. Every high-rise building over 50 feet must be provided with a central control station and an alarm and communication system. Provide automatic fire suppression systedautomatic sprinklers per NFPA 13D or 13R, in all intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded. For the purposes of the state code, this facility is a group home for eight or fewer persons with mental retardation. Bed and Breakfasts in one- and two-family dwellings include buildings containing not more than two dwelling units in which each living unit is occupied by members of a single family with no more than six outsiders, if any, accommodated in a maximum of three rooms. Provide a comprehensive smoke detection system through the structure. Provide automatic corridor smoke detection system and a fire alarm system in all new apartment buildings except where each living unit has an exit door opening directly to the outside at ground level or where each living unit has direct access to an interior stair serving only that unit and separated from other portions by one-hour fire resistance. Install smoke detection system to activate building fire alarm system. Provide an interior corridor and/or hallway and/or stairway smoke detection system in all new apartment buildings. Install hardwired, battery back-up single station or multiple station smoke detectors in each individual living unit of new apartment buildings. Monitored battery powered smoke detectors may be provided in existing apartment buildings.
Part I, I Chapter 5 (State Fire Regs) Part VI Chapter 1 (State Fire Regs) Part VI Chapter 2 (State Fire Regs)
Part VI, Chapter 3 (State Fire Regs)
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Part VI, Chapter 4 (State Fire Regs)
Provide interconnected, hardwired smoke detection devices and/or smoke detection systems in all new one- and two-family, mobile and modular home, and townhouse occupancies. Smoke detection devices installed in the immediate vicinity of each bedroom area are to be equipped with a built-in battery back-up power supply. Provide smoke detection devices and/or smoke detection systems in any new and existing lodging, rooming, or boarding house; hotel, motel, or bed and breakfast facility; dormitory, apartment, or multi-family dwelling; board and care facility; or a residential occupancy by any other name installed per the State Fire Prevention Regulations or NFPA 101.
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STATE OF FLORIDA Administrative Requirements
Building Code 1997 SBC or South Florida Building Code or EPCOT

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No state amendments
Life Safety Code 1994NFPA 1O 1 plus Uniform 1991 SFPC or EPCOT Fire Prevention Code or NFPA 1 or Fire Safety Rules of the State South Florida Fire Prevention Fire Marshal Code State amendments INo state amendments Fire Prevention Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may not amend.
Promulgation
Enforcement
Comments
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Charles Clark Director Department of Insurance Division of the State Fire Marshal 200 East Gaines Street, Suite 664 Tallahassee, FL 32399-0340 (850) 413-3600 Local jurisdictions or Charles Clark Director Department of Insurance Division of the State Fire Marshal 200 East Gaines Street, Suite 664 Tallahassee, FL 32399-0340 (904) 922-3170 At present, all local governments in the state are required by law to adopt and enforce, as minimum standards, one of the codes listed in the matrix. Amendments are permitted without state approval if they are more stringent than the original code. The same applies for fire prevention. Each municipality, county, and special district with fire safety responsibility is required to adopt minimum fire safety standards that are to operate in conjunction with the state minimum building code that it has adopted. The Dade County Edition of the South Florida Building Code (SFBC) is enforced throughout Dade County and allows no local amendments. Contact: Metro Dade County Board of Rules and Appeals, 140 West Flagler Street, Suite 1603, Miami, FL 33130, (305) 3752901. 'The Broward County Edition of the South Florida Building Code (SFBC) is enforced throughout Broward County and allows no local amendments. Contact: Broward County Board of Rules and Appeals, 955 South Federal Highway, Suite 401, Fort Lauderdale, FL 333 16, (954) 765-4500. The EPCOT Codes are enforced throughout Walt Disney World. Contact: Reedy Creek Improvement District, P. O. Box 10170, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830, (407) 828-2241.
Mandatory statewide. Except Mandatory statewide. Local for SFBC, local jurisdictions jurisdictions may amend to may amend to make more make more stringent. stringent. Richard W. Dixon Charles Clark Director Administrator Department of Insurance Department of Community Division of the State Fire Affairs Marshal 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard 200 East Gaines Street, Suite Tallahassee, FL 32399-2100 664 (850) 487-1824 Tallahassee, FL 32399-0340 (850)413-3600 Local jurisdictions Local jurisdictions
See 1997 SBC and 1994 NFPA 101 in Chapter 3 for code provisions on fire aladdetection systems. The Uniform Fire Safety Rules and Standards of the State Fire Marshal references NFPA National Fire Codes and Standards including NFPA 101, Life Safety Code.
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Code Change Cycle: Prior to October 1984, all code changes were made by legislative enactment. After October 1984, the Florida Board of Building Codes and Standards was delegated the responsibility for periodically updating, revising, amending, etc. the State Minimum Building Codes by administrative rule and regulation. No specific cycle was mandated. The Florida Building Commission is currently developing the Florida Building Code, which will replace all other building codes in the year 2001. The Commission selected the 1997 edition of the Standard Building Code as the foundation for the Code and recently began consideration of proposed modifications. History: In response to a survey conducted in 1973, which showed that approximately 30 percent of Floridas land area was not covered by building construction regulations of any type, the Florida Legislature mandated that all cities and counties adopt and enforce one of five statutorily referenced minimum building codes on an interim basis. The law further created a 15-member Board of Building Codes and Standards and charged that body with making recommendations for the adoption of a single uniform code within two years. The codes authorized on an interim basis were the Standard Building Code, the South Florida Building Code, the EPCOT Code (Disney World), the NFPA National Fire Prevention Code, and the One- and Two-Family Dwelling Code. History (continued): If the latter was selected for one- and two-family dwellings, then the local jurisdictions are required to adopt and enforce one of the remaining four codes for other than one- and two-family dwellings.
In 1976, legislation was proposed to adopt the Standard Building Code statewide for all jurisdictions since it was the one most prevalently used through the state. This legislation failed and the five codes originally established on an interim basis were allowed to continue on a permanent basis. Local units of government are allowed to adopt more stringent requirements than those contained in the State Minimum Building Codes if there exists some unique conditions which warrant a more stringent requirement and the requirement is not discriminatory against construction materials, methods, or techniques of demonstrated or proven capability. On July 3 1,1996, Executive Order 96-234 was signed by the Governor to create the Governors Building Codes Study Commission to evaluate the current effectiveness of, and through general consensus among the Commission members, recommend any necessary steps to reform the Florida building code system. As a result of the Commissions report, the Florida Legislature passed HB 418 1 relating to a statewide, unified building code. The legislation charged the Florida Building Commission to adopt a set of codes for use statewide, which will be designated as the Florida Building Code. The statewide code will supersede a patchwork system in which more than 400 political jurisdictions develop, adopt, and enforce building code requirements.
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STATE OF GEORGIA Administrative Requirements
Life Safey Fire Prevention Code Code 1997 NFPA 101 1994 SFPC and Rules and Regulations of the Safety Fire Commissioner based on NFPA National Fire Codes and Standards State amendments
Mandatory statewide. Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent with state
Promulgation
Enforcement
Mandatory statewide for buildings other than one- and two-family dwellings or oneand two-family row houses separated by two-hour fire wall except as specified in Chapters 18, 19, and 20. Local jurisdictions may not amend. Andrea Lanier Andrea Lanier Dwayne Garriss Manager, Codes and Industrial Manager, Codes and Industrial Assistant State Fire Marshal Buildings Buildings Engineering Inspection Office of the Commissioner of Georgia Department of Georgia Department of Community Affairs Community Affairs Insurance Safety Fire Division/ State Fire Codes and Industrialized Codes and Industrialized Buildings Section Buildings Section Marshal 60 Executive Park South, N.E., 60 Executive Park South, N.E., 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive 3'd Floor 31d Floor Atlanta, GA 30329-2231 Suite 620, West Tower Atlanta, GA 30329-2231 Atlanta, GA 30334 (404) 679-3 106 (404) 679-3106 (404) 656-0697 Local jurisdictions for most Local jurisdictions Local jurisdictions for most occupancies or occupancies or Dwayne Garriss Dwayne Garriss Assistant State Fire Marshal Assistant State Fire Marshal Engineering Inspection Engineering Inspection Office of the Office of the Commissioner of Commissioner of Insurance Insurance Safety Fire Division/ State Fire Safety Fire Division/ State Fire Marshal Marshal 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive Drive Suite 620, West Tower Suite 620, West Tower Atlanta, GA 30334 Atlanta, GA 30334 (404) 656-0697 (404) 656-0697
Comments
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The States requirements for occupancy classifications or sub-classifications, fire sprinkler systems, fire alarm systems, and smoke detection systems shall be established by the Life Safety Code. However, for areas not specifically addressed in the Life Safety Code but addressed by the Georgia State Minimum Building Code, the Building Code shall be used as a supplement.
See summary of 1997 Standard Codes in Chapter 3. The states amendments to 1997 NFPA 101 are shown on the following pages. Code Change Cycle: State construction codes are promulgated, amended, and reviewed as necessary by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs with the approval of the Board of Community Affairs. Code actions may be initiated by the department or upon recommendation from any citizen, profession, state agency, political subdivision of the state, or the Codes Advisory Council of the department authorized by Georgia Law, Act No. 1311.
Code Change Cycle (continued): New provisions and amendments or modifications of existing minimum standard codes require, in addition to approval by the Community Affairs Board, the endorsement of a 2 1-member advisory committee. Codes are reviewed annually and amended as necessary. Complete new editions are published every three years. Public hearings are held on all proposed changes. In recent years, the State Codes Advisory Committee specifically voted to remain with the 1994 Standard Codes, as currently adopted. There are no plans to adopt the 1997 editions at this time. The Committee has authorized the formation of task forces to begin study of the International Codes. History: Georgias permissive construction codes are designed to help protect the life, health, and property of all Georgians from the hazards of faulty design and construction; unsafe, unsound, and unhealthy structures and conditions; and the financial hardship resulting from unnecessarily high construction and operating costs of houses, buildings, and similar structures. Local adoption of these standards is authorized by the Georgia Code, as amended, which states in part: The governing authority of any municipality and the governing authority of any county in this state is hereby authorized to adopt such state minimum standard codes; to provide for the local administration of such codes; to require building permits and fixing charges therefore; and to provide for the inspection of buildings or similar structures to insure compliance with the standard codes. Said governing authorities may contract with each other or with the state to administer such codes, and to provide inspection and enforcement personnel and services necessary to insure compliance with the code. (GA.L.1969, pp. 546-556a. Code Ann. #84-6014) 4-12 Georgia
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To assist local inspection officials in their code enforcement responsibilities, the Department of Community Affairs sponsors training programs conducted by the University of Georgia Institute of Government. In addition, the department provides on-site codes technical assistance, information, and referral services to requesting local governments.
By an act of the General Assembly, adopted March 1989, a new statewide uniform construction codes system went into effect October 1, 1991. The Act required mandatory statewide codes for building, gas, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, energy conservation, and the construction of one- and two-family dwellings.
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STATE OF GEORGIA 1997 NFPA 101 Use Group Classifications with State Amendments
ASSEMBLY
Buildings or portions thereof used for gathering at 50 or more people for deliberation, worship, entertainment, eating, drinking, amusement, or awaiting transportation. Includes special amusement buildings regardless of occupancy.
EDUCATIONAL Buildings used for gathering groups of at least six people through the 12th grade for purposes of instruction for at least four hours per day or more than 12 hours per week.
"AE CR Buildings used for medical, treatment, or care purposes for persons having physical or mental problems as well as care of infants, infirm aged, and convalescents which provide sleeping facilities for four or more occupants generally incapable of self-preservation, such as hospitals, nursing homes, and limited care facilities.
DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL Buildings used to house those under some degree of restraint and who are mostly incapable of self-preservation due to security measures beyond their control.
RESIDENTIAL Buildings where sleeping accommodations provided for normal residential purposes, except health care or detention and correction facilities. Includes hotels, motels, dormitories, apartments, lodging or rooming houses, board and care facilities, and one- and two-family dwellings. Sub-classify as follows: Hotels, Motels and Dormitories - Buildings or groups of building under same management with more than 16 sleeping accommodations for hire or providing group sleeping accommodations for more than 16 persons not in same family group without individual cooking facilities. Apartments - Buildings with more than three living units with individual cooking and bathroom facilities. RESIDENTIAL (continued) Lodging or Rooming Houses - Buildings with separate sleeping rooms for less than 16 people without separate cooking facilities. Residential Board and Care (Amended) - Buildings used to provide lodging and boarding for four or more residents unrelated by blood or marriage, for the purpose ofprovidingpersonal care services. Anyfacility providing f lodging and boarding and personal carefor,four or more residents who are mostly incapable o seljpreservation because ofphysical or mental disability shall be classijed as a health care occupancy. One- and Two-Family Dwellings - Buildings containing maximum two dwelling units.
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MERCANTILE
Buildings or structures for display and sale of merchandise. Minor incidental mercantile operations in buildings of different occupancy subject to exit requirements of main occupancy.
BUSINESS Buildings, other than mercantile, used for maintaining accounts, records, and similar purposes. When minor and incidental to another occupancy, apply provisions applicable to that occupancy.
INDUSTRIAL Factories making all kinds of products and properties devoted to processing, assembling, mixing, finishing, packaging, and repairing. Includes laboratories involving hazardous chemicals, laundries, power plants, pumping stations, etc.
STORAGE Buildings or structures used primarily for storage and sheltering of goods, products, animals, or vehicles. Treat minor incidental storage in another occupancy as part of that occupancy.
DAY CARE
Buildings or portions of buildings where four or more clients receive care, maintenance and supervision by a nonrelative for less than a 24-hour period.
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STATE OF GEORGIA 1997 NFPA 101 with State Amendments Fire Alarm/Detection Systems
NFPA - Occupancy Assembly Underground Special Amusement Educational
Health Care Detention and Correctional Hotels/Dormitories
Apartments
Required
> 3 stories
Required
Lodging Houses
Required
Required
Required
Residential Board Care Small Facilities Large Facilities Mercantile Covered Mails
Atriums
Required Required > 3 sales levels or > 30,000 sq. ft. Required Required

> 300 persons
Required Required
Required
Business Industrial High hazard
Required
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Storage
Required
Highrise Buildings Day-care
> 75 ft.
> 75 ft.
Required
Required
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STATE OF GEORGIA 1997 NFPA 101 with State Amendments Requirements and Exceptions
ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES 84.5.5 In proscenium opening, provide emergency ventilation to remove smoke and independently activated by sprinkler system in stage area, smoke detectors over stage area, and by manually operated switch at approved location. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system for stages, in permanent dressing rooms, storerooms and workshops, and other accessory spaces contiguous to stage. Exception: Stages 1,000 square feet or less in area and 50 feet or less in height and under stage areas less than four feet in height. Provide approved fire alarm system in assembly occupancies with occupant load of 300 or more and in Lheaters with more ihari one audience-viewing mom. Initiate alarm by manual means or with automatic detection or sprinkler systems. Provide automatic detection in all hazardous areas of assembly occupancies with occupant load of 300 or more unless protected by automatic sprinkler system. Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout story of assembly occupancy with occupant load of 300 or more, throughout the story below assembly occupancy, and when below level of exit discharge, throughout intervening levels and exit discharge level. Exceptions: Occupancies primarily for worship with fixed seating. Assembly rooms less than 12,000 square feet not used for exhibition and display. Participant sports areas with audience less than 300 people. Provide automatic smoke detection throughout each smoke compartment of underground portions of assembly buildings. Provide supervised voice alarm system in underground portions of assembly buildings. Provide approved, automatic sprinkler system in all enclosed areas with walls and ceilings in buildings or structures containing smoke-protected assembly seating.
84.5.10
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8-3.4.1
8-3.4.2.2
8-3.5.1
84.3.3.4
84.3.5 84.2.1
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ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES (continued)

8-7.5.3.7 Provide automatic extinguishing system in certain levels of exhibit booths covered with a ceiling. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system throughout special amusement buildings. When operating at reduced lighting levels, provide automatic smoke detection. Provide automatic smoke detection to sound an alarm, illuminate means of egress and stop confusing sounds.
8-4.7.2 & .3
EDUCATIONAL
10-3.2.1 Provide automatic extinguishing system in rooms or spaces used for processing or use of combustible supplies in quantities considered hazardous, including janitor closets. Provide fire alarm system throughout all educational occupancies unless maximum area is 1,000 square feet with single classroom and not location to another building not less than 50 feet.. Exception: May omit manual pull stations in locations per administrative authority in buildings with two-way communication between normally occupied spaces and constantly attended receiving station, and when conditions of Section 10-3.4.2.3 are met. Provide automatic sprinkler system in portions below level of exit discharge. Provide automatic smoke detection for portions underground or more than 30 feet below level of exit discharge. Also provide approved supervised voice alarm system. Provide smoke detection system throughout each smoke compartment.
10-3.4.1
10-3.5 10-4.1.3 & .6
10-4.1.3.4
HEALTHCARE
12-2.2.2.6 The automatic sprinkler system and the fire alarm system shall initiate closing action of all doors throughout entire facility. Provide fire alarm system equipped with a secondary power supply and initiated by manual means and by required sprinkler and detection systems. In nursing homes, provide approved automatic smoke detection systems in corridors throughout smoke compartments containing patient sleeping rooms and in spaces open to corridors unless excepted by this section. Detection systems are to be provided with a secondary power supply.
12-3.4.1.1 & 12-3.4.2 12-3.4.5.3
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12-3.5.1
Provide approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout according to construction type. Install listed quick response or listed residential sprinklers throughout patient sleeping area. Provide fire alarm system in all ambulatory health-care centers initiated by manual means and by means of any required detection devices or system. Fire alarm system and either a local smoke detector or a complete automatic fire extinguishing system or complete automatic fire detection system shall activate automatic closing devices on doors in smoke barriers.
12-6.3.4.1 & .2
12-6.3.7.7

14-3.4.1.1 & .2 Provide electrically supervised fire alarm system throughout detention and correctional facilities. Initiate by manual means and by required detection devices or systems. Provide approved automatic smoke detection throughout all resident sleeping areas and adjacent day rooms, activity rooms, and contiguous common spaces. Exception: May omit smoke detectors as follows: In sleeping rooms with four or less occupants in Use Condition II or III; and In buildings protected throughout by automatic sprinkler system, may omit smoke detectors from sleeping rooms with more than four occupants. Provide automatic sprinkler system according to type of construction used.
14-3.4.4
14-3.5.2
16-3.4.1 & .2
Provide fire alarm system in hotels and dormitories. Initiate by manual means, by a manual fire alarm station located at a central point, by any automatic sprinkler system, and by any required automatic detection system. Exception: Sleeping room smoke detectors need not initiate fire alarm system. Provide corridor smoke detection system in all interior corridors, halls, and passagewa.vs except when protected throughout by approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system. Install approved single station smoke detectors powered by building electrical system in each sleeping room and each living area within a guest room or suite. In addition, a 1 -1/2 hour emergency power supply source is required for the f back-up power o the detector.
16-3.4.4.1 & .2 (Amended)
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HOTELS/DORMITORIES (continued)
16-3.5.2 Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout. Exception: Buildings other than high-rise where guest, sleeping rooms have a door that opens directly outside at ground level. Install quick response or listed residential sprinklers throughout guest rooms and suites.
Provide fire alarm system for buildings more than three stories or with more than 11 living units except where each living unit is separated from other units by fire barriers with not less than 1-hour rating and has independent exit, exit stairway, or ramp discharging to grade or in buildings not more than four stories or 16 dwelling units protected with an automatic sprinkler system. Provide initiation by manual means or by automatic sprinkler system. 18-3.4.4.1 (Amended) Provide approved single -station smoke detectors powered by house electrical service on all levels and in and outside sleeping rooms of every living unit within apartment buildings. In addition, a I -1/2 hour emergencypower supply source is required for the back-up power of the detector. Install snioke detector to initiate an alarni audible in the units sleeping rooms. This individual detector is in addition to any sprinkler system or other detection system installed in the building. Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout building. Exception: Buildings where every living unit has either an exit door opening directly to ground level, direct access to an outside stair that serves no more than two units on same floor, ordirect access to an interior stair serving only that unit with a one-hour fire resistance rating fire barrier from other portions of building. Install quick response or listed residential sprinklers throughout all living units.
183.5.2

20-3.3.1 Provide fire alarm system except when equipped with smoke detection system that includes at least one manual fire alarm station. Provide approved single -station smoke detectors powered by buildings electrical service in every sleeping room. Provide automatic sprinkler system in all new lodging or rooming houses unless every sleeping room has a door opening directly to the outside of the building at ground level or an exterior stairway.
20-3.3.4
20-3.5.2
O N E AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS

21-3.3.1 Provide approved single-station smoke detectors powered by buildings electrical system in all sleeping rooms, outside and in the immediate vicinity of sleeping rooms, and on each additional story including basement.
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RESIDENTIAL BOARD CARE

Small Facilities 22-2.3.4.1-3
22-2.3.5.1
Large Facilities 22-3.3.4.1 & .2
Provide fire alarm system to be initiated by manual means, by a manual fire alarm station located at a supervised central location, and by any automatic sprinkler and detection systems. Provide approved single-station smoke detectors in each sleeping room of large facilities powered from building electrical system and be provided with a 1 -1/2 hour emergency power source. Provide smoke detectors in all common spaces and corridorsper NFPA 72 and arranged to initiate the fire alarm. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system throughout all buildings. Install with quick response or residential sprinklers which will activate the fire alarm system.
22-3.3.4.7 (Amended)
22-3.3.4.8 (Amended) 22-3.3.5.1
MERCANTILE
24-3.4.1 & .2
Provide fire alarm system in Class A mercantile occupancies. Initiate by manual means. Provide approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system as follows: Buildings three or more stories in height. Buildings with more than 12,000 square feet in gross area. Stories below level of exit discharge with more than 2,500 square feet of area used for combustible goods.
24-3.5.1 & .2
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COVERED MALLS
ATRIUMS
26-3.4.1 & .2
Provide fire alarm system when two or more stories above level of exit discharge or 50 or more occupants above or below level of exit discharge; 300 or more occupants total. Initiate by manual means or approved automatic fire detection or sprinkler system. Provide automatic extinguishing system in hazardous locations.
26-3.2.1
INDUSTRIAL
28-3.2 In high hazard industrial occupancies, provide automatic extinguishing systems or other protection appropriate to the particular hazard. Provide fire alarm system except if total capacity of building is less than 100 persons and less than 25 persons are above or below level of exit discharge. Initiate fire alarm by either manual or automatic means.
28-3.4.1
STORAGE
29-3.4 Provide fire alarm system except storage occupancies with low hazard contents or maximum 100,000 square feet or automatic extinguishment protection provided. Initiate by either manual or automaticmeans. Provide fire alarm system in parking gaxages more than 100,000 square feet in aggregate floor area except open parking structures and garages with automatic sprinkler system throughout. Initiate by either manual or automatic means.
29-8.3.4
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DAY CARE
30-3.4.1 & .2
Provide fire alarm system in day-care occupancies housed in more than one room. Fire alarm to be initiated by manual means and by operation of required smoke detectors, except single-station, and required sprinkler systems. Provide smoke detection system in each story and in the corridors of all floors occupied by day-care occupancy if housed in more than one room. In day-care homes, smoke detectors are required to be installed in ali rooms used for sleeping and in any corridors serving a day-care home.
Provide sprinkler system throughout all buildings containing da,v-care occapanciesper construction types as specij7ed in table of this code.
30-3.4.5
30-3.5 (Amended) 304.3.4
SPECIAL STRUCTURESAND HIGHFUSE BUILDINGS

3-2 Apply provisions to all buildings more than i 5 feet in height measured from the lowest level of fire department vehicle access to the floor of the highest occupiable story. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in all areas and floor levels traversed in traveling to the exit discharge throughout windowless and underground structures with an occupant load of 50 or more. Exception: Existing structures with an occupant load of 100 or less. In high-rise buildings, provide approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system and a fire alarm system with an approved emergency voice/alarm communication system throughout.
32-7.3.1
32-8.2.1 & 32-8.3.1
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5-2.1.8
No number
5-2.3.10.1 & .2
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STATE OF HAWAII AdministrativeRequirements
Building Cade Code Amendments Preemptive Application Promulgation >ocaljurisdictions None
Fire Prevention Code 1988 UFC with 1989 and 1990 supplements State amendments Adoption by local jurisdictions is voluntary. Charles Wassman State Fire Council Administrator State Fire Council Department of Labor and Industrial Relations 3375 Koapaka Street, H425 Honolulu, HI 968 19 (808) 831-7778 Local jurisdictions
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Enforcement Comments
Local jurisdictions
The State Fire Code as amended is the minimum code allowed for local jurisdictions to adopt. State delegates code adoption and enforcement to local jurisdictions. The State Fire Code will be updated to a later edition by the fall of 1999. See the following pages for a summary of the State Fire Code.
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Code Change Cycle: Generally, the state agency administering the code reviews the requirements yearly or as often as the model codes change. If a change in the regulations is deemed necessary, the procedure for amending the rules is initiated. This process is covered by statutes and includes a public hearing. References to model codes in the regulations must include the edition number and date. History: The statute on Environmental Quality, Chapter 342 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), was effected on May 22, 1972, as Act 100, Session Laws of Hawaii, 1972, and the following regulations adopted or amended therefore:
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History (continued):
1. Air Pollution Control, Title II, Chapter 60 2. Ambient Air Quality Standards, 11-59 3. Vehicular Noise Control for Oahu, 11-42 4. Community Noise Control for Oahu, 1 1-43 5. Solid Waste Management Control, 11-58 6. Water Pollution Control, 11-55 7. Water Quality Standards, 11-54
The elevator code requirement, Chapter 132 of the HRS, was introduced by Act 24, SLH 1972, and covered buildings constructed after July 1, 1974. Historic Preservation Program, Chapter 6E, HRS, was started by Act 104, SLH 1976.
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STATE OF HAWAII 1988 Uniform Fire Code (ICBO) with State Amendments Fire Alarm/Detection Systems
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Occupancy Type Group A - Assembly B-2 II
Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems Required
Fire Alarm Systems Required
Retaimrinking
Required Required
Required
> 50 occupants
Required Required
I Group E - Educational
Group H - Hazardous H-1 - Flammables/ Explosives H-2 - Moderate Explosion Hazard H-3 - HighHazard H-4 - Repair Garages H-6 - Semiconductor Facilities H-7 - Health Hazards
Required
Required
Required
Group I - Institutional 1-1 Hospitals 1-2 Nursing Homes 1-3 Jails Group R - Residential R-1 - Hotelhultifamily High-rise - New and Existing Construction B-2 - Offices R-1 - Hotelh4ultifamily
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.

Required
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.

Required Required
> 75 fi. > 75 ft.
II
Required Required
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STATE OF HAWAII 1988 Uniform Fire Code with 1989 and 1990 Supplements and Hawaii State Amendments Requirements and Exceptions
GROUP A ASSEMBLY Section 10.306 (Fire Code) (Am ended) Provide automatic sprinkler systems in Group A as follows: t Rooms and un-separated accessory uses more than 5,000 square feet in total a area when used for consumption of alcoholic beverages. t Basements more than 1,500 square feet in floor area. a Exhibition and display rooms more than 12,000 square feet t Stairs and enclosed usable space below or over stairs in Group A divisions 2, a 2.1,3, and 4. t Under roof and gridiron, tie and fly galleries, proscenium walls of stages, a platforms more than 500 square feet, dressing rooms, workshops, and storerooms. t Wall of stages; over and within permanent platfrms in excess of1,OOO a squarefeet in area.
Provide approved electrically supervised manual.fii-e alarm systems in Group A occupancy assemblies having a capacity of 300 or more persons. Provide audience or seating area with approved visual alarm devices.
GROUP B BUSINESS Section 10.306 (Fire Code) Provide automatic fire extinguishing system in Group B-2 occupancies in retail sales areas where floor area exceeds 12,000 square feet on any floor or 24,000 square feet on all floors or when more than three stories.
Provide manualfire alarm system in Group B-2 office buildings (75 feet or more in height) havingfloors used f o r human occupancy located more than 75feet above the highest grade. Provide approved electrically supervised manual fire alarm system for Group B-2 buildings under 75feet in height but three or more stories in height, with occupant load of 1O0 or more above or below the level of exit discharge, or the occupancy is subject to 1,000 or more total occupants. Manualfire alarm pull building protected thcoughout stations are not required for fire alarm systems if by approved automatic sprinkler system, or approvedfire detectionialarm initiation systems.
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Section 14.104 (Fire Code) (Amended) (Continued)
Provide approved electrically supervised nianual fire alarm system in Group B-2 retail and wholesale stories with aggregate gross area o 3,000 square feet or f more, or with more than threefloor levels, or having a.floor below the street,floor level for sales purposes. Manua1,fii-ealarm pull stations are not required for.fire f alarm systems i building protected throughout by approved automatic sprinkler system, or approved fire detection/alarrn initiation systems. Provide annunciator panel on thefirst floor lobby area for Group B occupancies four or more stories in height. Locate manualfire alarm box adjacent to required exit doors and elevator lobby.
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GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL
Provide approved electrically supervised manua1,fire alarni system in Group E occupancies with occupant capacity of over 50persons. I f building equipped with an automatic,fire extinguishing or detection s,vsteni, install so that it will automatically activate the school fire alarm system.
GROUPH -HAZARDOUS
Sections 14.104 (Fire Code) (Amended)
Provide approved automatic or electrically supervised manualjre alarm system f in Group H occupancies withfloor area o 1,000 squarefeet or more or with a total occupancy capacity o 100persons or more, or if25persons or more are f employed above or below the level of exit discharge.
Provide automatic fire extinguishing systems throughout H-1, H-2, H-3, H-6, and H-7 occupancies and H-4 occupancies with more than 3,000 square feet floor area. Provide supervised smoke detection throughout areas with high-piled combustible storage with Class I - V materials per limits in the Fire Code.
Chapter 81 (Fire Code)
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GROUP I - INSTlTUlTONAL Section 10.306 (Fire Code) Section 14.104 (Fire Code) (Amended) GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Section 10.306 (Fire Code) (Amended) Provide automatic sprinkler system in apartment house over one story and containing 16 or more dwelling units and hotels over one story and containing 20 or more guest rooms. Residential or quick-response sprinkler heads to be provided in dwelling units and guest rooms.
Provide manua1,fire alarni system in Group R-1 occupancies havingfloors used human occupancy located more than 75f e e t above the highest grade. Provide approved automatic alarm system or electrically supervised manual fire alarm system for Group R occupancy apartments, dormitories, and room houses three or more stores or containing more than I5 apartments and every hotel three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms. Provide manualjre alarm pull stations adjacent to exit doors or elevator lobb,v ifrequired b y j r e official. The alarm system is to include provisionsf or smoke detection and manual operation in interior corridors and automatic detection in storage rooms, laundry rooms, equipment rooms, and similar common areas. Buildings not over two stories are exceptedfrom alarm system r*equirementi f one-hourjre-resistive occupancy separations used and each dwelling unit has exit to outside. Provide smoke detectors in each dormitovy or rooming house of non-fire resistive construction and more than one story with interior exit corridors, interior stairways, or rooms with community -type cookingfacilities. Provide annunciator panel in first floor lobby area and manualjre alarm box at exit doors and elevator lobby ofall buildings four stories or more in height.
Provide,fie alarm systems in Group I occupancies.
JOY
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HIGHRISE. NEW CONSTRUCTION,GROUP B-2 OFFICES AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES Section 14.104 (Fire Code) Provide fire alarm and communication systems for Group B-2 offices and Group R-1 occupancies with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access.
HIGHRISE. GROUP B-2 OFFICES AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES,EXISTING STRUCTURES

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Provide automatic sprinkler systems in exit corridors, stairwell, elevator lobbies, and public assembly areas with 100 or more persons, and commercial kitchens. Apply to all existing high-rise buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access. Provide fire alarm system connected to an approved central station or local fire department dispatch office. Provide smoke detectors in sleeping area of dwelling unit, hotel suite, or guest room.
Except in Group R-3 and M occupancies, provide automatic sprinkler system in every story or basement area more than 1,500 square feet except as detailed in Section 10.306; at top of rubbish and linen chutes and their terminal rooms, in rooms where nitrate film is stored or handled, or in protected combustible fiber storage vaults.
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STATE OF IDAHO Administrative Requirements
II
Building Code 1997 UBC
Fire Prevention Code 1997 UFC State amendments Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent. Don McCoy State Fire Marshal Department of Insurance State Fire Marshal 700 West State Street Boise, ID 83720 (208) 334-4370
Life Safetv Code 1997NFPA 101

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INo state amendments
No state amendments Mandatory for state-owned and public schools. Voluntary for all other occupancies.
Promulgation
Enforcement
Jack Rayne Building Programs Manager Idaho Division of Building Safety 277 North Sixth Street Statehouse Mail Boise, ID 83720-6000 (208) 334-3896 Local jurisdictions Jack Rayne Building Programs Manager Building Programs Manager Idaho Division of Building Idaho Division of Building Safety Safety 277 North Sixth Street 277 North Sixth Street Statehouse Mail Statehouse Mail Boise, ID 83720-6000 Boise, ID 83720-6000 (208) 334-3896 (208) 334-3896 IIf a local jurisdiction contracts with the state for d a n review an inspection, the review and inspection will be subject to the provisions adopted by the state. See 1997 Uniform Codes and 1997 NFPA 101 summaries in Chapter 3 for fire a l d d e t e c t i o n Isystem requirements. The state amendments do not affect where these systems are required.
Code Change Cycle: The state is on a three-year cycle concurrent with the publication of new editions of the Uniform Codes and the National Electrical Code.
History: The State of Idaho's first building code was enacted in 1975 and enforced by the Department of Labor and Industrial Services or the local city or county jurisdictions. Since March 1977, code enforcement in Idaho is optional, permitting jurisdictions to establish their own code programs or not even adopt codes.
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STATE OF ILLINOIS Administrative Requirements
Building Code
Fire Prevention
Life Safety Code 1991NFPA 101 No amendments
Codes and Standards Amendments Preemptive Application Mandatory for all buildings except 1 and 2 family dwellings and public school buildings. Local jurisdictions ,mayamend to make more stringent. i Office of the State Fire Marshal Division of Fire Prevention 1035 Stevenson Drive Springfield, IL 62703-4259 (217) 785-4714 Local jurisdictions or Jack Ahern Deputy State Fire Marshal Office of the State Fire Marshal Division of Fire Prevention 1035 Stevenson Drive Springfield, IL 62703-4259 (217) 785-4714 Mandatory for all buildings except 1 and 2 family dwellings and public school buildings. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent. Office of the State Fire Marshal Division of Fire Prevention 1035 Stevenson Drive Springfield,IL 627034259 (217) 785-4714 Local jurisdictions or Jack Ahern Deputy State Fire Marshal Office of the State Fire Marshal Division of Fire Prevention 1035 Stevenson Drive Springfield, IL 627034259 (217) 785-4714
Promulgation
Local jurisdictions.
Enforcement
Local jurisdictions
Comments Summary of Amendments State amendments to NFPA 101 speciQ the difference between day-care centers, day-care homes, and group day-care homes. The state applies the 1985 edition ofNFPA 101 to existing buildings. See Chapter 3 for 1991 NFPA 101 fire alanddetection requirements.
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Code Change Cycle: There is no set schedule for code revisions. Codes are reviewed yearly for possible revisions. After the proposed rules are published in the Illinois Register, there is a 45-day comment period during which any interested person or organization may comment on the proposal. After this period, there is another 45-day period in which the rules are reviewed by the state's Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. It generally takes about six months from the date the rules are drafted until they are promulgated. History: The State of Illinois does not have a statewide building code, which regulates the construction of all types of buildings. As a result, the requiremenls for the construction of a building varies from very little to quite extensive depending on the location within the state. There are a number of minimum statewide codes that regulate certain parts or types of buildings. These include accessibility standards, fire safety requirements, manufactured housing codes, codes for the construction and operation of health-care facilities, swimming pool requirements, school construction codes, and a plumbing code and license law.
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STATE OF INDIANA Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code

____
1997 UBC
Fire Prevention Code 1997UFC
Life Safey Code None
IState amendments
IState amendments
Promulgation
Enforcement
Comments
Mandatory. Mandatory. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent only with state approval. Indiana Fire Prevention and Indiana Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission Building Safety Commission Indiana Government Center Indiana Government Center South 402 West Washington South 402 West Washington Street, Room W246 Street, Room W246 Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739 Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739 (317) 232-1402 (317) 232-1402 Local jurisdictions or Local jurisdictions or Marlys Pedtke Marlys Pedtke Director, Technical Services Director, Technical Services and Research Division and Research Division Indiana Fire Prevention and Indiana Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission Building Safety Commission Department of Fire and Department of Fire and Building Services Building Services Indiana Government Center Indiana Government Center South 402 West Washington South 402 West Washington Street, Room W246 Street, Room W246 Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739 Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739 (317) 232-1402 (317) 232-1402 State codes apply to all buildin s except one- and two-family d ellingsnd agricultural buildings. State fire code defers all fire protection system requirements to those in building code. State adds new classification and smoke detector requirements for bed and breakfast establishments. See the following pages for a summary of state requirements.
Code Change Cycle: The following process was instituted on July 1, 1984, resulting from the creation of the Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission as the single rule-making body for statewide building and fire codes. A feature of Indiana law precludes any subordinate unit of government from writing ordinances on any fire or building issue addressed by the Commission. Each adopted model code is reviewed on an annual basis following publication of annual supplements by the model code organizations. If warranted, important revisions are adopted and subsequently placed in effect. The adopted code is re-promulgated on a three-year cycle as new editions are published by the model code organizations.
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The Division of Technical Services and Research provides staff support to the Commission. The division forms and chairs ad hoc advisory committees to evaluate and suggest revisions to new model code editions. A proposed rule to adopt and amend a code is reviewed by the Commission prior to publication in the Indiana Register. Following publication and a public hearing, the rule may be adopted by the Commission. If adopted, it is reviewed for legality by the attorney general, approved by the governor, and published as a final rule with a fixed future effective date. The process of revision and adoption of a major model code takes about eight months, including a time allowance for code distribution, amendment of local ordinances, and conduct of state level outreach training. Model codes that are adopted with little or no change can be promulgated in about four months. History: Indiana's state building regulatory program began with legislation in 1909 to establish minimum standards for dwellings. Subsequent legislation in 1913 and 1917 expanded the scope of enforcement, and in 1923 the General Assembly established a state agency with power to adopt and maintain a mandatory statewide building code. The Indiana Administrative Building Council was given broad rule-making powers, but enforcement was intended to be a function of local government. Legislative action in 1969 created the Office of the State Building Commissioner to provide administrative support for the Council. Mandatory plan review for all buildings (except single family residences and farm buildings), while previously required, could now be fully implemented with the establishment of operational divisions for plan review and code enforcement. The new agency was established without general fund appropriations and was expected to earn enough from plan review fees and manufactured housing inspection seals to cover its agency expenses. This limitation was successful, but limited the agency in its field inspection functions, which produced no revenue. Local government continued to exercise primary code enforcement responsibility; but many rural counties and towns did not employ building officials or inspectors.
In 1973, the Office of the State Fire Marshal was given authority to perform plan review for new construction in fire safety related areas. This legislation, to some extent, fragmented what had previously been a centralized function. The independent Fire Prevention Commission could not keep pace with its rule -making responsibilities.
in 1984, the General Assembly created a new Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission to replace the Administrative Building Council, Fire Prevention Commission, and Board of Elevator Safety. On July 1, 1984, the new Commission assumed all rule-making powers for buildings and building systems except for boiler and pressure vessels. A new Department of Fire Prevention and Building Safety (subsequently renamed the Department of Fire and Building Services) was concurrently established to merge all of the previously autonomous state fire and building regulatory agencies in one location under the control of an Executive Director. The Office of the State Building Commissioner and the State Fire Marshal were restructured within the unified department.
Indiana's code development and enforcement program is now a fully integrated process with a single rule-making and code adoption body, and a single administrative department with common management, education, information, data processing, and technical services and research responsibilities.
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STAm OF INDIANA 1997 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with State Amendments Use Group Classifications
GROUP A -ASSEMBLY Building or structure for the gathering of 50 or more persons for purposes such as civic, social or religious functions, recreation, education or instruction, food or drink consumption, or awaiting transportation. Amusement buildings are included in this classification. Sub-classify in divisions as follows: A-1 A-2 Assembly building with stage and occupant load of 1,000 or more. Building or portion thereof having an assembly room with occupant load less than 1,000 and a stage. Building or portion thereof with an assembly room with occupant load of 300 or more without a stage, including buildings for educational purposes and other than Groups E or B. Building or portion thereof with an assembly room with occupant load less than 300 without a stage, including buildings for educational purposes and other than Groups E or B. Stadiums, reviewing stands, and amusement park structures not included in other Group A occupancies.
A-2.1
A3
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A4
El
E2
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GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL (continued)

E3 (Amended)
Buildings used for day-care purposes for more than six persons, except Child I or II child-care homes licensed by the state or child-care ministries registered by the state.
GROUP F - FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL Building or structure for assembling, disassembling, fabricating, finishing, manufacturing, packaging, repair or processing operations. Sub-classify in divisions as follows:
F-1
Moderate-hazard factory and industrial occupancies including factory and industrial uses not classified as F-2. Low-hazard factory and industrial occupancies including facilities producing noncombustible or non-explosive materials which, during finishing, packing or processing, do not involve a significant fire hazard.
F-2
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GROUP H - HAZARDOUS Building or structure where manufacturing, processing, generation of storage materials constitute a high fire, explosion or health hazard. Sub-classify in divisions as follows: H-1 Buildings with quantity of material in excess of building code limitations which present high explosion hazard, including but not limited to: t Explosives, blasting agents, fireworks, and black powder. Exception: Storage and a use o f pyrotechnic special effect materials in motion picture, television, theatrical, and group entertainment production when under permit per Fire Code. Maximum time period for storage is 90 days. L Manufacturing of Class 1.4G fireworks. a L Unclassified detonatable organic peroxides. a L Class 4 oxidizers. a t Class 4 or Class 3 detonatable unstable (reactive) materials. a Buildings with quantity of material in excess of building code limitations which present moderate explosion hazard or hazard from accelerated burning, including but not limited to: t Class I organic peroxides. a k Class 3 nondetonatable unstable (reactive) materials. a L Pyrophoric gases. a Flammable or oxidizing gases.
H-2
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GROW H - HAZARDOUS (continued)

H-2 (cont.)
t Class I, II, or III-A flammable or combustible liquids used in normally open a

containers or systems or in closed containers pressurized at more than 15 psi gauge. Exception: aerosols. Class 3 oxidizers. t Class 3 water-reactive materials. a
H-3
Buildings with quantity of materials in excess of building code limitations which present high fire or physical hazard, including but not limited to: G Class II, III, or IV organic peroxides. t Class 1 or 2 oxidizers. a G Class I, II, or III-A flammable liquids or combustible liquids used or stored in normally closed containers or systems and containers pressurized at 15 psi gauge or less, and aerosols. t Class III-B combustible liquids. a t Pyrophoric liquids or solids. a Class i or 2 water-reactive materials. t Flammable solids in storage. a t Flammable or oxidizing cryogenic fluids (other than inert). a Class 1 unstable (reactive) gas or Class 2 unstable (reactive) materials.
H4
H-5
H-6
Repair garages not classified as Group S-3. Aircraft repair hangars and heliports not classified as Group S-5. Semiconductor fabrication facilities and comparable research and development areas when facilities in which hazardous production materials (HPM) used and aggregate quantity of materials in excess of building code limitations. Occupancies with quantities of materials in excess of building code limitations that are health hazards, including but not limited to: Corrosives, except stationary lead-acid battery systems. t Highly toxic materials. a 0Irritants. t Sensitizers. a t Other health hazards. a
H-7
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GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL Sub-classify in divisions as follows: 1-1.1 Nurseries for full-time care of children under the age of six, hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes with non-ambulatory patients, and similar buildings, each accommodating more than five persons, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for fmily group. Health-care centers for ambulatory patients receiving outpatient medical care which may render the patient incapable of unassisted self-preservation, each tenant space accommodating more than five such patients, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group. Nursing homes for ambulatory patients, homes for children six years old or over, each accommodating more than five persons, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group. Mental hospitais, mental sanitariums, jails, prisons, reformatories, and buildings where personal liberties of inmates similarly restrained, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group.
1-1.2
1-2
1-3
GROUP M - MERCANTILE Building or structure or portion thereof for display and sale of merchandise, and involving stocks of goods, wares or merchandise, incidental to such purposes and accessible to the public. GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Sub-classify in divisions as follows: R-1 Hotels, apartment houses, congregate residences; each accommodating more than ten persons.
Bed and breakfast establishments.
R-2 (Amended)
R-3 (Amended)
Dwellings and lodging houses in buildings of mixed occupancy having two or less dwelling units, and congregate residences, each accommodating ten persons or less.
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GROUP S - STORAGE
s-1
s-2 s-3
S4
s-5
GROUP U - UTILITY
Sub-classi@in divisions as follows:
u 1 u2
(Amended)
Private garages, carports, sheds and agricultural buildings. Tanks and towers. (State deletes fences over 6 feet.)
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STATE OF INDIANA 1997 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with State Amendments Fire Alardetection Systems
Occupancy Type Group A - Assembly Amusement Buildings Group B - Business Group E - Educational Group F - Factory Industrial
~ _ _ _
Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems Required Reauired Required Required Required
Systems Required Reauired Required
Reauired Required Required
50 occupants
Group H - Hazardous H-1 - Flammables/ Explosives H-2 - Moderate Explosion Hazard H-3- &&Hazard H-4 - Repair Garages H d - Semiconductor Facilities H-7 - Health Hazards
Required
Required
Required
Group I - Instiutional 1-1 Hospitals 1-2 Nursing Homes 1-3 Jails Group M - Mercantile
~
Group R - Residential R-1 - Hotel/Multifamily Group S - Storage High-rise -New and Existing Construction B-2 - Offices R-1 - Hotelh4ultifamily Covered Maus Aviation Control Towers
> 3 stories
Required
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
> 75 fi.
> 75 fi.
Required
> 75 fi. > 75 ft.

Required Required
> 75 fi. > 75 fi.

Required Required
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STATE OF INDIANA 1997 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with State Amendments Requirements and Exceptions
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GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 904.2.3 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler systems in Group A as follows:
t Rooms and un-separated accessory uses more than 5,000 square feet in total a t Basements more than 1,500 square feet in floor area. a
A-2.1, A-3, and A 4 area when used for consumption of alcoholic beverages. Exhibition and display rooms more than 12,000 square feet
t Enclosed usable space below or over a stairway in Groups A-2, a t Multi-theater complexes. a t Amusement buildings, except if temporary with floor area less than 1,000 a
square feet and exit travel distance is less than 50 feet from any point.
t All stages more than 1,000 square feet in area and 50 feet in height, dressing a
rooms, workshops, storerooms, and other accessory spaces adjoining such stages. Smoke-protected assembly seating, except press boxes, storage less than 1,000 square feet, or in conjunction with outdoor seating. Section 303.9 (Building Code) Section 1007.2 (Fire Code) (Amended) Section 408 (Building Code) (Amended) GROUP B - BUSINESS See specific requirements for High-rise Group B Office Buildings and Group R-1 Occupancies for both New Construction and Existing Structures. Provide approved fire alarm system in Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1 occupancies installed per Fire Code.
The state fire code deletes text of 1997 UFC Section 1007.2 in its entirely and refers all requirements for an approved manual automatic or manual and automaticfire alarm system to the Indiana Building Code.
In amusement buildings, provide automatic sprinkler, smoke detection, and supervised alarm and/or public address systems. (State deletes substitution.)
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GROUP E EDUCATIONAL Section 305.2.2.2 (Building Code) Section 305.9 (Building Code) Provide approved smoke detectors to activate all autonmtic-closing fire assemblies installed in the atmospheric separation. Provide approved fire alarm system when occupant load is 50 or more. When automatic sprinkler or smoke detectors provided, install to automatically activate fire alarm. Provide automatic fire sprinkler system throughout all Group E-1 occupancies including basements and in enclosed usable space below or over a stairway. Exception allowed when room for instruction has one exit door directly outside at ground level. Exception also allowed when area separation walls or occupancy separation has two-hour fire resistive rating subdividing building into separate compartments with aggregate floor area not greater than 20,000 square feet Provide smoke detectors installed throughout area of common atmosphere when the only means of exit from a room is through an adjoining or intervening room. Exceptions: 1) When aggregate occupant load of interior room is not more than ten; 2) When enclosures forming interior rooms are less than two-thirds of floor-toceiling height or not more than eight feet; and 3) Rooms are used exclusively for mechanical and public utility service to building.
GROUP F - FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL Section 904.2.5 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire -sprinkler system in woodworking occupancies over 2,500 square feet where finely divided combustible waste or materials present.
GROUPH -HAZARDOUS Section 307.9 (Building Code) and Sections 50 13. l , and Article 80 (Fire Code) Provide approved manual fire alarm system in Group H occupancies used to manufacture organic coatings and Group H-6 hazardous production materials occupancies. Provide approved smoke detection for rooms used for storage, dispensing, use and handling of hazardous materials.
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Provide approved emergency alarm system outside each interior door of hazardous production materials (Group H-6) storage rooms. Install so that activation of emergency alarm device will sound a local alarm and transmit signai to emergency control station. Provide automatic fire extinguishing systems throughout H-1, H-2, H-3, H-6, and H-7 occupancies and H-4 occupancies with more than 3,000 square feet floor area.
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Section 308.9 (Building Code) Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in all Group I occupancies. Install audible alarm devices in non-patient areas. Visible alarm devices may be substituted for audible devices in patient-occupied areas. Provide smoke detectors in patients sleeping rooms of hospital and nursing homes. Install to receive primary power from building wiring. Except in rooms equipped with automatic door closers having integral smoke detectors on room side, integral detector may substitute for smoke detector provided it performs required alerting functions.
The statefire code deletes text of I997 UFC Section 1007.2 in its entirely and refers all requirements.for an approved manual automatic or manual and automatic fire alarni system to the Indiana Building Code.
Section 1007.2 (Fire Code) (Amended) Section 904.2.7 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.7 (Fire Code) Appendix Chapter 3, Division 1 (Building Code)
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GROUP R RESIDENTIAL
Section 310.9.1 (Building Code) (Amended) Provide smoke detectors in dwelling units, congregate residences, and guest rooms in hotels, lodging houses, and bed and breakfast establishments usedfor sleepingpurposes. Installed per manufacturer's instructions. Excepted are totally sprinkled buildings. Primary power shall be from building's wiring with a battery backup as secondary power supply. Single-station smoke detectors may be battery powered in existing buildings. Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in apartment house three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and in congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. In Group R-1 occupancies located in a high-rise building provide a fire alarmlcommunication system. Exceptions: i ) Buildings not more than two stories with all individual units provided one hour fire separation and direct exterior egress; 2) Building with approved supervised f i e sprinkler system throughout and with local alarm system. Provide automatic sprinkler system in apartment houses three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. Install residential or quickresponse standard sprinklers in dwelling units and guest rooms.
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Section 31 O. 9.1.6 (Building Code) (Added) Provide smoke detectors in all interior corridors adjacent to sleeping room in corridors of hotels and motels, which are notfiil1,v sprinkled. Wire detectors to activate all detectors in same corridor and provide an audible and visible alarm at the registration desk. Exception: All hotels and motels with 12 or less sleeping rooms or not having interior corridors. All single level dwellings, and all seasonally occupied dwellings. Provide in all of these excepted units a smoke detector in each sleeping room. The detector ma,v be batterypowered if it contains a tamper resistant cover to protect batteries.
HIGHRISE, NEW CONSTRUCTION. GROW B OFFICE BUILDINGS AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES
Section 403.2 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system smoke detection system, and alarm and communication systems in buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access and of Type I or II-F.R. construction. Provide smoke detectors connected to automatic fire alarm system in mechanical system ducts or risers, air conditioning return-air and exhaust-air plenums, equipment rooms, elevator lobbies and interior corridors serving as exit for occupant load of ten or more occupants in Group R-1 occupancies. Provide fire alarm, emergency voice/alarm signaling system and fire department communication systems in buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access. Buildings with atriums: Provide smoke-control system that operates automatically upon actuation of automatic sprinkler system within and areas open to atrium. Install smoke-control system to initiate fire alarm signal in designated portions of building. Provide automatic fire detection system throughout high-piled combustible storage uses as required by Article 8 1. Provide approved automatic fire sprinkler system when required by Table 81-A.
Article 81 (Fire Code)
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HIGHRISE. GROUP B-2 OFFICES AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES.EXISTING STRUCTURES

Appendix Chapter 34 Division II (Building Code) (Deleted)
(State deletes Appendix Chapter 34. Local jurisdictions may adopt this appendix chapter by ordinance.)
AViATION CONTROL TOWERS
Appendix Chapter 4, Dnision II, Section 425 (Building Code)
Provide smoke detectors and approved fire alarm system in all occupied levels.
GROUP CARE FACILITIES (GROUP R DMSION 4) Appendix Chapter 3, Division IV, Section 341 (Building Code) (Deleted)
(State deletes this division ofAppendix Chapter.)
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Section 904.2.2 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.2 (Fire Code) (Amended)
Except in Groups R-2, R-3, U, and certain Group I occupancies, provide automatic sprinkler system in every story or basement area more than 1,500 square feet except as detailed in Section 904.2.2 of 1997 UBC; at top of rubbish and linen chutes and their terminal rooms, in rooms where nitrate film is stored or handled, or in protected combustible fiber storage vaults, and throughout all buildings with floor level with an occupant load of 30 or more located 55 feet or more above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Exceptions: Airport control towers, open parking structures, and Group F-2 occupancies.
(State deletes Appendix Chapter 34. Local jurisdictions may adopt this appendix chapter by ordinance.)
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Appendix Chapter 34 Division 1, Section 3408 (Building Code) (Deleted) Section 713 (Building Code)
Provide approved and listed smoke detectors to activate closing device of an automatic closing fire assembly, Le., fire door, fire window or fire damper, and to close smoke dampers in ducted or un-ducted air openings as required by the 1997 UBC. Provide elevator lobby, entrance area, and associated machine rooms with approved, listed smoke detector for elevator recall purposes when the elevator vertical travel is 25 feet or more.
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STATE OF IOWA Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code Amendments
Preemptive Application
Promulgation
Regulations State-written. References certain NFPA National Fire Codes and Standards. Mandatory for specific Mandatory for state-owned mildings and modular-factory- building occupancies. Local jurisdictions may adopt more milt structures. Local stringent code. idoption is voluntary. Roy Marshall Roy Marshall State Building Code State Building Code Commissioner Commissioner Department of Public Safety Department of Public Safety Division of the State Fire Division of the State Fire Marshal Marshal State Building Code Bureau State Building Code Bureau 621 E. Second Street 62 1 E. Second Street Des Moines, IA 50309-1831 Des Moines, IA 50309-1831 State amendments
(515) 281-3992 It.515) 281-3992
Life Safety Code Referenced in Fire Marshal Rules and Regulations
Enforcement
Local jurisdictions or Roy Marshall State Building Code Commissioner Department of Public Safety Division of the State Fire Marshal State Building Code Bureau 621 E. Second Street Des Moines, IA 50309-1831
(515) 281-3992
ILocal jurisdictions or
Roy Marshall State Building Code Commissioner Department of Public Safety Division of the State Fire Marshal State Building Code Bureau 621 E. Second Street Des Moines, IA 50309-1831
15 1 5 ) 28 1-3992
Comments
State Building Code is mandatory for all buildings only when local jurisdictions adopts. State Building Code takes precedence over Fire Marshal Rules and Regulations where a code is adopted. State Fire MarshalsRules and Regulations adds specific fire alarm and detection requirements for residential and health-care facilities and group homes. See summary of state requirements on following pages.
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History: Legislation passed in 1972 established the Iowa State Building Code, which applies to all state-owned buildings and to all factory-built structures. It also applies to all construction in those cities or counties, which have adopted the State Building Code as their local code.
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In 1975, the provisions in the State Building Code for making public-owned buildings accessible for the handicapped were extended to include all privately owned buildings as well and applies statewide.
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History (continued): In 1977, provisions were added to require all construction, which contains more than 100,000 square feet of heated or cooled space to comply with the thermal and lighting efficiency requirements of the State Building Code. These same energy requirements apply to ali new publicly owned construction, factory -built structures, and all construction in those cities or counties, which have any kind of building regulations.
Provisions requiring any manufactured home (mobile home) sold in Iowa to be tied down in compliance with the State Building Code were also added in 1977. The State Building Code provisions cannot be amended by local ordinances and take precedence when conflicts occur with other state rules. Other state agency rules are the minimum, which can be adopted by local ordinances.
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STATE OF IOWA 1994 Uniform Building Code and State Fire Code Fire AlarmDetection Systems
Occupancy Type Sroup A - Assembly \musement Buildings Sroup B - Business Group E - Educational Group F- Factory Industrial &up H - Hazardous H-1 - Flammables/ Explosives H-2 - Moderate Explosion Hazard H-3 - HighHazard H 4 - Repair Garages H- - Semiconductor Facilities H-7 - Health Hazards
Fire Alarm Systems Required Reauired Required

> 50 occupants
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I
Required
Required Required Required > 3,000 sq. fi. Required Required
Required
Required
I
Required Required Required Required Required Required Required Required Required
> 12,000 sq. fi./floor > 24,000 sq. ft. total
Group R - Residential R-1 - Hotel/Multifamily Group S - Storage High-rise -New and Existing Construction B-2 - Ofices R-1 - Hotel/Multifamily Covered Mails Aviation Control Towers
> 3 stories
Required
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
> 75 fi. > 75 ft.
> 75 ft. > 75 fi.

Required
> 75 fi. > 75 ft.
Required
Required Required
I
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STATE OF IOWA 1994 Uniform Building Code (ICBO) and State Fire Code, Requirements and Exceptions GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 904.2.3 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler systems in Group A as follows:
area when used for consumption of alcoholic beverages. Basements more than 1,500 square feet in floor area. Exhibition and display rooms more than 12,000 square feet Enclosed usable space below or over a stairway in Groups A-2, A-2.1, A-3, and A-4. t Multi-theater complexes. a Amusement buildings, except if temporary with floor area less than 1,000 square feet and exit travel distance is less than 50 feet from any point. < All stages more than 1,000 square feet in area and 50 feet in height, dressing & rooms, workshops, storerooms, and other accessory spaces adjoining such stages.
Section 303.9 (Building Code) Section 408 (Building Code) GROUP B - BUSINESS
Provide approved fire alarm system in Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1 occupancies installed per Fire Code. In amusement buildings, provide automatic sprinkler, smoke detection, and supervised alarm and/or public address systems.
GROUPE -EDUCATIONAL Section 305.2.2 (Building Code) Section 305.9 (Building Code) Provide approved smoke detectors to activate all automatic -closing fire assemblies installed in the atmospheric separation. Provide approved fire alarm system when occupant load is more than 50 persons. When automatic sprinkler or smoke detectors provided, install to automatically activate fire alarm.
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GROUP E EDUCATIONAL (continued)

Section 904.2.4 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire extinguishing system throughout all Group E-1 occupancies including basements and in enclosed usable space below or over a stairway. Exception allowed when room for instruction has one exit door directly outside at ground level. Exception also allowed when area separation walls or occupancy separation has two-hour fire resistive rating subdividing building into separate compartments with aggregate floor area not greater than 20,000 square feet Provide smoke detectors installed throughout area of common atmosphere when the only means of exit from a room is through an adjoining or intervening room. Exceptions: 1) When aggregate occupant load of interior room is not more than ten; 2) When enclosures forming interior rooms are less than two-thirds of floor-toceiling height or not more than eight feet; and 3) Rooms are used exclusively for mechanical and public utility service to building.
Providejre detection and extinguishing systems f o r child-care centers for seven f f or more children per chart provided as to type o construction and number o stories. If classrooms have a direct exit door to the outside, complete automatic detection is not required. In this instance, a manual alarm or single-station f detector is satisfactory. Provide manualfire alarm stations on each floor o ch ild-care centers. Provide sprinkler or automatic alarm systems in buildings using entire basement areafor classroompurposes, unless building ofjre-resistive construction. After October I 7 , i 969, in new construction only, provide complete approved automatic sprinkler system and approved automatic smoke venting facilities in underground or windowless educational buildings. Provide fire alarm system in all new or existing schools having two or more classrooms. In "openplan" buildings that do not have a direct exit doorfrom each classroom to outside, provide a complete automaticfire detection system or sprinkler system.
Section 5.502 (Fire Code) (Added)
Section 5.706 & 5.714 (Fire Code) (Added)
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GROUPH -HAZARDOUS Section 307.9 (Building Code) Provide approved manual fire alarm system in Group H occupancies used to manufacture organic coatings and Group H-6 hazardous production materials occupancies. Provide approved smoke detection for rooms used for storage, dispensing, use and handling of hazardous materials. Provide approved manual alarm pull station or approved signal device outside each exit door from hazardous production materials (Group H-6) storage rooms. Provide automatic fire extinguishing systems throughout H-1, H-2, H-3, H-6, and H-7 occupancies and H-4 occupancies with more than 3,000 square feet floor area.
GROUP I INSTITUTIONAL Section 308.9 (Building Code) Section 308.10 (Building Code) Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in ail Group I occupancies. Provide smoke detectors in patients sleeping rooms of hospital and nursing homes. Except in rooms equipped with automatic door closers having integral smoke detectors on room side, integral detector may substitute for smoke detector provided it performs required alerting functions.
Provide automatic fire detection and alarm system in residential carefacilities made offrame or ordinary construction not over two stories in height with I S or less residents. Iffacility has I 6 or more residents, provide an approved automatic sprinkler system. Regulations list similar requirements for other types of construction. Provide automaticfire-extinguishing system in all health-care facilities. Excepted are those oJjre-resistive construction o any height or protected f noncombustible construction not over one story in height or one story one hour protected frame construction. Provide automaticfire detection systems in all health-care facilities unless equipped with sprinkIer/approved manual fire alarm system. Every building must be provided with an electrically supervised manually operatedfire alarm system integral with the detection system.
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GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL (continued) Section 5.609 (Fire Code) (Added)

Provide afire alarm system in group honte facilities or smoke detection system which includes at least one nianual.fire alarm station per.floor arranged to initiate the smoke detection alasni. Excepted are buildings protected by a complete approved automatic sprinkler alarni system. I f a hazardous area is on the same floor as primary means of escape or a sleeping room, provide automatic sprinkler protection of the hazardous area. Provide interconnected smoke detectors on each occtpiedfloor including basements of small group homes f o r the mentally retarded.
Section 5.620 (Fire Code) (Added) Section 904.2.6 (Building Code) Appendix Chapter 3, Division 1 (Building Code)
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Alternative provisions for Group 1-3 housing more than six inmates provide automatic sprinkler system; smoke management system with smoke detectors, and fire alarm system.
GROUP M - MERCANTILE Section 904.2.7 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system in retail stores if floor area exceeds 12,000 square feet on any floor or 24,000 square feet on all floors or if more than three stories.
GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Section 310.9.1 (Building Code) Provide smoke detectors in dwelling units, congregated residences, and hotel or lodging-house guest rooms installed per manufacturer's instructions.
Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in apartment house three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and in congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. In Group R-1 occupancies located in high-rise buildings provide a fire aladcommunication system. Exceptions: 1) Buildings not more than two stories with all individual units provided one hour fire separation and direct exterior egress; 2 ) Building with automatic sprinkler system throughout and with local alarm system.
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GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL fcontinued) Section 904.2.8 (Building Code) (Amended) Provide automatic sprinkler system in apartment houses three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. Sprinklers must comply with NFPA 13R (1996) requirements.
Provide automaticfire detection system in all boarding homes unless equipped with a sprinkleriapproved manual fire alarm system.
Section 5.552(8) (Fire Code) (Added) Section 5.802 (Fire Code) (Added)
Provide approved smoke detectors in every new and existing dwelling unit in apartment houses, dormitories, and every guest room in a hotel, motel, or lodging house used for sleeping purposes. Install approved automatic or nianual.fire alarm system in every new and existing apartment house three or more stories in height or containing more than I5 apartments and every hotel three stories or more or containing 20 or more guest rooms. Excepted are buildings not over two stories in height with one-hour fire-resistive occupancy separation.
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Provide automatic sprinkler system in all residential occupancies more than four stories in height or more than 65feet above grade level.
HIGHRISE. NEW CONSTRUCTION. GROUP B-2 OFFICES AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES
Section 403.2 (Building Code) (Amended)
In Group B and R-1 occupancies, provide approved automatic sprinkler system,
smoke detection system, and alarm and communication systems in buildings more thanfour stories or 65 feet in height above lowest level offire department f access or ofgreater height than ladder capability o local fire departmentfrom lowest level offire department vehicle access. Provide smoke detectors connected to automatic fire alarm system in mechanical system ducts or risers, air conditioning return-air and exhaust-air plenums, equipment rooms, elevator lobbies and interior corridors serving as exit for occupant load of ten or more occupants in Group R-1 occupancies.
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HIGHRISE. NEW CONSTRUCTION. GROUP B-2 OFFICES AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES fcontinuedl
Section 403.5 (Building Code) Provide fire alarm, emergency voiceialarm signaling system and fire department communication systems in buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access. Buildings with atriums: Provide smoke-control system that operates automatically upon actuation of automatic sprinkler system within and areas open to atrium. Install smoke-control system to initiate fire alarm signal in designated portions of building.
Provide automatic sprinkler systems in new high-rise buildings and existing high-rise buildings to which additions, alterations, or repairs are made. Exempt are open parking garages over,four stories in height if of noncombustible construction and house no other occupancy.
HIGHRISE. GROUP B-2 OFFICES AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES.E7USTING STRUCTURES

Appendix Chapter 34 Division II (Building Code) (Deleted)
(State does not adopt Appendix Chapter.)
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Provide automatic sprinkler system electrically supervised by approved central, proprietary or remote signal or local alarm service throughout. Provide smoke control system connected to both sprinkler system and smoke detector system; excepted are malls not more than one story or with no more than 24,000 square feet of leasable area.
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AVIATION CONTROL TOWERS Append Chapter 4, Division II, Section 425 (Building Code) (Deleted)
(State does not adopt this division o Appendix Chapter.) f
GROUP CARE FACILITIES (GROUP R DMSION 4) Appendix Chapter 3, Division IV, Section 341 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic and manual fire alarm systems.
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Except in Group R-3 and U occupancies, provide automatic sprinkler system in every story or basement area more than 1,500 square feet except as detailed in Section 904.2.2 of 1994 UBC; at top of rubbish and linen chutes and their terminal rooms, in rooms where nitrate film is stored or handled, or in protected combustible fiber storage vaults, and throughout all buildings with floor level with an occupant load of 30 or more located 5 5 feet or more above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Exceptions: Airport control towers, open parking structures, and Group F-2 occupancies.
(State does not adopt this Appendix Chapter.)
Appendiu Chapter 34 Division 1, Section 3408 (Building Code) (Deleted) Section 713 (Building Code)
Provide approved and listed smoke detectors to activate closing device of an automatic closing fire assembly, i.e., fire door, fire window or fire damper as required by the 1994 UBC.
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OTHER GENEXAL REOUIREMENTS continued)

Section 5.52(7) (Fire Code) (Added) Section 5.52(6) (Fire Code) (Added)
Provide approved automatic spi-inkler system throughout underground structures with 1,500 square,feet or more.
Provide an approved automatic sprinkler system in every ston, or basement o f all buildings when the,floor area is 1,500 square.feet or more and there is not f provided at least 20 square.feet o opening entirely above the adjoining group level in each 50 linealfeet orpaction thereof o,f exterior wall in the story or basement on at least one side of the building. Excepted from this requirement are dwellings, lodging houses, private garages, sheds and agricultural buildings. Provide smoke detectors to activate closing device o an automatic closing fire f assembly.
Section 5.54(9) (Fire Code) (Added) Section 5.59(1) (Fire Code) (Added)
Provide approvcd smoke detectors in the return air duct or plenum prior to f exhaustingfrom building or being diluted by outside air o all buildings with air-conditioning systems or pressure air supply serving more than one story.
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STATE OF KANSAS Administrative Requirements
Building Code
~
Fire Prevention
Cde
997 UBC
Kansas Fire Prevention Code
Life Safety Code 1991NFPA 101
Promulgation
Enforcement
Comments
State amendments References NFPA National Fire Codes and Standards Mandatory for ali buildings aandatory for state-owned Mandatory for all buildings except 1 and 2 family except 1 and 2 family Nuildings and schools. dwellings. Local jurisdictions dwellings. Local jurisdictions loluntary for all other may amend to make more may amend to make more Nuildings. stringent with state approval. stringent with state approval. Gale Haag 'haine Hoffman Gale Haag State Fire Marshal lirector State Fire Marshal Kansas Fire Marshal lepartment of Administration Kansas Fire Marshal Department livision of Architecturai Department 700 Southwest Jackson Street, 700 Southwest Jackson Street, iervices Suite 600 020 S. Kansas Avenue Suite 600 Topeka, KS 66603-3714 Topeka, KS 66603-3714 opeka, KS 66612-1311 (785) 296-3401 (785) 296-3401 785) 296-8899 Local jurisdictions or Local jurisdictions or 'haine Hoffman Gale Haag Gale Haag lirector State Fire Marshal lepartment of Administration State Fire Marshal Kansas Fire Marshal Kansas Fire Marshal livision of Architectural Department Department ;emices 700 Southwest Jackson Street, 700 Southwest Jackson Street, 020 S. Kansas Avenue Suite 600 Suite 600 'opeka, KS 66612-131 1 Topeka, KS 66603-3714 Topeka, KS 66603-3714 785) 296-8899 (785) 296-3401 (785) 296-3401 State fire code contains minimum baseline life safety requirements with which the state fire code can evaluate existing buildings. State statute states that if a new building conforms to an updated edition of one of the nationally recognized building codes, it shall be deemed to comply with the Kansas Fire Prevention Code. see NFPA 101-1991 in Chapter 3 for fire aladdetection system requirements.
JO amendments
Code Change Cycle: State policy requires that the construction of state-owned buildings be regulated by the latest edition of the Uniform Codes. New codes are usually adopted a year or two after publication. There is no set schedule for revisions of other codes.
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History: Plans and specifications for ali schools must comply with current Uniform Building Code and the National Electrical Code. The state does not oversee construction; this is done by local jurisdictions. The Department of Education is responsible for the administration of the codes for schools. The Division of Architectural Services administers the codes for all state-owned buildings. New construction and changes in building occupancies are to be designed and built to the latest edition of one of the three model building codes: Uniform Building Code, National Building Code, or Standard Building Code. The predominant adopted code is the Uniform Building Code. Code adoption and enforcement is at the local level.
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COMMONWEALTHOFKENTUCKY AdministrativeRequirements
Code
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Fire Prevention Building Code Code Kentucky Building Code based 1997 NFPA 1 upon 1996 National Building $ G e amendments Mandatory statewide. Local iurisdictions may not amend.
No amendments
Life Safety Code 1997 NFPA 101
Vo amendments
Promulgation
Enforcement
Charles Cotton Commissioner Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction The 127 Building 1047 U. S. Highway 127 South, Bay 1 Frankfort, KY 40601-4322 1502)564-8044 Local jurisdictions or Jack Rhody Director, Division of Building Code Enforcement Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction The 127 Building 1047 U. S. Highway 127 South, Bay 1 Frankfort, KY 40601-4322 (502) 564-8090
Comments
Jack Rhody Director, Division of Building Code Enforcement Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction The 127 Building 1047 U. S. Highway 127 South, Bay 1 Frankfor, KY 4060 1-4322 (502) 564-8090 or Dave Manley State Fire Marshal Office of the State Fire Marshal The 127 Building 1047 U. S. Highway 127 South, Bay 1 Frankfort, KY 40601-4337 (502) 564-3626 Building Code does not apply to single-family dwellings unless adopted locally. The Kentucky Building Code is controlling source for new construction requirements for both building and fire safety regulations. State amendments to Fire Code and NFPA codes do not modify alarnddetection requirements. State adds bed and breakfast establishments as R-1 and R-3 occupancies. See following pages for summary of state requirements.
Mandatory statewide except for single -family dwellings. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent to apply to single -family dwellings. Dave Maniey State Fire Marshal Office of the State Fire Marshal The 127 Building 1047 U. S. Highway 127 South, Bay 1 Frankfort, KY 40601-4322 (502) 564-3626 Local jurisdictions or Jack Rhody Director, Division of Building Code Enforcement Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction The 127 Building 1047 U. S. Highway 127 South, Bay 1 Frankfort, KY 4060 1-4322 (502) 564-8090
Mandatory statewide for iealth-care facilities under Federal contract.
Vommissioner or State Fire barshal (see adjacent entries for contact information).
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Code Change Cycle: Kentucky has a three-year publication program for the Kentucky Building Code, following the same cycle as the BOCA codes. Once the new edition of BOCA is published, the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction analyzes the changes and takes administrative steps to incorporate the accepted ones into law within a few months of its publication. The Board of Housing, Buildings and Construction meets quarterly to consider and approve code changes.
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History: Following the Beverly Hills Supper Club tragedy, which occurred in May 1977, the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction was created by executive order in November 1977 and was affirmed through legislation passed by the 1978 Kentucky General Assembly. The purpose of the Department is to devise, enforce, and maintain an effective building inspection program and prevent fire and life safety hazards. To reach these goals, the broad-based Board of Housing, Buildings and Construction was established to adopt a uniform building code for Kentucky. in October 1979, the 1978 BOCA Basic Building Code was adopted as the basis for the Kentucky Building Code. Subsequent editions have since been adopted. The Kentucky Building Code also includes the Kentucky Plumbing Code, Kentucky handicapped accessibility requirements, and Kentucky boiler rules as well as Board-approved amendments. Enabling legislation and the Kentucky Building Code provide for tiered enforcement and, in general, the Department has responsibility for larger buildings and local jurisdictions have responsibility for smaller buildings. The Department's major programs include the Division of Building Codes Enforcement (which is responsible for safety in new construction in accordance with the Kentucky Building Code); the State Fire Marshal's Office (which is primarily concerned with fire safety investigations and inspections of existing buildings in accordance with the National Fire Codes); and the Division of Plumbing (which enforces a statewide plumbing code). Bringing together these previously separate programs under one umbrella has alleviated many concerns where multiple or conflicting code requirements affected the same project. A cornerstone in code administration and enforcement in Kentucky is the Building Inspectors Certification Program mandated by the 1982 General Assembly. Under the program, building inspectors have three years in which to become certified. To achieve certification, a building inspector must pass the appropriate examination(s) dictated by the building inspector's duties and responsibilities as well as complete other specified training.
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COMMONWEALTHOFKENTUCKY 1996 National Building Code (BOCA) with State Amendments Use Group Classifications
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Buildings used for assembly with greater than 50 occupants. Sub-classify as follows: A-1 Theaters - Theaters and other buildings for theatrical or operatic performances and exhibitions with raised stage and fixed seats, proscenium curtain, fixed or portable scenery loft, lights, motion picture booth, mechanical appliances, and other theatrical accessories and equipment. A-2 Nightclubs, Dance Halls Buildings and public assembly places including rooms, lobbies, and other spaces connected thereto with cornmon means of egress and entrance without theatrical stage accessories and designed for use as dance hall, night club, or similar. A-3 Restaurants, Recreation -Buildings with or without auditorium and without theatrical stage other than raised platform where people assemble for amusement, entertainment, or recreation and incidental motion picture, dramatic, or theatrical presentations including art galleries, exhibition halls, museums, lecture halls, libraries, restaurants other than nightclubs, recreation centers, and passenger terminals. A-4 Churches -Buildings used as churches and for similar religio,us purposes. A-5 Stadiums - Outdoor assembly structures including grandstands, bleachers, coliseums, stadiums, tents, and similar structures.
GROUP B BUSINESS Buildings or parts thereof used for business transactions, rendering of professional services, or for other services involving stocks of goods, wares, or merchandise in limited quantities for use incidental to office uses or sample purposes including: data processing, animal hospitals and kennels, automobile showrooms, banks, beauty and barber shops, car washes, civic administration and post offices, laboratories for testinglresearch, telephone exchanges, laundries and dry cleaning and self-service and pick-upldelivery stations, outpatient clinics, radiolTV stations, fire and police stations, florists and nurseries, print shops, and professional services.
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GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL (Amended) Buildings or parts thereof used by more than five persons at one time for educational purposes through twelfth grade including schools, academies, and day-care centers providing care for more than five persons over two-and-one-half years of age for less than 24 hours per day. Licensed facilities not classified as Use Group I-I or I-2providing care f o r 13 or niore children or otherpersons,for less than 24 hoursper day. GROUP F - FACTORY/INDUSTRIAL Buildings or parts thereof; including among others, factories, assembling plants, industrial laboratories, and all other industrial and manufacturing uses where occupants engage in fabricating, assembling, or processing of products or materials. Sub-classify as follows: F-1 Moderate Hazard - Moderate hazard factory and industrial uses for manufacturing processes including aircraft, automobiles, appliances, boats, and RVs, bakeries, alcoholic beverages, boilers works, canneries, clothing, machinery, dry cleaning using other than flammables, electronics and electric light plants, food processing, film, furniture, tanneries, woodworking, paper mills, plastic, publishing, printing, refuse incinerators, shoes, soap, sugar, tobacco, upholstery, textile mills, and laundries. F-2 Low Hazard - Factory and industrial uses involving fabrication or manufacturing of noncombustible materials which during finishing, packing, or processing, do not involve significant fire hazard including nonalcoholic beverages, brick, masonry, ceramic, glass, and gypsum, foundries, ice, metal fabrication and assembly, and water pumping plants.
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GROUP H HAZARDOUS Buildings or parts thereof used for manufacturing, processing, generation, or storage of corrosive, highly toxic, highly combustible, flammable, or explosive materials including loose combustible fibers, dust, and unstable materials that constitute high fire or explosion hazard. Sub-classify as follows: H-1 - Buildings and structures or parts thereof containing materials, which present a detonation hazard. H-2 - Buildings and structures or parts thereof which contain materials presenting a deflagration hazard or a hazard from accelerated burning. H-3 - Buildings and structures or parts thereof which contain materials that readily support combustion or present a physical hazard. H-4 - Buildings and structures or parts thereof containing materials that are a health hazard.
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GROUP I INSTITLTIONAL Buildings or parts thereof where people suffering from physical limitations due to health or age harbored for medical or other care or treatment, where people detained for penal or correction purposes, or where liberty.of inmates is restricted. Subclassify as follows: 1-1 Supervised Facilities for children, aged persons, mentally impaired and convalescents including group homes, mentally retarded care facilities, nursinghomes, and orphanages, housing six or more individuals who because of age, mental disability, or other reasons, must live in supervised environment but who are physically capable of responding to emergency situation without personal assistance. 1-2 Incapacitated Use for persons with physical limitations including hospitals, day nurseries, sanitariums, infiiaries, orphanages, and homes for aged and infirm. 1-3 Restrained Buildings or parts thereof including prisons, jails, reformatories, insane asylums, and similar uses, inhabited by occupants under some restraint.
GROUP M MERCANTILE Buildings or parts thereof used for display and sales purposes and accessible to public including retail stores, motor fuel service stations, shops, salesrooms, and markets. GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL (Amended) Buildings or parts thereof where families or households live or where sleeping accommodations provided for individuals with or without dining facilities. Sub-classify as follows: R-1 Hotels/Motels - Hotels, motels, boarding houses, and similar buildings arranged for shelter and sleeping accommodations for more than five occupants primarily transient in nature who use facilities for less than 30 days. Bed-and-breakfast establishments occupied as one-family dwellings but having six or more additional guest rooms rented for sleeping purposes by non-members of the sing1e:family unit.
R-2 Multifamily - Dwellings with more than two dwelling units including boarding houses and similar buildings arranged for shelter and sleeping accommodations for occupants primarily not transient in nature. This also includes dormitories accommodating more than five persons older than 2-1/2 years of age.
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GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL (Amended)(continued)
R-3 One and Two Family and Multiple Single-family -Buildings arranged for use as one- or two-family dwelling units with maximum five lodgers or boarders per family and multiple single-family dwellings where each unit has its own means of egress. This also includes a childcare facility accommodating five or less children of any age. Bedand-breakfast establishments occupied as oneTfaniilydwellings bait having,five or less additional guest roonis rented for sleeping purposes by non-members of the single-faniily unit.
R-4 Single Family - Detached one- or two-family dwellings maximum three stories high. GROUP S - STORAGE Buildings or parts thereof including warehouses, storehouses, and freight depots used primarily for storage of goods, wares, or merchandise. Sub-classi@ as follows:
S-1 ModerateHazard - Storage buildings for contents likely to burn with moderate rapidity, but not producing poisonous gases, fumes, or explosives. S-2 Low Hazard Storage buildings for noncombustible materials and low hazard wares that do not ordinarily burn rapidly such as products on wood pallets or in paper cartons without significant amounts of combustible wrappings but with negligible amount of plastic trim such as knobs, handles, or film wrapping.
GROUPU U T l I X I Y AND MIscELLANEouS Accessory buildings and miscellaneous structures not classified in any specific use group per Building Code requirements commensurate with fire and life hazard incidental to use. This group includes structures accessory to a residential occupancy.
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COMMONWEALTHOFKENTUCKY 1996 National Building Code (BOCA) with State Amendments Fire Aiarfletection Systems
Fire Automatic I Fire I Alarm Occupancy Type Group A - Assembly A-1 - Theaters A-2 - Night Clubs A-3 - Restaurants A 4 - Churches Group B - Business Sprinkler Systems 12,000 sq. ft.
> 5,000 sq. ft. > 12,000 sq. ft. > 12,000 sq. ft.
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Svstems
Reauired > 2 stories

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Il
Group E - Educational Group F - Factory F-1 - Moderate Hazard Group H - High Hazardous
> 20,000 sq. ft.
Required
> 3 stories or > 12,000 sq. fi. or > 24,000 sq. ft. total Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Group R - Residential R-1 - HotelMotels S-1 -
Required Required
Required Required
Moderate Hazard
Atriums
Required Required
> 2 stories
> 30 ft. ceiling
Required
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Hazardous Production Materials Facilities Highrise Buildings
Required
> 75 ft.
Required
> 75 fi.
Required
> 75ft.
Public Garages
Required
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COMMONWEQLTHOFKENTIICKY 1996 National Building Code (BOCA) with State Amendments Requirements and Exceptions
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 904.2 (Building Code) (Amended) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Groups A-1 and A-3 occupancies that exceed 12,000 square feet as follows: entire story or floor level where Groups A-1 or A-3 occupancies are located; all stories and floors below Groups A-1 or A-3; and all stories and floor levels between Groups A-1 or A-3 and the level of exit discharge. Exception: Groups A-1 or A-3 auditoriums, or , . Group A-3 participant sport areas if main floor of each area is at the level of exit discharge of the main entrance. These requirements also apply to Group A-2 occupancies, which are more than 5,000 square feet in area or located either above or below the level of exit discharge of exits serving the occupancy. (State deletes requirements.for Group A-4 in this section.) Provide fire alarm system in Group A 4 occupancies except in sanctuary and nave areas of churches and church buildings not exceeding 10.000 square feet in which single-station smoke detectors are installed in required locations.
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Section 918.4.1 (Building Code) (Amended)
GROUP B - BUSINESS Section 918.4.2 (Building Code) Provide fire alarm system in Group B occupancies,which are two or more stories above or below level of exit discharge.
GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL Section 904.4 (Building Code) (Amended) Section 918.4.1 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Group E occupancies, unless floor area is less than 20,000 square feet. (State deletes this section.)
Provide fire alarm system in all Group E occupancies.
GROUP F -FACTORY/INDUSTRIAL Section 904.7 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Group F-1 buildings more than 12,000 square feet in area, or more than 24,000 square feet total area on all floors, or more than three stories above grade.
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GROUP H HAZARDOUS
Sections 904.5 and 417.1 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group H occupancies or any other building or structure occupied for the manufacturing, processing, dispensing, use or storage of hazardous materials. Exception: Magazines used for the storage of Group H-1 materials constructed and located per NFPA 495 and the fire prevention code. Provide automatic fire suppression system in all spray, dip and immersing spaces and storage rooms of buildings of portions thereof used for the spraying of flammable paints, varnishes and lacquers or other flammable materials or mixtures. Provide approved automatic fire suppression system in drying rooms designed for high-hazard materials and processes. Provide automatic fire detection system per NFPA 72 throughout Group H occupancies where required by fire prevention code. Provide detection system in areas where high-hazard materials are used and stored. Provide a fue alarm system in Groups H-2, H-3, and H-4 occupancies.
GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL+
Section 904.6 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group I occupancies. Exception: Group 1-2 child-care facilities accommodating 1O0 children or less located at level of exit discharge with an exit door in each child-care room directly to the exterior. Provide fire alarm systems in all Group I buildings.
Provide automatic fire detection system in all Groups 1-1 and 1-2 occupancies except Group 1-2, which are fully sprinkled throughout. In Group 1-3, provide automatic fire detection system and smoke detectors throughout all resident housing areas. Smoke detectors are not required in sleeping rooms with not more than four occupants. Provide single- or multiple-station smoke detectors in all sleeping areas in Group 1-1 occupancies, except where the building is equipped throughout with an automatic detection system. Smoke detectors are required to have batterypower backup.
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GROW 1 - INSTITUTIONAL (continued) Section 409.5.1 (Building Code) (Amended) GROUP M - MERCANTILE Section 904.7 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Group M occupancies which are more than 12,000 square feet in area, more than 24,000 square feet in total area on all floors, or more than three stories above grade. Exception: Public garages.
All Group I-2 occupancies are to comply with the provisions of NFPA 101.
GROUP R RESIDENTIAL Sections 904.8 and 906.2.1 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group R-1 occupancies except guest rooms if not more than three stories above the lowest level of exit discharge and each guest room has at least one door of direct access to exit. Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group R-2 occupancies except buildings in which no dwelling unit is more than one story above or below direct access to exit. Provide fue alarm system in all Group R-1 occupancies.
Section 904.9 (Building Code) (Amended) Section 918.4.5 (Building Code) Section 918.4.6 (Building Code)
Provide fue alarm system in Group R-2 occupancies where dwelling unit is located three or more stories above lowest level of exit discharge or more than one story below the highest level of exit discharge. Provide automatic fire detection system in all Group R-1 occupancies except buildings without interior corridors and where all guest rooms have a direct exterior exit access. Provide single- or multiple-station smoke detectors in Groups R-1, R-2, and R-3 occupancies. In buildings equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system, smoke detectors are not required in bedrooms that are equipped with residential sprinklers. Smoke detectors are required to have battery-power backup.
GROUP S - STORAGE Section 904.7 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout in Group S-1 occupancies which are more than 12,000 square feet in area, more than 24,000 square feet in total area on all floors, or more than three stories above grade.
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AIRPORT TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWERS

Section 414.4 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire detection systems in all such buildings.
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Provide automatic sprinkler system in atrium and all stories and floors connected to the atrium. Provide a smoke control system in all atriums that connect more than two stories. Provide a fire alarm system in all occupancies with an atrium that connects more than two stories. In Groups A, E, or M occupancies, provide a voice/alarm signaling system.
in a smoke control area with ceiling height over 30 feet, provide smoke
detectors to detect smoke above highest floor open to an atrium or at highest point of another smoke control space.
COVEREDMALLS Section 402.7.1 (Building Code) In anchor store, provide smoke control system to be activated by smoke detectors installed in return air portion of heating and cooling system, automatic sprinkler system, and manual controls provided in an approved location. Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout covered mall building and all. connected buildings, including kiosks and similar structures that are covered and located within the mall.
Section 402.10 and 402.14.2 (Building Code)
HAZARDOUS PRODUCTIONMATERIALS FACILITIES

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HIGHRISE BUILDINGS
Section 403.1 (Building Code) Apply to all buildings having floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Exceptions: Airport traffic control towers; open parking structures; Groups A-5, H-1, H-2 or H-3; and low-hazard special occupancies. Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout high-rise buildings. Exceptions: Open parking structures and telecommunications equipment buildings. Provide smoke detectors in rooms for mechanical equipment, electrical, transformer, telephone equipment, elevator machine. Install so that actuation of detector sounds alarm at a constantly supervised location. Provide voice alarm and communication system.
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PUBLIC GARAGES
SPECIAL AMUSElVENTBUILDINGS
Section 413.3 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire detection system in all special amusement buildings. An approved alternative type of automatic detector may be installed where ambient conditions will cause a smoke detector to activate.
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SPECIAL AMUSEMENT BUILDINGS (continued)

Section 413.4 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout special amusement buildings. Excepted if total floor area of a temporary special amusement building is less than 1,000 square feet and the travel distance from any point to an exit is less than 50 feet.
STAGES AND PLATFORMS Section 412.6 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system on stages and enclosed platforms installed under the roof and gridiron, in tie and fly galleries, and in all places beyond the proscenium wall of the stage; over and within enclosed platforms in excess of 500 square feet in area; and in dressing rooms, lounges, workshops and storerooms accessory to such stages or enclosed platforms. See Section 412.6 for exceptions to this requirement. Provide automatic sprinkler system in all buildings or poltions used as sound stages for motion picture or television production and over 1,000 square feet.
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U D " STRUCTURES
Applies to all structures having a floor level used for human occupancy more than 30 feet below, or more than one story below, the lowest level of exit discharge serving that floor level. Provide an automatic sprinkler system throughout the highest level of exit discharge serving the underground portions of the structure and all levels below. Provide smoke detection in rooms for mechanical equipment, electrical transformer, telephone equipment, elevator machine. Install so that actuation of detector sounds an alarm at a constantly attended location. Provide smoke exhaust system to be activated by the automatic sprinkler system, smoke detectors, or manual controls provided for fire department use. Provide a fire alarm system, which includes a voice/alarm signaling system, where the lowest level of a structure is more than 60 feet below the lowest level of exit discharge.
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When an exit discharges into an interior lobby located at the level of exit discharge, provide automatic sprinkler system throughout lobby. Provide approved automatic fire suppression system at the top and at altemate floor levels in a waste or linen chute and in the termination and incinerator rooms. System not required if incinerator bums only Type 4 waste. Provide automatic fire suppression system in vaults for combustible refuse, which are more than 360 cubic feet in volume.
In buildings with windowless story, provide an automatic fire suppression system throughout every story or basement where there is not provided at least one of the type openings outlined by Section 904.10. Exception: Group R-3 occupancies.
Where required, provide manual fire alarm boxes not more than five feet from the entrance to each exit. Exception: Manual fire alarm boxes are not required in Group B occupancies where the highest occupied floor is 75 feet or less above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access or the building is protected throughout with automatic sprinkler system.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code

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1994 SBC No state amendments Mandatory statewide except for 1 and 2 family dwellings. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent. Jerry Jones Chief Architect State Fire Marshal's Office 5 150 Florida Boulevard Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (225) 925-4920 Local jurisdictions
Fire Prevention Code 1997 NFPA 1

No state amendments
Life Safety Code 1997NFPA 101 No state amendments Mandatory statewide except for 1 and 2 family dwellings. Local jurisdictions may not amend or supplement. Jerry Jones Chief Architect State Fire Marshal's Office 5 150 Florida Boulevard Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (225) 925-4920 Jerry Jones Chief Architect State Fire Marshal's Office 5 150 Florida Boulevard Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (225) 925-4920
Promulgation
Enforcement
Mandatory statewide except for 1 and 2 family dwellings. Local jurisdictions may not amend or supplement. Jerry Jones Chief Architect State Fire Marshal's Office 5 150 Florida Boulevard Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (225) 925-4920 Jerry Jones Chief Architect State Fire Marshal's Office 5 150 Florida Boulevard Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (225) 925-4920
Comments Summary of Amendments See 1997 NFPA 101 and 1994 Standard Building Code in Chapter 3 for fire aladdetection system requirements.
Code Change Cycle: There is no set schedule. The State Fire Marshal's Office and the State Health Official have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations. The administrative rulemaking process requires public notification of intent to revise and a public comment period. Hearings are held if warranted.
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History: The Office of Fire Marshal for the State of Louisiana was created by a legislative act in 1904. The early fire laws dealt primarily with fire investigations and the payment of local fire department for reporting fires. The State Uniform Construction Code adopting the 1991 Standard Building Code and the 1993 National Electrical Code became effective on January 1,1992, as the mandatory statewide construction code.
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The Louisiana State Fire Marshal's Office has since grown to a staff of over 100 employees with responsibility for plan review, life safety inspections, boiler inspections, mobile home construction standards, and public fire education, as well as fire investigations and the Louisiana Fire Incident Reporting System. This office is responsible for the promulgation and enforcement of rules protecting life and property of the people from the dangers of fire. Five district offices throughout the state are charged with the responsibility of inspecting hospitals, nursing homes, day care centers, state-owned and state-leased buildings, and penal institutions. The Office of State Fire Marshal is under the Department of Public Safety with all administrative offices located in Baton Rouge. All plans for new construction (over two-family dwellings), alterations, additions, or renovations of existing structures must be submitted for approval in conformance with the most current NFPA 101 Life Safety Code and ANSI standards. Upon completion, and before occupancy, final inspections are made by the Fire Marshal deputies. Scheduled meeting for appeals relative to nonconformance submittals are heard before the State Fire Marshal's Board of Review.
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STATE OF MAINE AdministrativeRequirements
Building Code Code Amendments None
Promulgation
Enforcement
Fire Prevention Code NFPA National Fire Codes and Standards Includes specific NFPA National Fire Codes and Standards Regulates oil and solid fuel in all buildings except certain plants. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent. Cheryl Hersom Regulatory Board Administrator Department of Professional and Financial Regulation Office of Licensing and Registration #35 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0035 (207) 624-8603 Local jurisdictions or Cheryl Hersom Regulatory Board Administrator Department of Professional and Financial Regulation Office of Licensing and Registration #35 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0035 (207) 624-8603

No amendments
Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent.
Nelson Collins Public Safety Inspector III Department of Public Safety Licensing and Inspections Unit 164 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0164 (207) 624-8744
Local jurisdictions
Comments Summary of Amendments See 1994 NFPA 101 in Chapter 3 for fire alarm/detection system requirements.
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Code Change Cycle: There is no set schedule. Plumbing rules are reviewed every February for possible revision. The Administrative Rules for Electricians require compliance with the current edition of the National Electrical Code.
History: After six years of lobbying, the Maine legislature passed "An Act to Revise the Energy Building Standards Act" in April 1988. This legislation sets insulation requirements for all residential buildings. Commercial and industrial buildings must meet ASHRAE 90.1-1989.
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STATE OF MARYLAND Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code Amendments Preemptive Application 1996NBC State amendments
Fire Prevention Code 1997NFPA 1 State amendments
Life Safety Code 1997NFPA 101 State amendments Mandatory statewide for all mildings except 1 and 2 family iwellings. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent.
Promulgation
Mandatory statewide. Local Mandatory statewide for all jurisdictions may amend. buildings except 1 and 2 family dwellings. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent. John F. Bender Kanti Pate1 Chief, Design Standards and Chief Fire Protection Engineer Department of State Police R-eview Department of Housing and Fire Prevention Commission Office of the State Fire Marshal Community Development Codes Administration, 300 East Joppa Road, Suite 1002 Division of Credit Assurance Towson, MD 21286 100 Community Place (410) 339-4220 Crownsville, MD 2 10322323 John F. Bender Chief Fire Protection Engineer Department of State Police Fire Prevention Commission Office of the State Fire Marshal 300 East Joppa Road, Suite 1002 Towson, MD 21286 (410) 339-4220 Designated local fire officials must enforce State Fire Code as a mandatory minimum. Baltimore City is exempt and enforces its own code. See Chapter 3 for model code requirements.
John F. Bender Chief Fire Protection Engineer Department of State Police Fire Prevention Commission Office of the State Fire Marshal 300 East Joppa Road, Suite 1002 owson, MD 21286 (410) 339-4220
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Comments Summary of Amendments 4-144
John F. Bender Chief Fire Protection Engineer Department of State Police Fire Prevention Commission Office of the State Fire Marshal 300 East Joppa Road, Suite 1002 Towson, MD 2 1286 (410) 339-4220 Designated local fire officials must enforce state code as mandatory minimum. Baltimore City is exempt and has not adopted the Life Safety Code.
Maryland
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Code Change Cycle: Maryland state codes can be changed at any time by revising the appropriate regulation. The process requires that the proposed change (code update, amendments, etc.) be advertised in the Maryland Register. This is followed by public hearings or call for comments prior to final adoption. Local jurisdictions may adopt their own code independently of this process. History: On May 27, 1992, the governor of Maryland signed a law establishing the latest edition of the BOCA National Building Code as the mandatory building code to be adopted and enforced throughout the state. Local jurisdictions may amend the code. Depending upon local jurisdictions current codes, the NBC will be adopted between August 1,1994, and August 1,1999. In the interim, local governments adopt and enforce codes of their choice.
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STATE OF MASSACHUSETS Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code 1993 NBC
Amendments
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State amendments Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent with state Iapproval. ]Thomas L. Rogers Administrator Board of Building Regulations and Standards One Ashburton Place, Room 1301 Boston, MA 02 108 (617) 727-3200
Fire Prevention Code Massachusetts State Building None Code (Article 10) and Board of Fire Prevention Regulations State amendments
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Life Safety Code
IMandatory statewide.
Promulgation
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Enforcement Comments Local jurisdictions
IMandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent with state approval. !Stephen D. Coan Sta& Fire hfarshal Board of Fire Prevention Regulations Executive Office of Public Safety Department of Fire Services P. O. Box 1025, State Road Stow, MA 01775 (978) 567-3300 Local jurisdictions
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IThe Massachusetts Building Code is based on the 1993 BOCA Jational Building Code but with significant changes. In most part, any language in the national code that conflicts with the Massachusetts General Laws has been deleted and other provisions have been coordinated with those of other specialized codes under the control of separate independent boards. Massachusetts adds or redefines several use groups and has detailed provisions of fire detection in residential structures. Chapter 9, Fire Protection, of the BOCA National Building Code has been modified to be very state-specific. The Board of Fire Prevention Regulations in Section 124.07provides installation locations and spacing for smoke and heat detectors and fire warning systems.
Code Change Cycle: There is no set schedule. The State Board of Building Regulations and Standards is required to revise the building code at least every five years. Suggestions for revisions to the codes may be submitted at any time; however, state law sets the months of May and November for public hearings to entertain changes to the codes and requires code change proposals be filed 60 days in advance of such hearings.
History: In 1971, the Board of Standards adopted and promulgated a code based on the 1970 BOCA Basic Building Code with amendments. The code was applicable statewide but only to certain occupancies.
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In 1972, Chapter 802 of the Acts of 1972 was enacted, establishing a State Building Code Commission with authority to develop and implement a statewide uniform building code applicable to all buildings and structures, and placing the responsibility for enforcement with local building departments with the exception of state-owned buildings which remained with the Division of Inspection, Department of Public Safety. The Massachusetts State Building Code is based on the BOCA National Building Code, but has been modified to address state needs. Chapter 348 of the Acts of 1984 created the State Board of Building Regulations and Standards as the successor to the State Building Code Commission. The statutory requirement is to revise and amend the State Building Code at least once every five years.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETIS Use Group Classifications

GROUP A -ASSEMBLY Buildings used for assembly with greater than 50 occupants. Sub-classify as follows:
A-1 Theaters -Theaters and other buildings for theatrical or operatic performances and exhibitions with raised stage and fixed seats, proscenium curtain, fixed or portable scenery loft, lights, motion picture booth, mechanical appliances, and other theatrical accessories and equipment. A-2 Nightclubs, Dance Halls Buildings and public assembly places including rooms, lobbies, and other spaces connected thereto with common means of egress and entrance without theatrical stage accessories and designed for use as dance hall, night club, or similar.
A-3 Restaurants, Recreation -Buildings with or without auditorium and without theatrical stage other than raised platform where people assemble for amusement, entertainment, or recreation and incidental motion picture, dramatic, or theatrical presentations including art galleries, exhibition halls, museums, lecture halls, libraries, restaurants other than nightclubs, recreation centers, and passenger terminals. A 4 Churches -Buildings used as churches and for similar religious purposes.
A-5 Stadiums Outdoor assembly stmctures including grandstands, bleachers, coliseums, stadiums, tents, and similar structures.
GROUP B - BUSINESS Buildings or parts thereof used for business transactions, rendering of professional services, or for other services involving stocks of goods, wares, or merchandise in limited quantities for use incidental to office uses or sample purposes including: data processing, animal hospitals and kennels, automobile showrooms, banks, beauty and barber shops, car washes, civic administration and post offices, laboratories for testingiresearch, telephone exchanges, laundries and dry cleaning and self-service and pick-upidelivery stations, outpatient clinics, radioiTV stations, fire and police stations, florists and nurseries, print shops, and professional services. GROUP E - EDUCATION& Buildings or parts thereof used by more than five persons at one time for educational purposes through twelfth grade including schools, academies, and day-care centers providing care for children more than two years nine months of age.
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GROW F - FACTORY/INDUSTRZAL Buildings or parts thereof including among others, factories, assembling plants, industrial laboratories, and all other industrial and manufacturing uses where occupants engaged in fabricating, assembling, or processing of products or materials. Sub-classify as follows: F-1 Moderate Hazard - Moderate hazard factory and industrial uses for manufacturing processes including aircraft, automobiles, appliances, boats, and RVs, bakeries, alcoholic beverages, boilers works, canneries, clothing, machinery, dry cleaning using other than flammables, electronics and electric light plants, food processing, film, furniture, tanneries, woodworking, paper mills, plastic, publishing, printing, refuse incinerators, shoes, soap, sugar, tobacco, upholstery, textile mills, and laundries. F-2 Low Hazard - Factory and industrial uses involving fabrication or manufacturing of noncombustible materials which during finishing, packing, or processing, do not involve significant fire hazard including nonalcoholic beverages, brick, masonry, ceramic, glass, and gypsum, foundries, ice, metal fabrication and assembly, and water pumping plants. GROUP H - HAZARDOUS Buildings or parts thereof used for manufacturing, processing, generation, or storage of corrosive, highly toxic, highly combustible, flammable, or explosive materials including loose combustible fibers, dust, and unstable materials that constitute high fire or explosion hazard. Sub-classify as follows: H-1 - Buildings and structures or parts thereof containing materials, which present a detonation hazard. H-2 - Buildings and structures or parts thereof which contain materiais presenting a deflagration hazard or a hazard from accelerated burning. H-3 - Buildings and structures or parts thereof which contain materials that readily support combustion or present a physical hazard. H-4 - Buildings and structures or parts thereof containing materials that are a health hazard.
GROUPI INS'llTUTIONAL Buildings or parts thereof where people suffering from physical limitations due to health or age harbored for medical or other care or treatment, where people detained for penal or correction purposes, or where liberty of inmates is restricted. Sub-classify as follows:
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1-1 Supervised- Facilities for children, aged persons, mentally impaired and convalescents including group homes, mentally retarded care facilities, nursing homes, and orphanages, housing six or more individuals who because of age, mental disability, or other reasons, must live in supervised environment but who are physically capable of responding to emergency situation without personal assistance. 1-2 Incapacitated -Use for persons with physical limitations including hospitals, day nurseries, sanitariums, infirmaries, orphanages, and homes for aged and infirm on a 24-hour basis for six or more persons. This subclassification also includes a child day care center accommodating children two years nine months of age or less. 1-3 Restrained - Buildings or parts thereof inhabited by six or more persons under some restraint or security, including prisons, jails, reformatories, insane asylums, and similar uses. GROUP M - MERCANTILE Buildings or parts thereof used for display and sales purposes and accessible to public including retail stores, motor fuel service stations, shops, salesrooms, and markets. GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Buildings or parts thereof where families or households live or where sleeping accommodations provided for individuals with or without dining facilities. Assisted Living Residences, which are certified as such by the State Executive Office of Elder Affairs, will be classified in the residential use Groups R-1, R-2, R-3 or R-4 as applicable. Sub-classifi Group R as follows:
R-1 HotelslMotels - Hotels, motels, boarding houses, and similar buildings arranged for shelter and sleeping accommodations for occupants primarily transient in nature who use facilities for less than 30 days.
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R-2 Multifamily - Dwellings with more than two dwelling units including boarding houses and similar buildings arranged for shelter and sleeping accommodations for occupants primarily not transient in nature. This also includes dormitories accommodating more than five persons older than 2-1/2 years of age. R-3 One and Two Family and Multiple Singlefamily - Buildings arranged for use as one- or two-family dwelling units with maximum five lodgers or boarders per family and multiple single-family dwellings where each unit has its own means of egress. This also includes a childcare facility accommodating five or less children of any age. A family day-care home accommodating not more than six children will be classified as use Groups R-3 or R-4.
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GROUP R - RESJDENTLAL(continued) R-4 Single Family -Detached one- or two-family dwellings maximum three stories high. R-5 Group Residences - Buildings arranged for use as limited group residences. GROUP S - STORAGE Buildings or parts thereof including warehouses, storehouses, and freight depots used primarily for storage of goods, wares, or merchandise. Sub-classifi as follows: S-1 Moderate Hazard - Storage buildings for contents likely to bum with moderate rapidity, but not producing poisonous gases, fumes, or explosives. S-2 Low Hazard - Storage buildings for noncombustible materials and low hazard wares that do not ordinarily bum rapidly such as products on wood pallets or in paper cartons without significant amounts of combustible wrappings but with negligible amount of plastic trim such as knobs, handles, or film wrapping. GROUP U - UTILITY AND MISCELLANEOUS Accessory buildings and miscellaneous structures not classified in any specific use group per Building Code requirements commensurate with fire and life hazard incidental to use. This group includes structures accessory to a residential occupancy.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Fire Alarm/Detection Systems
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Occupancy Type Group A - Assembly A-1 - Theaters A-2 - Night Clubs A-3 - Restaurants A A - Churches Group B -Business Group E- Educational
Fire Alarm Systems
12,000 sq. ft.

> 5,000
sq. fi.
> 12,000 sq. ft. > 12,000 sq. fi.

>
12,000 sq. ft.
Required Required
> 12,000 sq. ft.
Required
> 12,000 sq. fi.
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
> 12,000 sq. fi.
Group R - Residential R-1 - HotelMotels R-2 - Multifamily Group S - Storage S-1 - Moderate Hazard Atriums
Required Required
Required > 3 stories or > 13 units
Required Required
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> 12.000 sa. ft. Required

Required Required
> 2 stories
> 30 fi. ceiling

Required
Required
Required
Facilities
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High-rise Buildings
> 70 ft.
> 70 ft.
> 70ft.
Public Garages
Required
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSE"R3 Requirements and Exceptions
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 904.2 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all portions or uses of all buildings of 12,000 square feet or more in Groups A-1, A-3, and A-4. Provide also in Group A-2 occupancies, which are 5,000 square feet or more in area. Provide fire alarm system throughout Group A occupancies.
Provide automatic fire detection system in Group A 4 occupancies.
GROUP B BUSINESS Section 904.2 (Building Code) Section 917.4.2 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all portions or uses of all buildings of 12,000 square feet or more in Group B. Provide fire alarm system in Group B occupancies which have occupied floors two or more stories above or below level of exit discharge.
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Section 904.2 (Building Code) Section 917.4.1 (Building Code) Section 918.4.1 (Building Code) Section F-503.5 (Fire Code)
Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all portions or uses of all buildings of 12,000 square feet or more in Group E occupancies. Provide fire alarm system throughout Group E occupancies.
Provide automatic fire detection system in all Group E occupancies.
Provide fire alarm system in all existing Group E occupancies per Building Code.
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GROUPF FACTORYLNDUSTRIAL Section 904.2 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all portions or uses of all buildings 12,000 square feet or more in Group F-1 occupancies.
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GROUP H HAZARDOUS Sections 904.4 and 417.5.3 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group H occupancies or any other building or structure occupied for the manufacturing, processing, dispensing, use or storage of hazardous materials. Included are areas occupied for the dispensing o r use of flammable hazardous materials located within 50 feet of either a storage area or building and vehicle-loading racks where flammable hazardous materials are dispensed. Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all high-hazard occupancies, including all structures occupied for the manufacture or storage of articles of cellulose nitrate (pyroxylin) plastic. Provide automatic fiie suppression system in all spray, dip and immersing spaces and storage rooms of buildings of portions thereof used for the spraying of flammable paints, varnishes and lacquers or other flammable materials or mixtures. Provide approved automatic fire suppression system in drying rooms designed for high-hazard materials and processes. Provide automatic fire detection system per NFPA 72 and NFPA 72E throughout Group H occupancies where required by fire prevention code. Provide detection system in areas where high-hazard materials are used and stored. Provide a fire alarm system throughout Group H occupancies.
Section 917.4.3 (Building Code) GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL Section 904.5 (Building Code) Section 917.4.4 (Building Code)
Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group I occupancies.
Provide fiire alarm systems in all Group I buildings.
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GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL (continued) Section 503.5 (Fire Code) Section 918.4.3 (Building Code) Section 918.4.5 (Building Code) Section 919.3.3 (Building Code) Provide f r e a l m system in all existing Groups 1-2 and 1-3 occupancies.
Provide automatic fire detection system in all Groups 1-1 and 1-2 occupancies, unless fully sprinkled throughout. Provide automatic fire detection system in all Groups 1-3 resident housing areas. Provide single - or multiple-station smoke detectors or household fire warning systems in all sleeping areas in Group 1-1 occupancies, unless building is equipped throughout with an automatic detection system. Provide battery as secondary power source unless building is fully sprinkled. Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout smoke compartments containing patient sleeping rooms of Group 1-2. Install quick response sprinklers in patients sleeping rooms. In Group 1-2, provide smoke detectors with a visible display on the corridor side of each patient room and an audible and visual alarm at the nursing station in nursing homes and detoxification facilities. Exceptions: Patient rooms equipped with automatic door-closing devices with integral smoke detectors on the room side that perform the required alerting function and sleeping rooms of a childcare facility. Provide a minimum of one approved single-station or multiple-station smoke detector in each guest room, suite, or sleeping area in existing Use Group 1-1 occupancies. Power source for smoke detector may be either AC or battery.
GROUPM -MERCANTILE Section 904.7 (Building Code) GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Sections 904.6 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Groups R-1 and R-2 occupancies. Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all portions or uses of all buildings of 12,000 square feet or more in Group M occupancies.
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GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL (continued) Section 917.4.5 (Building Code) Section 917.4.6 (Building Code) Provide fire alarm system throughout Group R-1 occupancies.
Provide fue alarm system in Group R-2 occupancies containing 13 or more dwelling units or where dwelling unit is located more than three stories above lowest level of exit discharge or more than one story below the highest level of exit discharge of exits serving the dwelling unit. Provide automatic fire detection system in all Groups R-1 and R-2 occupancies. (See Building Code section for exceptions.) Provide single- or multiple-station smoke detectors or household fire warning systems in Group R-l. Locate in all sleeping areas; in rooms or hallways in the path of the means of egress from sleeping areas to the door of the guest rooms or suites; and in each story. Provide single - or multiple-station smoke detectors or household fire warning systems in Groups R-2, R-3, R-4, and R-5, in immediate vicinity of bedrooms, in all bedrooms, and in each story. In residential units 1,200 square feet or more, provide an additional automatic fire detector for each 1,200 square feet of area, with noted exceptions. Any smoke detector located within 20 feet of a kitchen or within 20 feet of a bathroom containing a tub or shower, installs photoelectric type smoke detector. Wire detectors so that actuation of one alarm will actuate all of the alarms in the individual unit. Provide battery as secondary power source, unless building fully sprinkled. Provide a minimum of one approved single-station or multiple-station smoke detector in each guest room, suite, or sleeping area in existing Group R-1 occupancies and in dwelling units in Groups R-2 and R-3 occupancies.
GROUP S - STORAGE Section 904.2 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all portions or uses of all buildings 12,000 square feet or more in Group S-1 occupancies.
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Provide automatic sprinkler system in atrium and all stories and floors connected to the atrium, except in areas separated from the atrium by fire separation assemblies. Provide a smoke control system in all atriums that connect more than two stories. Provide a fire protective signaling system in all occupancies with an atrium that connects more than two stories. In Groups A, E, or M occupancies, provide a voice/alam signaling system. In atriums where the height of the atrium ceiling exceeds 30 feet above the floor, provide smoke detectors to detect smoke above the highest floor level open to the atrium.
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COVERED MALLS Section 402.10 & 402.15 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout covered mall building and all connected buildings, as well as kiosks and similar structures that are covered and located within the mall.

Section 416.4 (Building Code) Section 416.9.2 (Building Code) Section 416.14.5 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout HE'M facilities.
HIGHRZSEBUILDINGS
Section 403.1 (Building Code) Section 403.2 (Building Code) Apply to all buildings more than 70 feet in height above the mean grade.
Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout high-rise buildings. Exceptions: Open parking structures and telecommunications equipment buildings.
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HIGHRISE BUILDINGS (continued) Section 403.4 (Building Code) Provide smoke detectors in rooms for mechanical equipment, electrical, transformer, telephone equipment, elevator machine. Install so that actuation of detector sounds alarm at a constantly supervised location. Provide voice alarm and communication system.
PUBLIC GARAGES
SPECIAL AMU&MENT BUILDINGS

Section 413.3 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire detection system in all special amusement buildings. An approved alternative type of automatic detector may be installed where ambient conditions will cause a smoke detector to activate. Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout special amusement buildings. Excepted if total floor area of a temporary special amusement building is less than 1,000 square feet and the travel distance from any point to an exit is less than 50 feet.
STAGES AND PLATFORMS Section 412.6 (Building Code)

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Provide automatic sprinkler system on stages and enclosed platforms installed under the roof and gridiron, in tie and fly galleries, and in all places beyond the proscenium wall of the stage; over and within enclosed platforms in excess of 500 square feet in area; and in dressing rooms, lounges, workshops and storerooms accessory to such stages or enclosed platforms. See Section 412.6 for exceptions to this requirement.
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Applies to all structures having a floor level used for human occupancy more than 30 feet below, or more than one story below, the lowest level of exit discharge serving that floor level. Exceptions: Group R-3 and public garages equipped throughout with automatic sprinkler system; fixed guideway transit systems; Group A-5 occupancies; and structures wherein the lowest story is the only story that qualifies the structure as an underground structure and which have an area of 1,500 square feet or less and an occupant load less than ten. Provide an automatic sprinkler system throughout the highest level of exit discharge serving the underground portions of the structure and all levels below. Provide smoke detection in rooms for mechanical equipment, electrical transformer, telephone equipment, and elevator machinery. Install so that actuation of detector sounds an alarm at a constantly attended location. Provide a fire alarm system, which includes a voiceialarm signaling system, where the lowest level of a structure is more than 60 feet below the lowest level of exit discharge. Provide smoke exhaust system to be activated by the automatic sprinkler system, smoke detectors, or manual controls provided for fire department use.

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When an exit discharges into an interior lobby located at the level of exit discharge, provide automatic sprinkler system throughout lobby. Provide approved automatic fire suppression system at the top and at alternate floor levels in a waste or linen chute and in the termination and incinerator rooms. Provide automatic fire suppression system in vaults for conhustible refuse, which are more than 360 cubic feet in volume. In buildings with windowless story, provide an automatic fire suppression system throughout. Provide approved audible and visual alarm devices connected to every required water sprinkler system.
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OTHER GENERAL REOUIREMENTS (continued)

Section 923.2 (Building Code) . All fire protective signal or automatic fire detection systems shall be supervised except Group R single- and multiple-station detectors, Group 1-3 smoke detectors, Group 1-2 sleeping room smoke detectors, and Group H fire protective signaling systems. In existing structures, provide approved smoke or heat detectors in return air ducts or plenums in each re-circulating air system with a capacity of 2,000 cfm or more and serving more than one floor in building exceeding six stories in height. If not part of an approved smoke control system, install so that actuation of the detector automatically stops the fans.
Provide approved automatic fire warning system in Group Residences.
Provide automatic fire detection system in new and existing day care centers. Locate on the floor of the day care center and/or the floor below. The operation of any waterflow device, manual pull station, smokes or heat detector will initiate a special announcement for the day care center to evacuate. Provide smoke detectors in residential units of new and existing summer camps for children. Provide either a fire alarm system or emergency notification system in Bulk Merchandising Retail Buildings. Provide automatic fire suppression systems installed per NFPA 13D in Limited Group Residences. Provide manual fire alarm and approved smoke detectors. Sleeping rooms in Detoxification Facilities must comply with requirements of R-1 . Provide fire alarm system (manual and automatic). All sleeping rooms for the impaired shall be sprinkled.
Section 425.4 (Building Code) Section 426.14 (Building Code) Section 427.3.5 (Building Code) Section 428.10, 428.12 & 428.16 (Building Code)
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STATE OF MICHIGAN Administrative Requirements
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Building Code
Fire Prevention Code lone None
Life Safety Code
Code
Amendments Preemptive Application Promulgation
1996NBC State amendments Mandatory if adopted. Local jurisdictions may not amend. Department of Consumer & Industry Services Bureau of Construction Codes 2501 Woodlake Circle Okemos, MI 48864 (517) 241-9313 Local jurisdictions or
Enforcement
Comments
(517) 241-9328 Local jurisdictions may except JO mandatory codes for new themselves from state code. If mildings, only for existing ,tructures. NBC is used if so, it must adopt and enforce the latest edition of a ocai jurisdiction does not take nationally recognized model :are of the building. All code code and amendments may be :nforcement is up to the local urisdiction. made. Cities need state approval. Nursing homes and hospitals are exempted from the state code. They are regulated by the Department o Public Health. State code is mandatory for all stateownedifunded buildings. IState modifies Chapter 4 (96 NI :) provisions for high-rise builc ngs to those having occupied . _ floors located mor than 40 feet above lowest level of fire department vehicle access and requires automatic sprinkler and fire alarm and detection systems to be provided at that threshold. See Chapter 3 for 1996 BOCA National Building Code requirements.
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Code Change Cycle: The construction codes in the State of Michigan are reviewed and updated every three years to coincide with the latest edition of the BOCA National Building, International Mechanical and Plumbing Codes, as well as the National Electrical Code. A state department, commission, or board may draft a new code by public request, legislative mandate, or agency suggestion. After public hearings are held, the agency submits the rule to the Legislative Service Bureau for approval. It then goes to the Attorney General for approval of its legality. The code then goes to the Michigan Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules for consideration and approval. If approved, the rule returns to the agency for formal adoption and filing with the Secretary of State. The governor's office must be notified ten days before filing. The entire process takes approximately 12 months from the time an agency drafts the administrative rule.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code Amendments Preemptive Application 1997 UBC State amendments Mandatory if local jurisdictions regulate construction. Some may choose not to regulate. Local jurisdictions may not amend. Stephen Hemick Building Code Representative Pepartment of Administration Building Codes and Standards Division 121 East Seventh Place, Suite 408 St. Paul, MN 55101-2181 I(65 1) 296-4329 ILocal jurisdictions or Stephen Hernick Building Code Representative Department of Administration Building Codes and Standards Division 121 East Seventh Place, Suite 408 St. Paul, MN 55101-2181 (651) 296-4329
Fire Prevention Code 1997 UFC State amendments Mandatory statewide. Local iurisdictions may amend if more stringent and does not 2onflict with state code. Jon Nisja Bureau Chief Department of Public Safety State Fire Marshal Division 144 Cedar Street, Suite 145 St. Paul, MN 55101-5145 (651)215-0500
Life Safety Code 1997NFPA 101 No amendments
Promulgation
Mandatory statewide for institutional facilities. Local jurisdictions may amend if more stringent and does not conflict with state code. Jon Nisja Bureau Chief Department of Public Safety State Fire Marshal Division 444 Cedar Street, Suite 145 St. Paul, MN 55101-5145 (651)215-0500
Enforcement
Local jurisdictions or Jon Nisja Bureau Chief Department of Public Safety State Fire Marshal Division 444 Cedar Street, Suite 145 St. Paul, MN 55101-5145 (651j 215-0500
Local jurisdictions or Jon Nisja Bureau Chief Department of Public Safety State Fire Marshal Division 444 Cedar Street, Suite 145 St. Paul, MN 55101-5145 (651) 215-0500
NFPA 101 is used as a supplement to fire code. IState provides State Chapter 13 6 to Building Code, which sets out suecial fire protection systems as optional provisions. If a local jurisdiction adopts this option, the provisions must be applicable throughout the municipality for new buildings, buildings increased in floor area, and buildings which have the occupancy classification changed.
Code Change Cycle: The State Building Code is based on model codes and certain state specialty codes. The base model code is the Uniform Building Code, which is published on a three-year cycle. When the latest edition of the Uniform Building Code is available, it is adopted with necessary state amendments, with the current edition of other model codes, Le., National Electrical Code, ANSI Elevator Code. Minnesota has an Administrative Procedures Act, which establishes an Office of Administrative Hearings, which holds public hearings on state agency proposed rules. The process from initiation of proposed rules to publication, filing, and effect of law averages from one year to eighteen months.
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History: The State Building Code was established in 1969 and pertained to state-owned buildings. In 1971, the State Building Code Division was established to promulgate and administer a statewide building code. Effective July I, 1972, the code superseded all local codes and any municipality adopting construction regulations was required to adopt and administer the State Building Code. Any amendment to the State Code could only be accomplished at the state level. Local govemment and other state agencies were not authorized to promulgate changes.
The first State Code incorporated the 1970 Edition of the Uniform Building Code with other model and state specialty codes, Le., mechanical, plumbing with energy, handicapped, solar, etc., following at later progression periods. The State Building Code Division is funded by a surcharge on all local govemment permits-which funds the state operation. Annual costs average 55 percent of income. All excess income is rebated to local governments on a prorated basis.
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STATE OF MWNESOTA 1997 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with State Amendments Use Group Classifications GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Building or structure for the gathering of 50 or more persons for purposes such as civic, social or religious functions! recreation, education or instruction, food or drink consumption, or awaiting transportation. Amusement buildings are included in this classification. Sub-classify in divisions as follows: A-1 A-2 Assembly building with stage and occupant load of 1,000 or more. Building or portion thereof having an assembly room with occupant load less than 1,000 and a stage. Building or portion thereof with an assembly room with occupant load of 300 or more without a stage, including buildings for educational purposes and other than Groups E or B. Building or portion thereof with an assembly room with occupant load less than 300 without a stage, including buildings for educational purposes and other than Groups E or B. Stadiums, reviewing stands, and amusement park structures not included in other Group A occupancies.
A-2.1
A-3
A4
GROUP E EDUCATIONAL Sub-classify in divisions as follows:
El
Buildings used for educational purposes through 12th grade by 50 or more persons for more than 12 hours per week or 4 hours per day. Buildings used for educational purposes through 12th grade by less than 50 persons for more than 12 hours per week or4 hours a day. Buildings used for day-care purposes for more than six persons.
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E2
E3
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GROUP F - FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL Building or structure for assembling, disassembling, fabricating, finishing, manufacturing, packaging, repair or processing operations. Sub-classify in divisions as follows: F-1 Moderate-hazard factory and industrial occupancies including factory and industrial uses not classified as F-2. Low-hazard factory and industrial occupancies including facilities producing noncombustible or non-explosive materials which, during finishing, packing or processing, do not involve a significant fire hazard.
F-2
GROUP H - HAZARDOUS Building or structure where manufacturing, processing, generation of storage materials constitute a high fire, explosion or health hazard. Subclassify in divisions as follows: H-1 Buildings with quantity of material in excess of building code limitations which present high explosion hazard, including but not limited to: Explosives, blasting agents, fireworks, and black powder. Exception: Storage and use of pyrotechnic special effect materials in motion picture, television, theatrical, and group entertainment production when under permit per Fire Code. Maximum time period for storage is 90 days. Manufacturing of Class 1.4G fireworks. Unclassified detonatable organic peroxides. t Class 4 oxidizers. a Class 4 or Class 3 detonatable unstable (reactive) materials. Buildings with quantity of material in excess of building code limitations which present moderate explosion hazard or hazard from accelerated burning, including but not limited to: Class I organic peroxides. Class 3 non-detonatable unstable (reactive) materials. Pyrophoric gases. Flammable or oxidizing gases. Class I, II, or III-A flammable or combustible liquids used in normally open containers or systems or in closed containers pressurized at more than 15 psi gauge. Exception: aerosols. Class 3 oxidizers. Class 3 water-reactivematerials.
H-2
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H-3
Buildings with quantity of materials in excess of building code limitations which present high fire or physical hazard, including but not limited to: Class II, III, or IV organic peroxides. Class 1 or 2 oxidizers. Class I, II, or III-A flammable liquids or combustible liquids used or stored in normally closed containers or systems and containers pressurized at 15 psi gauge or less, and aerosols. Class III-B combustible liquids. Pyrophoric liquids or solids. Class I or 2 water-reactive materiais. Flammable solids in storage. Flammable or oxidizing cryogenic fluids (other than inert). Class 1 unstable (reactive) gas or Class 2 unstable (reactive) materials.
e e
H-4
H-5
Repair garages not classified as Group S-3. Aircraft repair hangars and heliports not classified as Group S-5. Semiconductor fabrication facilities and comparable research and development areas when facilities in which hazardous production materials (HPM) used and aggregate quantity of materials in excess of building code limitations. Occupancies with quantities of materials in excess of building code limitations that are health hazards, including but not limited to:
H-6
H-7
+ Corrosives, except stationary lead-acid battery systems. a
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GROW I - INSTITUTIONAL
Highly toxic materials. +Irritants. Sensitizers. Other health hazards.
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Sub-classifi in divisions as follows:

1-1.1
(Amended)
Nurseries for full-time care of children under the age of six, hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes with non-ambulatory patients, and similar buildings; each accommodating more thanfour persons.
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GROUP I INSTITUTIONAL (continued) 1-1.2 Health-care centers for ambulatory patients receiving outpatient medical care which may render the patient incapable of unassisted self-preservation, each tenant space accommodating more than five such patients, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group.
Detoxification centers and homes for children six years old or over, each accommodating more thanfour persons, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group.
1-2 (Amended)
1-3
Mental hospitals, mental sanitariums, jails, prisons, reformatories, and buildings where personal liberties of inmates similarly restrained, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group.
GROUP M - MERCANTILE Building or structure or portion thereof for display and sale of merchandise, and involving stocks of goods, wares or merchandise, incidental to such purposes and accessible to the public. GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL, Sub-classifi in divisions as follows: R-1 (Amended) Hotels, apartment houses, congregate residences; each accommodating more than ten persons; and Class A-2 supervised livingfacilities licensed on or after April I I , 1983, and Class B-2 supervised livingfacilities f o r the mentally retarded, mentally ill, chemically dependent, and physically handicapped, each accommodating more than six persons. Classification not used. Dwellings, lodging houses, and congregate residences, each accommodating ten persons or less; family day care; group family day care; and Classes A-I, A-2, and B-1 supervised living-facilitieshaving more than six but not more than 15 ambulatoiy or mobile disabled persons.
R-2 R-3 (Amended)
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GROUP S STORAGE Building or structure for storage not classified as a hazardous occupancy. Subclassify in divisions as follows:
s-1
s-2
s-3
S-4
s-5
GROUP U UTILITY
u 1 u2
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STATE OF MINNESOTA 1997Uniform Codes (ICBO) with State Amendments Fire AlartdDetection Systems
Occupancy Type Group A - Assembly Amusement Buildings Group B - Business Group E Educational Group F- Factory Industrial Group H - Hazardous H-1 - Flammables/ Explosives H-2 - Moderate Explosion Hazard H-3 - HighHazard H-4 - Repair Garages H-6 - Semiconductor Facilities H-7 - Health Hazards
Fire Alarm Systems Required Required Required 50 occupants--
Required Required
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Required
Required
Required
Group I- Institutional 1-1 Hospitals 1-2 Nursing Homes 1-3 Jails .GroupM - Mercantile

Group R - Residential R-1 - HoteVMultifamily Group S - Storage High-rise - New and Existing Construction B-2 - Offices R-1 - HoteVMultifamily Covered Mails Aviation Control Towers
> 3 stories
Required
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.

Required
> 75 ft. 75 ft.

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> 75 ft. > 75 ft.

Required Required
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STATE OF MINNESOTA 1997 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with State Amendments Requirements and Exceptions GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 904.2.3 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.3 (Fire Code) Provide automatic sprinkler systems in Group A as follows: Rooms and un-separated accessory uses more than 5,000 square feet in total area when used for consumption of alcoholic beverages. t Basements more than 1,500 square feet in floor area. % t Exhibition and display rooms more than 12,000 square feet % Enclosed usable space below or over a stairway in Groups A-2, A-2.1, A-3, a d A-4. Multi-theater complexes. t Amusement buildings, exc ept if temporary with floor area less than 1,000 a square feet and exit travel distance is less than 50 feet from any point. t All stages more than 1,000 square feet in area and 50 feet in height, dressing % rooms, workshops, storerooms, and other accessory spaces adjoining such stages. Smoke-protected assembly seating, except press boxes, storage less than 1,000 square feet, or in conjunction with outdoor seating.
Optional requirements: f Provide automatic sprinkler systems in all Group A-1, A-2 with occupant load o 300 or more, Group A-2.1, and Group A-3 with an accumulative occupant load of 300 or more.
State Chapter 1306 (Building Code) (Optional) Section 303.9 (Building Code) Section 1007.2.2 (Fire Code) (Amended)
Provide approved fire alarm system in Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1 occupancies installed per Fire Code.
In Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1, provide automatic fire alarm system, except in areas used solely for worship, where an approved automatic fire extinguishing f system is installed throughout the building, or where Group A is aportion o a Group E occupancy protected with required alarms. When occupant load is 1,000 or more, fire alarm must immediately activate approved prerecorded announcement using an approved voice communication system. Provide automatic fire detectors in laundry rooms, boiler and furnace rooms, mechanical and electrical room, kitchens, storage rooms and similar areas.
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GROUP A ASSEMBLY (continued) Section 408 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.1.2 (Fire Code) In amusement buildings, provide automatic sprinkler, smoke detection, and supervised alarm and/or public address systems. In areas where ambient conditions will cause smoke detector to alarm, an approved alternate type of automatic detector may be substituted.
GROUP B BUSINESS See specific requirements for High-rise Group B Office Buildings and Group R-1 Occupancies for both New Construction and Existing Structures. State Chapter 1306 (Building Code) (Optional) GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL Section 305.2.2.2 (Building Code) Section 305.9 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.4 (Fire Code) (Amended) Provide approved smoke detectors to activate all automatic-closing fire assemblies installed in the atmospheric separation. Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system when occupant load is 50 or more, with exception as noted. When automatic sprinkler or smoke detectors provided, install to automatically activate fire alarm.
Provide approved automaticfire detectors in laundry rooms, boiler and furnace rooms, mechanical and electrical room, shops, laboratories, kitchens, locker rooms, janitor closets, storage rooms, lounges, and similar areas. Optional Requirements: Provide automatic sprinkler systems in Group B offices and postsecondary classrooms with 8,500 or more, gross feet ofjloov area or three or more stories in height.
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Provide automatic fire sprinkler system throughout all Group E-1 occupancies including basements and in enclosed usable space below or over a stairway. Exception allowed when room for instruction has one exit door directly outside at ground level. Exception also allowed when area separation walls or occupancy separation has two-hour fire resistive rating subdividing building into separate compartments with aggregate floor area not greater than 20,000 square feet.
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GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL (continued)

Section 1007.3.4 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.4.2 (Fire Code) Provide smoke detectors installed throughout area of common atmosphere when the only means of exit from a room is through an adjoining or intervening room. Exceptions: 1) When aggregate occupant load of interior room is not more than ten; 2) When enclosures forming interior rooms are less than two-thirds of floor-toceiling height or not more than eight feet; and 3) Rooms are used exclusively for mechanical and public utility service to building.
Optional Requirements: Provide automatic sprinkler s,vstenis in Groups E-I and E-2 occupancies with 8,500 or more, gross square feet orfloor area of two or niore stories in height and Group E-3 with occupant load of 30 or niore.
State Chapter 1306 (Building Code) (Optional)
GROUP F - FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL Section 904.2.5 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.5 (Fire Code) State chapter 1306 (Building Code) (Optional)
GROUP H - HAZARDOUS
Provide automaticfxe -sprinkler system in woodworking occupancies over 2,500 square feet where finely divided combustible waste or materials present.
Optional Requirements: Provide automatic sprinkler systems in Group F occupancies with 2,000 or 5,000 or more, gross square feet offloor area or three or niore stories in height.
Section 307.9 (Building Code) and Sections 1007.2.6, 5013.1, and Article 80 (Fire Code) Section 307.11 (Building Code)
Provide approved emergency alarm system outside each interior door of hazardous production materials (Group H-6) storage rooms. Install so that activation of emergency alarm device will sound a local alarm and transmit signal to emergency control station.
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Section 904.2.6 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.6 (Fire Code) Provide automatic fire extinguishing systems throughout H-1, H-2, H-3, H-6, and H-7 occupancies and H-4 occupancies with more than 3,000 square feet floor area.
GROUP I I N S m O N A L
Section 308.9 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.7 (Fire Code) Section 308.10 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.7.1.2 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.7.1.1 (Fire Code) Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in all Group I occupancies. Install audible alarm devices in non-patient areas. Visible alarm devices may be substituted for audible devices in patient-occupied areas.
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Provide smoke detectors in patients sleeping rooms of hospital and nursing homes. Install to receive primary power from building wiring. Except i rooms n equipped with automatic door closers having integral smoke detectors on room side, integral detector may substitute for smoke detector provided it performs required alerting functions. In Groups I-1.1,1-1.2, and 1-2, provide smoke detectors at automatic-closing doors in smoke barriers and one-hour fire-resistive occupancy separations, and in waiting areas open to corridors. Install smoke detectors to activate alarm signal audible throughout building.
In Group I-3, provide approved automatic fire detectors in laundry rooms, boiler and furnace rooms, mechanical and electrical room, shops, laboratories, kitchens, locker rooms, janitor closets, trash collection rooms, storage rooms, lounges, giyt shops, commissaries, and similar areas.
Section 1007.2.7.2.4 (Fire Code) (Amended)
Provide approved smoke-detection system throughout resident housing areas, including sleeping rooms and contiguous day rooms, group activity spaces and other common spaces.
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GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL (continued) Appendix Chapter 3, Division 1 (Building Code) (Amended)

State Article 8
Alternative provisions for Group 1-3 housing mental hospitals, mental sanitariums,jails, prisons, reformatories, and buildings where personal liberties of inmates are similar1,v restrained. Provide an automatic sprinkler system; smoke management system with smoke detectors, and fire alarm system.
State Fire Code adds new article applicable to adult da,v care centers and supervised livingfacilities. Protect throughout with a complete automatic4i-e detection system consisting of automatic smoke detection in all corridors, stairways, boiler and furnace rooms, kitchens, storage, janitor closets, laundries, and other hazardous areas. Ifbuilding equipped with manual fire alarm system, electrically interconnect both systems.
GROUP M - MERCANTILE Section 904.2.8 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.8 (Fire Code)
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State Chapter 1305 (Building Code) (Optional) GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Section 310.9.1 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.9.2 (Fire Code) and State Fire Regulation 299F.362
Provide automatic sprinkler systems in Group M occupancies with 2,000 or 5,000 or more, gross square feet ofjloor area or three or more stories in height.
Provide smoke detectors in every dwelling unit within a dwelling, congregate residences, apartment, and hotel or lodging-house guest sleeping rooms meeting the requirements of UL or approved by ICBO. In new construction, each smoke detector must be attached to a centralized power source. Single-station smoke detectors may be battery powered in existing buildings.
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GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL continued) Section 310.10 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.9.1.1 (Fire Code) Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in apartment house three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and in congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. in Group R-l occupancies located in a high-rise building provide a fire alarmkommunication system. Exceptions: 1) Buildings not more than two stories with all individual units provided one hour fire separation and direct exterior egress; 2) Building with approved supervised fire sprinkler system throughout and with local alarm system. Provide automatic sprinkler system in apartment houses three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. Install residential or quickresponse standard sprinklers in dwelling units and guest rooms. Provide smoke and heat detectors in all common areas and smoke detectors in interior corridors serving as exit for ten or more occupants.
Section 904.2.9 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.9 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.9.1.3 & .4 (Fire Code) State Chapter 1306 (Building Code) (Optional)
Provide automatic sprinkler systems in Group R-1 apartment houses, hotels, and motels with 8,500 or more, gross square feet offloor area or with dwelling units or guest rooms on three or rnorejloors.
GROUP S - STORAGE State Chapter 1306 (Building Code) (Optional)

Provide automatic sprinkler systems in Group S-3 sewice stations with 3,000 or more gross square feet offloor areas, not including canopies, Group S-3 parking garages with 5,000 or more gross square feet ofjloor area and all Group S with 2,000 or 5,000 or more gross square feet ofjloor area or three or more stories in height.
HIGHRISE, NEW CONSTRUCTION. GROUP B OFFICE BUILDINGS AND GROUP R-1 OCCWANCIES Section 403.2 (Building Code) Provide an approved automatic sprinkler system; smoke detection system, and alarm and communicationsystems in buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access and of Type I or II-F.R. construction.
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HIGHRISE. NEW CONSTRUCTION. GROUP B OFFICE BUILDINGS AND GROUP R-1 OCCWANCIES (continued) Section 403.3 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.2.2 (Fire Code) Section 403.5 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.2 (Fire Code) Section 402.2 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.3 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.4 and Article 81 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.5 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.6 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.7 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.8 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.9 (Fire Code) Provide smoke detectors connected to automatic fire alarm system in mechanical system ducts or risers, air conditioning return-air and exhaust-air plenum, equipment rooms, elevator lobbies and interior corridors serving as exit for occupant load of ten or more occupants in Group R-1 occupancies.
Provide fire alarm, emergency voice/alarm signaling system and fire department communication systems in buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access.
Provide automatic fire-detection system throughout high-piled combustible storage uses as required by Article 8 1. Provide approved automatic fire sprinkler system when required by Table 81-A.
Provide automatic smoke-detection system throughout building when special egresscontrol devices are installed on exit doors.
Provide approved manual alarm system when required by Article 88 for aerosol storage rooms and general purpose warehouses containing aerosols.
Provide an approved smoke detection system when required by the Building Code for automatic control of a smoke-control system.
Provide manual fire alarm system in lumber, plywood, and veneer mills.
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Provide smoke detectors within office corridors not of one-hour fire-resistive construction. Install detectors to activate alarms audible in all areas served by corridor.
HIGHRISE. GROUP B-2 OFFICES A N D GROW R-1 OCCUPANCIES. EXISTING STRUClXWRE3 Appendix Chapter 34 Division II (Building Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in Type II-N, Ei-N, or V-N constniction in all required corridors, stairwells, elevator lobbies, public assembly areas for 100 or more persons, and commercial kitchens. Provide fire department communication system and occupant voice notification system. . Provide approved manual fire alarm system connected to approved central, proprietary or remote station service, or a system, which will provide an audible signal at a constantly attended location. Provide single station smoke detectors in dwelling units and guest rooms, which may be battery powered.
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AVIATION CONTROL TOWERS Appendx Chapter 4, Division II, Section 425 (Building Code) Provide smoke detectors and approved fire alarm system in all occupied levels.
GROUP CARE FACILITES (GROW R DIVISION 4) Appendx Chapter 3, Division IV, Section 341 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic and manual fire alarm systems.
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Section 904.2.2 (BuildingCode) and Section 1003.2.2 (Fire Code)
Appendix Chapter 34 Division 1 , Section 3408 (Building Code) and Appendix 1-A (Tire Codej Appendix Chapter 34 Division 1 , Section 3409 (Building Code) and Appendix 1-A (Fire Code)
(Amended)
Appendix Chapter 34 Division 1, Section 3411 (Building Code) and Appendix 1-A (Fire Code) (Amended) Section 713 (Building Code)
Provide smoke detector installed per approved manufacturer's instructions in dwelling units, congregate residences, and hotel and lodging house guest rooms used for sleeping purposes in existing, other than high-rise, buildings. Install smoke detectors to receive primary power source fiom building wiring if from commercial source or by battery power.
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Provide approved and listed smoke detectors to activate closing device of an automatic closing fire assembly, i.e., fire door, fire window or fire damper, and to close smoke dampers in ducted or un-ducted air openings as required by the 1997UBC.
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OTHER GENERAL REOUIREMENTScontinuedl

Section 3003.2 (Building Code) Provide elevator lobby, entrance area, and associated machine rooms with approved, listed smoke detector for elevator recall purposes when the elevator vertical travel is 25 feet or more.
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI AdministrativeRequirements
Building Code Code Amendments Preemptive Application 1997 SBC No amendments Mandatory for state-owned and leased buildings. Voluntary for all other buildings. Jerry Oakes, Director Department of Finance and Administration Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management, 1501 Walter Sillers Building Jackson, MS 39201 (601) 359-3621 Jerry Oakes, Director Department of Finance and Administration Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management, 1501 Walter Sillers Building Jackson, MS 39201 (601) 359-3621
Fire Prevention Code 1997 SFPC State amendments Mandatory for buildings owned by the state, used for public assembly or over 75 feet in height. Millard Mackey Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Commissioner of Insurance/State Fire Marshal P. O. Box 79 Jackson, MS 39205-0079 (601) 359-1061
1985" A
Life Safety Code 101
No amendments
Mandatory for health-care facilities.
Promulgation
Enforcement
Local jurisdiction or Millard Mackey Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Commissioner of Insurance/State Fire Marshal P. O. Box 79 Jackson, MS 39205-0079 (601) 359-1061
Vanessa Phipps Director State Department of Health Division of Health Facilities, Iicensiire and Certificaticm Fire Safety and Construction Branch P. O. Box 1700 Jackson, MS 39215-1700 (601) 354-7300 Vanessa Phipps Director State Department of Health Division of Health Facilities, Licensure and Certification Fire Safety and Construction Branch P. O. Box 1700 Jackson, MS 39215-1700
standards not less stringent than the State Fire Code. State fire prevention statutes require every building over 75 feet in height within the state to be equipped throughout with a totally automatic sprinkler system. This also applies to any existing building in which 25 percent or more of the floor space is reconstructed or added to. Exempted are public utility company buildings containing equipment, which would be severely damaged by water.
Code Change Cycle: There is no set schedule; however, the most current editions of the model codes are enforced as soon as they become available.
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STATE OF MISSOURI Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code Amendments Preemptive Application Promulgation

~
Fire Prevention Code None None
Life Safety Code
None
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Local jurisdictions Local jurisdictions
History: Building codes in Missouri are enforced locally. Currently, industrializedmodular building codes for residential and commercial buildings are enforced by the state, but the state hopes to have local enforcement of this code also.
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STATE OF MONTANA Administrative Requirements
I
Code Amendments Preemptive Application Promulgation 1997UBC
None
State amendments Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may not amend.
State amendments
Enforcement
Comments
Mandatory statewide for all buildings. Local jurisdictions may amend. James Brown Terry L. Phillips Division Administrator State Fire Marshal Department of Justice Department of Commerce Fire Prevention and Building Codes Division TnvestigatimProgram P. O. Box 200517 P. O. Box 201415 Helena, MT 59620-0517 (406) 444-3933 Helena, MT 59620-1415 (406) 444-2050 Local jurisdictions or Local jurisdictions or James Brown Terry L. Phillips Division Administrator State Fire Marshal Department of Justice Department of Commerce Fire Prevention and Building Codes Bureau Investigation Program P. O. Box 200517 P. O. Box 201415 Helena, MT 59620-0517 (406) 444-3933 Helena, MT 59620-1415 (406) 444-2050 Montana's building code is mandatory throughout the state for i 1 buildings except residential with less than five units or their attached-to structures, farm or ranch buildings, private garages or storage garages, or mine buildings. Local jurisdictions adopting codes must adopt the state building code and may make the codes applicable to the buildings exempted by the Building Codes Division. Montana's building code amendments exempt Group H-4 occupancies having more than 3,000 square feet but less than 5,100 square feet from requirement for an automatic fire-extinguishing system if building is of one-hour fire-resistive construction throughout and has required number of yards and exits.
(See Chapter 3 for 1997 Uniform Building Code requirements for fire alamvdetection systems.
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Building Code
Fire Prevention Code 1994UFC
Life Safety Code
Code Change Cycle: Montana adopts the current editions of the Uniform Building Code, Uniform Mechanical Code, Uniform Plumbing Code, National Electrical Code, and others with certain amendments on a three-year cycle within a few months of the publishing of the model codes.
History: Title 50, Chapter 60, "Building Construction Standards," Montana Code Annotated, which established the statewide building code enforcement program, was enacted in 1969. Since its enactment, the codes in Montana have been updated regularly to keep current with modern technical methods, devices, and improvements consistent with reasonable requirements for the health and safety of building occupants. Model code usage in Montana is prevalent through adoption of those codes published by the International Conference of Building Officials and the National Fire Protection Association.
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STATE OF NEBRASKA AdministrativeRequirements
Code
Building Code State Fire Marshal's Act eeferences 1991 UBC
~~
No amendments
Fire Prevention Code Nebraska State Fire Code Regulations, Title 153. References certain NFPA National Fire Codes and Standards. No amendments Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent. Kenneth Winters State Fire Marshal State Fire Marshal's Office 246 South 14th Street Lincoln, NE 68508 l(402) 471-2027 1Local jurisdictions or Kenneth Winters State Fire Marshal State Fire Marshal's Office 246 South 14th Street Lincoln, NE 68508 (402) 47 1-2027
State amendments Mandatory statewide for all buildings except 1 and 2 family dwellings. Kenneth Winters Statc Firc Marshal State Fire Marshal's Office 246 South 14th Street Lincoln, NE 68508 I(402) 47 1-2027 I Local jurisdictions or Kenneth Winters State Fire Marshal State Fire Marshal's Office 246 South 14th Street Lincoln, NE 68508 (402) 47 1-2027
Mandatory for state-owned buildings. Kenneth Winters State Fire Marshal State Fire Marshal's Office 246 South 14th Street Lincoln, NE 68508 (402) 471-2027 Local jurisdictions
Enforcement
Comments
State statute requires that local jurisdictions enforcing a building code must adopt a model building code. See model code requirements of 1994 NFPA 101 in Chapter 3 for code provisions. Section 81-541 .O1 of the State Fire Marshal's Act requires complete automatic sprinkler system, smoke detection system, and an alandcommunication /central control system in new and existing high-rise office buildings and residential buildings with floors located more than five stories or 75 feet above the lowest level of access by a fire department vehicle. Section 8 1-5,142 provides smoke detectors in existing dwelling units or apartment houses, lodging houses, hotels and dormitories.
Code Change Cycle: There is no set schedule. Timetables for code changes are dictated by the rules and regulations of the governing boards or by the publication of new editions of the codes. When code changes are proposed, a public notice is issued, then public hearings are held followed by any re-editing or review by the respective boards. Approval is issued by the board; then the code is signed by the governor.
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Histov: Nebraska is a large state geographically with the majority of its one and one-half million people located in the eastern third of the state. Other than Omaha and surrounding suburbs, Nebraska has nine communities that exceed the population of 10,000 people. It is a rural state that displays the independence of the agricultural community in general.
Historically, on numerous occasions the issue of a statewide building code has been brought before various committees of the Nebraska Unicameral and, in most cases, never got out of committee. The fact that the majority of people are served by local building departments in the communities and the exemption of the agricultural community within Nebraska from a state building code; always raises the question by many as to the need for a state-wide building code.
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STATE OF NEVADA Administrative Requirements
Code
Building Code Vevada State Fire Marshal Regulations references 1991 State amendments
Fire Prevention Code Nevada State Fire Marshal Regulations references 1991
Enforcement
State amendments and supplement Mandatory statewide. Local Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may amend to iurisdictions may amend to make more stringent. make more stringent. Marvin C m Marvin Carr State Fire Marshal State Fire Marshal Department of Motor Vehicles Department of Motor Vehicles & Public Safety 8~ Public Safety Office of State Fire Marshal Office of State Fire Marshal 107 Jacobsen Way 107 Jacobsen Way Carson City, NV 8971 1 Carson City, NV 897 11 (702) 687-4290 (702) 687-4290 Local jurisdictions or Local jurisdictions or Marvin Carr Marvin Carr State Fire Marshal State Fire Marshal Department of Motor Vehicles Department of Motor Vehicles & Public Safety & Public Safety Office of State Fire Marshal Office of State Fire Marshal 107 Jacobsen Way 107 Jacobsen Way Carson City, NV 89711 Carson City, NV 89711 (702) 687-4290 (702) 687-4290
Life Safety Code Vevada State Fire Marshal Regulations references 1994 WPA 101 Vo amendments Mandatory statewide.-Local iurisdictions may amend to make more stringent. Marvin Carr State Fire Marshal Department of Motor Vehicles k Public Safety Office of State Fire Marshal 107 Jacobsen Way Carson City, NV 8971 1 702) 687-4290 Local jurisdictions or Marvin Carr State Fire Marshal Department of Motor Vehicles & Public Safety Office of State Fire Marshal 107 Jacobsen Way Carson City, NV 89711 (702) 687-4290
State amends Section 8-4.4.3(e) of 1994 NFPA 101 to require SII ke detectors in all exhibit booths or areas having over 100 square feet of roof area. All buildings erected in the state after January 19, 1984, which are more than 55 feet above or below street level or more than two stories, including any additional height incurred by usable foor space within a building, above the grade at any point, must be equipped throughout with approved automatic sprinkler systems to be installed per nationally recognized standards. See the following pages for state amendments to 1991 Uniform Codes and additional requirements presented in the Nevada State Fire Marshal Regulations.
Code Change Cycle: There is no set schedule for revising state codes. The various state agencies, through their directors, submit proposed revisions to the Legislative Counsel. An administrative procedures process of public notification, public comments, and hearings must be followed.
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History: Nevada has mandatory minimum code requirements; local jurisdictions may amend them with more stringent provisions or may adopt codes that are more stringent. The State Fire Marshal has the authority to enforce the Uniform Codes, the NFPA National Fire Codes, and the State Fire Marshal's administrative rules for state-owned or state-occupied buildings and for all school buildings throughout the state; in all public occupancies in counties whose population is less than 35,000; and in counties whose population is greater than 35,000 when the State Fire Marshal is requested to exercise his authority. The Nevada Public Works Board acts as the building official and has the authority to enforce construction codes for state-owned facilities and plan review responsibility for all public schools using the latest editions of the Uniform Codes.
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STATE OF NEVADA 1991 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with State Amendments Fire AlarnDetection Systems Automatic Fire I Systems I Sprinkler Occupancy Type
Fire Alarm Systems
Group A - Assembly Amusement Buildings Group B -Business B-2 - RetailDrinking
Required Reauired Required Required
Required Reauired Required
I Group E - Educational
Group H - Hazardous H-1 - Flammables/ Explosivcs H-2 - Moderate Explosion Hazard H-3 - HighHazard H 4 - Repair Garages H- - Semiconductor Facilities H-7 - Health Hazards
> 50 occupants
Required
Required
Required
Group I - Institutional Hospitals Nursing Homes
II
Group R - Residential R-1 - HotelMultifamily High-rise -New and Existing Construction B-2 - Offices R-1 - HotelMuitifamily Covered Malls
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
> 55 ft. > 55 ft.
> 55 ft. > 55 ft.
> 55 fi.
> 55 ft.
Required Required
Required
Required Required
Il
Aviation Control Towers
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STATE OF NEVADA 1991 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with State Amendments Requirements and Exceptions
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GROUP A - ASSEMBLY
Section 3802 (Building Code) and Section 10.507(c) (Fire Code) (Amended)
G Rooms and un-separated accessory uses more than 5,000 square feet in total
Provide automatic sprinkler systems in Group A as follows:
t Basements more than 1,500 square feet in floor area. a t Exhibition and display rooms more than 12,000 square feet a t Enclosed usable space below or over a stairway in Groups A-2, a
t Multi-theater complexes. a G Amusement buildings, except if temporary with floor area less than 1,000 t Under roof and gridiron, tie and fly galleries, proscenium walls of stages, a
platforms more than 500 square feet, dressing rooms, workshops, and storerooms. taCasinos, showrooms and all other roonis for assembly, except churches and theaters with$xed seating. Section 609 (Building Code) Section 14.104(b) (Fire Code) Provide approved fire alarm system in Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1 occupancies installed per Fire Code. In Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1, provide manual fire alarm system, which activates prerecorded announcement using an approved electrically supervised voice communication or public address system. Exception: Occupancies with automatic fire -extinguishing system installed to activate prerecorded message. In amusement buildings, provide approved automatic sprinkler, smoke detection, and supervised alarm andior public address systems. square feet and exit travel distance is less than 50 feet from any point.
A-2.1, A-3, and A-4.
GROUP B - BUSINESS
Section 3802(d) (Building Code) and Section 10.507(d) (Fire Code) Provide automatic f i e extinguishing system in Group B-2 retail sales areas where floor area exceeds 12,000 square feet on any floor or 24,000 square feet on all floors or when more than three stories.
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Section 14.104(c)( i) (Fire Code) Section 14.104(~)(2) and Article 81 (Fire Code) Section 14.104(~)(3) (Fire Code) Section 14.104(~)(4) (Fire Code) Section 14.104(~)(5) (Fire Code) Section 14.104(~)(6) (Fire Code)
Provide fire alarm systems in Group B-2 occupancies as set forth in the following subsections of this code.
Provide automatic smoke -detection system throughout high-piled combustible storage uses as required by Article 81. Provide approved automatic fireextinguishing system when required by Table 8 1.105-A.
Provide automatic smoke-detection system in corridors, which are not of one hour fire-resistive construction located in office spaces with less than 100 occupants. Provide fire alarm and communication systems in high-rise office occupancies.
Provide approved manual alarm system when required by Article 88 of this code for aerosol storage rooms and general purpose warehouses containing aerosols.
See also specific requirements for High-rise Group B Office Buildings and Group R-1 Occupancies for both New Construction and Existing Structures.
GROUP E EDUCATIONAL,
Section 809 (Building Code) and Section 14.104(d) (Fire Code) (Amended) Section 802(b) (Building Code) Provide approved fire alarm systems when occupant load more than 50 persons. When automatic sprinkler system or smoke detectors provided, install to automatically activate school fire alarm. TheJire alarm is required to have a different sound, which is distinctive from the local bells or alarms normally used in the school.
Provide approved smoke detectors to activate all automatic-closing fire assemblies installed in the atmospheric separation.
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GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL (continued) Section 3802(e) (Building Code) and Section 10.507(e) (Fire Code) Section 3318(d) (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system in basements more than 1,500 square feet in floor area and in enclosed usable space below or over a stairway.
Provide smoke detectors throughout area of common atmosphere when the only means of exit from a room is through an adjoining or intervening room. Exceptions: i ) When aggregate occupant load of interior room is not more than ten; 2) When enclosures forming interior rooms are less than two-thirds of floor-toceiling height or not more than eight feet; and 3) Rooms are used exclusively for mechanical and public utility service to building.
GROUP H - HAZARDOUS Section 909 (Building Code) Sections

14.104(e),
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50.113, Article 51 and Article 80 (Fire Code) Section 911 (Building Code) Section 3802(f) (Building Code) and Section 10.507(f) (Fire Code) GROW I - INS-ONAL Section 1002(b) (Building Code) Provide smoke detector operated damper(s) at each point where ducts penetrate smoke barrier except where openings in ducts are limited to single smoke compartment and ducts are of steel construction. Provide alarm pull station or approved signal device outside each exit door from hazardous production materials (Group H-6) storage rooms. Provide automatic fire extinguishing systems throughout H-1, H-2, H-3, H-6, and H-7 occupancies and H-4 occupancies with more than 3,000 square feet floor area.
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GROUP I INSTITUTIONAL (continued)

Section 1009 (Building Code) and Section 14.104(f) (Fire Code) Section 1010 (Building Code) and Section 14.104(f)(5) (Fire Code) Section 3802(g) (Building Code) and Section 10.507(g) (Fire Code) Section 14.104(f)(3) (Fire Code) Provide manual and automatic fire alarm system in Group I occupancies.
Provide smoke detectors in patients sleeping rooms of hospital and nursing homes. Except in rooms equipped with automatic door closers having integral smoke detectors on room side, integral detector may substitute for smoke detector provided it performs required alerting functions.
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Section 1210 (Building Code) and Section 14.104(g)(6 (Fire Code) Section 1211 (Building Code) and Section 14.104(g) (Fire Code) Provide smoke detectors in dwelling units, congregate residences, and hotel or lodging-house guest rooms installed per manufacturer's instructions.
Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in apartment house three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. In Group R-1occupancies located in high-rise buildings; provide a fire aladcommunication system. Exceptions: 1) Buildings not more than two stones with all individual units provided one hour fire separation and direct exterior egress; 2) Buildings with automatic sprinkler system throughout and with local alarm system. 4-194 Nevada
t Manual fire alarm boxes. a
In Group R-1 occupancies, provide: Smoke detectors in all common areas and interior corridors serving as required exit for ten or more occupants. Heat detectors in common areas such as recreational rooms, laundry rooms, furnace rooms, and similar areas. Install alann-initiating devices to activate an alarm signal audible throughout designated portions of building. Provide automatic sprinkler system in apartment houses three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more.
Section 3802(h) (Building Code) and Section 10.507(h) (Fire Code)
HIGHRISE. NEW CONSTRUCTION,GROW B-2 OFFICES AND GROW R-1 OCCUPANCIES Section 1807 (Building Code) (Amended) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system, smoke detection system, and alarm and communication systems when buildings have floors used for human occupancy located more than 55 feet above lowest level of fire,department access. Provide fire alarm and communication systems for Group B-2 offices and Group R-1 occupancies with floors used for human occupancy located more than 55 feet above lowest level of fire department access.
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Section 14.104(g) (Fire Code) (Amended)
HlGHRISE. GROUP B-2 OFFICES AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES. EXISTING STRUCTURES Appendix 1-B (Fire Code) (Deleted) COVEREDMALLS Section 5603 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system electrically supervised by approved central, proprietary or remote signal or local alarm service throughout. Provide smoke control system connected to both sprinkler system and smoke detector system.
(State does not adopt this Appendix Chapter.)
ATRIA
Section 1716(b) (Building Code) Provide smoke control system that operates automatically upon actuation of automatic sprinkler system within atrium and areas open to atrium. Provide smoke detectors that will automatically operate atrium smoke-control system.
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GROUP CARE FACILITIESG R O W R DIVISION 4)

Appendiu Chapter 12 Division II, Section 1232 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic or manual alarm system.
Section 3802(b) (Building Code) and Section 10.507(b) (Fire Code)

(Am ended)
Except in Group R-3 and M occupancies, provide automatic sprinkler system in every story or basement area more than 1,500 square feet except as detailed in Section 3802 of 1991 UBC; at top of rubbish and linen chutes and their terminal rooms, in rooms where nitrate film is stored or handled, or in protected combustible fiber storage vaults; all buildings which are more than 55 feet high above or below street level or more than two stories, including any additional height incurred by usablefloor space within a building, above the grade at any point. Example: Open parking garages. Provide smoke detectors to activate closing device of an automatic closing fire assembly.
Provide sprinkler system within shell buildings, retail buildings, and warehouses builtf o r unknown tenants and occupancies of various hazards designed f o r commercial use within the general occupancy classification, and multipurpose, shop or storage buildings constructed on prison property.
Section 4306(f) (Building Code) Section 10.507(i) (Fire Code)

(Added)
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NEVADA STATE FIRE MARSHAL REGULATIONS

Sections 4 77.560 and 477.566
Provide a devicefor detection of the products of combustion, other than by detecting heat, in all medical facilities, custodial carefacilities, restrained care facilities, and every building used for the care of children. Provide smoke detectors approved by statejre marshal in all new and existing child-care facilities. Provide automatic sprinkler system in all child-carefacilities usedfor childcare between the hours of 12:OOp.m. and 6:OO a.m. and care for seven or more children. Provide automaticfire sprinkler system in all buildings constructed by the state and used for human occupancy. !fused for sleepingpurposes.provide smoke detectors. Provide automatic,fire sprinkler system in all existing state buildings more than 5,000 square feet offloor space by June 30, 1997.
Section 477.562
Section 477.568
Sections 477.910 and 477.915
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Section 4 77.104
Provide smoke detectors in evew existing hotel or motel containing at least six guest r o o m , or apartment building with at least three dwelling units.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Administrative Requirements
Code
State exceptions
State modifications
Promulgation
Enforcement
Comments Summarv of Amendments
Mandatory statewide. Local Mandatory statewide. Local Mandatory statewide for all jurisdictions may amend to jurisdictions may amend to buildings except 1 and 2 make more stringent. make more stringent. family dwellings. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent. Donald P. Bliss Donald P. Bliss Donald P. Bliss State Fire Marshal Statc Firc Marshal State Fire Marshal Department of Safety Department of Safety Department of Safety Division of Fire Safety Division of Fire Safety Division of Fire Safety 10 Hazen Drive 1O Hazen Drive 1O Hazen Drive Concord, NH 03305 Concord, NH 03305 Concord, NH 03305 (603) 271-3294 (603) 271-3294 (603) 271-3294 Local jurisdictions or Local jurisdictions or Local jurisdictions or Donald P. Bliss Donald P. Bliss Donald P. Bliss State Fire Marshal State Fire Marshal State Fire Marshal Department of Service Department of Safety Department of Safety Bureau of Fire Safety Division of Fire Safety Division of Fire Safety 1O Hazen Drive 1O Hazen Drive 1O Hazen Drive Concord, NH 03305 Concord, NH 03305 Concord, NH 03305 (603) 271-3294 (603)271-3294 (603) 271-3294 requirements contained in 1999 3OCA National Building I See Chapter 3 for f i e protectioi ICode and 1997NFPA01. (Section SafC 6018.02 of State Fire Code requires all automatic fire warning devices installed after July 1,1999, in multi-unit dwellings, including nursing homes, rooming houses, dormitories, hotels, motels, apartment buildings, and buildings containing condominium units to be powered by the house electrical service. Owners of affected buildings have two years from the above date to replace all battery operated devices which are maintained in an operational state to those powered by the house electrical service.
I (NFPA 72).
Section SaEC 6018.03 of State Fire Code adopts and amends the National Fire Alarm Code
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Building Code 1999 NBC sections for fire protection and structural integrity No amendments
Fire Prevention Code 1997NFPA 1
Life Safey Code 1997NFPA 101
Code Change Cycle: There is no set schedule. The state's administrative procedures process for updating codes includes public notification, hearings, testimony, andlor written comments.
History: In November of 1984, New Hampshire adopted a State Fire Code. The state legislated a study committee in 1988, which reported its findings to the Department of Safety for further action. The 1987 National Electrical Code was adopted by the Electricians Board in February 1987. Also in 1987, the Department of Safety was reorganized and as a result the Fire Marshal's Office was removed from Safety Services and now is a Division of Fire Safety reporting directly to the Office of Commissioner of Safety.
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code

1996 NBC
Amendments
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State modifications Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may not amend. William Connolly, AIA Director Department of Community Affairs Division of Codes and Standards 101 South Broad Street, P. O. Box 802 Trenton, NJ 08625
I(609) 292-7899
Fire Prevention Code None State Uniform Construction Code, Fire Protection Subcode (Portions of 1996 NBC, 1993 NMC and 1996 NEC) State modifications Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may not amend. William Connolly, AIA Director Department o f Community Affairs Division of Codes and Standards 101 South Broad Street, P. O. Box 802 Trenton, NJ 08625
I609) 292-7899
Life Safety Code
Enforcement
Local jurisdictions or William Connolly, AIA Director Department of Community Affairs Division of Codes and Standards 101 SouthBroad Street, P. O. Box 802 Trenton, NJ 08625
(609) 292-7899
Local jurisdictions or William Connolly, AIA Director Department of Community Affairs Division of Codes and Standards 101 South Broad Street, P. O. Box 802 Trenton, NJ 08625
I(609) 292-7899
protection subcode applicable to new construction and alterations. The New Jersey Uniform Fire Code, based on National Fire Prevention Code with amendments, covers fire and life safety for existing buildings. New Jersey Fire Code is primarily a maintenance code with building code taking precedence over new construction. State modifications do not affect fire protection systems. See Chapter 3 for the 1996 National Code fire protection requirements.
Code Change Cycle: A state sponsored code change hearing is held prior to the model code change cycle and appropriate recommendations submitted directly to the model group. Projects under construction for a period of six months after the effective date of the new adopted model code can use the code in prior force.
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History: Upon its adoption, the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code rescinded a myriad of existing local and state codes of varying age, which contained diverse standards that had proved costly, time-consuming, and generally added to the profuse confusion that existed in this complex, multi-disciplined field. All construction codes and their enforcement in New Jersey are entirely controlled by the provisions of the Uniform Construction Code Act. Acting under that authoriiy, the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs adopted a statewide uniform construction code that is made up of several subcodes. The building, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection subcodes became effective on January 1,1977. Subsequently, energy, barrier-free, radon hazard, asbestos, and mechanical subcodes were adopted. Within the Department of Community Affairs, the Division of Codes and Standards is charged with administering and enforcing the Uniform Construction Code Act throughout the state.
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STATE OF NEW MEXICO Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code 1997 UBC
State amendments Mandatory statewide. Local iurisdictions may amend to make more stringent. Robert Unthank, Director Division of the Construction [idustries Regulation and Licensing Department 725 St. Michael's Drive P. O. Box 25101 Santa Fe, NM 87504 (505) 827-7030 Local jurisdictions or Fermin Aragon Bureau Chief, General Construction Bureau Division of the Construction Industries Regulation and Licensing Department 725 St. Michael's Drive P. O. Box 25101 Santa Fe, NM 87504 (505) 827-7041
Fire Prevention Life Safety Code Code 1991 UFC provisions for new 1997NFPA 101 construction used as reference documents and 1997 NFPA 1 State modificat&s No amendments
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IMandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent.
IMandatory statewide for all
Promulgation
Construction Industries Division for UFC adoption or State Fire Marshal State Fire Marshal for NFPA 1 Bokum Building adoption. ,142West Palace Avenue, 2nd floor P. O. Box 1269 Santa Fe, NM 87504-1269 (505)827-3550 Local jurisdictions or Division of the Construction Industries for UFC provisions or State Fire Marshal for NFPA 1 provisions. Local jurisdictions or George Chavez State Fire Marshal Bokum Building 142 West Palace Avenue, 2nd floor P. O. Drawer 1269 Santa Fe, NM 87504-1269 (505) 827-3550
Enforcement
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State adds use occupancy sub-classification as follows: R-4 Residential Group Care Facilities Group care facilities for ambulatory, non-restrained persons who may have a mental or physical impairment, each accommodating more than five but not more than 16 clients or residents, excluding staff. See summary of 1997 Uniform Building Code in Chapter 3 for fire aladdetection system (requirements.
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Code Change Cycle: Every three years the State Construction Industries Division appoints a Technical Advisory Committee fi-omwithin the industry to recommend changes to the New Mexico codes. Public hearings are held throughout the state. The results of the hearings are then presented to the Construction Industries Division Committee. If the Committee approves the code change, it becomes law 30 days after the code is received by the State Archives for record. History: The 1964 Edition of the Uniform Building Code was the first code adopted by the state on August 17, 1968 with amendments. Other editions were adopted as follows: Edition Adoution 1970 1973 1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1997 October 1970 February 1973 August 1977 May 1980 December 1982 January 1986 February 1989 July 1993 December 1998
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STATE OF NEW YORK AdministrativeRequirements
Code
Building Code Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code State-written Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent with state approval. Ronald Piester, R.A. Assistant Director for Code Development Department of State Codes Division 41 State Street Albany, NY 12231-0001 (5 18) 474-4073 Local jurisdictions
Fire Prevention Code Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code State-written Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent with state approval. Ronald Piester, R.A. Assistant Director for Code Development Department of State Codes Division 41 State Street Albmy,NY 12231-0001 (518)474-4073 Local jurisdictions
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Life Safety Code Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code references 1991 NFPA 101 Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent with state approval. Ronald Piester, R.A. Assistant Director for Code Development Department of State Codes Division 41 State Street Albany, NY 12231-0001 (518) 474-4073 Local jurisdictions
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Promulgation
Enforcement Comments Summary of Amendments
New York City is exempt from the state code. State might adopt a model code in the not-todistant future. Code is state written with amendments made periodically as needed.
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Code Change Cycle: The State ofNew York conducts an ongoing review for future amendment programs. The Housing and Building Codes Bureau revises the text and submits it for public hearing. The comments are reviewed and assessed, then forwarded to the State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council for approval. The Secretary of State must also approve the amendments. Once approved, the amendments are published and enforced. History: On July 22, 1981, Chapter 707 of the Laws of 1981 was signed into law. This statute mandated the formulation of a Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code (Uniform Code) to become effective January 1, 1984, and to be mandatory throughout New York State with the exception of New York City.
The Uniform Code as promulgated retains its performance standard characteristic, is augmented by approximately 450 nationally recognized reference standards, and addresses among other things, standards for construction and fire safety of all buildings and for providing fire protection equipment retroactively in areas of public assembly with financial incentives. The Uniform Code is subject to amendment on a continual basis. All requests for code amendment are addressed to a 17-member Fire Prevention and Building Code Council who are appointed by the governor.
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STATE OF NEW YORK Use Group Classifications
GROUP Al - SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING Residential buildings containing one dwelling unit. GROUP A2 - TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS Residential buildings containing two dwelling units. GROUP B - MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY Sub-classify as follows:
B1 -Permanent Occupancy. Buildings containing one or two dwelling units with more than four lodgers with a family in either one of such dwelling units, buildings with three or more dwelling units, apartment houses, garden apartments, and community residences.
B2 - Transient Occupancy. Hotels, lodging houses, buildings with sleeping accommodations for more than five persons used or occupied as a club, dormitory, fraternity or sorority house, or for similar uses, motels, and apartment hotels. B3 - Senior Citizens. Buildings for senior citizens intended primarily for persons 62 years old or more, who are in good physical condition, and do not require physical assistance. B4 -Adult Residential Care Facility. Buildings for infirm adults who require personal care, supervision, and services.
GROUP C GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION General building construction for the purpose of the code shall be classified in groups in respect to the occupancy or use. The classification shall be in accordance with the following groups: C1 -Business. Business in which the primary or intended occupancy or use is the transaction of administrative, business, civic or professional service, and where the handling of goods, wares or merchandise in limited quantities is incidental to the primary occupancy or use. Newsstands, lunch counters, barbershops, beauty parlors and similar service facilities are considered as incidental occupancies or uses.
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GROUP C - GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (continued)

C2 - Mercantile. Buildings in which the primary or intended occupancy or use; is the display and sale to the public of goods, wares, or merchandise. C3 -Industrial. Buildings in which the primary or intended occupancy or use is the manufacture or processing of products of all kinds, including operations such as making, altering, assembling, bottling, canning, finishing, handling, mixing, packaging, repairing, cleaning, laundering, and similar operations. C4 Storage. Buildings in which the primary orintended occupancy or use is the storage of, or shelter for, goods, merchandise, products, vehicles, or animals. C5 -Assembly. Buildings in which the primary or intended occupancy or use is the assembly for amusement, athletic, civic, dining, educational, entertainment, patriotic, political, recreational, religious, social, sports, or similar purposes sub-classified as follows: C5.1 - for not more than 300 persons;
t C5.2 - for more than 300 but not more than 1,000persons; a
t C5.4 - churches, synagogues, mosques and similar places of worship; and a t C5.5 - schools, colleges and similar places of education. a
C6 - Institutional. Buildings in which the primary or intended occupancy or use is for persons domiciled or detained under supervision, sub-classified as follows: C6.1 - for persons whose movements are not limited and have a normal sense of perception; t C6.2 - for persons whose movements are limited because of illness, physical or mental handicap, including a community residences as defined in Section 606.3 of this code; and C6.3 - for persons detained or confined in a mental hospital or for correctional or penal purposes. C7 Miscellaneous. Nonresidential buildings or structures in which the primary or intended occupancy or use is not included in Groups C1 to C6, inclusive. Included are marinas, boatyards, marine terminals, piers and wharves, outdoor storage, and towers.
C5.3 - for more than 1,000 persons;
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STATE OF NEW YORK Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code Fire AlarmDetection Systems
~~
Occupancy Type
41 - One-Family Dwelling
Fire Alarm Systems
Automatic Detection Systems Single Station Single Station
A2 - Two-Family Dwelling
B1 Multiple Dwelling Permanent Occupancy
> 4 stores
> 4 stories or > 1 1 units and community residences > 3 stones or > 30 rooms
> 4 stories or > 11 units and community residences* > 3 stories or > 30 rooms*
> 2 stories or > 1 1 units*
B2 -
Multiple Dwelling ransient Occupancy Multiple Dwelling Senior
> 3 stories
B3 -
Citizens
> 2 stories
> 2 stories or > 11 units
B4 Multiple Dwelling Adult Residential Care
Required
Required
Required*
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C1 -Business
> 2 stories or > 70 fi.
C2 - Mercantile
> 2 stones or > 70 ft.
> 2 stories and enclosed

malls
> 2 stories
Required
Required
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C6 - Institutional
Required
Patient sleeping rooms corridors
*See requirements and exceptions for single station smoke detectors.
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STATE OF NEW YORK Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code Requirements and Exceptions
GROUP A - 1 AND 2 FAMILY DWELLINGS Section 721.1, 807.4, & 1193.2 (Buildingmire Code) Provide smoke-detecting devices directly connected to the lighting circuit of the dwelling unit. Locate outside each separate sleeping area, in each sleeping space, and on each floor level. In existing dwellings, battery-operated devices are permitted.
GROUP B - MULTIPLE DWELLINGS

Section 742.1 (Building/Fire Code) May substitute fire and smoke detecting system in lieu of required fire alarm system or sprinkler system. May substitute a sprinkler system in lieu of required fire alarm system, fire- and smoke-detecting system, heat- detecting alarm system and special sprinkler installations. In Group B2 and B4 occupancies, these alternate requirements do not apply. Provide fire alarm system in the following:
Section 742.3 (Buildingmire Code)
Provide partial fire- and smoke-detecting systems having manual fire alarm boxes in stairways, corridors, lobbies, spaces for assembly occupancy or use, basements, cellars, boiler rooms, mechanical equipment rooms and service and storage rooms of the following: t Group B2, three or more stories or having more than 30 sleeping rooms. a Group B3, two stories or one story having 12 or more dwelling units, except where each dwelling unit exit is directly to the exterior. Group B4, in all buildings. Provide a fire- and smoke -detecting system in all Group B 1 classified as community residences.
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t Group B 1, four or more stories or having 12 or more dwelling units, a

except where dwelling unit exit is directly to the exterior. Group B2, three or more stories or having more than 30 sleeping rooms. t Group B3, two stories or one story having 12 ormore dwelling units, except a where each dwelling unit exit is directly to the exterior. t Group B4, in all buildings. a
GROUP B - MULTIPLE DWELLINGS continued) Section 742.4 (Buildingmire Code) Provide sprinkler systems as follows: $Group B1 - Throughout buildings four or more stories and with three or more dwelling units between one-hour fire separation. $ Group B2 - In assembly spaces and exits of buildings not more than two 3 stories. t Group B2 - Throughout buildings three or more stories. a $ Group B3 - Throughout buildings more than two stories. 3 $ Group B4 - Throughout buildings. 3 Provide in the following locations for Groups B1 through B3: $ Cellars more than 4,000 square feet in fire area. 3 Cellars more than 2,500 square feet used for flammable storage. $Above grade garages more than 5,000 square.feet in fire area. $ Below grade garages less than 2,000 square feet in fire area. 3 Section 742.6 (Buildingmire Code) Provide smoke-detecting alarm devices directly connected to the lighting circuit of the dwelling unit. Locate outside each separate sleeping area, in each sleeping space, and on each floor level within dwelling units or in sleeping rooms in Groups B 1 through B4. Provide heat-detecting alarm system in kitchens and kitchenetts of Group B3 dwelling units in buildings of two stories or less.
Section 742.7 (Buildingmire Code) Section 1193.3 (Buildingmire Code)
Provide at least one single-station smoke detecting alarm device in each apartment or other sleeping unit of existing multiple dwellings. Batteryoperated devices are permitted. Provide portable smoke detectors of both audible and visual design in Group B2 occupancies. Provide portable smoke detectors of both audible and visual design in Group B2. Hard-wiring devices into an existing central closed-circuit alarm system is permitted.
GROUP C - GENERAL BUILDINGS Section 774.1 (BuildinglFire Code) Generally, a fire- and smokedetecting system may be provided in lieu of a required fire alarm system.
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GROUP C GENERAL BUILDINGS (continued) Section 774.2 (Buildingmire Code) Provide fire alarm systems in the following: t Group C1 - Buildings more than two stories or more than 30 feet a t Group C2 - Buildings more than two stories. a Enclosed malls, enclosed mall buildings and connected buildings. t Group C3 - Buildings more than two stories or where the distance of travel to a an exit is more than 100 feet G Groups C5.1, C5.2, C5.3, C5.4 - Buildings having more than one area of public assembly and at least one such space accommodates 1 O0 persons or more. t Group C5.5 - All buildings except one-story, single-room private schools a having maximum gross area of 1,2000 square feet used for up to 30 students. t Group C6 - All buildings. a
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Section 774.3 & 791.1 (Buildingrnire Code) Section 774.4 (Buildingmire Code)
Provide fire- and smoke-detecting systems in the following: t Group C5 - In all areas of public assembly. a t Group C6.2 -In other than day-care centers, in patient rooms or in corridors a in lieu thereof and in lounges, lobbies, and recreation spaces. Provide sprinkler systems in the following:
t Groups C1 through C6.3 except open parking structures and spaces for cold a
storage and refrigeration: - Multistory buildings more than 70 feet in height; - Buildings more than three stories in height where floors are not reachable from grade by firefighting equipment of the local fire department. - Buildings more than two stories in height or which have fire area of more than 2,500 square feet above the first story, and which do not have access openings in at least one wall for entry from the exterior in the event of fire; - Buildings more than two stories in height which have depth of 100 feet or more, and which do not have access openings in at least two walls for entry from the exterior in the event of fire. GGroupsCl,C2,C3.1,C3.2,C4.1 andC5: where fireareasorheightsare increased by sections of the code. Group C2: enclosed malls, enclosed mall buildings, and connected buildings. Groups C3.3, C4.3: where fire area more than 1,000 square feet or building is more than one story in height. t Groups C5.1, C5.2 and C5.3: dance halls, nightclubs and similar a occupancies, including accessory spaces, and areas of public assembly for 100 or more persons except places of worship.
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GROUP C GENERAL BUILDINGS (continued)

Section 774.4 (BuildingFire Code) (continued) taGroups (3.1, C5.2, C5.3, C5.5: under and over stage areas and auxiliaq spaces, such as dressing rooms, storerooms, and workshops. ta Groups C5.1, C5.2, C5.3, C5.5: exhibit spaces of exhibition buildings where any such space exceeds 15,000 square feet. ta soup C6.2: - In hazardous areas, including but not limited to maintenance shops exceeding 100 square feet, incinerator rooms and refuse rooms, boiler rooms, mechanical equipment rooms, laundry rooms and storage rooms. - Buildings of Type 2a construction exceeding one story in height and in all buildings of Types 2b, 3,4, and 5 constructions. ta Groups C1 through C6.3: cellar areas of 5,000 square feet or more used for garages or for storage of combustible materials. ta Groups C 1 through C6.3: cellar areas of 1,000 square feet or more used for places of assembly. + Group C6.1 day-care centers. a t Day-care centers within multiple occupancy buildings. a Provide a coordinated fire safety system in Groups C1 through C6.3 in multistory buildings more than 70 feet in height, except in open parking structures.
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Section 774.9 (Building/Fire Code) Section 1061.1 (BuildingFire Code)
A coordinated fire safety system will include: + fire alarm system or a fxe- and smoke-detecting system a full sprinkler system standpipe system ta elevator emergency controls t re-circulating fan controls a + emergency power and lighting a + f i e control panel a +voice communication system + exit stairway door unlocking system a instructional signs for use of exits
Section 739.4(d)(8) & 771.4( h)( 1O ) (BuildingFire Code)
Provide smoke detector every 50 feet of shaft height for the automatic operation of smoke vents in shafts exceeding 150 feet, and an enclosed stairway, shaft or hoistway having an area exceeding four square feet, penetrating two floors or more, and not extending through the roof. Hoistways in Groups C 1 through C4 may be equipped with automatic sprinkler system in lieu of smoke vents.
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ATRIUMS
Sections 743.1 and 769.1 (Buildingmire Code) Sections 743.4(a)(4) and 769.4(a)(4) (Buildingmire Code) Sections 743.5 and 769.5 (Buildingmire Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system if building containing an atrium is not of Type 1 or 2 constructions.
For an unenclosed path of travel within the atrium to required exit, provide atrium ceiling, balconies and walkways with smoke detectors.
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When atrium connects three or more floors, provide at least two smoke detectors or other automatic fire protection system within the atrium to activate atrium exhaust system.
ENCLOSED MALL BUILDINGS Section 768.6 (BuildingFire Code) In enclosed mall buildings and connected buildings, provide the following fire protection systems: electrically supervised automatic sprinkler, fire alarm, fire- and smoke-detecting
DAY-CARE CENTERSIN MULTIPLE OCcupANcy BWLDING
Provide fire- and smoke-detecting system in day-care center, in corridors adjoining the center, in occupancies on the same floor and above and below the center. Interconnect system with other fire protection equipment.
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AdministrativeRequirements
Building Code Code Amendments Preemptive Application Promulgation 1994 SBC State amendments
Fire Prevention Code 1994 SFPC State amendments
Enforcement
Mandatory statewide. Local Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may amend with jurisdictions may amend with state approval. state approval. Grover Sawyer, PE Grover Sawyer, PE Deputy Commissioner Deputy Commissioner North Carolina Building Code North Carolina Building Code Council Council Department of Insurance Department of Insurance 4 1O North Boylan Avenue 4 1O North Boylan Avenue P. O. Box 26387 P. O. Box 26387 Raleigh, NC 2761 1 Raleigh, NC 2761 1 (919) 733-3901 (919) 733-3901 Local jurisdictions or Local jurisdictions or Barry Gupton Rick Diperi Fire Protection Engineer Chief Building Code North Carolina Building Code Consultant North Carolina Building Code Council Council Department of Insurance 4 1O North Boylan Avenue Department of Insurance 4 1O North Boylan Avenue P. O. Box 26387 Raleigh, NC 2761 1 P. O. Box 26387 Raleigh, NC 2761 1 (919) 733-3901 (919) 733-3901 State has amended high-rise fire protection provisions and has requirements for family day-care homes and residential care homes. See the following summary of state amendments to the 1994 Standard Codes.
Code Change Cycle: The State Building Code Council reviews and approves changes to the state building code on a semi-annual basis. Anyone may request a code change by submitting the proper code change form and supporting documentation to the Secretary of the Council on or before January 1 or July 1.
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 1994 SBCCI Use Group Classificationswith State Amendments
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS Buildings or portions thereof used for civic, social or religious functions, for recreation, for food or drink consumption, or for awaiting transportation. Sub-classify as follows: A-1: A-2: Large Assembly. Theaters and other places of assembly without a stage with capacity of 1,000 or more persons and theaters and assembly places with working stage having capacity of 700 or more persons. Small assembly. Theaters and other places of assembly with or without working stage requiring proscenium opening protection with capacity of 100 or more persons but having a capacity less than large assembly.
GROUP B BUSINESS Buildings or poriions thereof used for office, prfessirial i- sei-vice-type transactions, including normal accessory storage and keeping ofrecords and accounts. These include: Office Buildings Service Stations Bowling Alleys Educational occupancies above 12th grade GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL Buildings or space used by six or more persons at any one time for educational purposes through 12th grade. Childcare facilities accommodatingany number of children of any age who stay less than 24 hours per day. GROUP F - FACTORYIINDUSTRIAC Building or space used for assembly, repairing, fabricating, finishing, manufacturing, and packaging, or for processing operations not otherwise classified in Building Code. Group F includes: Manufacturing Plant Processing Plant Assembly Plant Factory Mill Greenhouses Banks Libraries (other than school) Radio and television stations
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GROUP F FACTORY/INDUSTRm (continued) Group F does not include buildings principally involving highly combustible, inflammable, or explosive products or materials. GROUP H - HAZARDOUS
A building or space, whose principal use involves the manufacturing, processing, generation, storage, or other use of hazardous materials in excess of quantities exempt by this code. Subdivide as follows:
H : Buildings or parts thereof used for the manufacturing, processing, generation or storage of materials, which i
present a detonation hazard.
present a deflagration hazard or a hazard from acceleiated burning.
H : Buildings or parts thereof used for the manufacturing, processing, generation or storage of materials, which 3
H4:
readily support combustion or present a physical hazard. Buildings or parts thereof used for the manufacturing, processing, generation or storage of materials, which are health hazards.
GROW I - INSTlTUl'IONAL Group I buildings are sub-classified into two categories: Group I restrained: Buildings or portions thereof used to provide sleeping facilities for six or more persons under some degree of restraint or security, such as jail, detention center, correctional institution, and reformatory. Group I unrestrained: Buildings or portions thereof used for medical, surgical, psychiatric, nursing, or custodial care on a 24-hour basis of six or more persons who are not capable of self-preservation and shall include among others: Hospitals, nursing homes (both intermediate care facilities and skilled nursing facilities), mental hospitals and detoxification facilities. GROW M - MERCANTIL;E Buildings or portions thereof used for display and sale of merchandise including stocks of goods, wares or merchandise incidental to such purposes and accessible to the public.
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GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Buildings or portions thereof used for sleeping accommodations when not classed as Group I. Subdivide as follows:
R1: RI:
(Transient) Residential occupancies where the occupants are primarily transient in nature (less than 30 days) including: hotels, motels, boarding housing (transient). (Non-transient) Residential occupancies where the occupants are primarily permanent in nature, but do not occupy individual dwelling units, including: rooming houses (not transienf),convents,fraternities and sororities, monasteries, rectories, dormitoryfacilities which acconiniodate six or more persons of more than two and one-halfyears o age who stay more than 24 hours. f
R2:
Multiple dwellings where the occupants are primarily permanent in nature and occupancy individual dwelling units, including: apartment houses and condominiums.
R3: Residential occupancies, including: child-care facilities which accommodate five or less children of any age
for any time period, one and two family dwellings where occupants are primarily permanent in nature and not classified as R1, R2, or I, and rooming houses (transient). GROUP S - STORAGE Buildings or portions thereof used for storage not classed as Group H, or for sheltering animals. Subdivide as follows: S1:Moderate Hazard Storage shall include buildings used for the storage of combustible materials when not classified as S2 Low Hazard or Group H. S2:Low Hazard Storage shall include buildings used for the storage of noncombustible materials such as products on wood pallets or in paper cartons without significant amounts of combustible wrappings. Such products may have a negligible amount of plastic trim such as knobs, handles, or film wrapping. S2 Low Hazard Storage shall include but not be limited to the following: Metal desks with plastic tops and trim Electric coils Electrical motors Dry cell batteries Metal parts Empty cans Stoves Washers and dryers Metal cabinets GROUP S STORAGE (continued) Meats Fresh fruit and vegetables in non-plastic trays or containers Dairy products in non-waxed coated paper containers Beer or wine up to 12% alcohol in metal, glass or ceramic containers Oil filled and other types of distribution transformers
Glass bottles empty or filled with non-combustible liquids Mirrors Foods in noncombustible containers Frozen foods
Cement in bags Electrical insulators Gypsum board Inert Pigments Dry insecticides
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 1994 Standard Codes (SBCCI) with State Amendments Fire Alarm/Detection Systems
Occupancy Type Group A - Assembly Group B - Business Group E - Educational Group F - FactoryIndustrial Group H - Hazardous
Fire Alarm Systems Manual when > 1,000 persons Required Required Manual when > 2 stories or > 500 persons Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
> 15,000 sq. fi.
Group R - Residential
Group S - Storage Atriums Covered Malls High-rise Buildings Special Amusement Buildings
> 3 stories
Required
Required Required - residential hangars Required Required

> 75 ft.
Required Required
> 75 fi.
> 75 fi.
Required
Required
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Underground Buildings Day Care
Required
Required Required
Required Required
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 1994 Standard Codes (SBCCI) Requirements and Exceptions GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 903.7.2 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in Group A-1 occupancies in areas over 15,000 square feet used for display, sale, or storage of combustible materials. Also provide throughout stages and in dressing rooms, workshops, storerooms and other accessory spaces contiguous to stage, and sound stages for motion picture or television productions over 1,000 square feet in area. Provide manual alarm system in Group A occupancies with 300 or more persons. May omit manual fire alarm system when building equipped with automatic fire alarm or automatic sprinkler system throughout.
Section 905.1 (Building Code) and Section 603.7 (Fire Code) (Amended)
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GROUP B - BUSINESS Section 905.1 (Building Code) and Section 603.7 (Fire Code) Provide manual fire alarm system in Group B occupancies with 500 or more persons or more than 100 persons located above or below street floor. May omit manual fire alarm when building equipped with automatic fire alarm or automatic sprinkler system throughout.
GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL Section 905.1 (Building Code) and Section 603.7 (Fire Code) (Amended) Provide manual fire alarm system throughout Group E occupancies. May omit manual fire alarm system when building equipped with automatic fire alarm or automatic sprinkler system throughout except in individual one-room classrooms.
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GROUP F - FACTORYDhBUSTRIAL Section 905.1 (Building Code) and Section 603.7 (Fire Code) (Amended) Provide manual fire alarm system in Group F having total capacity of 100 or 25 or more persons above or below street floor level. May omit manual fire alarm when building equipped with automatic fire alarm or automatic sprinkler system throughout.
GROUPH - HAZARDOUS
Section 407.1.3 (Building Code) and Chapter 22 (Fire Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system throughout Group H indoor storage areas, storage buildings and areas or rooms in which hazardous materials are dispensed or used. Provide internal sprinklers in gas cabinets and exhausted enclosures for the storage of cylinders of highly toxic and toxic compressed gas and provide automatic sprinkler system for roof structures provided for the storage of highly toxic or toxic compressed gases. Install a local fire alarm manual pull station or approved emergency signal device outside of each interior egress door to a storage room. Also provide an approved supervised smoke detection system in rooms or areas where highly toxic compressed gases, liquid or solid oxidizers or unclassified detonatable, Class I or Class II organic peroxides are stored, and where Class III or Class IV organic peroxides are stored in quantities exceeding exempt amounts specified by this code. Activation of detection system shall sound a local alarm. Exception: Detached storage buildings with an automatic fire extinguishing system. Provide supervision by an approved central, proprietary or remote station service of fire detection or extinguishing systems. Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout Group H Hazardous Production Material (HPM) facilities. Provide manual fire alarm system throughout Group H except may omit when building equipped with automatic fire alarm or automatic sprinkler system except in hazardous material storage areas.
Section 903.7.4 (Building Code) Section 905.1 (Building Code) and Section 603.7 (Fire Code) (Amended) Section 1303.2 (Fire Code)
Provide approved fire alarm system in all Group H buildings used for manufacture of organic coatings.
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Section 3605 (Fire Code) Provide automatic fire extinguishing system and smoke detection system in buildings used for high-piled combustible storage per table in Fire Code and per Building Code.
Group I Unrestrained Occupancy: Section 409.1.1.1 (Building Code) (Amended) Provide with an approved automatic wet pipe sprinkler system. Protect smoke compartments containing patient rooms with quick response sprinklers. Quick response sprinklers on dry pipe systems, or standard sprinklers may be used if patient room is equipped with smoke detectors permanently connected to house current. Provide smoke detectors to activate automatic closing devices on doors in smoke barriers and hazardous areas. Provide electrically supervised fire alarm system, which is activated by manual pull stations, by sprinkler activation, and by smoke detection.
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Provis-: manua fire alarm system throughout Group I occupancies.
Group I Restrained Occupancy: Section 409.2.10 (Building Code) Section 409.2.12 (Building Code) Provide a manual and automatic fire alarm system per NFPA 72A.
Provide approved automatic fire detection system with smoke detectors per NFPA 72A and 72E throughout all resident housing areas, including common spaces, except in sleeping rooms with four or less occupants in a building protected throughout with an approved automatic sprinkler system. Provide an electrically supervised approved automatic sprinkler system per NFPA 13 when required by Table 500 of this code. Provide smoke detectors to activate automatic closing devices on doors in smoke barriers.
Section 409.2.13 (Building Code) Section 409.2.14.6 (Building Code)
GROUP M - MERCANTILE Section 903.7.1 (Building Code) Section 905.1 (Building Code) and Section 603.7 (Fire Code) Provide supervised automatic sprinkler systems in Group M occupancies where combustible storage and story floor area exceeds 15,000 square feet Provide manual fire alarm system when total occupancy is 500 or more persons or more than 100 persons located above or below street floor. May omit manual fire alarm system when building equipped with automatic fire alarm or automatic sprinkler system throughout.
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Section 409.2.17.4 (Building Code)
Provide automatic extinguishing protection per NFPA 13 in any trash chute or linen chute, including pneumatic rubbish and linen systems.
GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Section 903.7.5 (Building Code) (Amended) Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout Groups R1 and R2 occupancies three or more stories except when exterior exitway stairs are provided for the guest rooms. An automatic sprinkler system complying with NFPA 13R is permitted for RZ buildings not exceeding,fourstories. Provide manual fire alarm system in hotels for more than 15 guests, apartment houses four or more stories, and dormitories, lodging houses, or rooming houses with more than 15 sleeping accommodations. May omit manual fire alarm system when building equipped with automatic fire alarm or automatic sprinkler system. Also may omit if each guest room or apartment has direct exit to the outside and the building is three stories or less. Provide approved single-station or multiple-station smoke detector in every dwelling, dwelling unit in apartment house, rental condominium, condominium or townhouse, and every guest or sleeping room in motel, hotel, or dormitory. Install per NFPA 72. Smoke detectors connected to a fire alarm system should be installed per NFPA 72. In all newly constructed dwelling and dwelling units, smoke detectors are to be hardwired into an AC electrical power source. A monitored battery power source is permitted in existing buildings.
Provide approved listed smoke detection devices installed per NFPA 7 2 in all interior enclosed exit access corridors of Group R buildings and daycarefacilities. In buildings with corridors 75feet or more in length, or more than two stories high, smoke detection system must be electrical1,v interconnected to thefire protective signaling system. In one and two stow buildings with corridors less than 75feet in length, two or more interconnected single station devices approved.for the dwelling must be provided and powered from the building electrical system.
Section 905.2 (Building Code) and Section 603.6 (Fire Code) (Amended)
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GROUP S - STORAGE Section 411.7.7 (Building Code) Section 41 1.7.8.5 (Building Code) Provide aircraft hangars with fire suppression as required by NFPA 409.
Section 414.3 & .6 (Building Code)
Provide approved automatic sprinkler system, smoke control system, and smoke detection throughout. Install smoke detectors to activate smoke control system and sound alarm at a constantly supervised station.
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Provide smoke detectors within return air portion of air conditioning system to shut down air supply.
HAZARDOUS PRODUCITON MATERIAZ, "M) Section 408.1.2 (Building Code)
FACILITIES
Provide approved automatic sprinkler system throughout all buildings containing HPM facilities, such as semiconductor fabrication and areas of comparable research and development. Provide smoke detectors in the re-circulating air stream of ventilation system. Install to initiate a signal at the emergency control station. Provide an emergency telephone system or local manual alarm pull station outsde of each interior egress door from HPM cutoff rooms.
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HIGHRZSE BUILDINGS Section 412.1.11 (Building Code) (Amended) Section 412.3.1 (Building Code) (Amended)
Design of Life Safety Equipment. All electrical, mechanical, central alarm and communications systems, smoke control measures and sprinkler systems must be designed and sealed by a Professional Engineer in the State ofNorth Carolina. Provide approved sprinkler s,vsteni per NFPA 13 in all buildings. See Section 901.5 .for rooms and areas, which are exempted from having sprinkler heads. Excepted are parking structures of Tvpe I or II construction, which are within buildings or occupancies not required to be provided with automatic sprinkler protection. Provide approved and listed supervised smoke detectors in each interior or enclosed elevator lobby or elevator entrance areas.
Section 412.6.2.2 (Building Code) (Amended) Section 412.12.1 (Building Code) (Amended)
Provide electrical1,v supervised smoke and fire alarm system comply with NFPA 72 in all high-rise buildings. At least one approved smoke detector must be installed in evey mechanical equipment, electrical, telephone, elevator equipment or similar room. Thermalhate of rise detectors may be installed in boiler roonis, each opening where a return plenum or return branch duct connects to a vertical shaft, in the return air duct system of every air conditioning and mechanical ventilation system serving anyfloor other than thefloor on which the equipment is located, in the supply duct downstream offilters in systems larger than 2000 cfm, and in e v e y interior elevator lobby. Install detector or other initiation device to activate the alarni system and to cause other operations as are necessary toprevent the recirculation of smoke. Provide audible and visual alarm devices. Manual pull stations must be provided in elevator lobbies.
SPECIAL AMSEMENT BUILDINGS

Section 403.5.3 (Building Code) Provide an automatic fire detection system with smoke detectors. An approved alternate type of automatic fire detector may be installed in areas where the ambient conditions may cause a smoke detector to alarm. Install detection device to sound alarm at a constantly supervised station. Provide an automatic sprinkler system throughout except when building is temporary with total floor area of 1,000 square feet or less and the exit travel distance from any point is 50 feet or less. Install automatic sprinkler system to sound alarm at a constantly supervised station.
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UNDERGROUNDBUJLDINGS Section 415.1 (Building Code) Applies to building spaces having a floor level used for human occupancy more than 30 feet or more than one story below the lowest level of exit discharge. Exceptions: Fixed guideway transit system, grandstands, parking garages with automatic fire suppression system, buildings which qualify but have an area not more than 1,500 square feet and have under ten occupants. Provide automatic fire sprinkler system in the highest level of exit discharge serving the underground portion of the building and all levels below. Provide smoke detectors to activate automatic closing devices on doors between compartments. Provide at least one smoke detector in every room for mechanical equipment, electrical, transformer, telephone equipment, and elevator machine; in every elevator lobby; in the main return and exhaust air plenum of each air conditioning system serving more than one story; in each connection to a vertical duct or riser serving two or more stories from return air ducts or plenums of KVAC system. Exception: In Group R occupancies, an approved smoke detector may be used in each return air riser carrying not more than 5,000 cfm and serving not more than 10 air inlet openings. Smoke exhaust system must be activated by smoke detectors, automatic suppression system, and manual controls. Provide fire alarm system throughout when the lowest level of building is more than 60 feet below the lowest level of exit discharge. Alarm to be activated by smoke detectors, automatic fire sprinkler system, and manual pull station. Provide supervised voice communication system in underground portion of building.
Section 415.3 (Building Code) Section 415.4.2 (Building Code) Section 415.5.2 (Building Code)
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OTHERGENJCRALBUILDINGAREAS Section 903.5 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in the following: Basements more than 2,500 square feet used to manufacture, repair, sell or store combustible material or when used as lounge or night club regardless of size. In buildings without suitable access per Section 703.2 of this code. Spray finishing booth, area or room.
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OTHER GENERAL BUILDING AREAS (continued)

Section 903.5 (Building Code) (continued)
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Enclosed parking garage more than 65 feet high and more than 10,000 square feet per floor. Repair garages two or more stories high and more than 10,000 square feet in single floor area. Single story repair garages more than 15,000 square feet Basement garages or repair garages in basement except R3 occupancies. Commercial truck storage garage more than 5,000 square feet Bus garages for four or more buses. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system with high-piled combustible stock as required by fire prevention code.
NORTH CAROLINA DAY-CARE STANDARDS Section 418.1 & .2 (Building Code) and Chapter 45 (Fire Code) (Added)
Provide electrically operated smoke detector with battery backup, or one electrically operated and one battery operated detector located next to each other in all fami1,v da,v-care homes. Provide manualfire alarm device having a distinct sound, which can be distinguished as an emergency signal in large day-care homes. Also provide approved labeled automatic smoke andior heat detectors in all unoccupied spaces, such as basements, workshops, and fossil fuel fired furnace rooms.
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES Section 419.2 (Added)

In residential care homes keeping no more than sx ambulatory adults or six ( unrestrained ambulatory children, provide smoke detectors on all levels as required by the state electrical code. In small residential care homes, provide sprinklers per NFPA 13R ifbuilding not o f one-hour.fire resistant construction. Provide smoke detectors on all levels per state electrical code and install heat detectors in all attic spaces. Provide building fire alarm system per NFPA 72.
Section 419.3 (Added)
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NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES (continued) Section 419.4 (Added)

Provide sprinklers which; are electrically connected directly to an approved central station.faciIi0, in all areas of small non-antbulator,v care,facilities keeping no more than six adults or six children who are unable to respond and evacuate without assistance. In large residential care facilities keeping no more than I 2 residents, provide sprinklers per NFPA 13R. Provide approved smoke detectors connected to the building,fire alarm system in corridors. A.fire alarm sysrem must be provided per NFPA 72.
Section 419.5 (Added)
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STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code 1994 UBC
Amendments
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No amendments
Fire Prevention Code 1994 UFC and certain NFPA National Fire Codes and Standards No amendments
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No amendments
Mandatory for state-owned buildings, health-care facilities, schools, hotels, bars, theaters, churches, and other places of assembly. Voluntary for other occupancies. Dan Hoium State Fire Marshal P. O. Box 1054 Bismarck, ND 58502-1054 (701)328-5555
IMandatory statewide.
Local jurisdictions may amend to conform to local needs.
IMandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent.
Promulgation
Enforcement
Richard Gray State Building Code/ADA Program Manager 'Division of Community Services 600 East Boulevard Avenue IDept. 105 14th Floor, State Capitol Bismarck, ND 58505-0170 (701) 328-2094 Local jurisdictions
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Dan Hoium State Fire Marshal P. O. Box 1054 Bismarck, ND 58502-1054 (701) 328-5555
Local jurisdictions
Dan Hoium
State Fire Marshal P. O. Box 1054 Bismarck, ND 58502-1054 1701 328-5555 If a local jurisdiction elects to adopt a code, it has to be the state code. See summary for 1994 Uniform Codes and 1997 NFPA 101 in Chapter 3 for fire alarmdetection systems requirements.
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Code Change Cycle: Codes are revised on a three-year cycle or as new materials are approved. History: North Dakota adopted a statewide building code in 1982. The plumbing code, originally a state-written code, was adopted in 1941. The first electrical code was adopted in 1920.
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STATE OF OHIO Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code Amendments Preemptive Application 1996 NBC State amendments Mandatory statewide for all buildings except 1,2, and 3 family detached. Local jurisdictions may supplement. John W. Brant Executive Secretary Department of Commerce Board of Building Standards 6606 Tussing Road P. o.Box 4009 Reynoldsburg, OH 430689009 (614) 644-2613 Local jurisdictions or Henry Helton, CBO Bureau of Construction Compliance Department of Commerce Division of Industrial Compliance 6606 Tussing Road Reynoldsburg, OH 430689009 (614) 728-5293 Local building departments must be certified by the state before they can approve plans and make inspections.
Fire Prevention Code 1996NFPC State Amendments Mandatory statewide for all buildings except 1,2, and 3 family detached. Local iurisdictions may adopt and supplement. Michael G . Kraft Chief of Technical Services Department of Commerce Division of State Fire Marshal 6606 Tussing Road Reynoldsburg, OH 430689009 (614) 728-5460 Local jurisdictions or Michael G . Kraft Chief of Technical Services Department of Commerce Division of State Fire Marshal 6606 Tussing Road Reynoldsburg, OH 430689009 (614) 728-5460
Life Safety Code Vone
Prmuigation
Enforcement
Comments
Some local jurisdictions have Local building departments must be certified by the state adopted NFPA 1O I. before they can approve plans and make inspections. n for Group E child day-care centers and facilities, Group H, I, and Group R occupancies. See summary of 1996 BOCA codes in Chapter 3. The states amendments to the National Building Code are minimal as follows: Deletes the exception in Section 904.6. In Section 904.9 adds several exceptions as to when an automatic fire suppression system is not required in Group R-2 occupancies. These exceptions do require installation of automatic fire detection system and smoke detectors if an automatic fire suppression system is not present.
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Code Change Cycle: The State of Ohio has adopted the BOCA National Building Code. When the new edition comes out, the Board of Building Standards reviews the code; then holds public hearings. The Board may then adopt the code. The process takes approximately a year. History: Regulations for various uses, such as schools, industrial buildings, and assembly date back to the early part of the century and were enacted under the Department of Industrial Relations. These standards are still regulated by that department which has become the Division of Industrial Compliance under the Department of Commerce. In the early 1950s, these various standards were compiled into a building code. However, the Ohio State Legislature did not pass the measure to implement a building code. A few years later a Board of Building Standards was created and the revised building code was adopted by this board.
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA AdministrativeRequirements
Building Code Code

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Fire Prevention Code 1996 NFPC
Life Safety Cade 1994NFPA 101 State amendments aandatory statewide for all cilities constructed for state Ise and certain institutional, issembly, educational, and .esidential occupancies. 5d Chappel Division Chief, Code %forcement Dffice of State Fire Marshal 1545 North Lincoln Boulevard, Suite 280 3klahoma City, OK 73 1O 5 :405)522-5005 Local jurisdictions or Ed Chappel Division Chief, Code Enforcement Office of State Fire Marshal 4545 North Lincoln Boulevard, Suite 280 Oklahoma City, OK 73 105 c405) 522-5005 Fire Marshal's Office does plan review and inspection. Applies 1997 NFPA 101 and/or 1996 BOCA National Building and Fire Prevention Codes' fire prevention requirements to new and most existing occupancies. New and existing day-care facilities are to be constructed and protected by NFPA 1O 1.
Promulgation
Local jurisdictions
Enforcement
Local jurisdictions
Comments
1999 NBC is enforced for all facilities constructed for state use. Contact: Ron DeLuca Chief Architect Department of Central Services Construction and Properties Division 2401 North Lincoln Boulevard, Suite 106 Oklahoma City, OK 73 105 (405) 521-2111
Boulevard, Suite 280 Oklahoma City, OK 73 105 (405) 522-5005 Local jurisdictions or Ed Chappel Division Chief, Code Enforcement Office of State Fire Marshal 4545 North Lincoln Boulevard, Suite 280 Oklahoma City, OK 73 1O 5 (405) 522-5005 Fire Marshal's Office does plan review and inspection. Applies 1997NFPA 101 and/or 1996 BOCA National Building and Fire Prevention Codes' fire protection requirements to new and most existing occupancies.
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care facilities are to be constructed and protected by the life safety code. Also Group 1-1 are buildings and structures which house seven or more individuais. A facility with six or less occupants is to be classified as a residential use group. See summary of 1996 National Codes and 1997 NFPA 1O 1 in Chapter 3.
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Code Change Cycle: Code change coincides with three-year model code update cycle. Code changes must go through the state legislature, the governor, and the State Fire Marshal Commission. History: The State of Oklahoma does not have a statewide building code. Most of its large cities use the BOCA National Building Code and some use the Standard Building Code. Oklahoma uses the BOCA National Codes for all of its state buildings. The State Fire Marshal uses the BOCA Code for fire and safety requirements in state-owned buildings, and in certain institutional, assembly, educational, and residential occupancies. The state requires electricians, plumbers, and HVAC tradespeople to be licensed. To be licensed, these trades are required to use the National Building, International Mechanical and Plumbing Codes, and National Electrical Code.
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STATE OF OREGON Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code Amendments Preemptive Application

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1997 UBC
Fire Prevention Code I1997 UFC State amendments Mandatory minimum except 1 and 2 family dwellings not more than 3 stories in height. Local jurisdictions may amend or supplement to make more stringent. Roger Severson Fire Codes Program Coordinator Office of the State Fire Marshal 4760 Portland Road, NE S a l a , OR 97305-1760
(503) 378-3473
State amendments Mandatory statewide except 1 and 2 family dwellings not more than 3 stories in height and farm-agriculturebuildings. Local jurisdictions may amend with state approval. Peggy Collins Building Official Department of Consumer and Business Services Building Codes Division P. O. Box 14470 Salem, OR 97309
(503) 373-1258
Promulgation
Enforcement
Local jurisdictions or Ravi Mahajan, P.E. Department of Consumer and Business Services Building Codes Division P. O. Box 14470 Salem, OR 97309
(503) 373-1354
Local jurisdictions or Roger Severson Fire Codes Program Coordinator Office of the State Fire Marshal 4760 Portland Road, NE Salem, OR 97305-1760
(503) 378-3473
Comments
State adds new Use Group SR for occupancies where personal care is administered that are licensed by or under the authority of the Oregon Department of Human Resources or any other state agency. See the following pages for summary of state requirements.
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Code Chance Cycle: The State of Oregon reviews new model codes as they are published and reviews submitted proposed amendments annually. The proposed model codes and states amendments are adopted by the Building Codes Agency Administrator with approval of advisory boards following public hearings. The code change cycle of three years is comparable with the model code cycle.
History: Prior to 197 1, most large towns in Oregon had construction codes and a few had mechanical codes. At the state level, several of the codes, which are now called specialty codes, were enforced by different branches of state government. Plumbing codes were enforced by the Health Department; electrical, boiler, and elevator codes by the Bureau of Labor; and fire and existing codes by the State Fire Marshal. There were no state structural and mechanical codes. Some local governments adopted these codes, usually based on ICBO codes, but amended up or down at local discretion. Fi@-three different variations of the Uniform Building Code were alleged in the Portland metropolitan area. Sixteen counties and many small cities had no codes.
In 1971, existing state codes-enforcing bodies were brought together in the Department of Commerce. In 1973, the State Legislature enacted the Building Code Law. Key concepts included state adoption of model codes (including structural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, elevator, boiler, and amusement rides) with state amendments, statewide uniformiy of codes (no local amendments), local enforcement option, and mandatory certification of building officials, plans examiners and inspectors. Subsequent legislation has exempted farm buildings and partially exempted moved buildings from the structural code. Increased legislative interest in energy conservation and removal of architectural barriers to the handicapped has strongly influenced state amendments to the Uniform Building Codes. The basic provisions have remained intact now for 16 years. The Building Codes Division became the Building Codes Agency with the abolishment of the Department of Commerce in 1987. This agency is charged with adopting and enforcing a uniform statewide building code. This code relates to the construction, reconstruction, alteration, and repair of buildings and other structures and to the installation of mechanical, plumbing, and electrical devices and equipment. The agency administers fourteen specialty codes and regulates six other construction industry-related activities. The agency is also responsible for examining, certifying, registering, and licensing 11 professions and issues operating permits. Continuing education programs and state administration and enforcement are funded by a five percent surcharge on permits.
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STATE OF OREGON 1997 ICBO Use Group Classifications with State Amendments
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Building or structure for the gathering of 50 or more persons for purposes such as civic, social or religious functions, recreation, education or instruction, food or drink consumption, or awaiting transportation. Amusement buildings are included in this classification. Sub-classify in divisions as follows: A-1 A-2 A-2.1 Assembly building with stage and occupant load of 1,000 or more. Building or portion thereof; having an assembly room with occupant load less than 1,000 and a stage. Building or portion thereof with an assembly room with occupant load of 300 or more without a stage, including buildings for educational purposes and other than Groups E or B. Building or portion thereof; with an assembly room with occupant load less than 300 without a stage, including buildings for educational purposes and other than Groups E or B. Stadiums, reviewing stands, and amusement park structures not included in other Group A occupancies.
A-3
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A4
GROW E EDUCATIONAL Sub-classify in divisions as follows:
El
Buildings used for educational purposes through 12th grade by 50 or more persons for more than 12 hours per week or 4 hours per day. Buildings used for educational purposes through 12th grade by less than 50 persons for more than 12 hours per week or 4 hours a day. Buildings used for day-care purposes for more than six persons.
E2
E3
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GROW F - FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL Building or structure for assembling, disassembling, fabricating, finishing, manufacturing, packaging, repair or processing operations. Sub-classify in divisions as follows:
F-1 F-2
Moderate-hazard factory and industrial occupancies including factory and industrial uses not classified as F-2. Low-hazard factory and industrial occupancies including facilities producing noncombustible or non-explosive materials which, during finishing, packing or processing, do not involve a significant fire hazard.
GROUP H - HAZARDOUS Building or structure where manufacturing, processing, generation of storage materials constitute a high fire, explosion or health hazard. Sub-classify in divisions as follows:
H-1
Buildings with quantity of material in excess of building code limitations, which present high explosion hazard, including bur nor limited to: Explosives, blasting agents, fireworks, and black powder. Exception: Storage and use of pyrotechnic special effect materials in motion picture, television, theatrical, and group entertainment production when under permit per Fire Code. Maximum time period for storage is 90 days. t Manufacturing of Class 1.4G fireworks. a t Unclassified detonatable organic peroxides. a t Class 4 oxidizers. a t Class 4 or Class 3 detonatable unstable (reactive) materials. a Buildings with quantity of material in excess of building code limitations which present moderate explosion hazard or hazard from accelerated burning, including but not limited to: t Class I organic peroxides. a t Class 3 non-detonatable unstable (reactive) materials. a t Pyrophoric gases. a t Flammable or oxidizing gases. a t Class I, II, or III-A flammable or combustible liquids used in normally open containers or systems or in closed a containers pressurized at more than 15 psi gauge. Exception: aerosols. t Class 3 oxidizers. a Class 3 water-reactive materials.
H-2
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H-3
Buildings with quantity of materials in excess of building code limitations, which present high fire or physical hazard, including but not limited to: Class II, III, or IV organic peroxides. Class 1 or 2 oxidizers. Class I, II, or III-A flammable liquids or combustible liquids used or stored in normally closed containers or systems and containers pressurized at 15 psi gauge or less, and aerosols. Class III-B combustible liquids. t Pyrophoric liquids or solids. a t Class i or 2 water-reactive materiais. a t Flammable solids in storage. a t Flammable or oxidizing cryogenic fluids (other than inert). a Class 1 unstable (reactive) gas or Class 2 unstable (reactive) materials. Repair garages not classified as Group S-3. Aircraft repair hangars and heliports not classified as Group S-5. Semiconductor fabrication facilities and comparable research and development areas when facilities in which hazardous production materials (HPM) used and aggregate quantity of materials in excess of building code limitations. Occupancies with quantities of materials in excess of building code limitations that are health hazards, including but not limited to: Corrosives, except stationary lead-acid battery systems. t Highly toxic materials. a Irritants. t Sensitizers. a Other health hazards.
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H-5
H-6
H-7
GROUP I - INS-ONAL Sub-classi@ in divisions as follows: 1-1.1 Nurseries for full-time care of children under the age of six, hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes with nonambulatory patients, and similar buildings, each accommodating more than five persons, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group.
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1-1.2
Health-care centers for ambulatory patients receiving outpatient medical care which may render the patient incapable of unassisted self-preservation, each tenant space accommodating more than five such patients, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group.
Health-care centers f o r ambulatory patients receiving outpatient niedical care which may render the patient f incapable o unassisted self-preservation, each tenant space acconzmodatingjve or less such patients.
I-1.3
1-2
Nursing homes for ambulatory patients, homes for children six years old or over, each accommodating more than five persons, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group. Mental hospitals, mental sanitariums, jails, pris ons, reformatories, and buildings where personal liberties of inmates are similarly restrained, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group.
Correctional facilities including jails, prisons, halfway houses and juvenile detention and correctional educatio1 facilities where egress is controlled.
1-3
1-4
Building or structure or portion thereof for display and sale of merchandise, and involving stocks of goods, wares or merchandise, incidental to such purposes and accessible to the public.
Sub-classify in divisions as follows: R-1 R-2 R-3 Hotels, apartment houses, congregate residences; each accommodating more than ten persons. Classification not used. Dwellings, lodging houses, and congregate residences, each accommodating ten persons or less. Also included ad foster homes in which residential care is provided forfive orfewer adults who are not related by blood or marriai
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GROW S - STORAGE Building or structure for storage not classified as a hazardous occupancy. Sub-classify in divisions as follows: s-1
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Moderate hazard storage occupancies include buildings or portions thereof used for storage of combustible materials not classified as S-2 or Group H. Low-hazard storage occupancies include buildings or portions thereof used for storage of noncombustible materials. Repair garages and parking garages not classified as S-4 Open parking garages. Aircraft hangars and helistops. Mausoleums and columbariums
s-2
s-3
S4
s-5
S-6
GROUP SR - SPECIAL RESIDENTIAL Occupancies where personal care is administered that are licensed by or under the authority of the Oregon Department of Human Resources or any other state agency. Sub-classify in divisions as follows: SR-1
A building or portion thereof used for lodging, boarding and personal care of residents whose evacuation capabilitj is classified as "Impractical." SR-1 has the following classifications:
SR-1.1 Large, licensed to provide care for 17 or more residents. SR-1.2 Small, licensed to provide care for 6 to 16 residents. SR-1.3 Licensed to provide care for five or less residents. SR-2
A building or portion thereof used for lodging, boarding and personal care of residents whose evacuation capabilit: is classified as "Slow." SR-2 has the following classifications:
SR-2.1 Large, licensed to provide care for 17 or more residents. SR-2.2 Small, licensed to provide care for 6 to 16 residents. SR-2.3 Licensed to provide care for five or less residents.
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GROUP SR SPECIAL RESIDENTLAL coninued) SR-3

A building or portion thereof used for lodging, boarding and personal care of residents whose evacuation capabilit<
is classified as "Prompt." SR-3 has the following classifications: SR-3.1 Large, licensed to provide care for 17 or more residents. SR-3.2 Small, licensed to provide care for 6 to 16 residents. SR-3.3 Licensed to provide care for five or less residents. GROUP U - UTILITY Sub-classify in divisions as follows:
u 1
IF2
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STATE O F OREGON
1997 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with State Amendments Fire AlarmlDetection Systems
Il
I
Occupancy Type
Fire Alarm Systems Required
> 50 occupants
Required
Group F - Factory Industrial Group H - Hazardous H-i - Flammables/ Explosives H-2 - Moderate Explosion Hazard H-3 - High Hazard H-4 - Repair Garages H- - Semiconductor Facilities H-7 - Health Hazards
Required
Required
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Required
Required
Group I- Institutional Hospitals Nursing Homes

> 3 stories > 12,000 sq. ft./foor > 24,000 sq. ft. total
I Required Required
Required Required Required Required
R-1
Hoteihultifamily
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
Required Special Group SR Residential High-rise -New and Existing Construction B-2- Offices R-1 - HotelMultifamily Covered Maiis Required
> 75 fi. 7 5 ft.

Required
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.
> 75 f . t > 75 f . t
Required Required
Required Required
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STATE OF OREGON 1997 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with State Amendments Requirements and Exceptions
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY
Provide automatic sprinkler systems in Group A as follows: Rooms and un-separated accessory uses more than 5,000 square feet in total area when used for consumption of alcoholic beverages. t Basements more than 1,500 square feet in floor area. a Exhibition and display rooms more than 12,000 square feet Enclosed usable space below or over a stairway in Groups A-2, A-2.1, A-3, and A 4 t Multi-theater complexes. a t Amusement buildings, except if temporary with floor area less than 1,000 a square feet and exit travel distance is less than 50 feet from any point. t All stages more than 1,000 square feet in area and 50 feet in height, dressing a rooms, workshops, storerooms, and other accessory spaces adjoiriing such stages. t Smoke-protected assembly seating, except press boxes, storage less than a 1,000 square feet, or in conjunction with outdoor seating. Provide approved fire alarm system in Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1 occupancies installed per Fire Code. In Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1, provide manual fire alarm system. When occupant load is 1,000 or more, fire alarm must immediately activate approved prerecorded announcement using an approved voice communication system. In amusement buildings, provide automatic sprinkler, smoke detection, and supervised alarm and/or public address systems. In areas where ambient conditions will cause smoke detector to alarm, an approved alternate type of automatic detector may be substituted.
Section 408 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.1.2 (Fire Code) GROUP B - BUSINESS
GROUP B BUSINESS Section 304.2.2.3 (Building Code) (Added)

Provide automatic$re sprinkler system in buildings containing lockupfacilities. Install in smoke control zone in which lockup cells are located. Also provide automatic smoke detection system in lockup cell area. Install per Fire Code Group I-3 occupancies.
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GROUPE EDUCATIONAL Section 305.2.2.2 (Building Code) Section 305.9 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.4 (Fire Code) Section 904.2.4 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.4 (Fire Code) Provide approved smoke detectors to activate all automatic -closing fire assemblies installed in the atmospheric separation. Provide approved fire alarm system when occupant load is 50 or more. When automatic sprinkler or smoke detectors provided, install to automatically activate fire alarm.
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Provide automatic fire sprinkler system throughout all Group E-1 occupancies including basements and in enclosed usable space below or over a stairway. Exception allowed when room for instruction has one exit door directly outside at ground level. Exception also allowed when area separation walls or occupancy separation has two-hour fire resistive rating subdividing building into separate compartments with aggregate floor area not greater than 20,000 square feet Provide smoke detectors installed throughout area of common atmosphere when the only means of exit from a room is through an adjoining or intervening room. Exceptions: 1) When aggregate occupant load of interior room is not more than ten; 2) When enclosures forming interior rooms are less than two-thirds of floor-toceiling height or not more than eight feet; and 3) Rooms are used exclusively for mechanical and public utility service to building.
GROW F - FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL Section 904.2.5 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.5 (Fire Code) Provide automatic fire-sprinkler system in woodworking occupancies over 2,500 square feet where finely divided combustible waste or materials present.
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GROUP H - HAZARDOUS Section 307.9 (Building Code) and Sections 1007.2.6, 5013.1, and Article 80 (Fire Code) Section 307.11 (Building Code) Provide approved manual fire alarm system in Group H occupancies used to manufacture organic coatings and Group H-6 hazardous production materials occupancies. Provide approved smoke detection for rooms used for storage, dispensing, use and handling of hazardous materials.
Provide approved emergency alarm system outside each interior door of hazardous production materials (Group H-6) storage rooms. Install so that activation of emergency alarm device will sound a local alarm and transmit signal to emergency control station. Provide automatic fire extinguishing systems throughout H-I, H-2, H-3, H-6, and H-7 occupancies and H-4 occupancies with more than 3,000 square feet floor area.
Section 904.2.6 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.6 (Fire Code) GROUP I - INSTJTUTIONAL Section 308.9 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.7 (Fire Code) (Amended) Section 308.10 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.7.1.2 (Fire Code) (Amended) Section 1007.2.7.1.1 (Fire Code)
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Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in all Group I occupancies. Install audible alarm devices in non-patient areas. Visible alarm devices may be substituted for audible devices in patient-occupied areas. An automatic auxiliary power supply acceptable to State Fire Marshal must be provided on the premises to maintain operating energy to alarm system.
Provide approved smoke detectors in patients sleeping rooms of hospital and nursing homes. Inter-tie with the building fire alarm system. Actuation must cause a visual display on the corridor side. Except in rooms equipped with automatic door closers having integral smoke detectors on room side, integral detector may substitute for smoke detector provided it performs required alerting functions. In Groups 1-1.1,1-1.2, and 1-2, provide smoke detectors at automatic-closing doors in smoke barriers and one-hour fire-resistive occupancy separations, and in waiting areas open to corridors. Install smoke detectors to activate alarm signal audible throughout building.
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GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL continued) Section 308.2.2.3 (Building Code)

(Added)
Provide.fire sprinkler systeni and automatic smoke detection and alarni s,vstem installed per Fire Code in Group I-4 equipped with automatic releasing egress control devices and housed in one-story building of Tvpe V one-hour construction.
Section 1007.2.7.2.4 (Fire Code) Section 904.2.7 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.7 (Fire Code) (Amended) Appendix Chapter 3, Division 1 (Building Code) GROUP M - MERCANTILE Section 904.2.8 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.8 (Fire Code) GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Section 310.9.1 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.9.2 (Fire Code)
Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout Group I occupancies.
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GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL (continued) Section 310.10 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.9.1.1 (Fire Code) Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in apartment house three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and in congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. In Group R-1 occupancies located in high-rise buildings; provide a fire aladcommunication system. Exceptions: 1) Buildings not more than two stories with all individual units provided one hour fire separation and direct exterior egress; 2 ) Building with approved supervised fire sprinkler system throughout and with local alarm system. Provide automatic sprinkler system in apartment houses three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. Install residential or quickresponse standard sprinklers in dwelling units and guest rooms. Provide smoke and heat detectors in all common areas and smoke detectors in interior corridors serving as exit for ten or more occupants.
Section 904.2.9 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.9 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.9.1.3 & .4 (Fire Code)
GROUP SR - SPECIAL RESIDENTIAL Section 3 12A.3.3.5.3 (Building Code) (Added) Section 312A.12 (Building Code) (Added)
Provide automatic sprinkler system and approved.fire alarm and detection system in any Group SR occupancj?provided with egress control devices.
Provide smoke detectors aspart of the alarm system in SR occupanciesper locations indicated by Section 310 or Group I occupancies. Install all smoke detection, fire alarm and automatic sprinkler systems to be electrically interconnected and have an automatic auxiliary power supply.
HIGHRISE, NEW CONSTRUCTION, GROUP B OFFICE BUILDINGS AND GROUP R-1 OCCLJPANCIES Section 403.2 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system; smoke detection system, and alarm and communication systems in buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access and of Type I or II-F.R. construction.
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HIGHRISE. NEW CONSTRUCTION. GROUP B OFFICE BUILDINGS AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES (continued\
Section 403.3 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.2.2 (Fire Code) Section 403.5 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.2 (Fire Code) Section 402.2 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.3 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.4 and Article 81 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.5 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.6 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.7 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.8 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.9 (Fire Code) Provide smoke detectors connected to automatic fire alarm system in mechanical system ducts or risers, air conditioning return-air and exhaust-air plenums, equipment rooms, elevator lobbies and interior corridors serving as exit for occupant load of ten or more occupants in Group R-1 occupancies.
Provide fire alarm, emergency voice/alarm signaling system and fire department communication systems in buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access.
Provide automatic fire -detection system throughout high-piled combustible storage uses as required by Article 8 1. Provide approved automatic fire sprinkler system when required by Table 81-A.
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Provide smoke detectors within office corridors not of one-hour fire-resistive construction. Install detectors to activate alarms audible in all areas served by corridor. Provide approved manual alarm system when required by Article 88 for aerosol storage rooms and general purpose warehouses containing aerosols. Provide approved automatic smoke detection system when required by the Building Code for automatic control of a smoke-control system. Provide manual fire alarm system in lumber, plywood, and veneer mills.
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HIGHRISE, GROUP B-2 OFFICES AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES.EXISTING STRUCTURES Appendi Chapter 34 Division II (Building Code) and Appendix 1-B (Fire Code)
(The state does not adopt these Appendix Chapters.)
GROUP CARE FACILITIES (GROUP R DIVISION 4) Appendix Chapter 3, Division IV, Section 341 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic and manual fire alarm systems.
Except in Group R-3 and U occupancies, provide automatic sprinkler system in every story or basement area mo re than 1,500 square feet except as detailed in Section 904.2.2 of 1997 UBC; at top of rubbish and linen chutes and their terminal rooms, in rooms where nitrate film is stored or handled, or in protected combustible fiber storage vaults, and throughout all buildings with floor level with an occupant load of 30 or more located 55 feet or more above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Exceptions: Airport control towers, open parking structures, and Group F-2 occupancies.
Provide automatic sprinkler system under piers or wharves regulated by Section 418A of the state building code and exceeding 200feet in length or 5,000 square feet in area. System must comply with NFPA 307-1 990.
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Appendix Chapter 34 Division 1, Section 3408 (Building Code) and Appendix 1-A (Fire Code) Section 713 (Building Code)
(The state does not adopt these Appendix Chapters.)
Provide approved and listed smoke detectors to activate closing device of an automatic closing fire assembly, i.e., fire door, fire window or fire damper, and to close smoke dampers in ducted or un-ducted air openings as required by the 1997 UBC.
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STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA AdministrativeRequirements
Building Code Code Amendments Preemptive Application lone

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Fire Prevention Code Fire and Panic Regulations
Life Safety Code Fire and Panic Regulations State-written
IState-written
Promulgation
Enforcement
Comments
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!Minimum requirements for all Minimumrequirements for all buildmgs with four or more buildings with four or more persons housed, employed, or persons housed, employed, or assembled therein. Local assembled therein. Local jurisdictions must enforce if no iurisdictions must enforce if no other code is adopted. other code is adopted. Charles Sludden, Jr. Charles Sludden, Jr. ,ocal jurisdictions Director Director Department of Labor and Department of Labor and Industry Industry Bureau of Occupational and Bureau of Occupational and Industrial Safety Industrial Safety Labor and Industry Building Labor and Industry Building Seventh and Forster Streets, Seventh and Forster Streets, Room 1529 Room 1529 Harrisburg, PA 17120 Harrisburg, PA 17120 (717) 787-3323 l(717) 787-3323 Charles Sludden, Jr. .ocal jurisdictions Ilharles Sludden, Jr. Director Director Department of Labor and Department of Labor and Industry Industry Bureau of Occupational and Bureau of Occupational and Industrial Safety Industrial Safety Labor and Industry Building Labor and Industry Building Seventh and Forster Streets, Seventh and Forster Streets, Room 1529 Room 1529 Harrisburg, PA 17120 Harrisburg, PA 17120 (717) 787-3323 (717) 787-3323 :he adoption and enforcement Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and b building codes is under the Scranton are exempt. f Scranton are exempt. iuthoritv of local iurisdictions. :ire and panic regulations provide requirements for all buildings that have four or more persons loused, employed, or assembled therein.
Code Change Cycle: There is no set schedule. Revisions to any of the state codes are made by the appropriate governing committees or agencies and have to go through the state's administrative procedures process of publication, a public comment period, and hearings. History: Administered by the Department of Labor and Industry, Pennsylvania's revised Fire and Panic Regulations went into effect May 19, 1984, the first such revisions in nearly 30 years. Major changes in the new Fire and Panic Regulations include: The use of automatic fire detection devices such as smoke or heat detectors in group habitation occupancies, including hotels, motels, dormitories, and apartments. The provision does not include private family dwellings. The installation of automatic sprinkler systems in all new high-rise buildings and high risk portions of new assembly occupancies. tx The installation of panic hardware on all exit doors, including doors to the outside and fire tower doors. The specification of the minimum size and type of all fire extinguishers in new or renovated buildings as well as standards for maintenance of the units. The establishment of standards for interior finishes such as carpeting, draperies, and wall coverings in means of egress and assembly areas. Installation in existing buildings of an interconnected smoke detection system in buildings where persons sleep such as hotels, motels, apartments, and dormitories.
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STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA Use Group Classifications
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Buildings used or designed primarily for assembly of persons for amusement, entertainment, worship, recreation, sports, transportation, military drilling, dining, and similar purposes. Sub-classiSl as follows: A-1 - capacity 501 or more; A-2 - capacity 101 - 500; A-3 - capacity 4 - 100. GROUP B - EDUCATIONAL Buildings used or designed primarily for education or instruction such as nursery schools, day-care centers, group day-care homes, and similar facilities.
GROUP C RESJDE"STITUTI0NAL Buildings used or designed primarily for habitation by at least 4 people. Sub-classify as follows:
C-1 - Buildings with sleeping facilities for at least 4 people who are mostly incapable of self-preservation due to physical or mental illness or disease, or people recovering from such illness or disease. Includes hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes, convalescent homes, rest homes, and similar facilities.
C-2 - Any building or part thereof with occupants in group-habitation and not covered by any other Group C
subdivision. Includes hotels, apartment buildings, multiple dwellings, dormitories, lodging houses, group homes, group foster homes, large personal care homes, children's residential institutions, orphanages, and similar facilities.
C-3 - Any building that only has single living unit housing four to eight residents in group-habitation. Includes dormitories, lodging houses, group homes, group foster homes, small personal care homes, orphanages, children's residential institutions, and similar facilities with four to eight residents.
C 4 - Apartment units that qualify for a single means of egress.

C-5 - Any building or part thereof with occupants in group-habitation who are under restraint and therefore mostly
incapable of self-preservation. Includes jails, prisons, reformatories, correction houses, and similar facilities.
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GROUP D - COMMERCIAL. OFFICE. AND INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCIES

Buildings used or designed primarily for commercial, storage, office, or similar purposes. Sub-classify as follows:
D-O (ordinary occupancies) - Occupancies involving the manufacture, assembly, warehousing, use, sale, or storage of combustible but not highly flammable products and materials, and buildings used for offices and similar purpose. D-H (hazardous occupancies) - Occupancies involving such form, characteristic, or volume of highly combustible, explosive, or unstable products or materials as to pose a special fire, life, or toxic hazard. Includes any building, structure, or part thereof used for manufacture, processing, warehousing, use, sale, or storage of highly combustible products or materials.
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STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA 1987 Fire and Panic Regulations Fire AlarmIDetection Systems
Occupancy Type Group A - Assembly A-1 A-2 A-3 Group B - Educational
Fire Alarm Systems
Required Required
> 4 classrooms
Group C - Residential/ Institutional c-1 c-2 c-3 C-4 c-5 Group D - Commercial/ Industrial D-O D-H High-rise Buildings
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**
> 2 stories
Required* Required* Required*
See requirements and exceptions for single-station smoke detectors.
**See NFPA 101-1981 for fire suppression requirements.
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STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA 1987 Fire and Panic Regulations Requirements and Exceptions
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 51.72 Provide automatic sprinkler protection in Group A-1 storage rooms more than 1O0 square feet, maintenance and boiler and heater rooms except when operated solely by electricity. Provide automatic sprinkler protection in Group A-2 storage areas more than 100 square feet, maintenance and boiler and heater rooms except when operated solely by electricity.
Section 52.72
GROUP B - EDUCATIONAL Section 54.51 GROUP C - R Provide fire alarm systems in Group B with more than four classrooms.
Section 55.51
Provide fire alarm systems in Group C-2 more than two stories and buildings with more than 10,000 square feet gross building area except buildings protected with automatic sprinkler system. Provide smoke detectors listed per UL 217, 1980, in common areas such as halls, corridors, stair towers, and basements. Provide fire alarm systems in large personal care homes with smoke detectors required in all corridors and rooms. Provide fire alarm system in all Group C-3 with smoke detection devices listed per UL 2 17, 1980, on each floor including basement. Provide f r e alarm system in Group C-4 except buildings protected by automatic sprinkler system and smoke detectors listed per UL 217,1980, in all corridors, stairs, stair towers, or basements.
Section 55.82
Section 56.52
Section 57.52
GROUP D - COMMERCIAMNDUSTRIAL Section 58.51 Provide fire alarm systems in Group D-O buildings more than two stories with more than 5,000 square feet floor space above the second story.
Section 50.91
Provide automatic sprinkler protection for such buildings that have exterior face exceeding 75 feet when measured from ground level to 5 feet above highest occupiable floor.
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?RISEBUILDINGS
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND Administrative Requirements
I
Code Amendments Preemptive Application 1996 NBC
Building Code
Fire Prevention Code 1997 NFPA 1 State amendments

No amendments
State amendments Mandatory statewide. Local iurisdictions may not amend.
Promulgation
Enforcement
Comments
Mandatory for all new facilities. Local jurisdictions may adopt more stringent provisions, except for those related to fire alarm systems and explosives. h i n g J. Owens Joseph A. Chillo State Fire Marshal Commissioner Division of the State Fire State Building Commission Marshals Office One Capitol Hill, 24 Conway Avenue Second Floor Quonset/DavisvilleIndustrial Providence, RI 02908-5859 Park (401) 222-3529 North Kingstown, RI 02852 (401) 294-0861 Local jurisdictions or Local jurisdictions Irving J. Owens State Fire Marshal Division of the State Fire Marshals Office 24 Conway Avenue Quonset/Davisville Industrial Park North Kingstown, RI 02852 I (401) 294-0861 190 edition of NFPA National Fire Codes: can be used by local authorities as the accepted standard with regard to fire safety for any unforeseen conditions. In Rhode Island the BOCA National Building Code provisions are supplemental to any applicable provisions of the Rhode Island State Fire Prevention Code. The most restrictive provisions of each code shall apply. The applicable provisions of the State Fire Prevention Code are summarized in the following pages.
Mandatory statewide except 1,2, or 3 family dwellings. Local jurisdictions may adopt more stringent provisions, except for those related to fire alarm systems and explosives. Irving J. Owens State Fire Marshal Division of the State Fire Marshals Office 24 Conway Avenue Quonset/Davisville Industrial Park North Kingstown, RI 02852 (401) 294-0861 Local jurisdictions or Irving J. Owens State Fire Marshal Division o f the State Fire Marshals Office 24 Conway Avenue Quonset/Davisville Industrial Park North Kingstown, RI 02852 (401) 294-0861
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Code Change Cycle: The state is on a three-year cycle concurrent with the publication of new editions of the model codes. The Building Code Standards Committee adopts, promulgates, and administers the State Building Code, and the Fire Safety Code Board of Appeal and Reviews has the authority to promulgate, amend, or repeal provisions of the State Fire Safety Code. History: Based upon legislation originated by the Department of Community Affairs, the Building Code Standards Committee was appointed by the governor in i 973 to draft the first act promulgating the first statewide building code. After two years of work and several hearings, the Committee submitted legislation based upon the adoption of the 1975 BOCA Basic Building Code. Through a series of meetings with the legislature, the act was finally adopted in 1976 and was made effective July 1, 1977. This included the One- and Two-Family Dwelling Code, BOCA Plumbing Code, BOCA Mechanical Code, and the National Electrical Code.
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STATE OF FUIODE ISLAND Fire AlarmDetection Systems
NFPA - Occupancy Assembly Class A Class B Class C Educational Health Care Hotels/Motels
I
Fire Alarm Systems Required Required Required Required
Required
I Required
Required
Required
I Required
Required
I
I Required
Required
I
__ Apartments
> 3 stories > 6 living units
Required
Required
Boarding Houses
Required
Required
Required
Rooming Houses
Required
Required
Required
Mercantile
> 2 stories
Required
Covered Malls Business

1
Required
> 2 stories
> 2 stories
Industrial Storage
> 2 stories
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Community Residences Detentional and Correctional
Required
Required Required
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND Fire Prevention Code Requirements and Exceptions
NOTE: All new occupancies are to comply with the provisions of the current Rhode Island Fire Prevention Code and the 1997 Edition of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code.
ASSEMBLY Section 23-28.6-18 (State Fire Code) Provide fire alarm systems in Class A, B, and C assembly occupancies.
HEATHCARE Section 23-28.10-1 (State Fire Code) Provide approved system of automatic sprinklers installed per NFPA 131989 and fire alarm system in all new health-care facilities and all existing buildings converted to such use.
SCHOOLS
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Section 23-28.12-15 (State Fire Code) Section 23-28.12-22 (State Fire Code)
Provide full coverage fire alarm system in all educational occupancies.
Provide automatic sprinklers per NFPA 13-1989 in existing schools of combustible construction with student occupancy above second story except such buildings with one-hour construction enclosing all stairways and corridors. Provide full coverage fire alarm system in all child day-care centers for 20 or more children.
Section 23-28.15-13 (State Fire Code)
HOTELSMOTELS Section 23-28.7-14 (State Fire Code) Section 23-28.7-16 (State Fire Code) Protect all new hotels and motels and additions or conversions by approved system of automatic sprinklers installed per NFPA 13-1989. Provide fire alarm systems in every hotel and local single station AC smoke detector in every sleeping room.
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BOARDINGHOMES Section 23-28.13-2 (State Fire Code) Section 23-28.13-19 (State Fire Code) Section 23-28.13-34 (State Fire Code) Provide automatic sprinklers installed per NFPA i 3-1989 in'every new boarding home and existing building converted to such use. Provide fire alarm system in every boarding house. In addition, install a local single station smoke detector in each sleeping room. Provide hard-wire smoke detector system in all group care and foster care residential units.
ROOMING HOUSES Section 23-28.14-12 (State Fire Code) Section 23-28.14-13 (State Fire Code) Provide fire alarm system in every rooming house. In addition, install a local single station smoke detector in each sleeping room. Install complete approved automatic sprinkler system per NFPA 13-1989 in every new rooming lioust: a d existing buildings converted to such use.
APARTMENT HOUSES
Provide approved system of automatic sprinklers installed per NFPA 13i 989 in all apartment houses more than three stories above basement or having more than six living units and existing apartment houses with sleeping accommodations above third story. Provide fire alarm systems in all apartment buildings. In addition, provide smoke detection system in ali living units.
INDUSTRIAL. MERCANTILE. BUSINESS. AND STORAGE BUILDINGS

Section 23-28.17-13 (State Fire Code) Section 23-28.17-14 (State Fire Code) Section 23-28.17-15 (State Fire Code) Provide approved automatic sprinklers per NFPA 13-1989 when more than two stories and construction not better than two-hour fire rated. Provide fire alarm system when in all industrial, mercantile, business, and storage buildings. Provide approved automatic fire suppression system throughout a covered mail independent of buildings connected thereto.
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Provide fire alarm system in every theater.
Section 23-28.304 (State Fire Code) Section 23-28.30-14 (State Fire Code)
Provide automatic sprinklers installed per NFPA 13-1989 in all community residences. Provide fire alarm system in every community residence.
DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL Section 23-28.38-2 (State Fire Code) Provide fire alarm system in all detention and correctional occupancies.
NEW RESIDENTIAL
Provide AC smoke detectors with battery backup in all buildings constructed or converted for residential occupancy.
EXISTING RESDENTUL
Section 23-28.35-1 (State Fire Code) Provide smoke detectors in all existing one, two, and three family dwellings at time of sale of property.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Administrative Requirements
I
Code
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Building Code 1997 SBC
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Fire Prevention Code 1997 SFPC
Life Safety Code \lone
Amendments
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!No amendments
Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions cannot amend without Building Codes Council approval. Gary Wiggins Administrator South Carolina Building Codes Council Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Kingstree Building 11O Centerview Drive, Suite 102 Columbia, SC 292 10 (803) 896-4688 Local jurisdictions
/No amendments
~
Promulgation
Enforcement Comments Summary of Amendments
Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions cannot amend without Building Codes Council approval. Local jurisdictions Gary Wiggins Administrator South Carolina Building Codes Council Department of Labor, ILicensing and Regulation Kingstree Building 110 Centerview Drive, Suite 102 Columbia, SC 292 1O (803) 896-4688 Local jurisdictions Local jurisdictions
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See Chapter 3 for a summary of the Standard Codes.
Code Change Cycle: Since the State of South Carolina has adopted the Standard Building Code for state buildings, its cycle and procedures for amendment are according to those established by the Southern Building Code Congress International. The code change cycle is performed on an annual basis. History: The first building code known to be adopted and used within the State of South Carolina.was a document developed by and for the City of Charleston in 1907. The City of Columbia followed suit with its own local building code in 1916. From that point forward, the cities and counties of the state gradually started developing and enforcing construction codes on an individual basis. In the mid-l960s, a variety of building codes were in use with little consistency in interpretation and construction practices. By this time, however, a strong movement was taking place to standardize building codes statewide. By act of the South Carolina General Assembly on June 2 1, 1972, the state had authorized the Southern Standard Building Code, later changed to the Standard Building Code, as its first state approved construction document.
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History (continued):
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By that action, the legislation paved the way for uniform code enforcement on a voluntary basis. If a building code is adopted for use within a local jurisdiction, however, it is mandatory that it be a current edition of a document, which has been previously approved by the state. The legislation further provided that local amendments to the adopted building codes could not be made without approval of the South Carolina Building Codes Council. This unique voluntaryimandatory code adoption procedure was initiated and intended to develop consistency in interpretation and construction practices, as well as provide the design professionals with a single set of documents that would be acceptable to all jurisdictions in the state. On June 13, 1997, the Governor signed legislation requiring all jurisdictions in the state to adopt a building code, in particular, the 1997 Standard Code series and the 1996 National Electrical Code. Local jurisdictions have a three-year time period to adopt the codes. The time allowed is based on population, with jurisdictions under 35,000 populations having the full three years to implement the legislation. The South Carolina Building Codes Council travels to many cities and counties throughout the state to meet with local officials and assist with code adoptions.
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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA AdministrativeRequirements
Building Code Code Amendments Preemptive Application 1994 UBC State amendments
Fire Prevention Code 1994UFC State amendments
INo amendments
Mandatory for certain Mandatory for certain xcupancies. Voluntary for all occupancies. Voluntary for all 3ther occupancies. ,other occupancies.
Promulgation
Enforcement
Comments
Mandatory for hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living centers. Voluntary for all other occupancies. Dan Carlson IDan Carlson Joan Bachman State Fire Marshal 1 State Fire Marshal Administrator Department of Commerce and Department of Commerce and Department of Health Regulation Regulation Division of Health Systems 118 West Capitol Avenue 118 West Capitol Avenue Licensure and Certification Pierre,SD 57501 Pierre, SD 57501 6 15 East Fourth Street (605) 773-3562 [605) 773-3562 Pierre, SD 57501-1700 I(605) 773-3356 Dan Carlson Dan Carlson IJoan Bachman State Fire Marshal State Fire Marshal Administrator Department of Commerce and Department of Commerce and Department of Health Regulation Regulation Division of Health Systems 118 West Capitol Avenue 118 West Capitol Avenue Licensure and Certification Pierre, SD 57501 Pierre, SD 57501 615 East Fourth Street (605) 773-3562 (605) 773-3562 Pierre, SD 57501-1700 I(605) 773-3356 The State Fire Safety Standards adopts the 1994 Uniform Building and Fire Codes applicable to schools, day-care centers, multifamily buildings over six units, hotels, motels, and state-owned buildings. All other occupancies are within the authority of local jurisdictions, which typically adopt the Uniform Codes with few amendments. State sets out specific requirements for both new and existing day-care centers and group family day-care homes. Day-care centers are to be provided with fire alarm systems, smoke detectors, and automatic sprinkler system if located in basement with 1,500 square feet in area. Provide both new and existing group family day-care homes with residential fire detection comprised of interconnected multiple-system smoke detectors receiving primary power from the building wiring.
State is specific that requirements in the Uniform Codes applicable to Educational Occupancies also apply to existing Group E buildings. See summary of 1994 Uniform Codes andNFPA 101 in Chapter 3.
Code Change Cycle: There is no set schedule. New editions of the model code are adopted when they become available.
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STATE OF TENNESSEE AdministrativeRequirements
Building Code Code Amendments Preemptive Application 1997 SBC
\To amendments
Fire Prevention Code 1997 National Fire Codes and Standards, Vol. 1-12 No amendments

No amendments
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Promulgation
Enforcement
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Comments
Mandatory statewide for all Mandatory statewide for all vlandatory statewide for all mildings except 1 and 2 buildings except 1 and 2 buildings except 1 and 2 mily dwellings and licensed family dwellings and licensed family dwellings and licensed health-care facilities. Local health-care facilities. Local iealth-care facilities. Local urisdictions may adopt more jurisdictions may adopt more jurisdictions may adopt more stringent provisions. stringent provisions. ;tringent provisions. N . Stuart Crine W. Stuart Crine W. Stuart Crine State Fire Marshal State Fire Marshal State Fire Marshal Dept. of Commerce and Iept. of Commerce and Dept. of Commerce and nsurance Insurance Insurance Division of Fire Prevention Division of Fire Prevention 3ivision of Fire Prevention Davy Crockett Tower, Davy Crockett Tower, Davy Crockett Tower, Third Floor Third Floor Third Floor 500 James Robertson Parkway 500 James Robertson Parkway 500 James Robertson Parkway Nashville, TN 37243-1162 Vashville. TN 37243-1162 Nashville, TN 37243-1 162 (615) 741-2981 1615) 74112981 (615) 741-2981 Local jurisdictions or for Local jurisdictions or for Local jurisdictions or for certain occupancies: :ertain occupancies: certain occupancies: Tim S. Garrington Tim S. Garrington Tim S. Garrington Director, Codes Enforcement Director, Codes Enforcement Director, Codes Enforcement Section Section Section Dept. of Commerce and Dept. of Commerce and Dept. of Commerce and [nsurance Insurance Insurance Division of Fire Prevention Division of Fire Prevention Division of Fire Prevention Davy Crocket Tower, Davy Crocket Tower, Davy Crocket Tower, hird Floor Third Floor Third Floor 500 James Robertson Parkway 500 James Robertson Parkway 500 James Robertson Parkway Nashville, TN 37243-1162 Nashville, TN 37243-1162 Nashville, TN 37243-1 162 (615) 741-7190 (615) 741-7190 l(615) 741-7190 State codes are mandatory minimum standards to be enforced by-all local jurisdictions that
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Code Change Cycle: Tennessee codes are updated through rule changes. Rules must be approved by a legislative committee. The schedule for adoption depends on when the new editions are published.
History: Rules promulgated under Tennessee Code Annotated 53-250-1, as amended in 1982, establish statewide minimum standards for construction stability and life safety of all buildings with the exception of one- and two-family dwellings, mobile structures, and facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health. Where a local jurisdiction enforces codes but has not obtained an exemption, designers are required by law to design to the codes adopted by the state as well as any local requirements. Where a local jurisdiction has obtained an exemption, state adopted codes apply only to state-owned buildings and to buildings used for day care or education through 12th grade.
The state has adopted NFPA 1 and the other codes and standards referenced in Annex A of the 1997 National Fire Codes and Standards and the 1997 Standard Building Code. Plans for state-owned buildings and buildings to be used for day care or education through 12th grade must be approved by the Department of Insurance prior to the start of construction. Where the local government has not received an exemption, plans for correctional or detention facilities, assemblies over 300, and buildings of three or more stories used for hotels, apartments, dormitories, offices, or higher education must be approved by the Department of Insurance prior to the start of construction.
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STATE OF TEXAS Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code Amendments Preemptive Application Promulgation Local jurisdictions None None
Local jurisdictions
Enforcement
Local jurisdictions
Local jurisdictions
Mandatory statewide for hospitals. Voluntary for all other occupancies. Zenon Pihut Chief Engineer Department of Health Health Facility Licensing Division 1100 West 49th Street Austin, TX 78756 (512) 834-6649 Zenon Pihut Chief Engineer Department of Health Health Facility Licensing Division 1100 West 49th Street Austin, TX 78756 (512) 834-6649
Comments
The State of Texas is unique in regulation within the state. Because no statewide building code exists, consult with the local iurisdiction for details on codes used. See Chapter 5 for code Drovisions in Houston and Dallas.
Summary of Amendments Code Chance Cycle: There is no set schedule. Any proposed code changes go through the legislative process or the state's administrative procedures process of publication, public comment, and hearings. The Texas Commission on Fire Protection has held public hearings to explore the possibility of developing legislation for the adoption of a statewide fire prevention code. History: The Texas Industrialized Building Code Council issues instructions for the inspection, construction, and installation of industrialized housing and guidelines of all occupancies. Cities in Texas adopt building codes. The state adopts codes for the fire safety of may types of special occupancies.
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STATE OF UTAH AdministrativeRequirements
BuiIding Code Code Amendments 1997 UBC State amendments
Fire Prevention Code 1997UFC State requirements for buildings under jurisdiction of Utah Fire Prevention Board [See listing below.) Mandatory statewide. Local iurisdictions may amend to make more stringent.
Life Safety Code 1997NFF'A 101 nly certain chapters adopted by Utah Fire Prevention Board. Mandatory for state-owned buildings, public and private schools, college and university buildings, institutional, and assembly occupancies with 50 or more occupants. Gary A. Wise State Fire Marshal Utah Fire Prevention Board Office of the State Fire Marshal 5272 South College D . r Suite 302 Murray, UT 84 123 (801) 284-6350
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Mandatory statewide. Local iurisdictions may amend with State approval.
Promulgation
Enforcement
Dan Jones Manager of Construction Trades Bureau Department of Commerce Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing Heber M. Wells Building 160 East 300 South P. O. Box 146741 Salt Lake City, UT 841 146741 (801) 530-6720 Local jurisdictions
Gary A. Wise State Fire Marshal Utah Fire Prevention Board Office of the State Fire Marshal 5272 South College Dr. Suite 302 Murray, UT 84123 (801) 284-6350
Local jurisdictions or Gary A, Wise State Fire Marshal Utah Fire Prevention Board Office of the State Fire Marshal 5272 South College Dr. Suite 302 Murray, UT 84123 (801) 284-6350 The Utah Fire Prevention Law mandates minimum standards for all buildings under the jurisdiction of the Utah Fire Prevention Board. These buildings are: state-owned buildings, public and private schools, college and universitj buildings, and institutional an( assembly occupancies with capacity for 50 or more persons. 4-272 Utah
Local jurisdictions or Gary A. Wise State Fire Marshal Utah Fire Prevention Board Office of the State Fire Marshal 5272 South College Dr. Suite 302 Murray, UT 84123 (801) 284-6350
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Statewide amendments to building code do not affect alarmldetection systems except for exception allowing group day care for seven to twelve children to be in an R-3 occupancy provided smoke detectors installed throughout both new and existing dwelling units. State does not adopt UBC Appendix Chapters 4 and 34 or UFC Appendix Chapter I-A.
ISee summary of 1997 Uniform Codes and 1997 NFPA 101 in Chapter 3.
Code Change Cycle: Code revisions are ongoing, with new editions of codes adopted when they become available. The Uniform Building Code Commission meets monthly to consider requests for code amendments. Amendments are published on March 1 and September 1 of each year for changes enacted during the preceding six-month period. The Utah Fire Prevention Board meets quarterly but may conduct meetings as needed to consider requests for amendments to the codes. Amendments are published after public meetings have been held and after they have been approved by the Utah Fire Prevention Board.
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STATE.OF VEFWONT Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code Amendments Preemptive Application 1987NBC 1988 supplement and state amendments Mandatory statewide for public buildings, condominiums, multifamily dwellings, and uses involving hazardous materials. Voluntary for all other occupancies. Local ?jurisdictionsmay amcnd with state approval if more Istringent. Robert Mackin Assistant Fire Marshal Regional Office Manager Department of Labor and Industry 71 Washington Street, Suite 100 Barre, VT 05641 (802) 479-4435 Local jurisdictions or Robert Mackin Assistant Fire Marshal Regional Office Manager Department of Labor and Industry 71 Washington Street, Suite 100 Barre, VT 05641 1802)4794435 I Code known as ?1989 Vermont Fire Prevention and Building Code.?
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Fire Prevention Code 1992 NFPA I State amendments Mandatory statewide for public buildings, condominiums, multifamily dwellings, and uses involving hazardous materials. Voluntary for all other occupancies. Local jurisdictions may amend with state approval if more stringent. Robert Mackin Assistant Fire Marshal Regional Office Manager Department of Labor and Industry 71 Washington Street, Suite 100 Barre, VT 05641 (802) 479-4435 Local jurisdictions or Robert Mackin Assistant Fire Marshal Regional Office Manager Department of Labor and Industry 71 Washington Street, Suite 100 Barre, V 05641 (802) 479-4435
Life Safety Code 1994NFPA 101 State amendments Mandatory statewide for public buildings, condominiums,multifamily dwellings, and uses involving hazardous materials. Local jurisdictions may amend with state approval if more stringent.
Promulgation
Enforcement
Robert Mackin Assistant Fire Marshal Regional Office Manager Department of Labor and Industry 71 Washington Street, Suite 100 Barre, VT 05641 (802) 479-4435 Local jurisdictions or Robert Mackin Assistant Fire Marshal Regional Office Manager Department of Labor and Industry 71 Washington Street, Suite 100 Barre, VT 05641 (802) 4 7 9 4 3 5
Comments
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Vermont amends the National Building Code (NBC) to define when day-care and child-care facilities are considered 1-2, E, or R-3. See 1987 BOCA codes in Chapter 3 for fue alarmdetection system regulations. Note that 1988 NBC supplement revises high-rise buildings to apply to all use groups. The state amends NFPA 1 (22-2.8.4.8) to require approved automatic suppression systems for fuel dispensing areas where Class 1 flammable liquids are dispensed.
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The state amends NFPA 101 to require battery backup for smoke detectors installed in apartments, lodging or rooming houses, and residential board care facilities. Amendments are made to require fire alarm systems to be electrically wired as a Class A system in Class A and B occupancies, multiplex theaters, health care, detention and correctional facilities, and in highrise buildings.
Code Change Cycle: The Administrative Procedures Act covers all code changes. Public hearings must be held before new codes are signed by the governor. The codes are promulgated by the Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry. In some programs the codes are jointly promulgated with related boards. History: Since 1973 when the duties of the State Fire Marshal were decided, the Department of Labor and Industry has worked on a program to consolidate with the safety requirements for public buildings under the Fire Prevention Division. Beginning with the enforcement of safety codes for fire prevention, electrical, and boilers, the Division now also covers safety programs for elevators and lifts, plumbing, and barrier-free access for the handicapped. The Division also licenses electricians and plumbers, and plays an active role in public fire safety education. Division personnel are members of the state-level hazardous material response.
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COMMONWEALTHOFVIRGINIA Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code Amendments Preemptive Application Promulgation 1996NBC State amendments Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may not amend. Curtis L. McIver State Building Code Administrator Department of Housing and Community Development Division of Building and Fire Regulation 501 North Second Street Richmond, VA 23219-1321 (804) 371-7150 Local jurisdictions
Fire Prevention Code 1996NFPC State amendments Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may adopt more stringent provisions. Curtis L. McIver State Building Code Administrator Department of Housing and Community Development Division of Building and Fire Regulation 501 North Second Street Richmond, VA 23219-1321 (804) 371-7150 Local jurisdictions or Charles E. Altizer State Fire Marshal State Fire Marshals Office 1501 North Second Street Richmond, VA 23219-1321
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Enforcement

1 Commonwealth of Virginia rew
ites most of BOCA NBC Chapte 34 on Existing Structures. Section 3402, General Requirements, delineates where battery-powered or AC-powered smoke detector devices are to be installed in all buildingdfacilities which are the responsibility of a state department or agency, such as college and university buildings containing dormitories for sleeping purposes, adult care residences, day care centers, nursing homes. Requirements are also specified for smoke detectors for the deaf and hearing-impaired. See Chapter 3 for a summary of the 1996 BOCA National Codes.
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Code Change Cycle: Virginia reviews its code every three years as the new BOCA codes are published. A 6O-day notice ofpublic hearings is given, proceeded by ad hoc committee review of staff proposals. About 60 days after the hearing, the nine-member Board of Housing and Community Development adopts the code. The new code becomes effective approximately 60 days after that.
History: The General Assembly of Virginia created a Housing Study Commission in 1970 to study the need for a Uniform Statewide Building Code. The Commission found a "patchwork" or "crazy-quilt" pattern of building regulations in the state. Different model codes were in use, and communities made different amendments to those codes. The dates of the model codes varied from community to community and there was some conflict between state and local building requirements. The solution recommended by the Commission was to establish a Uniform Statewide Building Code having the following characteristics:
Building code to be adopted and amended by a broadly based state board. Provisions of the code to be based on nationally recognized model codes and standards. Every county and every city to be required to enforce the code. No local amendments permitted. Each local enforcement jurisdiction to have a local appeals board which could overrule the building official on his interpretation of the code or on his failure to issue a modification when justified. Availability of a broadly based, technically oriented state appeals board to which decisions of local appeals boards could be carried. State appeals board to be separate from the state board that adopts the code. Mandating uniform administrative and enforcement procedure to be used by local agencies. All state and local building regulations to be superseded by the State Building Code. The Uniform Statewide Code first became effective in September 1973. In 1982, the General Assembly amended the law to permit the state board to adopt regulations for existing buildings.
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STATE OF WASHINGTON Administrative Requirements
Building Code
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Code Amendments
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1997 UBC State amendments Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent. State Building Code Council Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development 906 Columbia Street SW P. O. Box 48300 Olympia, WA 98504-8300 (360) 586-8999 Staff contact: Al Rhoades Local jurisdictions
Fire Prevention Cade 1997 UFC State amendments Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent. State Building Code Council Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development 906 Columbia Street SW P. O. Box 48300 Olympia, WA 98504-8300 (360) 586-8999 Staff contact: Al Rhoades Local jurisdictions
Local amendments affecting the construction of single family or multi-family residential buildings (up to four units) must be reviewed and approved by the State Building Code Council before amendments can be enforced. State includes family child day-care homes in Group R-3 occupancies and adds a Group LC Occupancy classification to cover facilities providing licensed care to clients regulated by other state agencies such as Departments of Health or Social and Health Services.
In Group LC occupancies smoke detectors are required in sleeping rooms. Also required are automatic sprinkler systems and approved manual and automatic fire alarm system if facility is three or more stories in height or having more than 16 clients.
State requires sprinklers in high-rise buildings with a floor used for human occupancy that is located 75 feet or more above the lowest level of fire department access. For all other requirements, see summary of 1997 Uniform Codes in Chapter 3.
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Code Change Cycle: On a yearly basis, the State Building Code Council considers proposals to amend the State Building Code. Unless directed by the State Legislature, federal mandates or court order, the Council will not enter formal rulemaking until 2000 as part of its consideration of adoption of the 2000 series of codes. Preliminary action will be taken each year on proposals submitted by the deadline. The deadline for code change proposals is March 1 of each year and proposais must be submitted on forms provided by the Building Code Council.
History: The Washington State Legislature adopted the State Building Code in 1975. The legislature retained the responsibility for updating the codes until 1975 when the responsibility was delegated to the State Building Code Council. The Council regularly updates the codes on a three-year cycle the year they are published. Codes adopted by the Council must sit through the next session of the state legislature before they become effective.
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In addition to the Uniform Codes, the State Building Code Council has written and adopted the State Energy Code and the State Regulations for Barrier Free Facilities. By state statute, administration and enforcement of these codes is vested in the local government level.
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STATE. OF WEST VIRGINIA AdministrativeRequirements
I
Code Amendments Preemptive Application Promulgation
1996 NBC
Building Code
]No amendments Mandatory statewide.
Fire Prevention Code National Fire Codes & Standards (NFPA) State supplement Mandatory statewide.
I
I
Life Safety
I Code I 1997 NFPA 101

State amendments Mandatory statewide. State Fire Commission 1207 Quarrier Street, 2ndFloor Charleston, WV 25301
(304) 558-2191
State Fire Commission 1207 Quarrier Street, 2ndFloor Charleston, WV 25301

(304) 558-2191
State Fire Commission 1207 Quarrier Street, 2ndFloor Charleston, WV 25301

(304) 558-2191 Staff contact:
Enforcement
Staff contact: A. B. Corley, Jr. Administrative Assistant Local jurisdictions
A. B. Corley, Jr. Administrative Assistant Local jurisdictions or Richard Corcovilos Field Deputy Fire Marshal 1207 Quarrier Street, 2nd Floor Charleston, WV 25301
(304) 558-2191
Staff contact: A. B. Corley, Jr. Administrative Assistant Local jurisdictions or Richard Corcovilos Field Deputy Fire Marshal 1207 Quarrier Street, 2ndFloor Charleston, WV 25301
I(304) 558-2191
Comments adopt the state building code, it is the responsibility of contractors, builders, and architects to comply with the code provisions. The State Fire Marshal enforces the fire code in areas of the state that do not adopt codes. State Fire Code does not apply to personal care homes for three or less patients, farm buildings, or one- or two-family dwellings. Where there is a conflict between State Fire Code and National Building Code, the State Fire Code takes precedence. See summary for 1996 BOCA National Building Code in Chapter 3 for additional regulations. State modifies requirements for high-rise buildings and fire alarm systems.
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Code Change Cycle: Changes in the fire codes are based upon revisions of the NFPA National Fire Codes, specifically the Life Safety Code. The new editions of the BOCA codes are reviewed for possible adoption as they become available. Histon: West Virginia passed legislation in 1987 to adopt a statewide building code. The legislation authorizes the State Fire Commission to adopt a nationally recognized model building code.
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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA Fire AlarmDetection Systems Fire Alarm Automatic I Fire ISystems S~rinkler Svstems NFPA - Occur>ancv
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(1
Assembly Class A Class B Underground Educational Health Care
> 40 ft. > 40 fi. > 40 ft.
> 300 occupants > 300 occupants > 300 occupants Required
Required Required
I Detention and Correctional
> 40 ft.
Required
Required
> 40 ft.
Required
Required
> 40 fi.
I Business
L
> 3,000 sq. ft. > 300 occupants
> 40 fi.
> 40 ft. > 40 ft.
I Industrial
I
I
Required
Required High-rise Buildings
> 40 ft.
Required
Residential Board and Care
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STATE OF WEST VIRGEVIA Fire Prevention Code Requirements and Exceptions
ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES Section 87-111.3 (State Fire Code) Provide fire alarm systems where:
t Occupancy subject to 300 or more occupants. a t Occupancy subject to 100 or more occupants above or below level of exit a
fiBuilding two or more stories above or below level of exit discharge.

Theaters with more than one audience-viewing room.
discharge.
EDUCATIONAL OCCUPANCIES Section 87-111.2 (State Fire Code) Provide fire alarm system in all educational occupancies except classroom buildings less than 2,500 square feet with direct exit to outside from each classroom. Provide complete smoke detection system in open plan classroom concepts; smoke detectors in day-care centers located in buildings other than educational and in corridors of all educational buildings except single story building with direct exit to exterior from every student occupied room. Smoke detectors are required to be hardwired in sleeping rooms and corridors of group day care centers.
"AE CR Section 87-1-6 (State Fire Code) Provide automatic sprinkler systems in all existing and new nursing convalescent, old age, custodial care, long term or extended care homes or institutions, and primary care facilities per NFPA 13. Exception: Homes caring for not more than three patients. Provide a fire alarm system in every health care occupancy. Provide an approved automatic smoke detection system in all corridors.
Section 87-111.4 (State Fire Code)

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Provide a fire alarm system in all detention and correctional facilities with smoke detectors installed in corridors or highest point of cell areas.
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RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCES
Section 87-111.6 (State Fire Code) Provide fire alarm systems in all residential buildings, i.e., hotels, motels, dormitories, lodging and rooming houses, and apartments having 12 or more units or 4 or more stories in height. Exception: One-story motels with 16 or less sleeping rooms having direct exiting to the exterior. Lodging and rooming houses protected throughout with a sprinkler system must be provided with interconnected hardwired smoke detectors as required by NFPA 72. Provide smoke detectors in inside corridors and in open bay sleeping areas of hotels, motels, dormitories, lodging and rooming houses. Provide approved, self-contained, hardwired smoke detectors in all sleeping rooms. Provide approved, self-contained smoke detectors in all new and existing apartments. Hardwire s m k e detectors in new construction.
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MERCANTILE OCCUPANCIES Section 87-111.7 (State Fire Code) Provide fire alarm in mercantile occupancies more than 3,000 square feet
BUSINESS OCCUPANCIES
Section 87-111.8
(State Fire Code)
Provide fire alarm systems when: Occupancy subject to not more than 300 total occupants. Occupancy subject to not more than 100 occupants above or below level of exit discharge. Building two or more stories in height above or below level of exit discharge.
INDUSTRIAL
28-3.4 W A ) Provide fire alarm system except total capacity less than 100 persons and less than 25 persons above or below level of exit discharge.
STORAGE
Provide fire alarm system except storage occupancies with low hazard contents or maximum 100,000 square feet or automatic extinguishment system provided.
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STORAGE (continued) Provide fire alarm system in garages more than 100,000 square feet in aggregate floor area except open parking garages and garages with automatic sprinkler system throughout.
RESIDENTIAL BOARD AND CARE OCCUPANCY Section 87-114.8 (State Fire Code) Provide approved electrically supervised fire alarm and an automatic sprinkler system throughout buildings. Provide single -station smoke detectors, hardwired per NFPA 72, in all individual sleeping rooms. Except as noted above, all facilities classified as residential board and care occupancies shall conform to the 1997 NFPA 101, Life Safety Code.
" R I S E BUILDINGS Section 87-1-10 (State Fire Code) Apply high-rise definitions to buildings more than 40 feet in height, measured from the lowest level of fire department vehicle access to the floor of the highest normally occupied space used for human occupancy. Provide automatic fire extinguishing systems and fire alarm systems in all high-rise buildings. Provide engineered smoke management system acceptable to authority having jurisdiction. Provide approved electrically supervised fire department voice communication system in high-rise buildings used for human occupancy 75 feet or more in height.
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APPROVED FIRE A L M SYSTEM Section 87-1-1 1

(State Fire
Code)
Provide duct-type smoke detector in the return air duct or plenum of all heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems greater than 2,000 cfm but less than 15,000c h . For W A C systems greater than 15,000 cfm, install duct-type smoke detectors in both supply and return air ducts. Provide thermal detectors, either fixed temperature or rate of rise, in the following areas in all occupancies requiring a fire alarm system: elevator shafts, attic and cockloft spaces, storage rooms, furnace or boiler rooms, janitor closets, kitchens, school labs, auto shops, woodworking shops, home economics rooms, utility rooms, and locker rooms. Exception: Thermal detectors are not required in sprinkled areas or apartment dwelling units. Provide smoke detectors in the rooms or areas where electrical distribution panels or transformers are located in all occupancies requiring a fire alarm system.
APPROVED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEMS Section 87-1-5 (State Fire Code) Install in all new buildings, used for any occupancies, exceeding the areas indicated in the table on the following page.
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BUILDING HEIGHT
Type of
1 Story
2 story
More than 2 stories and UD to 40 ft.
More than 40 fi.
More than 75 fi.
443 Fire-Resistive 332 Fire Resistive Type II 222 Protected Non-Com
40,000
40,000
10,000
Sec. 10-Highrise
Sec. 10-Highrise
40,000
30,000
10,000
Sec. 10-Highrise
Sec. 10-Highrise
30,000
20,000
8.000
Sec. 10-Highrise
Sec. 10-Highrise
111 Protected Limited Combustible 000 Unprotected Limited Unprotected Non-Com Type III .. 21 1 Ordinary Protected
30,000
15,000
5,000 All areas require sprinklers All areas require sprinklers All areas require sprinklers All areas require sprinklers All areas require sprinklers
Sec. 10-Highrise
Sec. 10-Highrise
10,000
6,000
Not permitted
Not permitted
9,000
6,000
Not permitted
Not permitted
200 Ordinary Non-protected Type IV 2 " Heavy Timber Type v 111 Protected Wood Frame
7,000
4,000
Not permitted
Not permitted
9,000
6,000
Not permitted
Not permitted
7,000
4,000
Not permitted
Not permitted
Non-protected Wood m :e
Not permitted 5,000
3,000
Not Dermitted
Not uermitted
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STATE OF WISCONSIN AdministrativeRequirements
Code
Amendments Preemptiv Application
Building Code State Building Code and Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning and Uniform Multifamily Dwellings Code State-written Mandatory statewide for public buildings, places of employment, and high-rise multifamily buildings. Randy Baldwin Director, Bureau of Integrated Services Department of Commerce Safety and Buildings Division 201 East Washington Avenue P. O. Box 2658 Madison, WI 53707 (608) 267-9152 Local jurisdictions or Director, Bureau of Integrated Services Department of Commerce Safety and Buildings Division 201 East Washington Avenue P. O. Box 2658 Madison, WI 53707 (608) 267-9152
Fire Prevention Code State Fire Prevention Code
State-written Mandatory statewide. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent. Robin Zentner Section Chief, Integrated Services Department of Commerce Safety and Buildings Division 1201 East Washington Avenue
Promulgation
Enforcement
Comments
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l'M,di" 2853707 (608) 266- 1930 Local jurisdictions or Robin Zentner Section Chief, Integrated Services Department of Commerce Safety and Buildings Division 201 East Washington Avenue P. O. Box 2658 Madison, WI 53707 (608) 266-1930 Building and Fire Codes are entirely state-written with individu; use - - and requirements. groups Fire Code is primarily administrativewith reference to Building Code for requirements for fire alarmdetection systems. Codes do not apply to one- and two-family dwellings. See the following pages for a summary of state fire protection requirements.
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Code Change Cycle: Wisconsin's state-written codes are updated on an ongoing basis through various citizen advisory project committees and the Wisconsin Building Code Advisory Review Board. Project committees develop suggested changes through committee work, project committee proposals, and miscellaneous staff proposals presented to the review board for public hearing endorsement. After endorsement, public hearings are held in various locations around the state and a written comment period is established. The project committees and Review Board then consider a summary of information from the public hearings. A draft is amended and endorsed for adoption. The final draft is forwarded to the legislative body for committee (Senate and Assembly) review and approval. After approval, the rules are adopted by the Department Secretary, then printed 4-288 Wisconsin
and distributed. History: In 1911, the Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations was granted the authority to administer the Wisconsin "safe place" statutes. The first code was enacted in 1914 to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public and employees in all public buildings and places of employment. The Safety and Building Division is assigned the responsibility for implementing these laws. Plans and specifications for all new buildings and places of employment, except some agriculture buildings and oneand two-family dwellings, must be submitted for review and approval. Alteration, remodeling, or changing the use of an existing building also requires review and approval prior to construction. The plans are examined for compliance with the Building and Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Code Chapters ILHR 50-64. The code for public buildings and places of employment sets minimum standards for design, construction, structural strength, quality of material, adequate number of exits, sanitary facilities, heating and ventilating, energy conservation, access for the physically disabled, and fire safety.
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STATE OF WISCONSIN Use Group Classifications

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FACTORIES. OFFICE. AND MERCANTILEBUILDINGS

All factories and workshops (including where manual labor employed), office buildings, telegraph and telephone offices, mercantile establishments where commodities bought or sold, warehouses, railroad stations, exhibition buildings, and places for recreation, entertainment, worship, or dining purposes for up to 1O persons. 0
"EATF,R!3 AND ASSEMBLY H L AM

Buildings, or parts of buildings, other than theaters, which accommodate over 100 persons for entertainment, recreation, worship, or dining purposes. Consider theaters as buildings or parts of buildings containing an assembly hall with a stage, which may be equipped with curtains or permanent or movable scenery or which is otherwise adaptable for plays, operas, motion pictures, or similar forms of entertainment.
SCHOOLS AND OTHER INSTRUCTION PLACES

Public and private schools, universities, colleges, academies, seminaries, libraries, museums, art galleries, and buildings or building parts used primarily for instruction purposes, except rural school buildings.
RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCTES
Places of abode, including, but not limited to, apartment buildings; garden apartments; row houses, town houses, condominiums; hotels; motels; rooming houses, dormitories; convents; monasteries; homes for the aged; sheltered facilities for battered women serving more than 20 occupants; community based residential facilities serving at least nine unrelated adults; and community based residential facilities in existing buildings and serving more than 20 unrelated adults.
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m T HCARE AND DETENTION FAcIIlTIEs
Health care or hospitals are buildings, structures, institutions, or places used for the maintenance and operation of facilities for the diagnosis, treatment of, and medical and surgical care for three or more unrelated individuals. Detention and correctional facilities are buildings used for purposes such as jails, detention centers, correctional institutions, reformatories, houses of correction, pre -release centers, and other recreational care facilities where occupants are forcibly confined.
HAZARDOUS 0 c P N m cU A c
Private Garage - A structure or part thereof attached to one- or two-family dwelling or unattached but serving dwelling, housing at least one occupant owned motor vehicle and used only for personal or family service, not serving as place of employment. Repair Garage - Structure or part thereof where at least one motor vehicle is primarily repaired or serviced. Storage Garage - Structure or part thereof; where at least one motor vehicle is parked or stored and not a repair garage, private garage, or open parking structure.
Public and private day-care centers accommodating at least nine children; except public schools or short time programs.
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BASED RESIDENTiALFACILATES
Facilities providing care, treatment, and services to nine through twenty unrelated adults in existing buildings.
MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS
Buildings containing three or more attached dwelling units.
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CHILD DAY-CARE. FACZLTIIES
STATE OF WISCONSIN Building Code Fire Alarm/Detection Systems
Fire Alarm Systems
Storage > 20,000 sq. ft.

> 15,000sq. ft. or > 30,000 sq. fi. total > 3 stories > 5,000 sq. fi. or > I00 persons
> 10 persons above 2nd floor
> 12,000 sq. ft. or > 1,000 persons

> 15,000sq. ft./floor
> 4 stories or > 15,000 sq. fi./floor
Basements
Required
Required Required
> 20 occupants
Required Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
High hazard > 3,000 sq. ft.
Storage and repair garages > 1O persons
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d Day Care Communi@Based Residential Facilities Highrise Atriums
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> 60 ft.
Required
I Required
> 10 stories or > IOOA-.
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STATE OF WISCONSIN Building Code Requirements and Exceptions
FACTORIES. OFFICES, MERCANTILE. AND ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS Section 52.013 Provide automatic sprinkler systems in the following: Mercantile occupancies more than 15,000 square feet per floor or more than 30,000 square feet total floor area on all floors or more than three stories except when provided with automatic smoke detection system monitored by fire alarm system and area less than 20,000 square feet per floor. Exhibition rooms with more than 12,000 square feet of floor area used for exhibition and display purposes. Libraries and museums more than 15,000 square feet per floor. Restaurants where floor area exceeds 12,000 square feet or capacity is over 1,ooO persons. t Buildings used primarily as dance halls or entertaining occupants who are a drinking or dining and un-separated accessory uses total area is over 5,000 square feet or capacity is over 300 persons. t Storage occupancies more than 20,000 square feet and used for high-piled % storage of moderate hazard contents.
Section 54.17
Provide manual fire alarm system in factories and workshops where more than ten persons employed above second story or office buildings four or more stories or has 15,000 square feet or more on any floor level above or below exit discharge level. Exception: May omit when automatic sprinkler systems provided.
SCHOOLS Section 56.03 Protect basement levels of school with automatic sprinkler system or approved smoke detection and electrically interconnect to fire alarm system. In existing buildings, protect basement corridors with an approved smoke detection system. Provide fire alarm system in schools and other instructional places, including relocatable classroom structures containing more than two classrooms.
Section 56.19
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RESIDENTUL
Section 57.016 Protect with automatic fire sprinkler systems throughout buildings over 60 feet in height or housing for elderly. Provide smoke detectors in every open stair, at doors on each floor level leading to enclosed stairs, in basements, and either in sleeping areas or within 6 feet of doorway leading to each sleeping area except in community based residential facilities. Detectors are to be electrically interconnected to required manual fire alarm system. For community-based residential facilities, provide smoke detectors in each common use room, in corridors and stairways, and in sleeping rooms where smoking is allowed. Section 57.17 Provide fire alarm system in residential occupancies accommodating 20 or more persons except residential occupancies including hotels and motels maximum one story where each living unit has primary exit door at grade level.
Section 57.16
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Section 52.21 Provide manual fire alarm system, automatic smoke detection or sprinkler system to activate the automatic self-closing device on doors in smoke barriers or protecting occupancy separations, or horizontal exits in health facility. Provide automatic sprinkler protection to all rubbish or laundry chutes, including pneumatic rubbish and laundry systems, in health facility. Provide automatic sprinkler systems in hospitals and nursing homes and electrically interconnect to fire alarm system. Provide manual fire alarm system in all health-care facilities. Provide automatic smoke detection per NFPA 72 in all corridors of nursing homes and electrically interconnect to fire alarm system. Exception: Corridor smoke detection system not required on patient sleeping room floors where each patient sleeping room is protected by approved smoke detection system.
Section 58.25
Section 58.29
Section 58.27(2) Section 58.27(3)
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Section 52.013 Provide automatic fire sprinkler system in all detention and correctional facilities with resident population of six or more. Provide manual fire alarm system, automatic smoke detection, fire detection system, or automatic sprinkler system to activate the automatic self-closing device on doors in smoke barriers or protecting occupancy separations, or horizontal exits in detention and correctional facilities. Provide manual fire alarm system in all detention and correctional facilities. Provide approved automatic smoke detection in sleeping rooms, holding rooms, and all corridors in connection with sleeping rooms per NFPA 72.
Section 58.60
Section 58.64 Section 58.65
HAZARDOUS AND GARAGES Section 52.013 Provide automatic fire sprinkler system in all high hazard occupancies more than 3,000 square feet in floor area. Also provide in buildings used for highpiled storage of moderate hazard contents having an area exceeding 20,000 square feet. Provide fire alarm system in every storage and repair garage where more than ten persons are employed above the second story except where protected with complete automatic sprinkler system.
Section 59.24
CHILD DAY CARE

Section 60.35 Section 60.36 Provide automatic fire sprinkler system throughout child-care facility. Provide stand-alone, battery -operated smoke detectors in corridors and stairways of all floors occupied by a day-care center accommodating nine to twenty children. Als o install in lounges, recreation areas, and sleeping rooms. Provide fire alarm system and approved smoke detection system in buildings accommodatingmore than 20 children and where children under the age of 24 months are cared for on floors above or below a floor level of exit discharge.
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COMMUNITY BASED RESIDENTIAL F A

Section 61.14 Provide at least a low voltage interconnected smoke detection system designed to protect entire facility.
HIGHRISE BUILDINGS
Section 52.01(1) Provide complete automatic fire sprinkler system in every building more than 60 feet in height except open parking structures. Provide fire alamddetection systems in buildings more than ten stories or over 100 feet in height and provide supervised alarm and communication systems. Provide automatic detectors in every air-handling equipment room (unless sprinkled), and in the return air portion of every HVAC system. Approved heat detectors may be substituted in boiler and furnace rooms in lieu of product of combustion detectors. Install detectors to actuate an alarm or signaling system and shut down ventilation system unless automatic smoke control is incorporated in the system.
Section 52.01(2)
LOW-RISE BUILDINGS
Section 52.011 Provide automatic fire sprinkler system in buildings fewer than 60 feet in height used as public buildings or places of employment.
ATRIUMS
Section 52.07
Only buildings fully protected by an automatic fire sprinkler system may have atriums. Provide automatic fire sprinkler system within the atrium or areas open to the atrium or two or more smoke detectors or interconnected smoke detection system that will automatically operate the atrium's smoke control system.
MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS
Section 66.33 Provide automatic fire sprinkler per Table 66.33, Thresholds above which Sprinklers or 2-Hour Separation are Required. Provide approved smoke detectors in basements, stairways, and in or near sleeping areas. Wire directly and permanently to a proper un-switched circuit and provide a back-up power source. Interconnect to manual fire alarm system all detectors not within individual dwelling units. Provide manual fire alarm system in buildings three to six stories or containing more than ten bedrooms.
Section 66.49
Section 66.50
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STATE OF WYOMiNG Administrative Requirements
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Code Amendments Preemptive Application 1997 UBC
Building Code
No amendments Mandatory statewide for all buildings except 1 and 2 family dwellings. Local jurisdictions may amend to make more stringent. The Council on Fire Prevention, Electrical Safety and Energy Efficiency in Buildings Herschler Building 122 West 25th Street Cheyenne, WY 82002 (307) 777-7288 Local jurisdictions or Jim Noel State Fire Marshal Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety Herschler Building 122 West 25th Street Cheyenne, WY 82002 (307) 777-7288
\To amendments
flandatory statewide for all wildings except 1 and 2 ?milydwellings. Local urisdictions may amend to nake more stringent. The Council on Fire Prevention, Electrical Safety md Energy Efficiency in Buildings Herschler Building 122 West 25th Street Cheyenne, WY 82002 :307) 777-7288 Local jurisdictions or Jim Noel State Fire Marshal Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety Herschler Building 122 West 25th Street Cheyenne, WY 82002 (307) 777-7288
Promulgation
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Enforcement
Comments Summary of Amendments See summary of 1997 Uniform Codes in Chapter 3 for applicable requirements for fire alarm/detection systems.
Code Change Cycle: The state is on a three-year cycle concurrent with publication of the new editions of the model codes. The state codes are reviewed annually. Public hearings are held for proposed rules and regulations changes.
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Life Safety Coe None
History: The Wyoming legislature adopted the Uniform Building Code and the Uniform Fire Code in 1977. The statute, however, only mandates compliance to the fire and life safety requirements of these codes. Some of the larger communities enforce all provisions of the code through local ordinance. State statute allows for local enforcement simply at the request of local government and with no provisions or qualifications. In all other areas, enforcement is the responsibility of the Wyoming State Fire Marshal. The State of Wyoming currently has adopted the 1997 editions of the Uniform Building Code, the Uniform Fire Code, Uniform Mechanical Code, and the 1997 edition of the National Electrical Code.
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CHAPTER 5 INTRODUCTION AND EXPLANATION
This chapter contains summaries of requirements and regulations from city and county codes as they affect fire alarmidetection systems. Each city or county code section provides information about the codes used, administrative and organization information; explanation of the building use group classifications where necessary; a table summarizing the areas where fire suppression, protection and detection systems are needed; and an explanation of the code requirements and exceptions as they apply to the building types. Because the code requirements are complex and varied, the tables have been set up to indicate when there are code provisions for fire protection systems in each of the use groups. Where possible, the tables indicate the key item (i.e., as building height or number of occupants) that dictates using fire protection systems. Where no specific item exists but fire protection systems may be needed, the tables will have the word "required." This alerts the user to review the appropriate listings of code requirements and explanations following the table. The code requirements and explanations are a brief synopsis of the appropriate code text and should be used in conjunction with the actual code for exact details.
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CITY OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA Administrative Requirements
Building Code code Amendments Promulgation 994 SBC Itate amendments ?ormanKoplon, PE Iirector hreau of Buildings 5 Trinity Avenue SW, Suite 900 Ltlanta, GA 30335-0309 104) 330-6152
Fire Prevention Code 1994 SFPC State and city amendments Chief Kenneth Allen Fire Marshal Fire Safety Division City Hall East 675 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE, Suite 2001 Atlanta, GA 30308 (404) 853-7041 or Dwayne Garriss Assistant State Fire Marshal Engineering Inspection Office of the Commissioner of tnsurance Safety Fire Division/ State Fire Marshal 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive West Tower, Suite 620 Atlanta, GA 30334 (404) 656-0697 Chief Kenneth Allen Fire Marshal Fire Safety Division City Hall East 675 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE,Suite 2001 Atlanta, GA 30308 (404) 853-7041
Life Safety Code 1997NFF'A 101 State amendments Dwayne Garriss Assistant State Fire Marshal Engineering Inspection Office of the Commissioner of Insurance Safety Fire Division/ State Fire Marshal 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive West Tower, Suite 620 Atlanta, GA 30334 (404) 656-0697
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Enforcement
iorman Koplon, PE Xrector 3ureau of Buildings i5 Trinity Avenue SW, Suite i900 itlanta, GA 30335-0309 404) 330-6152
Chief Kenneth Allen Fire Marshal Fire Safety Division City Hall East 675 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE,Suite 2001 Atlanta, GA 30308 (404) 853-7041
Comments Summary of Amendments See Chapter 3 for summary of model code requirements and Chapter 4 for informationon 3eorgia State Amendments to Standard Codes and NFPA 101. City has adopted ordinances to ,equire automatic sprinkler protection in existing multistory commercial and office buildings md multifamily buildings including hotels six or more stories or over 75 feet.
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CITY OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Administrative Requirements

Building
Code
Fire Prevention
Cnde
Life Safety
Code
Code Amendments Promulgation
1996 Ni3C City amendments Shawn Karimian Director Building Code Committee Department of Housing and Community Development Construction and Buildings Inspection Permits and Code Enforcement Section 417 East Fayette Street, Room 101 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 396-3582 Ghanshyamkumar K. Pate1 Supervisor for Plans Examining Department of Housing and Community Development Construction and Buildings Inspection Permits and Code Enforcement Section 417 East Fayette Street, Room 101 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 396-3462
996 NFPC
:ity supplement
1997NFPA 101
Uo amendments
rheodore G. Saunders 3ureau Coordinator :ire Prevention Bureau 114 North Calvert Street 3altimore, MD 2 1202 410) 396-5755
rheodore G. Saunders 3ureau Coordinator :ire Prevention Bureau Il 4 North Calvert Street 3altimore, MD 2 1202 410) 396-5755
Enforcement
rheodore G. Saunders 3ureau Coordinator ;ire Prevention Bureau I14 North Calvert Street 3altimore, h4D 21202 410) 396-5755
heodore G. Saunders 3ureau Coordinator ?ire Prevention Bureau $14North Calvert Street 3altimore, MD 21202 1410) 396-5755
Comments Summary of Amendments See Chapter 3 summary of mod code provisions. The city requires battery backup power for smoke detectors installed in Groups R-I, R-2, R-3, and 1-1 occupancies. In addition, every hotel, motel, and lodging house, regardless of numb er of units, are required to have at least one smoke detector for the hearing impaired for each 50 units. City amendments to the BOCA National Fire Prevention Code state that all sleeping areas within every occupancy; classified as residential, as defined in NFPA 101, must be provided with at least one approved smoke detector.
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CITY OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

Administrative Requirements
Code Amendments
Fire Prevention Building Code Code Massachusetts State Building Boston Fire Prevention Code Code Based on 1993 NBC with state City-written amendments
Life Safey Code 1997NFPA 101 Used as reference standard for alarm system design, operation and maintenance.
Promulgation
Enforcement
Joseph Fleming Thomas L. Rogers Fire Marshal Administrator Boston Fire Department Massachusetts Board of Fire Prevention Division Building Regulations and Standards 1 15 Southampton Street One Ashburton Place, Room Boston, MA 02 118 (617) 343-3620 1301 Boston, MA 021O8 (617) 727-3200 Joseph Fleming Gary Moccia Fire Marshal Assistant Boston Fire Department Commissioner/Inspectr of Fire Prevention Division Buildings City of Boston 115 Southampton Street Building and Inspectional Boston, MA 02 118 (617) 343-3620 Services 1010 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA 021 18 (617) 635-5306, ~ 1 2 2 9 Boston Fire Code is principally an administrative document to supplement provisions in the ~_Massachusetts Building Code and provides enforcement guidelines. Boston Fire Code requires fire alarm systems to be installed in industrial, bulk, processing and chemical plants, refineries and distilleries. Processing plants are also required to be equipped with an approved automatic sprinkler system or special extinguishing system. See Chapter 4 for summary of Commonwealth of Massachusetts Building Code fire protection requirements.
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CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Administrative Requirements
Building Code 1999 Chicago Building Code City-written
Fire Prevention Code 1999 Chicago Building Code City-written
Life Safety Code Jone
Enforcement
John Javorka, PE Harold Olin Chief Fire Prevention Engineer Managing Deputy Bureau of Fire Prevention Commissioner Department of Buildings 444 North Dearbom St., 2"d Floor 121 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 6061O Room 900 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 744-1878 (3 12) 744-0229 John Javorka, PE Perri Irrner Deputy Commissioner, Permit Chief Fire Prevention Engineer Bureau of Fire Prevention Issuance Commissioner of Buildings 444 North Dearborn St., 2"d Department of Buildings Floor 121 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 606 1O Room 900 (312) 744-1878 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 744-3125 City of Chicago Building Code encompasses building, fire, mec requirements.
iical, plumbing, and other
City codes define building use groups for city area only. See building occupancy types.
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CTIY OF CHICAGO, ILLJIVOlS
Building Occupancy Types
CLASS A RESIDENTIALUNITS Buildings or parts thereof designed or used for one or more family units or for sleeping accommodations for other than family units except institutional occupancies. Sub-classify as follows:
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A-1, single-family dwellings. Building containing one dwelling unit only, one family home only for one group home only, or intermediate care facility for maximum 15 developmentally disabled persons. A-2, multiple dwellings. Residential units designed or used for at least two family units or designed or used for sleeping accommodations, other than family units, for more than ten persons. Includes apartment buildings, group homes, clubs, convents, rooming, lodging, and board houses, hotels and motels, monasteries, housing for elderly, transitional shelters and temporary overnight shelters (regardless of capacity), fraternities, dormitories, and tourist houses.
CLASS B INSTITUTIONAL UMTS Buildings or parts thereof designed or used for harboring at least three persons for medical, correctional, penal, or other care, treatment, or detention, including:
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Hospitals; Nursing homes offering skilled care, intermediate or childcare, and homes for developmentally disabled and/or mentally retarded; Sheltered care facilities such as sheltered care homes, homes for aged, and residential care (halfway) homes; Residential restrained care facilities such as jails, asylums, and reformatories; Day-care centersunder 2; and Orphanages.
CLASS C - ASSEMBLY UNITS Buildings or parts thereof designed or used for assembly of persons for civic, political, educational, religious, social, recreational, or similar activities. Includes among others theaters, taverns, galleries, ballrooms, bowling alleys, churches, courtrooms, funeral parlors, gymnasiums, libraries, passenger stations, restaurants, schools , indoor stadiums, indoor pools, and museums. Subclassify as follows:
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CLASS C ASSEMBLY UNITS continue)
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C-1, large assembly units, Assembly units, other than schools, with capacity of 300 persons or more in one room or space. C-2, small assembly units. Assembly units, other than schools, with capacity of less than 300 persons in any one room or space. Exceptions: -- Classi@ restaurants, bars, taverns, and similar occupancies with maximum 100-person capacity as Class F, Mercantile units. -- When other assembly occupancies with occupancy not more than 100 located in building of another occupancy, classify according to that occupancy. C-3, schools. Assembly units designed or used for educational or institutional purposes. Further classify every school as follows: - Type IA schools include day-care centersl2-6 and day-care centerslunder 2 not included in Type III schools, kindergarten schools, elementary schools, and similar occupancies. -- Type IB schools include middle schools, junior high schools, high schools, and similar occupancies. -- Type II schools include colleges, schools for adult education, and commercial and vocational schools with accommodations for more than 100 persons at any one time. -- Type III schools include day-care centerd2-6 of 100 children or less located on either second floor, first floor or basement, but not more than one floor; day-care centerslunder 2 of 30 children or less located on ground level; and day-care centershnder 2 and 2-6 combined in one facility of 100 children or less located on group level.
CLASS D - OPEN-AIR ASSEMBLY UNITS Structures or enclosed areas designed or used for assembly in open air, other than drive-in theaters, including amusement parks, outdoor theaters other than drive-ins, athletic fields, reviewing and grand stands, stadiums, observation platforms, race tracks, outdoor swimming pools, band stands, and beach enclosures. CLASS E - BUSINESS UNITS Buildings or parts thereof designed or used for business transactions, for rendering of professional services or for other services not involving storage of stocks or goods, wares, or merchandise except such as incidental for display purposes. Includes offices, administration buildings, adult education, commercial and vocational schools accommodating less than 100 persons at any one time, banks, radio stations, civic administration, telephone exchanges, and professional services.
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CLASS F - MERCANTILEUNITS Buildings or parts thereof designed or used for sale of goods, wares, and merchandise and involving only incidental storage of such materials. Includes enclosed mall shopping centers, markets, sales rooms, specialty shops, shops, retail and wholesale stores, and restaurants, bars, taverns and similar occupancies with capacity not more than 100.
CLASS G JNDUSTRIAL W
Buildings or parts thereof used primarily for manufacturing or in which five or more persons engaged in fabricating, assembling, or processing of products or materials. Exception: Class I hazardous uses. Sub-classify as follows:
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G1, low hazard industrial units. Industrial units designed or used for manufacturing generally noncombustible products. Includes power plants, pumping plants, ice plants, and plants for manufacturing and processing asbestos, clay products, chalk and crayons, glass, ivory, metals, porcelain and pottery, stone, and other materials of similar hazard classification. G2, moderate hazard industrial units. Industrial units other than low hazard Class G-l.
CLASS H - STORAGE UNITS Buildings or parts thereof used primarily for storing goods, wares, or merchandise except those defined as Class I hazardous use units and in which less than five persons engaged in manufacturing or processing products or materials. Includes storage and cold storage buildings, hangars, freight depots, livestock shelters, warehouses, and garages. Subclassify as follows:
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H-1, low hazard storage units. Storage units designed or used for generally noncombustible goods. Includes buildings used for storing asbestos, clay products, chalk, glass, ivory, metals, porcelain or pottery, stone, and materials of similar hazard classification. H-2, moderate hazard storage units. Storage units other than Class H-1 low hazard storage units or Class H-3 garages. 33-3, garages. Buildings or parts thereof with floor area more than 800 square feet and designed or used for sheltering, storing, or servicing motor vehicles containing flammable fuel. Exception: Parking facilities classified as Class J, miscellaneous buildings and structures.
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CLASS I - HAZARDOUS USE UNITS Buildings or parts thereof used for manufacturing, processing, storage, or use of materials of the following general classifications:
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Highly combustible, inflammable, or explosive products or materials likely to burn with extreme rapidity or from which poisonous fumes or explosions may result in event of fire; Highly corrosive, toxic or noxious alkalis, acids, or other liquids; Fume hazardous, explosive, poisonous, irritant, or corrosive gases; Materials involving explosive mixtures of dust or that result in division of matter into fire particles subject to spontaneous combustion; Chemicals or synthetic paints or enamels involving flame, h e , or explosive hazard; and Other hazardous uses per Chapter 60 of Building Code.
CLASS J - MISCELLmOUS BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Gasoline filling stations, greenhouses, lumber yards, parking facilities, parking garages, fire and police stations, public utility structures, fences and retaining walls, signs, sheds, stables, tanks, tents, temporary buildings, and water, transmission, and radio towers.
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C l l Y OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Building Code Fire AlarmlDetection Systems Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems Fire Alarm Systems Automatic Detection Systems
Occupancy Type Group A - Residential A-1 Intermediate Care A-2 Multiple Dwellings Hotels Dormitories Group B - Institutional Group C - Assembly C-1 Large Assembly C-2 Small Assembly C-3 Schools Group M- Mercantile
Required Required Required Required Required Required Required > 2 floors
Required
Required
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Ci" OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Requirements and Exceptions
CLASS A - RESIDENTIAL Section 3(13-64-120) Provide approved ionization chamber or photoelectric type smoke detectors in every single and multifamily dwelling unit and in all newly constructed buildings. Permanently wire all approved smoke detectors to the electrical service of each dwelling.
CLASS A-1 - INTERMEDIATE CARE FACZLFTIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLYDISABLED - 15 OR LESS. Sections 9(15-15-1520) and 3(1344170) Sections 9(15-16-110) and 34(13-196-200) CLASS A-2 - MULTIFAMILY Sections 9(15-16-110) and 34(13-196-200) Provide approved fire alarm systems as follows: Class I system in hotels of Type II, III, or IV consimction not more than 80 feet high except when maximum 25 persons sleep above second floor. Approved fire alarm systems and detection system in hotels of Type I construction more than four stories and maximum 80 feet high. Class I system in dormitories two or more stories except where maximum 25 persons sleep above second floor. Class I system in single room occupancies, both new and existing, two stories or more and not equipped with a complete sprinkler system. These requirements apply to both new and existing occupancies. Provide automatic sprinklers per Sections 9( 1.5-16-1 70) to 9( 15-16-61O), and approved smoke detection system in all rooms and corridors, except toilets and closets. Electrically interconnect with fire alarm system to a central station. Provide standard Class I fire alarm system in new and existing buildings two stories or less in height and not exceeding 8,000 square feet. In buildings over 2 stories or with floor area exceeding 8,000 square feet, equip with a Class II fire alarm system.
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CLASS A-2 - MULTIFAMZLY fcontnued) Section 9(15-16-140) Provide automatic fire detectors installed per NFPA 72E-1984 in hotel buildings over four stories not equipped with an approved automatic sprinkler system. Locate in electrical equipment rooms, guest room corridors, and elevator lobbies. Provide automatic heat detectors in each single room occupancy unit, in public corridors, and at each floor level in every interior stairwell. Section 34(13-196-100) Provide approved smoke detectors in all existing dwelling units. All approved single station smoke detectors required by this chapter shall be the ionization or photoelectric type, either battery powered or 110 volt AC. Smoke detectors will bear the label of a nationally recognized standards testing laboratory.
CLASS B - INSTITUTIONAL Sections 9(15-16-110) and 34( 13-196-200) Provide approved fire alarm system as follows: t Class I systems in buildings two or more stones and less than 8,000 square feet floor > area. Class II system in buildings more than two stories or with floor area more than 8,000 square feet. These requirements apply to both new and existing occupancies. Section 9( 15-16-140) Provide automatic fire detectors throughout occupancy.
CLASS C ASSEMBLY Sections 9(15-16-110) and 34( 13-196-200) Provide approved fire alarm system in Class C-3 schools as follows:
e Class I system in Type I or Type II schools more than one story; containing a daycare center; and Class II system in Type III schools. These requirements apply to both new and existing occupancies.
Section 9(15-16-140)
Provide automatic fire detectors throughout two-story buildings occupied as open plan schools. Interconnect to the school fire alarm system. Equip Class I fire alarm systems serving schools/day care centers with automatic detectors. Install smoke detectors at each floor level, in front of doors or stairwells from the facility, in all lounges, recreation areas and sleeping rooms. Provide heat detectors in boiler rooms, kitchens, and combustible storage areas except where equipped with a sprinkler system. 5-12 Chicago, IL
CLASS C - ASSEMBLY (continued)

Section 9( 15-16 4 3O ) Provide automatic sprinkler system in every part of Type 1 stage block, including locations below each fly gallery, beneath the stage ceiling or roof, and above the proscenium opening and including all workshops, storage rooms, property rooms and dressing rooms. Provide automatic sprinkler system in Type I and II schools, open plan schools, hospitals, infirmaries, nurseries, orphanages, sheltered-care homes, sanitoria, and homes for the aged.
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Sections 9( 15-1 6430) and 34( 13-196-180)
CLASS E BUSINESS UNITS Section 9(15-16-110) Section 9( 15-16-1 40) Section 9(15-16430) Provide an approved fire alarm system in every new and existing telephone exchange. Provide fire detectors throughout every telephone exchange. Provide automatic sprinkler system in new and existing telephone exchanges.
CLASS F MERCANTILE Section 9(15-16430) Provide automatic sprinkler system in basement spaces and all floors of department stores two stories or more.
CLASS H - STORAGE Section 9(15-16430) Provide automatic sprinkler system in basement spaces over 2,500 square feet and not enclosed with two-hour fire resistance partitions and used for storage of combustible material. Provide automatic standard sprinkler system in hazardous use units as defined by this code section and in highly flammable material storage. Provide automatic sprinkler system in parking facilities where vehicle storage area on four or more levels is enclosed on all sides. Provide automatic sprinkler system in garages exceeding four stories in height, in buildings of institutional use, any basement garage housing more than three vehicles, and any garage having a storage capacity of twenty or more vehicles and located in buildings in which stories above the garage are other use classifications.
Section 9(15-16440)
Section 4(13-96-920)
Sections 9(15-16-030) and 34(13-196-180)
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CLASS I - HAZARDOUS Sections 9( 15-16-030) and 34(13-196-180) Provide automatic sprinkler system in new and existing shops and storerooms used as paint shops, waste paper baling or storage, and other storage uses having a similar degree of combustibility.
CLASS J - -0US Section 4(13-96-1100) Provide a standard fire alarm system in every new public utility structure and every existing public utility structure, unless the structure is equipped with a fire detection system connected to a central station alarm service. Provide fire suppression system in every public utility structure.
Section 9(15-16451) Section 9(15-16-140)
In every new and existing public utility structure, install smoke detectors in all rooms and spaces containing any electric power or communication transformers, switches, capacitors, control panels, cables, cable racks, or equipment racks.
Provide automatic sprinkler system in new and existing buildings used primarily as an exhibition area.
Sections 9(15-16-030) and 34(13-196-180)
HIGHRISE BUILDINGS
Section 4(13-76410) Section 4(13-76440) Apply high-rise provisions to all new buildings more than 80 feet above grade. Provide approved system including products of combustion detectors, sounding devices, and heat detectors in all high-rise buildings. Locate automatic products of combustion detectors in fan and electrical equipment rooms; return air ducts and plenums of HVAC system, elevator lobbies and corridor at each floor, and in all dwelling units. Provide heat detectors in storerooms, boiler rooms, and furnace rooms. See Section 4( 13-76-10) for exceptions to these requirements.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS OR EXCEPTIONS:

Section 9(15-16420) Provide automatic sprinkler systems throughout every building with floor areas exceeding maximum allowable areas per Section 5( 1348-050).
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GENERAL PROVISIONS OR EXCEPTIONS (continued):

Section 9( 15-16-530) Connect a local alarm system to any sprinkler system having more than ten sprinklers and installed per Building Code. In every fire alarm system, provide automatic fire detectors installed as an integral part of a fire alarm system in rooms or portions of the building as follows: t In every attic and in all rooms where a flammable compressed gas or liquid and other % than fuel oil for heating is stored or used; also in shops and storerooms where combustible materials is stored or handled. In every building used in part as an institutional building, school, hotel, or single room occupancy. In every storeroom, maintenance shop, fan room, mechanical equipment room, laundry, linen room, janitor closet, kitchen, storage area, and dwelling unit of a dormitory of two or more stories. The automatic detectors provided in the dwelling units of dormitories shall be rate-of-rise type heat detectors with a smoke detector also installed in each unit. Provide approved smoke detectors in every temporary overnight shelter. No automatic heat detector shall be required in any room or portion of a building equipped with an approved installation of automatic sprinklers and provided with a water flow alarm, which is connected to the fire alarm system. This shall not apply to intermediate care facilities for the developmentally disabled with 15 or fewer persons. When automatic fire detectors are required by this code in occupancies also required to have a standard fire alarm system, activation of either the automatic fire detectors or the manual alarm-sending station shall cause a general alarm to be sounded, except smoke detectors in dwelling units of dormitories.
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Section 9(15-16-140) and Section 34(13-196-240)
Section 4( 13-208-120) Section 9(15-16-150)
Section 9(15-16-1370)
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ClTY OF C " N A T , OHIO
AdministrativeRequirements
Building Code Code Amendments Promulgation 1996NBC
Fire Prevention Code 1996 NFPC
1981A "
Life Safe@ Code 101
Enforcement
State amendments and city State amendments and city supplement supplement Michael Kroeger Michael Kroeger William V. Langevin Assistant Chief Assistant Chief Director Fire Prevention Bureau Department of Buildings and Fire Prevention Bureau 430 Central Avenue 430 Central Avenue Inspections Cincinnati, OH 45202 Cincinnati, OH 45202 City Hall, Room 3 16 (513) 352-2361 (513) 352-2361 801 Plum Street Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 352-3262 Michael Kroeger William V. Langevin Michael Kroeger Assistant Chief Director Assistant Chief Fire Prevention Bureau Fire Prevention Bureau Department of Buildings and Inspections 430 Central Avenue 430 Central Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45202 Cincinnati, OH 45202 City Hall, Room 3 16 (513) 352-2361 801 Plum Street (513) 352-2361 Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 352-3262 The city issues supplemental requirements to the Ohio Basic BL ding Code and Ohio Fire Prevention Code. The city amendments are primarily administrative. Most changes to fire protection requirements are from state codes. The City Fire Prevention Code does establish remarks for fire protective signaling systems in any business, mercantile or residential use high-rise building (as defined in Building Code), early fire warning systems in all hotel, motel, and residential occupancies.
ISee Chapter 4 for State of Ohio Building Code summary.
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Chicago, IL
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CITY OF CLEWLAND, OHIO Administrative Requirements
Building Code. Code Amendments Promulgation

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1996NBC State amendments and city supplement Robert Vilkas Deputy Commissioner Division of Building and Housing 60 1 Lakeside Avenue Cleveland, OH 44 i i 4 (2 16) 664-2927 Mike Iliano Bureau Manager or Tom Ardito Chief Building Inspector Division of Building and Housing 60 1 Lakeside Avenue Cleveland, OH 44144 (216) 664-3618
Fire Prevention Code 1996NFPC State amendments and city Supplement Capt. Mark Scott Fire Marshal Fire Prevention Bureau 1645 Superior Avenue Cleveland, OH 441 14-2984 [216) 664-6664 Capt. Mark Scott Fire Marshal or Lt. Douglas Veselsky Chief Inspector/Plans Examiner Fire Prevention Bureau 1645 Superior Avenue Cleveland, OH 441 14-2984 (2 16) 664-6664
Enforcement
Comments Summary of Amendments City supplements are mostly administrative in nature. See Chapter 4 for summary of State of Ohio Basic Building and Fire Codes.
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Cleveland, OH
CITY OF DAJALAS, TEXAS AdministrativeRequirements
Building Code Code Amendments Promulgation 1991 UBC lity amendments Buck Morse Chief Building Code 4dministrator Planning & Development Department Building Inspection Division 320 East Jefferson Blvd., Room 105 Dallas, TX 75203 214)948-4474 Ed Levine Acting Building Official Planning & Development Department Building Inspection Division 320 East Jefferson Blvd., Room 105 Dallas, TX 75203 (214) 948-4320
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Fire Prevention Code 1991 UFC City amendments Joe Pierce Deputy Chief Dallas Fire Department Fire Prevention Education and Inspections Division 2014 Main Street, Rooms 401 & 406 Dallas, TX 75201 (2 14) 670-4628 Joe Pierce Deputy Chief Dallas Fire Department Fire Prevention Education and Inspections Division 2014 Main Street, Rooms 401 & 406 Dallas, TX 75201 (214) 670-4628
Life Safety Code ;lone
Enforcement
I
City of Dallas expands requirements for fire aladdetection systems in business occupancies and high-rise buildings.
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C M Y OF DALLAS, TEXAS 1991 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with City Amendments Fire Alarm/Detection Systems
Occupancy Type Group A - Assembly Amusement Buildings Group B - Business B-2 Retail/Drinkuig Group E - Educational
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>50 occupants
Group H - Hazardous H-1 Flammables/ Explosives 8 2Moderate Explosion Hazard H-3 HighHazard H-4 Repair Garages H-6 Semiconductor Facilities H-7 Health Hazards
Required Required Required > 3,000 sq. ft. Required Required Required Required
Group I - Institutional 1-1 Hospitals 1-2 Nursing Homes 1-3 Jails Group R Residential R-1 Hotel R-2Multifamily High-rise -New and Existing Construction B-2 Offices R-1 HotelMulti-family Covered Maus Aviation Control Towers

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> 3 stories > 4 stories
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.

Required
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> 3 stories > 3 stories
3 stories > 3 stories
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.
> 75 f . t > 75 fi.
Required Required
Required Required
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CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS 1991 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with City Amendments Requirements and Exceptions
GROUP A ASSEMBLY
Section 3802(d) (BuildingCode) and Section 10.507(c) (Fire Code) (Amended) Provide automatic sprinkler systems in Group A as follows: t Rooms and un-separated accessory uses more than 5,000 square feet in total area a when used for consumption of alcoholic beverages. t Basements more than 1,500 square feet in floor area. a t Exhibition and display rooms more than 12,000 square feet. a Enclosed usable space below or over a stairway in Groups A-2, A-2.1, A-3, and A-4. Multi-theater complexes. t Amusement buildings, except if temporary with floor area 7,500or less. a Under roof and gridiron, tie and fly galleries, proscenium walls of stages, platforms more than 500 square feet, dressing rooms, workshops, and storerooms. Provide approved fire alarm system in Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1 occupancies installed per Fire Code. In Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1, provide manual f i e alarm system, which activates prerecorded announcement using an approved electrically supervised voice communication or public address system. Exception: Occupancies with approved automatic fire-extinguishing system installed to activate prerecorded message, or automatic sprinkler or smoke detection system installed to activate alarm system.
Provide an approved smoke detection system in amusement buildings. An approved alternate type of automatic detector may be used if in area where ambient conditions will cause a snioke-detection system to alarm.
Section 609 (Building Code) Section 14.104(b) (Fire Code) (Amended)
Section 14.104G) (Fire Code) (Added) Section 610 (Building Code)
In amusement buildings, provide approved automatic sprinkler, smoke detection, and supervised alarm and/or public address systems.
GROUP B BUSINESS
Section 3802(e) (Building Code) and Section 10.507(d) (Fire Code) Provide automatic fire extinguishing system in Group B-2 retail sales areas where floor area exceeds 12,000 square feet on any floor or 24,000 square feet on all floors or when more than three stories.
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GROUP B - BUSINESS (continued)

Section 14.104(c)(l) (Fire Code) Section 14.104(~)(2) and Article 81 (Fire Code) Section 14.104(~)(3) (Fire Code) Section 14.104(~)(4) (Fire Code) Section 14.104(~)(5) (Fire Code) (Amended)
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Provide fire alarm systems in Group B-2 occupancies as set forth in the following subsections of this code. Provide automatic smoke -detection system throughout high-piled combustible storage uses as required by Article 8 1. Provide approved automatic fire -extinguishing system when required by Table 8 1.105-A.
Provide automatic smoke-detection system throughout building when special egresscontrol devices are installed on exit doors. Provide automatic smoke-detection system in corridors which are not of one hour fireresistive construction located in office spaces with less than 100 occupants.
Provide a manualfire alarm system in any business occupancy where the building is two or more stories in height above the level of exit discharge, has 1O0 or niore occupants located above OY below the level of exit discharge, or has 1,000 OY more total occupants.
Section 14.104(~)(6) (Fire Code)
Provide approved manual alarm system when required by Article 88 of this code for aerosol storage rooms and general purpose warehouses containing aerosols.
See also specific requirements for High-rise Group B Office Buildings and Group R-1 Occupancies for both New Construction and Existing Structures.
Section 809 (Building Code) and Section 14.104(d) (Fire Code) Section 802(b) (Building Code)
Provide approved fire alarm systems when occupant load more than 50 persons. When automatic sprinkler system or smoke detectors provided, install to automatically activate school fire alarm.
Provide approved smoke detectors to activate all automatic-closing fire assemblies installed in the atmospheric separation.
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GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL (continued) Section 3802(f) (Building Code) and Section 10.507(e) (Fire Code) Section 3318(d) (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system in basements more than 1,500 square feet in floor area and in enclosed usable space below or over a stairway.
GROUP H - HAZARDOUS Section 909 (Building Code) Sections 14.104(e), 50.113, Article 51 and Article 80 (Fire Code) Section 911 (Building Code) Section 3802(g) (Building Code) and Section 10.507(f) (Fire Code) Provide approved manual fire alarm system in Group H occupancies used to manufacture organic coatings and Group H-6 hazardous production materials occupancies. Provide approved smoke detection for rooms used for storage, dispensing, use and handling of hazardous materials.
GROUP I - MSTITUTIONAL Section 1002(b) (Building Code) Provide smoke detector operated damper(s) at each point where ducts penetrate smoke barrier except where openings in ducts are limited to single smoke compartment and ducts are of steel construction.
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Provide smoke detectors throughout area of common atmosphere when the only means of exit from a room is through an adjoining or intervening room. Exceptions: 1) When aggregate occupant load of interior room is not more than ten; 2) When enclosures forming interior rooms are less than two-thirds of floor-to-ceiling height or not more than eight feet; and 3) Rooms are used exclusively for mechanical and public utility service to building.
GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL (continued) Section 1009 (Building Code) and Section 14.104(f) (Fire Code) Section 1010 (Building Code) and Section 14.104(f)(5) (Fire Code) Section 3802(h) (Building Code) and Section 10.507(g) (Fire Code) Section 14.104(f)(3) (Fire Code) Provide manual and automatic fire alarm system in Group I occupancies.
Provide smoke detectors in patient sleeping rooms of hospital and nursing homes. Except in rooms equipped with automatic door closers having integral smoke detectors on room side, integral detector may substitute for smoke detector provided it performs required alerting functions. Provide automatic fire extinguishing system throughout.
GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Section 1210 (Building Code) and Section 14.104(g)(6 (Fire Code) Section 1211 (Building Code) and Section 14.104(g) (Fire Code) (Amended) Provide smoke detectors in dwelling units, congregate residences, and hotel or lodging house guest-rooms installed per manufacturer's instructions.
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Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in apartment house three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. In Group R-1 occupancies located in high-rise buildings provide a fire alarm/communication system. Exceptions: 1)Buildings not more than three stories with all individual units provided one hour fire separation and direct exterior egress; 2) Buildings with automatic sprinkler system throughout and with local alarm system. Manual fire alarm boxes are not required for interior corvidors having smoke detectors.
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G Manual fire alarm boxes.
In Group R-1 occupancies, provide:
Smoke detectors in all common areas and interior corridors serving as required exit for ten or more occupants. Heat detectors in common areas such as recreational rooms, laundry rooms, furnace rooms, and similar areas. Install alarm-initiating devices to activate an alarm signal audible throughout designated portions of building. Section 3802(1) (Building Code) and Section 10.507(h) (Fire Code) (Am ended) Provide automatic sprinkler system in apartment housesfour or more stories or containing mo re than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 50 or more.
HIGHRISE. NEW CONSTRUCTION.GROUP 8-2 OFFICES AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES Section 14.104(g) (Fire Code) Provide fire alarm and communication systems for Group B-2 offices and Group R-1 occupancies with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access.
Provide automatic fire alarm system and a communication system in mechanical equipment, electrical, transformer, telephone equipment, elevator machine or similar rooms; in main return - and exhaust-air plenum of each air-conditioning system located downstream of the last duct inlet; in each connection to a vertical duct or riser serving two or more stories from a return-air duct or plenum ofan air-conditioning system. In Group R-I, approved smoke detector is allowed to be used in each return-air riser carrying not more than 5,000 cfin and serving not more than ten air-inlet openings. f Install so that the actuation o the detector will operate the emergency voice alarmf signaling system and all equipment necessary to prevent the re-circulation o smoke.
Section 14.104(1) (Fire Code) (Added)
HIGHRISE BUILDINGS Section 1807(a) (Building Code) (Added) Section 1807(d) (Building Code) (Added)
Provide automatic sprinkler systems throughout all buildings, other than Groups B-3, B-4 and A occupancies, havingfloors usedf o r human occupancy located more than 75 4 feet above the lowest level ofJre department access. Provide at least one approved smoke detector in every mechanical equipment, electrical; transformer, telephone equipment, elevator machine or similar room and in the main return and exhaust air plenum of each air-conditioning s-vstem located in a f serviceable area downstream of the last duct inlet. Install so that actuation o the detector will shut down the air-handling units or operate dampers toprevent ref circulation o smoke.
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Section 1807(e) (Building Code) (Added)
Provide an approved automaticfire alarni system in all Groups A, B-2, E, I, and R-1 occupancies. Provide voice communication system in al1 Groups A , B-2, E, 1-2, and R1 occupancies. Automatic fire alarm and voice comniunication may be a combined s,vstem. Provide an integrated alarm system with smoke detector or sprinkler system
Section 14.104(c) (Fire Code) (Added)
HIGHRISE, GROW B-2 OFFICES AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES. EXISTING STRUCTURES Appendix 1-B (Fire Code) Provide automatic sprinkler systems in exit corridors, stairwell, elevator lobbies, public assembly areas with 100 or more persons, and commercial kitchens. Apply to all existing high-rise buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access. Provide approved manual fire alarm system connected to central, proprietary or remote station service, or a local system, which will provide an audible signal at a constantly attended location. Provide fire department communication system and occupant voice notification system. Provide single-station smoke detectors in dwelling units and guest rooms.
ATRIA Section 1716(b) (Building Code) Provide smoke control system that operates automatically upon actuation of automatic sprinkler system within atrium and areas open to atrium. Provide smoke detectors that will automatically operate atrium smoke -control system.
Section 3802(b) (Building Code) (Added)
Provide automatic sprinkler system in all occupancies exceeding maximum allowable un-sprinkled building areas specified in Table 38-B of the City Code. Excepted are f open airportions o Group A-4, open parking garages, noncombustible occupancies in Type I or II construction, Group R-1 closets less than 40 square feet and bathrooms less than 100 squarefeet.
Section 3802(c) (Building Code) and Section 10.507(f) (Fire Code)
Except in Group R-3 and M occupancies, provide automatic sprinkler system in every story or basement area more than 1,500 square feet except as detailed in Section 3802 of 1991 UBC; at top of rubbish and linen chutes and their terminal rooms, in rooms where nitrate film is stored or handled, or in protected combustible fiber storage vaults.
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Dallas, TX
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Section 4306(f) (Building Code) Section 14.103(1) (Fire Code) (Added)
Provide smoke detectors to activate closing device of an automatic closing fire assembly.
Unless spec$cally indicated, a separatefire alarm s,vsteni need not be provided in buildings, which are protected throughout by an approved, supervised, automatic j reextinguishing systent having a local alarm to not$ all occupants.
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CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVEX, COLORADO Administrative Requirements
I
Amendments Promulgation
Building Cade
Life Safety Cade 1994NFPA 101
City amendments CurtMcMillin * Acting Coordinator, Building Code Revision Committee Public Works Dept. Building Inspection Division 200 West 14th Avenue, Suite 101 Denver, CO 80204-2700 (303) 640-5843 Pete Bemelen Acting Director, Building Inspection Division Public Works Dept. Building Inspection Division 200 West 14th Avenue, Suite 101 Denver, CO 80204-2700 (303) 640-5843
Fire Codes and Standards City amendments and supplements Joseph L. Gonzales Division Chief City and County of Denver Department of Fire Fire Prevention Bureau 745 West Colfax Avenue Denver, CO 80204 (303) 640-5522 Joseph L. Gonzales Division Chief or Masoud Sabounchi Chief Fire Protection Engineer City and County of Denver Department of Fire Fire Prevention Bureau 745 West Colfax Avenue Denver, CO 80204 (303) 640-5522
No amendments
Joseph L. Gonzales Division Chief City and County of Denver Department of Fire Fire Prevention Bureau 745 West Colfax Avenue Denver, CO 80204 (303) 640-5522 JosephL. Gonzales Division Chief or Masoud Sabounchi Chief Fire Protection Engineer City and County of Denver Department of Fire Fire Prevention Bureau 745 West Colfax Avenue Denver, CO 80204 (303) 640-5522
Enforcement
Comments Summary of Amendments CityiCounty adds to the fire protection regulations in the Uniform Code, which includes provisions for airport buildings. Where there is conflict between the Building Code and the Fire Code provisions, the Building Code prevails. The cityicounty amendments to the Building Code are extensive and contain detailed installation requirements for fire suppression systems. A summary follows, but refer to text of Building Code for exact information.
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Denver, CO
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CITY A N D COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO 1997 ICBO Use Group Classifications with Ciy/County Amendments
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Building or structure for the gathering of 50 or more persons for purposes such as civic, social or religious functions, recreation, education or instruction, food or drink consumption, or awaiting transportation. Amusement buildings are included in this classification. Sub-classify in divisions as follows: A-1 A-2 A-2.1
An assembly building with a stage and an occupant load of 1,000 or more.
Building or portion there-of having an assembly room with occupant load less than 1,000 and a stage. Building or portion thereof with an assembly room with occupant load of 300 or more without a stage, including buildings for educational purposes and other than Groups E or B. Building or portion there-of with an assembly room with occupant load less than 300 without a stage, including buildings for educational purposes and other than Groups E or B. Stadiums, reviewing stands, and amusement park structures not included in other Group A occupancies.
A-3
A4
GROUP B BUSINESS Building or structure or portion thereof for office, professional or service-type transactions, including storage of records and accounts, and eating and drinking establishments with an occupant load of less than 50.
GROUP E EDUCATIONAL Sub-classify in divisions as follows:
El
Buildings used for educational purposes through 12th grade by 50 or more persons for more than 12 hours per week or 4 hours per day. Buildings used for educational purposes through 12th grade by less than 50 persons for more than 12 hours per week or 4 hours a day. Buildings used for adult OY child care purposes.fovperiods o less than 24 hours a day. f
E2
E3
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A building or structure for assembling, disassembling, fabricating, finishing, manufacturing, packaging, repairing or processing operations. Sub-classify in divisions as follows:
F-1
F-2
Moderate-hazard factory and industrial occupancies including factory and industrial uses not classified as F-2. Low-hazard factory and industrial occupancies including facilities producing noncombustible or nonexplosive materials which, during finishing, packing or processing, do not involve a significant fire hazard.
GROUP H - HAZARDOUS
Building or structure where manufacturing, processing, generation of storage materials constitute a high fire, explosion or health hazard. Sub-classify in divisions as follows:
H-1
Buildings with quantity of material in excess of building code limitations, which present high explosion hazard, including but not limited to: Explosives, blasting agents, fireworks, and black powder. Exception: Storage and use of pyrotechnic special effect materials in motion picture, television, theatrical, and group entertainment production when under permit per Fire Code. Maximum time period for storage is 90 days. Manufacturing of Class 1.4G fireworks. Unclassified detonatable organic peroxides. Class 4 oxidizers. Class 4 or Class 3 detonatable unstable (reactive) materials. Buildings with quantity of material in excess of building code limitations which present moderate explosion hazard or hazard from accelerated burning, including but not limited to: Class I organic peroxides. Class 3 non-detonatable unstable (reactive) materials. Pyrophoric gases. Flammable or oxidizing gases. Class I, II, or III-A flammable or combustible liquids used in normally open containers or systems or in closed containers pressurized at more than 1Spsi gauge. Exception: aerosols. Class 3 oxidizers. Ciass 3 water-reactive materiais.
H-2
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GROUP H HAZARDOUS (continued)

H-3 Buildings with quantity of materials in excess of building code limitations, which present high fire or physical hazard, including but not limited to: t Class II, III, or IV organic peroxides. a t Class 1 or 2 oxidizers. a t Class I, II, or III-A flammable liquids or combustible liquids used or stored in normally closed a containers or systems and containers pressurized at 15psi gauge or less, and aerosols. t Class III-B combustible liquids. a t Pyrophoric liquids or solids. a Class 1 or 2 water-reactive materials. Flammable solids in storage. t Flammable or oxidizing cryogenic fluids (other than inert). a Class 1 unstable (reactive) gas or Class 2 unstable (reactive) materials. Repair garages not classified as Group S-3. Aircraft repair hangars and heliports not classified as Group S-5. Semiconductor fabrication facilities and comparable research and development areas when facilities in which hazardous production materials (HPM) used and aggregate quantity of materials in excess of building code limitations. Occupancies with quantities of materials in excess of building code limitations that are health hazards, including but not limited to: t Corrosives, except stationary lead-acid battery systems. a t highly toxic materials. a t Irritants. a Sensitizers. 0other health hazards.
H-4
H-5 H-
H-7
GROUP I - INSTlTUTIONAL
Sub-classify in divisions as follows: 1-1.1 Nurseries for full-time care of children under the age of six, hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes with non-ambulatory patients, and similar buildings, each accommodating more than five persons, except bildings used only for private residential purposes for family group.
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GROUP I - INSlTIUTIONAL (continued)

1-1.2 Health-care centers for ambulatory patients receiving outpatient medical care which may render the patient incapable of unassisted self-preservation, each tenant space accommodating more than five such patients, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group. Nursing homes for ambulatory patients, homes for children six years old or over, each accommodating more than five persons, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group. Mental hospitals, mental sanitariums, jails, prisons, reformatories, and buildings where personal liberties of inmates are similarly restrained, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group.
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1-2
1-3
Building or structure or portion thereof for display and sale of merchandise, and involving stocks of goods, wares or merchandise, incidental to such purposes and accessible to the public.
R-1
R-2
Hotels, apartment houses, congregate residences; each accommodating more than ten persons.
Three or more attached single dwelling units not more than three stories in height, with each unit having an independent means of egress to the exterior of the building, and separated from each other b,v a twohour fire-rated wall assembly.
R-3
Dwellings, lodging houses, and congregate residences, each accommodating ten persons or less.
GROUP S - STORAGE
S-1
Moderate hazard storage occupancies include buildings or portions thereof used for storage of combustible materials not classified as S-2 or Group H.
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GROUP S - STORAGE (continued) S-2 Low-hazard storage occupancies include buildings or portions thereof used for storage of noncombustible materials. Repair garages and parking garages not classified as S-4. Open parking garages. Aircraft hangars and helistops.
I
S-3
S-4
S-5
GROUP U - UTILITY Sub-classify in divisions as follows:
U 1 U2
Private garages, carports, sheds and agricultural buildings. Fences overfur feet high, tanks, towers, and other miscellaneous structures.
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CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO 1997 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with City/County Amendments Fire AlardDetection Systems
Occupancy Type Group A - Assembly Amusement Buildings Group B - Business Group E - Educational Group F- Factory Industrial Group H - Hazardous H-1 Flammables/ Explosives H-2 Moderate Explosion Hazard IT-3 HighHazard H-4 Repair Garages H- Semiconductor Facilities H-7 Health Hazards

> 50 occupants

~
Required
Required Required
Group I- Institutional 1-1 Hospitals 1-2 Nursing Homes 1-3 Jails Group M - Mercantile

Group R - Residential R-1 HoteVMultifamily

~
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
Group S - Storage High-rise -New and Existing Construction B-2 Offices R-1 HoteUMulti-family Covered Malls Airport Buildings
Required
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.
> 75 fi./> 5 stories > 75 ft.
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.
Required Required
Required Required
Required Required
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CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO 1997 Uniform Codes (iCBO) with CiyKounty Amendments Requirements and Exceptions
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 904.2.3 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.3 (Fire Code) Provide automatic sprinkler systems in Group A as follows: Rooms and un-separated accessory uses more than 5,000 square feet in total area when used for consumption of alcoholic beverages. Basements more than 1,500 square feet in floor area. Exhibition and display rooms more than 12,000 square feet Enclosed usable space below or over a stairway in Groups A-2, A-2.1, A-3, and A 4 Multi-theater complexes. Amusement buildings, except if temporary with floor area less than 1,000 square feet and exit travel distance is less than 50 feet from any point. All stages more than 1,000 square feet in area and 50 feet in height, dressing rooms, workshops, storerooms, and'other accessory spaces adjoining such stages. Smoke-protected assembly seating, except press boxes, storage less than 1,000 square feet, or in conjunction with outdoor seating. Provide approved fue alarm system in Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1 occupancies installed per Fire Code. In Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1, provide manual fire alarm system. When occupant load is 1,000 or more, fire alarm must immediately activate approved prerecorded announcement using an approved voice communication system. In amusement buildings, provide automatic sprinkler, smoke detection, and supervised alarm and/or public address systems. In areas where ambient conditions will cause smoke detector to alarm, an approved alternate type of automatic detector may be substituted.
GROUP B BUSINESS See specific requirements for High-rise Group B Office Buildings and Group R-1 Occupancies for both New Construction and Existing Structures.
GROW E EDUCATIONAL Section 305.2.2.2 (Building Code) Section 305.9 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.4 (Fire Code) Provide approved smoke detectors to activate all automatic-closing fire assemblies installed in the atmospheric separation. Provide approved fire alarm system when occupant load is 50 or more. When automatic sprinkler or smoke detectors provided, install to automatically activate fire alarm.
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Provide automatic fire sprinkler system throughout all Group E-1 occupancies including basements and in enclosed usable space below or over a stairway. Exception allowed when room for instruction has one exit door directly outside at ground level. Exception also allowed when area separation walls or occupancy separation has twohour fire resistive rating subdividing building into separate compartments with aggregate floor area not greater than 20,000 square feet.
Providefire detection system in Group E-1 and in Groups E-2 and E-3 occupancies with more than 20 occupants. Not required to be connected to an approved central station ifoccupant load is less than 50. In Groups E-2 and E-3 with 20 or less occupants, residential g p e single-station smoke detectors, having battery backup and wired to a 120-volt AC un-switched electric power source and interconnected for simultaneous alarm may be provided. The detectors are to be installed in routes of egress or as required by the Fire Department.
Section 907.3.1.2 & 3 (Building Code) (Added)
Provide smoke detectors installed throughout area of common atmosphere when the only means of exit from a room is through an adjoining or intervening room. Exceptions: 1) When aggregate occupant load of interior room is not more than ten; 2 ) When enclosures forming interior rooms are less than two-thirds of floor-to-ceiling height or not more than eight feet; and 3) Rooms are used exclusively for mechanical and public utility service to building.
GROUP F - FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL Section 904.2.5 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.5 (Fire Code) GROUP H - HAZARDOUS Section 307.9 (Building Code) and Sections 1007.2.6, 5013.1, and Article 80 (Fire Code) Section 307.11 (Building Codey Provide approved manual fire alarm system in Group H occupancies used to manufacture organic coatings and Group H-6 hazardous production materials occupancies. Provide approved smoke detection for rooms used for storage, dispensing, use and handling of hazardous materials. Provide automatic fire-sprinkler system in woodworking occupancies over 2,500 square feet where finely divided combustible waste or materials present.
Provide approved emergency alarm system outside each interior door of hazardous production materials (Group H-6) storage rooms. Install so that activation of emergency alarm device will sound a local alarm and transmit signal to emergency control station.
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Provide automatic fire extinguishing systems throughout H-1, H-2, H-3, H-6, and H-7 occupancies and H-4 occupancies with more than 3,000 square feet floor area.
Section 308.9 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.7 (Fire Code) Section 308.10 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.7.1.2 (Fire Code) Section 907.3.1.4 &
.5
Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in all Group I Occupancies. Install audible alarm devices in non-patient areas. Visibie alarm devices may be substituted for audible devices in patient-occupied areas.
Provide smoke detectors within patient sleeping rooms of hospital and nursing homes. Install to receive primary power from building wiring. Except in rooms equipped with automatic door closers having integral smoke detectors on room side, integral detector may substitute for smoke detector provided it performs required alerting functions.
Providejre detection system in Group I occupancies with ten or more occupants. In Groups I-] and I-2 with ten or less occupants, residential type single-station smoke detectors, having battery backup and wired to a 120-volt AC un-switched electric power source and interconnected f o r simultaneous alarm may be provided. The f detectors aye to be installed in routes o egress or as required by the Fire Department.
(Building Code) (Added)
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GROUP I INSTITUTIONAL (continued) Section 1007.2.7.1.1 (Fire Code) In Groups 1-1.l, 1-1.2, and 1-2, provide smoke detectors at automatic-closing doors in smoke barriers and one-hour fire-resistive occupancy separations, and in waiting areas open to corridors. Install smoke detectors to activate alarm signal audible throughout building. In Group 1-3, provide approved automatic smoke-detection system throughout resident housing areas. Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout. Install approved quick-response or residential sprinklers throughout patient sleeping areas in Groups 1-1.1 and 1-2.
Section 1007.2.7.2.4 (Fire Code) Section 904.2.7 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.7 (Fire Code) Appendix Chapter 3, Division 1 (Building Code)
GROUP M MERCANTILE Section 904.2.8 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.8 (Fire Code) Section 907.2.1.5 (Building Code) (Added) GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Section 310.9.1 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.9.2 (Fire Code) Section 310.10 (BuildingCode) and Section 1007.2.9.1.1 (Fire Code) Provide smoke detectors in dwelling units, congregate residences, and hotel or lodging house guest sleeping rooms installed per manufacturer's instructions and receiving primary power from building's wiring with a battery backup as secondary power supply. Single-station smoke detectors may be battery powered in existing buildings. Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in apartment house three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and in congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. In Group R-1 occupancies located in high-rise buildings provide a fire alarm/communication system. Exceptions: I) Buildings not more than two stories with all individual units provided one hour fire separation and direct exterior egress; 2) Building with approved supervised fire sprinkler system throughout and with local alarm system. Provide automatic sprinkler system in apartment houses three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. Install residential or quick-response standard sprinklers in dwelling units and guest rooms. Provide automatic sprinkler system in rooms classified as Group M if floor area exceeds 12,000 square feet on any floor or 24,000 square feet on all floors or if more than three stories.
Provide fire alarni system in Group M occupancies offive stories or more above grade.
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GROUP R OCCUPANCIES (continued1 Section 1007.2.9.1.3

& .4
Provide smoke and heat detectors in all common areas and smoke detectors in interior corridors serving as exit for ten or more occupants.
(Fire Code)
HIGHRISE. NEW CONSTRUCTION. GROUP B OFFICE BUILDINGS AND GROUP R-1 OCCWANClES Section 403.2 (Building Code) (Amended) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system, smoke detection system, and alarm and communication systems in Groups A , B, E, I, M, and R-1 with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access and of Type I or II-F.R. construction.
Section 403.3 (Building Code) (Amended) and Section 1007.2.12.2.2 (Fire Code)
In Group R-1 occupancies, provide smoke detectors connected to automtic fire alarm system in mechanical system ducts or risers, air conditioning return-air and exhaust-air plenums, equipment rooms, elevator lobbies, interior corridors serving as exit for occupant load often or more occupants, and at openings extending vertically through floors which are not required to be enclosed. Also provide in other than R-I, not less than one foot and not more than 3 feet from the door on the occupied side of each door entering an area of evacuation assistance and an elevator lobby, and an exit stairway, which is not directly exiting from an area of evacuation assistance.
Provide fire alarm, emergency voice/alarm signaling system and fire department communication systems in buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access. The operation ofany automatic fire detector, manual fire alarm box, or sprinkler shall automatically sound an alert tone followed by voice instructions giving appropriate information and direction. Buildings with atriums: Provide smoke-control system that operates automatically upon actuation of automatic sprinkler system within and areas open to atrium. Install smoke-control system to initiate fire alarm signal in designated portions of building. In other than high-rise buildings, activation of a smoke detector or sprinkler flow alarm in the atrium zone shall operate the atrium supp1,v and exhaust systems.
Section 403.5 (Building Code) (Amended) and Section 1007.2.12.2 (Fire Code)
Sections 402.2 and 910.2.2 (Building Code) (Added) and Section 1007.2.12.3 (Fire Code)
OTHER SPECIAL USES AND ARTICLES Section 1007.2.12.4 and Article 81 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.5 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.6 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.7 (Fire Code) Provide automatic fire detection system throughout high-piled combustible storage uses as required by Article 8 1. Provide approved automatic fire sprinkler system when required by Table 8 1-A. Provide automatic smokedetection system throughout building when special egresscontrol devices are installed on exit doors. Provide smoke detectors within office corridors not of one-hour fire-resistive construction. Install detectors to activate alarms audible in all areas served by corridor. Provide approved manual alarm system when required by Article 88 for aerosol storage rooms and general purpose warehouses containing aerosols.
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Section 1007.2.12.8 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.9 (Fire Code)
Provide approved automatic smoke detection system when required by the Building Code for automatic control of a smoke-control system. Provide manual fire alarm system in lumber, plywood, and veneer mills.
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HIGHRISE. NEW CONSTRUCTION. GROUP B OFFICE BUILDINGS AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES (continued)
Section 907.2.1.2 (Building Code) (Added)
Providefire alarm system in Group B occupancies offive stories or more above grade.
HIGHRISE. EXISTING STRUCTURES Appendx Chapter 34 Division II Section 3416 (Building Code) (Amended) Appendix Chapter 34 Division II Section 3418 (Building Code) (Amended) Appendx Chapter 34, Division II Section 3420.2 and Section 3420.3 (Building Code) (Amended)
Provide an approved automatic sprinkler system in basements or stories exceeding 1,500 square feet in area and not having a minimum of 20 square feet of opening as specified in Section 341 6 of Appendix Chapter 1.
Provide smoke detectors in dwelling units, all interior corridors which service more than one tenant and which provide apath of egress. Excepted are buildings that have an approved sprinkler sysrem throughouc.
Providejre sprinkler system throughout existing Group R-1 hotel occupancies, which are over 75feet in height. Exception: Floors with residential units where corridors are sprinkled and units protected with supervised smoke detectors. Providefire sprinkler systems throughout all existing retail and office occupancies over 75feet in height unless corridors are fully sprinkled and smoke detectors provided on tenant side of door.
COVERED MAUS
Section 404.3.1 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system electrically supervised by approved central, proprietary or remote signai or local alarm service throughout. Provide smoke control system connected to both sprinkler system and smoke detector system; excepted are malls not more than one story or with no more than 24,000 square feet of lease-able area.
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AIRPORT BLJiLDINGSAND STRUCTURES Aviation Control Towers Section 430.5.5 (Building Code) (Amended)
Provide smoke detectors at each stair door, elevator lobby, return air duct or plenum on eachpoor.
Passenger Terminal Buildings Section 430.8.5 (Building Code) (Added)

Provide smoke control system connected to the smoke detection and/or automatic sprinkler system of main passenger terminal building. Install to automatically operate when either system is actuated. Provide a product of combustion detector in the supply air system of the passenger terminal building systems. Also provide product of combustion detector in the return or the exhaust air stream to activate smoke control system. Provide smoke detectors. Thermal detectors or cross zone beam detectors may be used in lieu of smoke detectors if approved by departments.
Section 430.8.6 (Building Code) (Added) Section 430.9.1 (Building Code) (Added) Section 430.9.4 (Building Code) (Added)
Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout terminal/concourse buildings including hotel occupancies connected to a passenger terminal building. Provide manual pull station zones at required exits. Provide detectors in all nonpublic areas that are not sprinkled.
OTHER THAN HIGHRISE EXISTING STRuCIzTRES

Appendix Chapter 34, Division I, Section 3407 (Building Code) (Added)
Provide smoke detectors in dwelling units, hotel rooms and rooms used for sleeping purposes, interior corridors which serve more than two dwelling units, hotel or sleeping i-ooms, and that provide a path of egress.
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Appendix Chapter 34, Division 1, Section 3408 (Building Code) Appendix Chapter 34, Division 1, Section 3409 (Building Code) Appendix Chapter 34, Division 1, Section 3411 (Building Code) Section 713 (Building Code)
Provide smoke detector installed per approved manufacturer's instructions in dwelling units and hotel and lodging house guest rooms used for sleeping purposes in existing other than high-rise buildings. Install smoke detectors to receive primary power source from building wiring if from commercial source or by battery power. Provide approved and listed smoke detectors to activate closing device of an automatic closing fire assembly, i.e., fire door, fire window or fire damper, and to close smoke dampers in ducted or un-ducted air openings as required by the 1997 UBC.
Provide smoke detectors within all rooms o an occupancy aspavt offire detection f system. Heat detectors may be substituted where smoke detectors are not suitable because of environment. Heat detectors are not required when occupancy protected with automatic extinguishing system. As part ofpressurization system.for interior enclosed exit stairways and elevator lobbies, each outside air intake shall be provided with a smoke detector, which upon smoke detection will be annunciated at the HVAC status panel.
Sections 910.3.1.1 and 910.3.1.4 (Building Code) (Added) Section 3003.2 (Building Code)
Provide elevator lobby, entrance area, and associated machine rooms with approved, listed smoke detector for elevator recall purposes when the elevator vertical travel is 25 feet or more.
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CITY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN Administrative Requirements
Code
1996NBC
Amendments
City amendments
Promulgation
Enforcement
James Bush Amni Meah Exec. Fire Commissioner Acting Asst. Director Detroit Fire Department Buildings and Safety 250 West Larned Street Engineering Department Detroit, MI 48226 401 CityKounty Bldg. (313) 596-2902 Detroit, Mi 48226 (313) 224-3258 Carleton Smith Carleton Smith Sheilah Johnson Fire Marshal Fire Marshal Asst. Chief of Building Detroit Fire Department Detroit Fire Department Inspection 250 West Larned Street 250 West Larned Street Buildings and Safety Detroit, MI 48226 Detroit, MI 48226 Engineering Department (313)237-2656 (313) 237-2656 401 CityKounty Bldg. Detroit, MI 48226 (313) 2243243 The Detroit Fire Prevention Co< : is primarily administrative provision to referenced NFPA National Fire Codes and Standards. City amendments to Building Code do not affect fire alarm/detection systems. See Chapter 3 for 1996 National Building Code requirements.
I
Zity-written, references NFPA Vational Fire Codes and 3t andard s lames Bush Exec. Fire Commissioner Detroit Fire Department 250 West Larned Street Detroit, MI 48226 [313) 596-2902
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Building Code
Fire Prevention Code Fire Prevention Code of the City of Detroit
Life Safety Code Fire Prevention Code of the City of Detroit references NFPA 101
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code Amendments Promulgation 1990 NBC
Fire Prevention Code 1990NFPC City amendments Sydney Lester, Chief District of Columbia Fire Prevention Division 941 N. Capitol Street, NE Suite 2000 Washington, DC 20002 (202) 442-4590
1 City amendments
Armando Lourenco Administrator Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Building and Land Regulation Administration 941 N. Capitol Street, NE Suite 2000 washington, DC 20002
(202) 442-4455
Enforcement
Denzil Noble Interim Deputy Administrator Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Building and Land Regulation Administration 941 N. Capitol Street, NE Suite 2000 Washington, DC 20002
I(202) 442-4455
Sydney Lester, Chief District of Columbia Fire Prevention Division 941 N. Capitol Street, NE Suite 2000 Washington, DC 20002 (202) 4424590
Columbia except those owned by the United States Government. City makes significant changes in Chapter 2 to define various types of special residential facilities classified as Use Group R-3. Special regulations governing sprinklers and smoke detection for these facilities are included in Articles 625 and 626 of the D.C. City Code supplement.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBLA 1990 National Codes (BOCA) with City Amendments Fire AlarmlDetection Systems
Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems A-1 Theaters A-2 Night Clubs A-3 Restaurants AAChurches Group B - Business Group E - Educational Required > 5,000 sq. ft. > 12,000 sq. ft.
Fire Alarm Systems

Group F - Factory F-1 Moderate Hazard Group H - High Hazard
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Group I - Institutional Required Required Required Group M - Mercantile
> 3 stories or > 12,000 sq. ft. or 24,000 sq. fi. total
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Group R - Residential R-1 HotelMotels R-2 Multifamily R-3 Special residential I facilities Group S - Storage S-1 Moderate Hazard
> 3 stories or > 12,000 sq. ft. or
Covered Maus
Required
> 75 ft.
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Public Garages
Required
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1990 National Codes (BOCA) with Ciy Amendments Requirements and Exceptions
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 1002 (Building Code) Provide fire suppression systems in assembly buildings as follows: Group A-1 - Throughout entire story or floor level where Group A-1 located, all stories and floors below Group A-1 and all stories and floor levels between Group A-1 and level of exit discharge. Exception: Auditoriums. Group A-2 - When more than 5,000 square feet in area, provide throughout entire story or floor level where Group A-2 located, all stories and floors below Group A-1 and all stories and floor levels between Group A-2 and level of exit discharge. Exception: Auditoriums. Group A-3 - When more than 12,000 square feet in area, provide throughout entire story or floor level where Group A-3 located, all stories and floors below Group A-1 and all stories and floor levels between Group A-3 and level of exit discharge. Exception: Auditoriums. Provide fire alarm system in new and existing Group A-4 (churches) except in sanctuary and nave areas. Provide manual fire alarm system in all existing buildings used as churches or for educational use except sanctuary and nave areas of churches and similar religious buildings.
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Section 1016.4.1 (Building Code) Section 404.5 (Fire Code) GROUP B - BUSINESS Section 1016.4.2 (Building Code)
Provide fire alarm systems in Group B when two or more stories above or below level of exit discharge.
GROUP E EDUCATIONAL Section 1016.4.1 (Building Code) Provide fire alarm systems in all Group E occupancies.
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Provide fire suppression system in Group F-1 buildings more than 12,000 square feet in area; or more than 24,000 square feet total area on all floors; or more than three stories high. Exception: Public garages.
GROUP H - HAZARDOUS Section 1002.5 (Building Code) Provide fire suppression systems in all Group H buildings or portions thereof.
GROUP I J 0 N A L
Section 610.5 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire alarm system in patient sleeping rooms, corridors, and common spaces open to corridors in Group 1-2 occupancies. Provide automatic smoke detection system interconnected to fire alarm system in corridors of Group 1-2 not equipped with automatic fire suppression systems. Provide smoke detector in patient sleeping rooms except when rooms equipped with automatic door closing devices with integral smoke detectors on room sides. Provide heat detectors in un-sprinkled areas per Section 610.2 of Building Code. Provide fire suppression system in all Group I buildings or portions except: Group 1-2 hospitals of Type 1 construction not more than 75 feet and not more than five stories; 9 Group 1-2 hospitals of Type 2A construction not more than 45 feet and not more than three stories; Group 1-2 nursing homes of Types 1,2A, or 2B construction not more than one story; Group 1-2 hospitals of Type 2B construction not more than one story; Group 1-2 child care facilities not more than one story with maximum 100 children and with each room having direct exit outside; Group 1-1 not more than two stories and having maximum 20 occupants; Provide fire alarm systems in all Group I Buildings.
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GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL (continued)

Section 1017.4 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire detection systems in all Group 1-1, automatic fire detector system per 610.5 in Group 1-2, and automatic smoke detectors in 1-3 throughout all resident sleeping areas except sleeping rooms with not more than four occupants in Use Condition II or III or when protected with approved automatic fire suppression systems. Automatic fire detection system not required when building equipped with automatic fire suppression system but must provide manual fire alarm system. Exception does not apply to h u p 1-2 and 1-3 and single station smoke detectors in sleeping areas and dwelling units. Provide at least one single station smoke detector in each guest room, suite, or sleeping area in Group I- 1.
GROUPM MERCANTILE
Section 1002.7 (Building Code) Provide fire suppression system in Group M buildings more than 12,000 square feet in area; more than 24,000 square feet in total area on all floors; or more than three stories. Exception: Public garages.
Section 1002 (Building Code) (Am ended) Section 1016.4.4 (Building Code) Section 1016.4.5 (Building Code) Provide fire suppression systems throughout Group R-1 except guest rooms which have their own exit directly to outside at grade and throughout R-2 except in bathrooms not more than 55 square feet in area and R3Jire areas. Provide fire alarm systems in all Group R-l.
Provide fire alarm systems in Group R-2 where dwelling unit is located three or more stories above lowest level of exit discharge or more than one story below the highest level of exit discharge. Automatic fire detection system not required when building equipped with automatic fire suppression system but must provide manual fire alarm system. Exception does not apply to Group 1-2 and 1-3 and single station smoke detectors in sleeping areas and dwelling units.
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Provide automatic fire detection systems in Group R-1 except units without interior corridors and direct exterior exit access from each sleeping room. Provide at least one single station smoke detector in all sleeping areas, areas of egress and on each story within each guest room or suite, in Group R-1, in dwelling units in immediate vicinity of bedrooms, on every story including basements in Group R-2 and R-3, and in all bedrooms in Group R-2.
Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout all.facilities used.for group homes for the mentally retarded. Provide smoke detectors on all levels, including the basement, living rooms and day rooms. Install a switch to manually activate a smoke detector system on each level adjacent to the exit door. Provide an approved manual fire alarm pull station aspart of the smoke detection system. Other requirements for Group R-3 occupirilcies will pp1,v. Provide an approved sprinkler system throughout all communiy based residential.faci1itie.s more than two stories above grade. Also install smoke detector system. Other requirements for Group R-3 occupancies will apply.
Section 625 (Building Code) (Added)
Section 626 (Building Code) (Amended)
GROUP S STORAGE Section 1002.7 (Building Code) Provide fire suppression system in Group S-1 when more than 12,000 square feet in area; more than 24,000 square feet in total area on all floors; or more than three stories.
PUBLIC GARAGES
e Group 1 public garages more than 10,000 square feet in area, more than 7,500 square
feet and more than one story, more than 5,000 square feet and more than two stories, more than three stories, when located in buildings with other uses on upper stories, in any story more than 50 percent below grade, and in fuel dispensing areas. t Group 2 public garages when more than 10,000 square feet and more than one story, more a than two stories, and when located in buildings with other uses on upper stories. Exception: Open parking structures. 3 Bus garages per above or when used as passenger terminals or for storage and loading of four or more buses.
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Provide fire suppression system as follows:
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COVERED MALLS Section 601.9 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression throughout covered mall building and all connected buildings. Electrically supervise all sprinkler control valves.
Provide smoke control system in covered malls activated by smoke detectors per NFPA 72E1987.
HIGHRISE BUILDINGS
Section 602.1 (Building Code) Apply to all buildings having floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Exceptions: Airport traffic control towers, open parking structures, and Group A-5 Occupancies. Provide automatic fire suppression throughout high-rise buildings. Exception: Open parking structures. Provide automatic fire detection system in rooms per Building Code and in ducts serving two or more floors. Provide voice alarm and communication systems.
Section 602.3 (Building Code) Section 602.6 (Building Code) Section 602.7 (Building Code) Section 1017.5 (Building Code)
Automatic fire detection system not required when building equipped with automatic fire suppression system but must provide manual fire alarm system. Exception does not apply to Group 1-2 and Group 1-3 and single station smoke detectors in sleeping areas and dwelling units.
HAZARDOUS PRODUCTION MA'iERIALS FACILTIIES

Section 603.1.2.1 (Building Code) Section 603.1.7.2 (Building Code) Section 603.4.5 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout HPM facilities.
Install smoke detectors in re -circulating air-stream.
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Provide automatic fire detection systems in all such buildings.
Automatic fire detection system not required when building equipped with automatic fire suppression system but must provide manual fire alarm system. Exception does not apply to Group 1-2 and 1-3 and single station smoke detectors in sleeping areas and dwelling units.
SPECIAL NOTES Section 606.2 (Building Code) Section 606.4 (Building Code) Section 1019.4.3 (Building Code) Section 606.6 (Building Code) Provide an electrically supervised automatic sprinkler system.
Provide a smoke control system in accordance with Section 1019.4 in all atriums that connect more than two stories. Provide smoke detectors in the atrium and on the ceiling of floors opening into the atrium within 15 feet of the atrium. Provide a fire alarm system in all buildings with an atrium. In Use Groups A, E, or M the system is required to be a voice alarm signaling system.
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CI" OF HOUSTON, TEXAS Administrative Requirements
1994 UBC City amendments Melvin L. Embry Building Official Planning & Development Department Building Inspection Division P. O. Box 61167 Houston, TX 77208-1 167 (713) 535-7510 Melvin L. Embry Building Official Planning & Development Department Building Inspection Division P. O. Box 61 167 Houston, TX 77208-1167 (713) 535-7510
None
City amendments
R. D. Kendrick
Assistant Fire Marshal Houston Fire Department Fire Prevention 41 O Bagby Street, Room 4 19 Houston, TX 77002 (713) 247-3182 IR. D. Kendrick Assistant Fire Marshal IHouston Fire Department Fire Prevention 410 Bagby Street, Room419 Houston, TX 77002
Enforcement
Comments Summary of Amendments City revises high-rise provisions to apply to all buildings more than 75 feet. City expands fire protection requirements for educational occupancies, high-rise and existing buildings.
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Building Code
Life Safey Code
CTTY OF HOUSTON 1994 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with City Amendments Fire Alarm/Detection Systems
Occupancy Type Group A - Assembly Amusement Buildings Group B - Business Group E - Educational Group F - Factory Industrial Group H - Hazardous H-1 Flammables/ Explosives H-2 Moderate Explosion Hazard H-3 HighHazard H4Repair Garages H- Semiconductor Facilities H-7 Health Hazards
Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems Required Reauired Required Required Required

> 50 occupants
Required Required Required > 3,000 sq. fi. Required Required
Required
Required Required
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Group R - Residential R-1 Hotel/Multifamily Group S - Storage High-rise - New and Existing Construction B-2 OEces R-1 HotelA4ulti-family Covered Malls Aviation Control Towers
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
Required
> 75 ft. 75 fi.
> 75 fi. > 7 5 ft.

Required Required
> 75 fi. > 75 fi.

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Required
Required Required
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CTY OF HOUSTON 1994 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with City Amendments Requirements and Exceptions
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 904.2.3 (Building Code) (Amended) Provide automatic sprinkler systems in Group A as follows: Rooms and un-separated accessory uses more than 5,000 square feet in total area when used for consumption of alcoholic beverages. Basements more than 1,500 square feet in floor area. t Exhibition and display rooms more than 12,000 square feet a t Enclosed usable space below or over a stairway in Groups A-2, a A-2.1, A-3, and A-4. t Multi-theater complexes. a Amusement building, except if temporary with floor area less than 1,000 square feet and exit travel distance is less than 50 feet from any point orfire watch program in place. t All stages more than 1,000 square feet in area and 50 feet in height, dressing a rooms, workshops, storerooms, and other accessory spaces adjoining such stages. Provide approved fire alarm system in Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1 occupancies installed per Fire Code.
In Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1, provide manual fire alarm system, which activates prerecorded announcement using an approved electrically supervised voice communication or public address system. Exception: Occupancies with automatic fire-extinguishing system installed to activate prerecorded message.
In amusement buildings, provide automatic sprinkler, smoke detection, and supervised alarm and/or public address systems.
Section 408 (Building Code) GROUP B - BUSINESS
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GROUP E EDUCATIONAL
Section 305.2.2 (Building Code) Section 305.9 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.4 (Fire Code) (Amended) Provide approved smoke detectors to activate all automatic-closing fire assemblies installed in the atmospheric separation. Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system when the occupant load is more than 50 persons. Provide products o f combustion detectors in all day-care nurseries, day-care schools, andpre-kindergarten schools, and interconnect with the .fire alarm system. When automatic sprinkler or smoke detectors provided, install to automatically activate fire alarm.
Provide smoke detectors in Group E-I in interior corridors serving as exits and in storerooms, mechanical rooms, janitorial rooms and similar areas. Approved heat f detectors may be installed in lieu o smoke detectors in mechanical and janitorial rooms and similar areas. Provide smoke detectors in corridors, in common areas, and in each room or area that exceeds 20 square,feet in,floor area in Group E-3 with occupant load o 50 or more. If f occupant load is less than 50, provide single-station smoke detectors in each f occupiable area. Interconnect in such a way that activation o an-v detector will automatical1,v activate the alarm of all detectors.
Provide automatic fire extinguishing system throughout all Group E- 1 occupancies including basements and in enclosed usable space below or over a stairway. Exception allowed when room for instruction has one exit door directly outside at ground level. Exception also allowed when area separation walls or occupancy separation has twohour fire resistive rating subdividing building into separate compartments with aggregate floor area not greater than 20,000 square feet Provide smoke detectors installed throughout area of common atmosphere when the only means of exit from a room is through an adjoining or intervening room. Exceptions: I ) When aggregate occupant load of interior room is not more than ten; 2) When enclosures forming interior rooms are less than two-thirds of floor-to-ceiling height or not more than eight feet; and 3) Rooms are used exclusively for mechanical and public utility service to building.
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GROUP H - HAZARDOUS Section 307.9 (Building Code) and Sections 1007.2.6 and Article 80 (Fire Code) Section 307.11 (Building Code) Section 904.2.5 (Building Code) Provide approved manual fire alarm system in Group H occupancies used to manufacture organic coatings and Group H-6 hazardous production materials occupancies. Provide approved smoke detection for rooms used for storage, dispensing, use and handling of hazardous materials.
Provide approved manual alarm pull station or approved signal device outside each exit door from hazardous production materials (Group H-6) storage rooms. Provide automatic fire extinguishing systems throughout H-I, H-2, H-3, H-6, and H-7 occupancies and H-4 occupancies with more than 3,000 square feet floor area.
GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL Section 308.9 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.7 (Fire Code) Section 308.10 (BuildingCode) and Section 1007.2.7.1.2 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.7.1.1 (Fire Code)
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Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in all Group I Occupancies.
Provide smoke detectors in Patient sleeping rooms of hospital and nursing homes. Except in rooms equipped with automatic door closers having integral smoke detectors on room side, integral detector may substitute for smoke detector provided it performs required alerting functions. In Groups I-1.1,1-1.2, 1-2, provide smoke detectors at automatic-closing doors in and smoke barriers and one-hour fire-resistive occupancy separations, and in waiting areas open to corridors. Install smoke detectors to activate alarm signal audible throughout building.
Section 1007.2.7.2.4 (Fire Code) Section 904.2.6 (Building Code)
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GROUP I INSTITUTIONAL (continued) Appendix Chapter 3, Division 1 (Building Code) GROUP M - MERCANTILE Section 904.2.7 (Building Code) GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Section 310.9.1 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.9.2 (Fire Code) Section 310.10 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.9.1.1 (Fire Code) Provide smoke detectors in dwelling units, congregated residences, and hotel or lodging houseguest rooms installed per manufacturer's instructions. Provide automatic sprinkler system in retail stores if floor area exceeds 12,000 square feet on any floor or 24,000 square feet on all floors or if more than three stories. Alternative provisions for Group 1-3 Occupancy housing more than six inmates. Provide automatic sprinkler system; smoke management system with smoke detectors, and fire alarm system.
Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in apartment house three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and in congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. In Group R-1 occupancies located in a highrise building provide a fire alarmkommunication system. Exceptions: 1) Buildings not more than two stories with all individual units provided one hour f i e separation and direct exterior egress; 2) Building with automatic sprinkler system throughout and with local alarm system. Provide automatic sprinkler system in apartment houses three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more.
In Group R-1, provide smoke and heat detectors in all common areas and smoke detectors in interior corridors serving as exit for ten or more occupants.
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HIGHRISE. NEW CONSTRUCTION

Section 403.2 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system, smoke detection system, and alarm and communication systems in buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 7 5 feet above lowest level of fire department access. Provide smoke detectors connected to automatic fire alarm system in mechanical system ducts or risers, air conditioning return-air and exhaust-air plenums, equipment rooms, elevator lobbies and interior corridors serving as exit for occupant load of ten or more occupants in Group R-1 occupancies, and in commercial kitchens.
Section 403.3 (Building Code) (Amended) and Section 1007.2.12 (Fire Code) Section 403.5 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.2 (Fire Code) Section 403.7 (Building Code) (Am ended) Section 402.2 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.3 (Fire Code)
Provide fire alarm, emergency voice/alarm signaling system and fire department communication systems in buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 7 5 feet above lowest level of fire department access.
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Provide at least two approved listed smoke detectors in each elevator 1obb.v located on lobby ceilingpositioned at each opening into the lobby other than elevator door entrances.
OTHER USES AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS

Section 1007.2.12.4 and Article 81 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.5 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.7 (Fire Code) Provide automatic smoke-detection system throughout high-piled combustible storage uses as required by Article 8 1. Provide approved automatic fire sprinkler system when required by Table 81-A. Provide automatic smoke-detection system throughout building when special egresscontrol devices are installed on exit doors. Provide approved manual alarm system when required by Article 88 for aerosol storage rooms and general purpose warehouses containing aerosols.
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HIGHRISE. NEW CONSTRUCTION (continued)

Section 1007.2.12.8 (Fire Code) Provide approved automatic smoke-detection system when required by the Building Code for automatic control of a smoke-control system.
HIGHRISE AND OTHER EXiSTLNG STRUCTURES Appendm Chapter 34 Division II (Building Code) (Deleted) Section 1007.4 (Fire Code) (Added) Appendix 1-B (Fire Code)
(City does not adopt this division ofAppendix Chapter 34.)
In existing dwelling units, congregate residences, and guest rooms in hotels or lodging houses, provide approved single-station smoke detectors per building code in effect when the building was constructed and applicable state laws.
Provide automatic sprinkler systems in exit corridors, stairwell, elevator lobbies, and public assembly areas with 100 or more persons, and commercial kitchens. Apply to all existing high-rise buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access. Provide approved manual fire alarm system connected to approved central, proprietary or remote station service, or a system, which will provide an audible signal at a constantly attended location. Provide single-station smoke detectors in dwelling units and guest rooms.
COVEREDMALLS Section 404.3.1 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system electrically supervised by approved central, proprietary or remote signal or local alarm service throughout. Provide smoke control system connected to both sprinkler system and smoke detector system; excepted are malls not more than one story or with no more than 24,000 square feet of leasable area.
AVIATION CONTROL TOWERS Append= Chapter 4, Division II, Section 425 (Building Code) Provide smoke detectors and approved fire alarm system in all occupied levels.
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GROUP CARE FACILITIES (GROUP R DIVISION 4)

Appendix Chapter 3, Division IV, Section 341 (Building Code) (Deleted)
(City does not adopt this division ofAppendix Chapter 3.)
Except in Group R-3 and U occupancies, provide automatic sprinkler system in every story or basement area more than 1,500 square feet except as detailed in Section 904.2.2 of 1994 UBC; at top of rubbish and linen chutes and their terminal rooms, in rooms where nitrate film is stored or handled, or in protected combustible fiber storage vaults, and throughout all buildings with floor level with an occupant load of 30 or more located 55 feet or more above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Ekceptions: Airport control towers, open parking structures, and Group F-2 Occupancies. Protect openings into interior shafts in existing buildings other than Group R-3, M, and high-rise buildings by self-closing one-hour fire assemblies or by automatic closing by smoke detection.
Appendix Chapter 34, Division 1, Section 3408 (Building Code) and Appendix 1-A (Fire Code) Appendix Chapter 34, Division 1, Section 3409 (Building Code) (Amended) and Appendix 1-A (Fire Code)
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Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in basements of existing buildings with more than 1,500 square feet in area and meeting other criteria as established in the I994 UBC and 1994 UFC, and amended by the city. Exception: Groups U, R-3, B, F, M, and S-land S-2 that are single-story buildings without basements.
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OTHER GENERAL REOUIREMENTS connued)

Appendm Chapter 34, Division 1, Section 3411 (Building Code) (Amended) and Appendix 1 -A (Fire Code) Section 713 (Building Code) Provide smoke detector installed per approved manufacturer's instructions in day-care centers, dwelling units and hotel and lodging houseguest rooms used for sleeping purposes in existing buildings. Smoke detectors may be battery operated or may receive their primary power from the building wiring.
In high-rise buildings,provide an approved nianua1,fire alarm system that will provide an audible signal a t a constantly attended location within the building.
Provide approved and listed smoke detectors to activate closing device of an automatic closing fire assembly, i.e., fire door, fire window or fire damper as required by the 1994 UBC.
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CITY OF LASVEGAS, NEVADA Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code Amendments 1997 UBC City amendments
Life Safey Code None
Promulgation
Enforcement
Comments
State and city amendments and current edition of NFPA National Fire Codes and Standards Paul Wilkins Jeff Donahue Building Oficial Deputy Fire Marshal Department of Building and Las Vegas Fire Dept. Safety 500 North Casino Center 73 1 South Fourth Street Boulevard Las Vegas, NV 89 1O 1 Las Vegas, NV 89101-2986 (702) 229-625 1 (702) 229-0366 Paul Wilkins Jeff Donahue Building Oficial Deputy Fire Marshal Department of Building and Las Vegas Fire Dept. Safety 500 North Casino Center 73 1 South Fourth Street Boulevard Las Vegas, NV 89101 Las Vegas, NV 89101-2986 (702) 229-625 1 (702) 229-0366 The city amendments to the 1997 Uniform Building Code as indicated on the following pages, are also enforced in other Nevada jurisdictions: Clark County, Boulder City, North Las Vegas, and the Cities of Mesquite and Henderson. City adopts more stringent fire protection provisions.
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CITY OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 1997 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with City Amendments Fire AlarmDetection Systems
Occupancy Type ;roup A - Assembly \musement Buildings ;roup B - Business Group E- Educational Group F- Factory Industrial Group H - Hazardous H-1 Flammables/ Explosives H-2 Moderate Explosion Hazard H-3 HighHazard H4Repair Garages H-6 Semiconductor Facilities H-7 Health Hazards

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Required Reauired Required

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Required
Required
Required Required

Group R - Residential R-1 HoteVMultifamily Group S - Storage High-rise -New and Existing Construction B Offices R-1 HotelA4ultifamily
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
Required
> 55 ft. > 55 fi.

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Covered Mas
Required
Required
i Required
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CITY OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 1997 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with City Amendments Requirements and Exceptions
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 904.2.3 (Building Code) (Amended) and Section 1003.2.3 (Fire Code) Provide automatic sprinkler systems in Group A as follows: Groups A-1, A-2, A-2.1, and A-3 of 5,000 square feet or more, except churches. Basements more than 1,500 square feet in floor area. Exhibition and display rooms more than 12,000 square feet Enclosed usable space below or over a stairway in Groups A-2, A-2.1, A-3, and A d . Multi-theater complexes. Amusement buildings, except if temporary with floor area less than 1,000 square feet and exit travel distance is less than 50 feet from any point. All stages more than 1,000 square feet in area and 50 feet in height, dressing rooms, workshops, storerooms, and other accessory spaces adjoining such stages. Smoke-protected assembly seating, except press boxes, storage less than 1,000 square feet, or in conjunction with outdoor seating. Provide approved fire alarm system in Groups A-I, A-2, and A-2.1 occupancies installed per Fire Code.
Provide an automatic$re extinguishing system and alarm system per Fire Code in any building orportion of a building used as a movie theater, motion picture theater, mini motion picture theater, picture arcade theater, video or live entertainment arcade theater, or multiple arcade theater, or-similar use.
Section 303.9 (Building Code) Section 303.10 (Building Code) (Added)
Section 1007.2.2 (Fire Code)
In Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1, provide manual fire alarm system. When occupant load is 1,000 or more, fire alarm must immediately activate approved prerecorded announcement using an approved voice communication system. In amusement buildings, provide automatic sprinkler, smoke detection, and supervised alarm andior public address systems. In areas where ambient conditions will cause smoke detector to alarm, an approved alternate type of automatic detector may be substituted.
GROUP B - BUSINESS See specific requirements for High-rise Group B Office Buildings and Group R-1 Occupancies for both New Construction and Existing Structures.
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GROUP E EDUCATIONAL
Section 305.2.2.2 (Building Code) Section 305.9 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.4 (Fire Code) Section 904.2.4 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.4 (Fire Code) (Amended) Provide approved smoke detectors to activate all automatic-closing fire assemblies installed in the atmospheric separation. Provide approved fire alarm system when occupant load is 50 or more. When automatic sprinkler or smoke detectors provided, install to automatically activate fire
alarm.
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Provide automatic fire sprinkler system throughout all Groups E-1 or E-2 occupancies with an occupant load of 50 or more, including basements and in enclosed usable space below or over a stairway. Exception allowed when room for instruction has one exit door directly outside at ground level. Exception also allowed when area separation walls or occupancy separation has two-hour fire resistive rating subdividing building into separate compartments with aggregate floor area not greater than 20,000 square feet Provide smoke detectors installed throughout area of common atmosphere when the only means of exit from a room is through an adjoining or interveningroom. Exceptions: 1) When aggregate occupant load of interior room is not more than ten; 2) When enclosures forming interior rooms are less than two-thirds of floor-to-ceiling height or not more than eight feet; and 3) Rooms are used exclusively for mechanical and public utility service to building.

Section 904.2.5 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.5 (Fire Code) Provide automatic fire -sprinkler system in woodworking occupancies over 2,500 square feet where finely divided combustible waste or materials present.
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GROW H HAZARDOUS
Section 307.9 (Building Code) and Sections 1007.2.6, 5013.1, and Article 80 (Fire Code) Section 307.11 (Building Code) Provide approved manual fire alarm system in Group H occupancies used to manufacture organic coatings and Group H-6 hazardous production materials occupancies. Provide approved smoke detection for rooms used for storage, dispensing, use and handling of hazardous materials.
Provide approved emergency alarm system outside each interior door of hazardous production materials (Group H-6) storage rooms. Install so that activation of emergency alarm device will sound a local alarm and transmit signal to emergency control station. Provide automatic fire extinguishing systems throughout H-1, H-2, H-3, H-6, and H-7 occupancies and H 4 occupancies with more than 3,000 square feet floor area.
GROW I - INSTITUTIONAL
Section 308.9 (BuildingCode) and Section 1007.2.7 (Fire Code) Section 308.10 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.7.1.2 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.7.1.1 (Fire Code) Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in all Group I occupancies. Install audible alarm devices in non-patient areas. Visible alarm devices may be substituted for audible devices in patient-occupied areas.
Provide smoke detectors in patient sleeping rooms of hospital and nursing homes. Install to receive primary power from building wiring. Except in rooms equipped with automatic door closers having integral smoke detectors on room side, integral detector may substitute for smoke detector provided it performs required alerting functions. In Groups I-l.l,I-1.2, and 1-2, provide smoke detectors at automatic-closing doors in smoke barriers and one-hour fire-resistive occupancy separations, and in waiting areas open to corridors. Install smoke detectors to activate alarm signal audible throughout building.
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GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL (continued) Section 904.2.7 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.7 (Fire Code) Appendix Chapter 3, Division 1 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout. Install approved quick-response or residential sprinklers throughout patient sleeping areas in Groups 1-1.1 and 1-2.
GROUP M MERCANTILE Section 904.2.8 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.8 (Fire Code) GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Section 310.9.1 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.9.2 (Fire Code) (Amended) Section 310.10 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.9.1.1 (Fire Code) (Amended) Provide smoke detectors in dwelling units, congregate residences, and hotel or lodging house guest sleeping rooms installed per manufacturers instructions and receiving primary power from buildings wiring and interconnected within the dwelling unit in which they are installed, with batteries as secondary power supply. Single-station smoke detectors may be battery powered in existing buildings. Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in apartment house three or more stones or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and in congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. In Group R-1occupancies located in high-rise buildings, provide a fire alarmcommunication system, except buildings not more than two stories with all individual units provided one hour fire separation and direct exterior egress. A manualfire alarm system is not required when the building is protected throughout by an approved monitored automatic sprinkler system and equipped with an approved aaitornatic$re alarm system. Provide automatic sprinkler system in rooms classified as Group M if floor area exceeds 12,000 square feet on any floor or 24,000 square feet on all floors or if more than three stories.
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Provide automatic sprinkler system in apartment houses three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. Install residential or quick-response standard sprinklers in dwelling units and guest rooms. Provide smoke and heat detectors in all common areas and smoke detectors in interior corridors serving as exit for ten or more occupants. Heat detectors may be installed in lieu o smoke detectors where there is a high f f probabilit,v o nuisance alarms due to environmental conditions. Smoke detectors in dwelling units must be interconnected as per NFPA 72.
Section 1007.2.9.1.3
& .4
(Fire Code) (Amended)
GROUP S - STORAGE Section 1003.2.10 (Fire Code) (Added)

Provide an automatic sprinkler systenz in Group S-1 occupancies more than 2,500 square feet; and in Groups S-2 and S-5 occupancies more than 5,000 square feet. For this purpose, a mini-storage warehouse will be classified as a Group S-I.
HIGHRISE. NEW CONSTRUCTION, GROUP B OFFICE BUILDINGS AND GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES Section 1007.2.3 (Fire Code) (Amended)
Provide automatic or manualfire alarm system in Group B three or more stories but less than 55 feet above the lowest level offire department access. (See also Section 1007.2.I 2 of Fire Code.)
Section 403.2 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.2.1 (Fire Code) (Amended) Section 403.3 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.2.2 (Fire Code)
Provide approved automatic sprinkler system, smoke detection system, and alarm and communication systems in all Group A , all divisions: Group B: Group E, all divisions: Group I, all divisions: Group M; and Group R-1 buildings, each having floors used for human occupancy located more than 55 feet above lowest level of fire department access. Provide smoke detectors connected to automatic fire alarm system in mechanical system ducts or risers, air conditioning return-air and exhaust-air plenums, equipment rooms, elevator lobbies and interior corridors serving as exit for occupant load of ten or more occupants in Group R-1 occupancies.
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HIGHRISE, NEW CONSTRUCI'ION, GROW B OFFICE BUILDINGS AM> GROUP R-1 OCCUPANCIES (continued) Section 403.5 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.2 (Fire Code) Section 402.2 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.3 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.4 and Article 81 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.5 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.6 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.7 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.8 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.9 (Fire Code) Section 1007.3.3 (Fire Code) (Added) Provide fire alarm, emergency voice/alarm signaling system and f i e department communication systems in buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access.
Provide automatic fire -detection system throughout high-piled combustible storage uses as required by Article 8 1. Provide approved automatic fire sprinkler system when required by Table 8 1-A. Provide automatic smoke -detection system throughout building when special egresscontrol devices are installed on exit doors. Provide smoke detectors within office corridors not of one-hour fire-resistive construction. Install detectors to activate alarms audible in all areas served by corridor. Provide approved manual alarm system when required by Article 88 for aerosol storage rooms and general purpose warehouses containing aerosols. Provide approved automatic smoke detection system when required by the Building Code for automatic control of a smoke -control system. Provide manual fire alarm system in lumber, plywood, and veneer mills.
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In buildings provided with afire alarm system, the smoke detector(s) installed in air handlers must be connected to thejre alarm control panel. In buildings without afire alarm system, activation of the air handler smoke detector(s) must cause annunciation of an audiblehisual signal in a normally occupied area.
HIGHRISE.GROUP B-2 OFFICES AND GROW R-1 OCCUPANCIES. EXISTING STRUCTURES

Appendix Chapter 34 Division II (Building Code) and Appendix 1-B (Fire Code) (Deleted) COVERED MALLS Section 404.3.1 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system electrically supervised by approved central, proprietary or remote signal or local alarm service throughout. Provide smoke control system connected to both sprinkler system and smoke detector system; excepted are malls not more than one story or with no more than 24,000 square feet of leasable area.
(City does not adopt these Appendix Chapters.)
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AWTION CONTROL TOWERS

Appendix Chapter 4, Division II, Section 425 (Building Code) (Deleted)
(City does not adopt this Appendix Chapter.)
GROUP CARE FACLITIES (GROUP R DIVISION 4)

Appendix Chapter 3, Division IV, Section 341 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic and manual fire alarm systems.
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Except in Group R-3 and U occupancies, provide automatic sprinkler system in every story or basement area more than 1,500 square feet except as detailed in Section 904.2.2 of 1997 UBC; at top of rubbish and linen chutes and their terminal rooms; in rooms where nitrate film is stored or handled, in protected combustible fiber storage vaults, throughout ail buildings with floor levels with an occupant load of 30 or more located 55 feet or more above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access or more than two stories above grade at any point (except airport control towers, open parking structures, and Group F-2 occupancies); and throughout all buildings I 0,000 square feet or more in total area in which any area 5,000 squarefeet or more in total area is not separated by an approved area separation wall (except any open parking structure).
Appendix Chapter 34, Division 1, Section 3408 (Building Code) and Appendix 1-A (Fire Code) (Deleted) Section 713 (Building Code) (Amended) Section 905.9.5 (Building Code) (Amended) Section 3003.2 (Building Code)
Provide approved and listed smoke detectors to activate closing device of an automatic closing fire assembly, i.e., fire door, fire window or fire damper, and to close smoke dampers in ducted or un-ducted air openings as required by the City Building Code.
Equip supply air fans for mechanical smoke-control systems with approved smoke detectors to shut offthefans and close their respective dampers when smoke is detected.
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Provide elevator lobby, entrance area, and associated machine rooms with approved, listed smoke detector for elevator recall purposes when the elevator vertical travel is 25 feet or more.
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CITY OF LOS ANGELES, CAJJF'ORNI.4 Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code Amendments Promulgation 1997 UBC State and city amendments Andrew Adelman General Manager and Building Official Department of Building and Safety 201 N. Figueroa Street, Suite 1000 Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 977-6941 Vic Penera Chief, Engineering Bureau (213) 977-6380 or Bob Martin Chief, Inspection Bureau Department of Building and Safety 201 N. Figueroa Street, Suite 1000, Room 1030 Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 977-6388
Fire Prevention Code Los Angeles City Fire Code City-written Michael S. Fulmis Assistant Fire Marshal Bureau of Fire Prevention and Public Safety 200 North Main Street 9 1O City Hall East Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 485-5980 Michael S. Fulmis Assistant Fire Marshal Bureau of Fire Prevention and Public Safety 200 North Main Street 9 1O City Hall East Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 485-5980
Enforcement
Comments Summary of Amendments City enforces the California Building Code. See summary of California State amendments to the 1997 Uniform Building Code in Chapter 4. In most instances, the city-written Fire Code refers user to Chapter 9 of the Building Code for fire protection requirements.
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Administrative Requirements
I
Code Amendments Promulgation Enforcement 1997UBC
Building Code
I
None
Life Safety Code
State and county amendments County amendments County Board of Supervisors County Board of Supervisors
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County of Los Angeles
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Comments
John Kelly Robert New Fire Marshal Superintendent, Building Department Los Angeles County Los Angeles County Fire Prevention Bureau 900 South Fremont Ave. 5823 Rickenbacker Road Alhambra, CA 9 1803 Commerce, CA 90040-3027 (626)458-3173 (323)890-4132 The Los Angeles County Fire Code is the fire code for the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County and for 5 1 cities in the county who have contracts with the LA County Fire Department for fire service. County enforces the California Building Code. See summary of California State amendments to the 1997 Uniform Building Code in Chapter 4. The County requires the installation of automatic sminkler svstems in all buildings over three stories.
CITYOFMtAMI,FLORIDA Administrative Requirements
Code
Building Code South Florida Building Code,
Amendments Promulgation
County-written
Fire Prevention Life Safety Code Code 4s referenced in building code 1994NFPA 101 references certain NFPA Vational Fire Codes and Standards) lounty amendments No amendments
Enforcement
Comments
Frank Quintana Frank Quintana Frank Quintana Director Director Director %ami-Dade County Miami-Dade County Miami-Dade County Board of Rules & Appeals Board of Rules & Appeals Board of Rules & Appeals Building Code Building Code Building Code Compliance Office Zompliance Office Compliance Office Metro -Dade Flagler Building Metro-Dade Flagler Building Metro-Dade Flagler Building I40 West Flagler Street 140 West Flagler Street 140 West Flagler Street Suite 1603 Suite 1603 Suite 1603 Miami, FL 33130 Miami, FL 33 130 Miami, FL 33130 [305) 375-2901 (305) 375-2901 (305) 375-2901 Frank Barron Frank Rollason Director or Frank Barron Roberto Hevia Special Assistant to the Special Assistant to the Building Official Fire Marshal Fire Marshal City of Miami City of M a i City of Miami im Division of the Fire Marshal, Division of the Fire Marshal, Building and Zoning lothFloor IOth Floor Department 444 SW Second Avenue 444 SW Second Avenue, 444 SW Second Avenue Miami, FL 33130 M a i FL 33130 im, 4'h Floor (305) 416-1600 (305) 416-1600 Miami, FL 33 130 (305)416-1 105 South Florida Building Code (S BC), Dade County edition, covers Miami City/Dade County area and includes NFPA 101 adopted by reference. SFBC contains distinct use group classifications not compatible with standard building codes. SFBC can be amended as often as monthly by County Board of Rules and Appeals. SFBC provides fire suppression requirements per NFPA 101 and as necessary for individual occupancies as classified by Building Code. See 1994 NFPA 101 in Chapter 3 for additional ]code arovisions.
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CITY OF MIAIW, FLORIDA South Florida Building Code (Dade County)

Use Group Classifications GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Buildings or portions thereof used for: Motion Picture Theaters Bowling Centers Skating Rinks Auditoriums Passenger Stations and Terminals of Churches Public Transportation Facilities Courtrooms Dance Halls Pool Rooms Gymnasiums Recreation Piers Restaurants Theaters Night Clubs and Discotheques Club Rooms Meeting and Conference Rooms Exhibition Hails Armories Stadiums Libraries Drinking Establishments Lecture or Study Halls and similar uses with occupant content of 1,000 persons or more. GROUP B - ASSEMBLY Sub-classiSl as follows: B-1 - Assembly uses with occupant content of 300 to 1,000 persons, alternately termed Class B assembly.
B-2 - Assembly uses with occupant content greater than 50 but less than 300 persons; may also term as Class C Assembly Occupancies. GROUP C - EDUCATIONAL
All schools with classes more than four hours per day or twelve hours per week and providing facilities for more than six students or preschool children.
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GROUP D - INSTI'IWTIONAL Sub-classify as follows: D-1 - Occupancy where a person's liberties are restricted, such as jail, prison, reformatory, and asylum. D-2 - Buildings or portions thereof where accommodations are provided for at least four persons who are under physical limitations. Includes hospitals, nursing homes, sanitariums, and orphanages.
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D-3 - Occupancies where one or more personal services are provided for more than 24 hour to more than six persons residing therein, not under severe physical limitations that prevents them from having physical and mental capability of evacuating themselves from building in case of emergency.
GROUP E - HAZARDOUS Hazardous uses such as the storage and use of easily ignited materials that burn rapidly. Sub-classify as follows:
El - Buildings for storage and handling of explosives and highly flammable or exp losive materials other than Class I, II, or IIA liquids.
E 2 - Buildings for storage and handling of Class I, II, and III flammable liquids. GROUP F - STORAGE/INDUSTRIAL Sub-classify as follows:
F-1 - Storage occupancies includes warehouses, storage buildings, freight depots, public garages of any size where
repair work is done, parking garages for more than four cars, gasoline service stations, or aircraft hangars.
F-2 - Industrial occupancies includes factories, assembly and manufacturing plants, processing mills, laboratories, loft buildings, creameries, laundries, ice plants, sawmills, planing mills, box factories, and woodworking shops with fixed or portable power equipment or tools with combined total more than 20 HP.
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GROUP G - MERCANTILEBUSINESS Sub-classify as follows:
G1 - Mercantile occupancies includes retail stores, shops, sales room, markets, and similar uses. G2 - Business occupancies includes office buildings, banks, civic administration buildings, telephone exchanges, museums, art galleries, libraries, and similar uses.
GROUPH -MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL Multiple residential uses, such as hotels, motels, apartment-hotels, apartment houses, bungalow courts, rooming houses, dormitories, fraternity houses, and monasteries and similar uses with three or more living units. Exception: Single-family residences with not more than three bedrooms, not more than two ofwhich are rented to maximum two persons per bedroom are classified as Group I. GROW I - RESIDENTWL Includes the following:
G Single-family homes and duplexes. G Dormitory, fraternity houses, and monastery buildings used to house maximum six persons.
t Group C buildings used to house maximum six students and required supervisory personnel. a
Group D Division 2 buildings used to house maximum three inmates and required supervisory personnel. Rooming houses operated in single-family residence with maximum three bedrooms, two of which are rented to not more than two persons per bedroom. t Group D Division 3 buildings used to house maximum six persons with required supervisory personnel. a
GROUP J - ANCILLARY STRUCTURES Sub-classify as follows:
J-1 - Garages for maximum four motor vehicles, porte-cocheres, and carports. 5-2 - Tanks, towers, and similar structures and fences.
5-3 - Marinas.
J 4 - Cabanas, bathhouses, and similar buildings.
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GROW J - ANCJLLARY STRUCTURES (continued)

5-5 - Public and private swimming pools and accessory buildings.
5-6 - Solariums, sundecks, and similar roofless structures.

5-7 - Greenhouses, agricultural buildings, and farm service buildings not for human habitation, including those used
for housing livestock, poultry, farrnmachinery, seed, feed, and fertilizer. J-8 - Open storage yards including those for lumber and contractor's storage.
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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA South Florida Building Code Fire Alarm/Detection Systems
Occupancy Type

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Fire Alarm Systems
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Group A - Assembly
I Group B - Assembly
Group C - Educational
Group E - Hazardous Group F - Storage/Industrial
Required Required
> 100,000 sq. fi.

Required
Group M - MercantiieBusiness Group H - Muitifarnily
Required Required
Required
> 3 stories > 11 units
Required
Group I- Residential
Required
High-rise
Required
Required
Required
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CI'IYOFMIAMl,FLORIDA South Florida Building Code Requirements and Exceptions

GROUPS A AND B - ASSEMBLIES Section 3104.3 (Building Code) Section 3802.3 (Building Code)
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Provide sprinklers in theaters with more than one viewing room. Provide approved fire alarm system in assemblies with more than 2,000 persons occupant load.
t Multipurpose assembly occupancies consisting of single room less than 12,000 a

square feet area and not used for exhibition and display. Passenger terminals at or above grade. t Gymnasiums used for no other purpose. a Skating rinks and swimming pools used exclusively for participant sport with audience facilities for maximum 300 persons. Group B used exclusively as restaurants.
Also provide in stages, projection rooms, and building equipment or storage rooms per NFPA 101.
GROUP C - EDUCATIONAL Section 3105.3 (Building Code) Section 3802.3 (Building Code) Provide fire alarm system in educational occupancies.
Provide approved automatic sprinkler systems in Group C occupancies having a stage.
GROUP D - INSTITUTIONAL Section 3802.3 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler systems in Group D occupancies of Type I and Type II construction more than three stories; Type III construction for Group D-1 and D-2; and in Group D-3 where more than six individuals receiving services reside in construction Types III, IV, and V buildings.
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GROUP D INSTITUTIONAL (continued) Section 3802.3 (Building Code) (continued) GROUPE - HAZARDOUS Section 3108.3 (Building Code) Section 3208.3 (Building Code) Provide fire alarm system except Group E not exceeding aggregate floor area of 100,000 square feet. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in Group E and high hazard areas within buildings of other occupancies per NFPA 101- 1994. Exception: Hospital operating rooms, delivery rooms, nurseries, X-ray and therapy equipment rooms, cardiac and intensive care rooms provided such areas protected by automatic fire detection systems.
GROUP F - STORAGEXNDUSTRIAL Section 3108.3 (Building Code) Provide fire alarm system, except: Storage occupancies limited to low hazard contents. Group F-1 not exceeding aggregate floor area of 100,000 square feet. Group F with automatic extinguishment protection. Group F-1 open parking structures. Group F-2 where total capacity of the building is less than 100 persons and fewer than 25 persons are above or below level of exit discharge. Provide approved automatic sprinkler systems throughout as follows: Buildings in or with fire divisions of Group F-1 ,other than parking garages, maximuni two stories high used for the storage of combustible goods or merchandise and more than 20,000 square feet per floor, or such buildings three or more stories exceeding 10,000 square feet per floor area. Group F-1 enclosed parking garages more than 50 feet high; open air parking garages more than 75 feet high; repair garages more than one story or located below another occupancy, more than 10,000 square feet per floor ofType I construction, or more than 8,000 square feet of protected noncombustible construction; one story repair garages more than 15,000 square feet of Type I construction, 12,000 square feet if of protected noncombustible, or 9,000 square feet floor area if of unprotected noncombustible, heavy timber, or Type III construction. Basement parking or repair garages more than 5,000 square feet in floor area located under any other occupancy.
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GROW F STORAGE/NDUSTRIAZ,(continued) Section 3208.3 (Building Code) (continued) Group F-2 used for shops, plants, or factories where loose combustible fibers, chips, shavings, and dust are produced or generated and buildings are over one story, or in mixed occupancy exceeding 8,000 square feet per floor, or in buildings one story and exceeding 15,000 square feet in floor area. Group F-2 used for dry goods and apparel manufacturing more than 10,000 square feet floor area, one or two stories of Type II or Type III construction; more than 2,500 square feet of Type II or Type III constructed wholly or in part with combustible materials; of Type III Unprotected, Type IV or Type V construction; or more than three stories high. High hazard industrial occupancies and high hazard areas within buildings of other occupancies per NFPA 101-1994.
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GROUP G - MERCANTLE/BUSINESS Section 3109.3 (Building Code) Provide fire alarm system in Class A (Group G1) mercantile occupancies and in buildings with an atrium.
Provide approved automatic sprinkler systems in Group G as follows: Group G1 buildings three or more stories or have story more than 12,000 square feet gross area or more than 24,000 square feet gross area regardless of height. Group G-1 stories below level of exit discharge more than 2,500 square feet. Group G-l Class A stories more than 30,000 square feet.
GROWN - MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL Section 3110.3 (Building Code) Provide manual fire alarm system in apartment buildings more than three stories or with more than I l living units. Install approved single or multiple station smoke detectors continuously powered by house electrical service in every living unit in apartment building regardless of size or height. Single station detection not required when building equipped with total automatic smoke detection system throughout.
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GROUP H - MULTIFAMJLYRESIDENTIAL (continued) Section 3802.3 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler systems in buildings used as public lodging establishments and timeshare plans except buildings less than 75 feet high where there is direct access to exclusively exterior means of egress. All other Group H occupancies must comply with one of the four options specified in Chapter 18 ofNFPA 101-1994. Provide UL listed single station smoke detectors in residential living units, guest rooms, and timeshare units. Section 3903.7 (Building Code) Provide listed single station smoke detectors powered by 11OV circuit within a tenant space of every apartment, hotel suite or guest room. Also provide in public lodging establishments.
GROUP I - RESIDENTIAL Section 3 11 1.3 (Building Code) Provide single or multiple station smoke detectors powered by house electrical service except in dwelling units protected by approved smoke detection system.
HIGHRISE BULDINGS Section 3901 (Building Code) Apply high-rise provisions to buildings more than 50 feet high except Group F-1 enclosed parking garages, Group F-1 open parking garages not more than 75 feet high, Group I and Group J occupancies. Provide automatic sprinkler systems throughout high-rise buildings.
Section 3902 (Building Code) Section 3903 (Building Code)
Provide fire alarm systems in high-rise buildings. Install automatic detection system in air conditioning and ventilation systems that extend to more than one floor, and at each floor opening into a smoke-proof enclosure. Provide smoke sensing devices in entrance areas to elevator lobbies.
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Section 1807.9 (Building Code) Section 3802.1(d) (Building Code)
Provide automatic sprinklers in laundry and trash chutes and service opening and terminal rooms. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in buildings or areas within buildings which are windowless or located underground if the occupant load is more than 50 or there are more than 2,500 square feet of area used for the sale, storage, or handling of combustible materials. Exception: Group F occupancies used for storage. Install fire alarm system per this code or NFPA 101-1994 for specific occupancies.
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CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
AdministrativeRequirements
Building Code Code Amendments Promulgation 1997 UBC State amendments
Enforcement
State amendments and city supplements Gordy Bates Janet Streff Building Code Representative Plan Reviewer City of Minneapolis Fire Minnesota Department of Prevention Bureau Administration 350 South Fifth Street, Building Codes and Room 230 Standards Division Minneapolis,MN 55415 121 East Seventh Place, (612) 67'3-3292 Suite 408 St. Paul, MN 55101-2181 (612) 296-4329 Gordy Bates Menvyn Larson Plan Reviewer Director of Inspections City of MinneapolisFire Department of Prevention Bureau Regulatory Services 350 South Fifth Street, Inspections Division 300 Public Health Center Room 230 Minneapolis,MN 55415 250 South Fourth Street Minneapolis, MN 55415-1316 (612) 673-3292 (612) 673-5821 See State of Minnesota in Chapter 4 for provisions on fire alarm and detection systems.
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND Administrative Requirements

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Building Code 1996 BOCA County supplement Shahriar Amiri Chief of Building Construction Division Dept. of Environmental Protection 255 Rockvilie Pike Rockville, MD 20850 (240) 777-6230 Shahriar A i i mr Chief of Building Construction Division Dept. of Environmental Protection 255 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20850 (240) 777-6230
Fire Prevention Code NFPA National Fire Codes and Standards County supplement Theodore Jarboe Fire Marshal Bureau of Fire Prevention 255 Rockville Pike Suite 201D Rockville, MD 20850 (240) 777-2457 Theodore Jarboe Deputy Chief of Fire Prevention Bureau of Fire Prevention 255 Rockvilie Pike Suite 20 ID Rockville, MD 20850 (240) 777-2457
Life Safety Code 1997 NFPA 101 County supplement Theodore Jarboe Fire Marshal Bureau of Fire Prevention 255 Rockville Pike Suite 201D Rockville, MD 20850 (240) 777-2457 Theodore Jarboe Deputy Chief of Fire Prevention Bureau of Fire Prevention 255 Rockville Pike Suite 201D Rockville, MD 20850 (240) 777-2457
Enforcement
Comments Summary of Amendments County amendments to the 1996 BOCA National Building Code require automatic fire suppression systems throughout all Group R-3. It also classifies family day-care and group day-care homes as Group R-3. See Chapter 3 for 1996 National Code fire protectionrequirements and following pages for Montgomery Countys amendments to 1997 NFPA 101.
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND 1997 NFPA 101 with County Amendments Fire Alarm/Detection Systems
" A - Occupancy Assembly Underground Special Amusement Educational
Health Care Detention and Correctional
I Hotels/Dormitories
Apartments
Required
z 3 stories
Required
Lodging Houses
Required
Required
Required
Residential Board Care Small Facilities Large Facilities Mercantile Covered Malls
Required
Required
Required Reauired
I Atriums (1 Business
Required
1 Required
> 300 persons
Required
High hazard Industrial
Required
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Storage
Required
> 75 ft.
> 75 ft.
Required
Required
Required
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MONTOGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND 1997 NFPA 101 with County Amendments Requirements and Exceptions
ASSEMBLY OCCWANCIES
84.5.5 In proscenium opening, provide emergency ventilation to remove smoke and independently activated by sprinkler system in stage area, smoke detectors over stage area, and by manually operated switch at approved location. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system for stages, in permanent dressing rooms, storerooms and workshops, and other accessory spaces contiguous to stage. Exception: Stages 1,000 square feet or less in area and 50 feet or less in height and under stage areas less than four feet in height. Provide approved fire alarm system in assembly occupancies with occupant load of 300 or more and in theaters with more than one audience-viewing room. Initiate alarm by manual means or with automatic detection or sprinkler systems. Provide automatic detection in all hazardous areas of assembly occupancies with occupant load of 300 or more unless protected by automatic sprinkler system. Providefull automatic sprinkler protection throughout building containing assembly occupancies above or below level o exit discharge OY with occupant load o 300 or more on f f level of exit discharge. Exceptions: Occupancies primarily for worship with fixed seating. Assembly rooms less than 12,000 square feet not used for exhibition and display. Participant sports areas with audience less than 300 people. Provide automatic smoke detection throughout each smoke compartment of underground portions of assembly buildings. Provide supervised voice alarm system in underground portions of assembly buildings. Provide approved, automatic sprinkler system in all enclosed areas with walls and ceilings in buildings or structures containing smoke-protected assembly seating.
84.5.10
8-3.4.1
8-3.4.2.2
8-3.5.1 (Amended)
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84.3.3.4
84.3.5 84.2.1
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ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES(continued) 8-7.5.3.7 Provide automatic extinguishing system in certain levels of exhibit booths covered with a ceiling. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system throughout special amusement buildings. When operating at reduced lighting levels, provide automatic smoke detection. Provide automatic smoke-detection to sound an alarm, illuminate means of egress and stop confusing sounds.
84.7.2 & .3
EDUCATIONAL 10-3.2.1 Provide automatic extinguishing system in rooms or spaces used for processing or use of combustible supplies in quantities considered hazardous, including janitor closets. Provide fire alarm system throughout all educational occupancies unless maximum area is 1,000 square feet with single classroom and not location to another building not less than 50 feet.. Exception: May omit manual pull stations in locations per administrative authority in buildings with two-way communication between normally occupied spaces and constantly attended receiving station, and when conditions of Section 10-3.4.2.3 are met. Provide automatic sprinkler system in portions below level of exit discharge. Provide automatic smoke detection for portions underground or more than 30 feet below level of exit discharge. Also provide approved supervised voice alarm system. Provide smoke detection system throughout each smoke compartment.
10-3.4.1
10-3.5 104.1.3 & .6
104.1.3.4
HEMATHCARE
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12-2.2.2.6
The automatic sprinkler system and the fire alarm system shall initiate closing action of all doors throughout entire facility. Provide fire alarm system equipped with a secondaxy power supply and initiated by manual means and by required sprinkler and detection systems.
12-3.4.1.1 & 12-3.4.2
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HEALTH CARE (continued1 12-3.4.5.3 In nursing homes, provide approved automatic smoke detection systems in corridors throughout smoke compartments containing patient sleeping rooms and in spaces open to corridors unless excepted by this section. Detection systems are to be provided with a secondary power supply. Provide approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout according to construction type. Install listed quick response or listed residential sprinklers throughout patient sleeping area. Provide fire alarm system in all ambulatory health-care centers initiated by manual means and by means of any required detection devices or system.
Provide.ful1 automatic sprinkler protection in buildings containing new ambulatory health care centers located above or below the level(s) of exit discharge.
12-3.5.1
12-6.3.4.1 & .2
Section 12-6.3.5.1 (Added) 12-6.3.7.7
Fire alarm system and either a local smoke detector or a complete automatic fire extinguishing system or complete automatic fire detection system shall activate automatic closing devices on doors in smoke barriers.
DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL 14-3.4.1.1 & -2 Provide electrically supervised fire alarm system throughout detention and correctional facilities. Initiate by manual means and by required detection devices or systems. Provide approved automatic smoke detection throughout all resident sleeping areas and adjacent day rooms, activity rooms, and contiguous common spaces. Exception: May omit smoke detectors as follows: In sleeping rooms with four or less occupants in Use Condition II or III; and In buildings protected throughout by automatic sprinkler system, may omit smoke detectors from sleeping rooms with more than four occupants. Provide automatic sprinkler system according to type of construction used.
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14-3.4.4
14-3.5.2
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16-3.4.1 & .2
Provide fire alarm system in hotels and dormitories. Initiate by manual means, by a manual fire alarm station located at a central point, by any automatic sprinkler system, and by any required automatic detection system. Exception: Sleeping room smoke detectors need not initiate fire alarm system. Provide corridor smoke detection except when protected throughout by approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system. Install single station smoke detectors powered by building electrical system in each sleeping room and each living area within a guest room or suite. Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout. Exception: Buildings other than high-rise where guest sleeping rooms have a door that opens directly outside at ground level. Install quick response or listed residential sprinklers throughout guest rooms and suites.
16-3.4.4.1 & .2
16-3.5.2
APARTMENTS
18-3.4.1 & .2 Provide fue alarm system for buildings more than three stories or with more than 11 living units except where each living unit is separated from other units by fire barriers with not less than 1-hour rating and has independent exit, exit stairway, or ramp discharging to grade or in buildings not more than four stories or 16 dwelling units protected with an automatic sprinkler system. Provide initiation by manual means or by automatic sprinkler system. Provide approved single-station smoke detectors powered by house electrical service on all levels and in and outside sleeping rooms of every living unit within apartment buildings. Excepted are buildings protected throughout by an approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system. Provide approved supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout building. Exception: Buildings where every living unit has either an exit door opening directly to ground level, direct access to an outside stair that serves no more than two units on same floor, or direct access to an interior stair serving only that unit with a one-hour fire resistance rating fue barrier from other portions of building. Install quick response or listed residential sprinklers throughout all living units.
18-3.4.4.1
18-3.5.2
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LODGING OR ROOMWG HOUSES

20-3.3.1 Provide fire alarm system except when equipped with smoke detection system that includes at least one manual fire alarm station. Provide approved single-station smoke detectors powered by building's electrical service in every sleeping room. Provide automatic sprinkler system in all new lodging or rooming houses unless every sleeping room has a door opening directly to the outside of the building at ground level or an exterior stairway.
20-3.3.4
20-3.5.2
ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS
2 1-3.3.1 (Amended)
Provide approved single-station smoke detectors powered by building's electrical system in all sleeping rooms, outside and in the immediate vicinity of sleeping rooms, and on each additional story including basement. Smoke alarms not required in sleeping rooms in . buildings protected b,v approved automatic sprinkler system using quick response or residential sprinklers.
RESIDENTIALBOARD CARE Small Facilities 22-2.3.4.1-3
22-2.3.5.1
Large Facilities 22-33.4.1 & .2
Provide fire alarm system to be initiated by manual means, by a manual fire alarm station located at a supervised central location, and by any automatic sprinkler and detection systems. Provide approved single -station smoke detectors in each sleeping room of large facilities powered from building electrical system.
22-3.3.4.7
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RESIDENTIAL BOARD CARE (continued)

22-3.3.4.8 Provide smoke detectors in all living areas and corridors unless protected by approved automatic sprinkler system. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system throughout all buildings. Install with quick response or residential sprinklers which will activate the fire alarm system.
223.3.5.1
MERCANTILE
24-3.4.1 & .2 (Amended) 24-3.5.1 & .2 Provide fire alarm system in Class A mercantile occupancies and multiple story Class B mercantile occupancies. Initiate by manual means. Provide approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system as follows: Buildings three or more stories in height. Buildings with more than 12,000 square feet in gross area. Stories below level of exit discharge with more than 2,500 square feet of area used for combustible goods.
COVERED MALLS
ATRIUMS
6-2.4.6 Provide an approved supervised automatic sprinkler system in entire building with atrium. Exception: If atrium ceiling is more than 55 feet above the floor, the local authority may permit the omission of sprinklers at the top of the arium. Provide smoke detectors at the highest floor level of the atrium and at return air intakes from the atrium.
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BUSINESS
26-3.4.1 & .2 Provide fire alarm system when two or more stories above level of exit discharge or 50 or more occupants above or below level of exit discharge; 300 or more occupants total. Initiate by manual means or approved automatic fire detection or sprinkler system. Provide automatic extinguishing system in hazardous locations.
2 6-3.2.1
INDUSTRIAL
283.2 In high hazard industrial occupancies, provide automatic extinguishing systems or other protection appropriate to the particular hazard. Provide fire a l m system except if total capacity of building is less than 100 persons and less than 25 persons are above or below level of exit discharge. Initiate fire alarm by either manual or automatic means.
2 8-3.4.1
STORAGE
293.4 Provide fire alarm system except storage occupancies with low hazard contents or maximum 100,000 square feet or automatic extinguishment protection provided. Initiate by either manual or automatic means. Provide fire alarm system in parking garages more than 100,000 square feet in aggregate floor area except open parking structures and garages with automatic sprinkler system throughout. Initiate by either manual or automatic means.
29-8.3.4
DAY CARE
30-3.4.1 & .2 Provide fire alarm system in day-care occupancies housed in more than one room. Fire alarm to be initiated by manual means and by operation of required smoke detectors, except single-station, and required sprinkler systems. Provide smoke detection system in each story and in the corridors of all floors occupied by day-care occupancy if housed in more than one room, with exceptions.
3 0-3.4.5 (Amended)
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DAY CARE continuedl

30-3.5.1 (Added) 30-6.3.4 (Amended)
Protect with,full automatic sprinkler protection buildings containing new day care centers f above or below the level(s) o exit discharge.
In day-care homes, smoke detectors are required to be installed in all rooms used for sleeping and in any corridors serving a day-care home. Bartery detectors rather than house f electric service-powered detectors are accepted i approved by authority having jurisdiction.
SPECIAL STRUCTURES AND HIGHRISE BUILDINGS 3 -2 Apply provisions to all buildings more than 75 feet in height measured from the lowest level of fire department vehicle access to the floor of the highest occupiable story. Provide approved automatic sprinkler system in all areas and floor levels traversed in traveling to the exit discharge throughout windowless and underground structures with an occupant load of 50 or more. Exception: Existing structures with an occupant load of 100 or less. In high-rise buildings, provide approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system and a fire alarm system with an approved emergency voice/alam communication system throughout.
32-7.3.1
32-8.2.1 & 32-8.3.1
5-2.1.8
No number
5-2.3.10.1 & .2
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ClTY OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code Amendments

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1997 SBC City amendments Keith Johnson Acting Director Department of Safety and Permits City Hall, Room 7E07 1300 Perdido Street New Orleans, LA 70 1 12 (504) 565-6111
C. Curtis Mann
Fire Prevention Code 1994 SFPC
(City amendments Mark Jee Chief of Fire Prevention New Orleans Department of Fire Fire Prevention Division 3 17 Decaur Street INew Orleans, LA 70130
No amendments
Jerry Jones Chief Architect or Henry Reed Architect Supervisor Office of the State Fire Marshal 5 1SO Florida Boulevard Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (504) 925-4920 Jerry Jones Chief Architect or Henry Reed Architect Supervisor Office of the State Fire Marshal 5 150 Florida Boulevard Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (504) 925-4920
Promulgation
Enforcement
Chief Building Official (Inspections) or Bhola Dhume (Plan Review & Zoning) Department of Safety and Permits City Hall, Room 7E05 1300 Perdido Street New Orleans, LA 701 12 (504) 565-8228 Comments Summary of Amendments
Mark Jee Chief of Fire Prevention or Elbert Thomas Plan Examiner New Orleans Department of Fire Fire Prevention Division 3 17 Decatur Street New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 565-7805
In Section 903.9 of the Building Code, the city allows installation of smoke detectors in lieu of required sprinkler protection in electrical closets, rooms and vaults, telephone exchange rooms, elevator equipment rooms, and similar locations where water would damage electrical equipment. Fire Code amendments do not affect fire protection requirements. See Chapter 3 for summary of Standard Building and Fire Codes.
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Ci" OF NEW YORK,NEW YORK Administrative Requirements
Building Code New York City Building Code City-written Richard Visconti, RA Deputy Commissioner of Technical Affairs Department of Buildings 60 Hudson Street, 14th Floor New York, NY 10013 (212) 312-8120
Fire Prevention Code New York City Building Code City-written Gerard A. Barbara Chief of Fue Prevention Fire Prevention Bureau 9 Metro Tech Center Brooklyn, N Y 11201-3857 (718) 999-2387 or 2386 or Richard Visconti, RA Deputy Commissioner of Technical Affairs Department of Buildings 60 Hudson Street, 14th Floor New York, NY 10013 (212) 312-8120 Gerard A. Barbara Chief of Fire Prevention Fire Prevention Bureau 9 Metro Tech Center Brooklyn, NY 11201-3857 (718) 999-2387 or 2386 or Richard Visconti, RA IDeputy Commissioner of Technical Affairs Department of Buildings ,60 Hudson Street, 14th Floor New York, NY 10013 (212) 312-8120
Enforcement
Richard Visconti, RA Deputy Commissioner of Technical Affairs Department of Buildings 60 Hudson Street, 14th Floor New York, NY 10013 (212) 312-8120
Comments
Referenced standards are promulgated by Department of Buildings and ratified by Board of Standards and Appeals. for a summary of the city's fire protection requirements.
Amendments
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CITY OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK Use Group Classifications
GROUP A - HIGH HAZARDS Buildings and spaces that store, manufacture, or process potentially explosive products or materials, or highly combustible or highly flammable products or materials likely to bum with extreme rapidity. Include paint shops and storerooms; industrial smoke houses; grain elevators; tanneries with enameling or japanning; distilleries; sugar, starch, cereal, feed, flour, and grist milis; and any space containing gas distribution piping at pressure levels above 15 psig. GROUP B - STORAGE Buildings used primarily for storing goods. Sub-classify as follows:
B-1 - Buildings and spaces used for storage of any flammable or combustible materials likely to develop and propagate fire with moderate rapidity. Include warehouses, storerooms, freight depots, stables, coal pockets, and Group 1 public garages.
B-2 - Buildings and spaces used for storage of noncombustible materials that do not ordinarily bum rapidly. Include warehouses, storerooms, private garages, green houses, and Group 2 public garages. GROUP C - MERCANTILE
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Buildings and spaces used for display and sale of goods accessible to public inspection. Include retail stores, shops, sales rooms, and markets. GROUP D - INDUSTRIAL Buildings and spaces used for fabricating, assembling, manufacturing, or processing products, materials, or energy. Sub-classify as follows:
D-1 - Buildings and spaces where fabrication, assembly, manufacturing, or processing represents moderate fire hazard. Include baking plants, breweries, automotive repair shops, foundries, heliports, and scenery shops.
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GROUP D - INDUSTRIAL continuedj D-2 - Buildings and spaces where fabrication, assembly, manufacturing, or processing represents low fire hazard. Include mechanical and electrical equipment rooms, power plants and boilers and furnace rooms except those with gas piping at above 15 psig, commercial laundries, vocational training shops, laboratories, and nonresidential kitchens. GROUP E - BUSINESS Buildings and spaces for business transactions, providing professional services, and performing other commercial services that might incidentally involve storage of limited stock of goods, or pursuing public or civic services. Include office buildings, banks, civic administration buildings, radio and television stations, telephone exchanges, barber and beauty shops, automatic service stations, neighborhood family care centers, medical offices or group medical centers. GROUP F - ASSEMBLY Buildings and spaces, other than dwelling units, designed for religious, recreational, political, or social use, consumption of food or drink or similar group activities or when occupied by 75 or more people for educational purposes. Sub-classify as follows: F-1 - Buildings and spaces, which during the major period of occupancy, the persons assembled comprise a seated or otherwise passive audience. Further subdivided as: F-la for buildings in which scenery and scenic elements used such as theaters, playhouses, and opera houses; and F-lb for buildings in which scenery and scenic elements not used such as churches, lecture halls, court rooms, convention halls, sports arenas, planetariums, and motion picture theaters. F-2 - Outdoors structures and spaces such as grandstands, bleachers, stadiums, drive-in theaters, amusement attractions and devices, bandstands, and skating rinks. F-3 - Buildings and spaces where those assembled are physically active without common center of attention such as exhibition halls, galleries, gymnasiums, museums, passenger terminals, bowling alleys, billiard parlors, and skating rinks.
F-Q- Buildings and spaces of assembly for dancing, eating, drinking, or entertainment or any combination thereof. Include restaurants, nightclubs, cabarets, dance halls, ballrooms, banquet rooms, cafeterias, snack bars, taverns, and coffee houses.
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GROUP G - EDUCATIONAL Buildings, sections, and spaces thereof occupied for instruction or other educational purposes. Include schools, academies, universities, and libraries. GROUP H - INSTITUTIONAL Buildings and spaces that house physically limited persons for their care or treatment, persons detained for penal or correctional purposes, or other inmates with restricted liberty. Sub-classify as follows:
H-1 - Buildings and spaces for detention of persons under restraint such as jails, prisons, reformatories, and mental institutions.
H-2 - Buildings and spaces used for treating or caring for persons with physical limitations caused by health or age. Include hospitals, sanitariums, clinics, nursing homes, orphanages, homes for the aged, and day nurseries.
GROW J - RESDENTIAL
Buildings and spaces that serve as dwelling places for families or households, or that provide sleeping accommodations for individuals with or without dining facilities. Sub-classify as follows:
J-1 - Buildings and spaces primarily used for shelter and sleeping accommodations on day-to-day or week-to-week basis. Include hotels, motels, lodging houses, and rooming houses.
5-3 - Buildings occupied as one- and two-family dwellings, rectories, and convents.
GROUP K - MISCELLANEOUS Structures of temporary character such as sheds, fences, and signs.
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5-2 - Buildings with three or more dwelling units primarily occupied for shelter and sleeping accommodations of individuals on month-to-month or longer-term basis. Include apartment houses, apartment hotels, and school dormitory buildings.
CITYOFNEWYORK,NEWYORK 1993 Building and Fire Codes Fire AlardDetection Systems
Occupancy Type Group A - High Hazard

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Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems Required

1,000 sq. ft. or > 75 ft. high > 5,000 sq. ft. or > 75 ft. high z 75 fi. or > 7,500 sq. ft. floor area
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Fire Alarm Systems
AutomaticDetection Systems
Group B - Storage B-1 Moderate Hazard B-2LOWHZX~
Group C - Mercantile
> 75 fi. or > 20,000 sq.

ft .
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Group D- Industrial Moderate Hazard D-1 D-2LowHaz~d
> 75 ft. or > 7,500 sq. fi.

> 75 ft.
Group E- Business G r o F F - Assembly F-1 a Theaters F-1 b Churches F-2 Outdoor Assembly F-3 Museums F-4 Restaurants Group G - Education
> 100 ft. > 75 fi. > 75 ft. > 75 fi. > 75 ft.
> 75 ft.
> 70 fi.
Stage areas
Group H- Institutional H-1 Restrained H-2 Incapacitated Group J - Residential J-1 Hotels 5-2 Apartments 5-3 1 and 2 Family
Required
> 75 ft. > 15 rooms or occupants
Required Required Rewired
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cJTyOFNEWYORK,NEWYORK 1993 Building and Fire Codes Requirements and Exceptions
GROUP A HIGH HAZARD Section 27-404 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinklers in all buildings and spaces classified as Group A.
GROUP B STORAGE Section 27-455 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler protection and smoke detection or thermostatic alarm with central office connection in public garages (Group B-1 and B-2) except garages in existence prior to 1968. Provide automatic sprinkler protection in buildings classified as Group
Section 27-954 (Building Code)
B more than 1,000 square feet floor area or 75 feet or more high, and spaces 1
classified as Group B-1 more than 500 square feet floor area, Group B-2 more than 5,000 square feet in floor area or 75 feet or more high.
GROUP C MERCANTILE Section 27-521.13 (Building Code) Section 27-954 (Building Code) Section 27-968 (Building Code) Provide smoke detectors at ceiling and adjacent to return air intakes for malls.
Provide automatic sprinkler protection in Group C 75 feet or more high, 7,500 square feet or more floor area, or with unenclosed stair or escalator between any two floors. Provide closed circuit electrically supervised fire alarm signal system in department stores or retail sales establishments with publicly accessible floors above street level or 20,000 square feet gross area or more and when more than 75 feet high.
GROUP D -INDUSTRIAL Section 27-430 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinklers in moderate hazard dry cleaning establishments (Group Dl).
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GROUP D - INDUSTRIAL (continued) Section 27437 (Building Code) Section 27-954 (Building Code) GROUPE - BUSINESS Section 27-954 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler protection in Group E 100 feet or more in height with air conditioning and/or mechanical ventilation systems serving floor other than the one where located. Provide closed circuit electrically supervised fue alarm signal system in Group E 70 feet or more high, having occupant load more than 500, or having occupant load of more than 1O0 persons above or below street level. Provide fire foam extinguishing equipment and fue alarm facilities i heliports (Group n Dl). Provide automatic sprinkler protection in Group D-1 buildings 75 feet or more high or more than 7,500 square feet except heliports, and Group D-2 75 feet or more high.

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GROUP F - ASSEMBLY Section 27-954 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler protection in dressing rooms and property rooms except for Group F-lb not providing live entertainment and in Groups F-1, F-3, and F-4 more than 75 feet high. Provide closed circuit electrically supervised fire alarm signal system in stages, dressing rooms, and property rooms used in conjunction with places of assembly and in all cabarets.
GROUP G - EDUCATION Section 27-954 (Building Code) Section 27-968 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler protection in Group G more than 75 feet high.
Provide closed circuit electrically supervised fire alarm signal system in all public schools, and private schools and university buildings more than one story.
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GROUP J - RESIDENTIAL,
Section 27-954 (Building Code) Section 27-968 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler protection in Group J-1 , places of assembly located within Group J-1 and existing Group J-1 except residential hotels. Provide closed circuit electrically supervised fire alarm signal system in hotels, motels, lodging houses, dormitories, and single room occupancies with more than 15 sleeping rooms or accommodating more than 15 lodgers above first or ground floor and health clubs or bath houses with more than 15 sleeping accommodations on the premises and Group J-1 more than 75 feet high. Provide smoke detecting devices receiving their power from building wiring in ail Group J occupancies except in Groups J-1 and J-2, which contain optional wet sprinkler systems.
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ORANGE COUNTY,FLORIDA Administrative Requirements
Promulgation
Enforcement
Chris Sanidas Building Official Orange County Building Department 201 South Rosalind Ave. P. O. Box 2607 Orlando, FL 32802 (407) 836-5550 Chris Sanidas
Dan Kucik Fire Marshal Drange County Fire Rescue 6590 Amory Court Winterpark,FL 32792 (407)836-9080
Dan Kucik Fire Marshal Drange County Fire Rescue 6590 Amoy Court Winterpark, FL 32792 (407) 836-9080
Dan Kucik Fire Marshal Orange County Fire Rescue 6590 Amory Court Winterpark, FL 32792 (407) 836-9080
Dan Kucik Fire Marshal Orange County Fire Rescue 6590 Amory Court Winterpark, FL 32792 (407) 836-9080
The County adds all buildings five stories or more and all buildings over 50 feet in height to those occupancies requiring approved automatic sprinkler systems as listed in Section 903.5 of the Standard Building Code. See Chapter 3 for summary of Standard Building Code provisions.
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Amendments
County Amendments
Fire Prevention Code 1988 Standard Fire Prevention Code with 1989 and 1990 supplements No amendments
No amendments
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA AdministrativeRequirements
Building Code Code Amendments Promulgation 1996NBC City Amendments David L. Wismer Director, Planning & Code Development Department of Licenses and Inspections Planning and Code Development Unit Municipal Services Bldg. Suite 1180 1401 J. F. Kennedy Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19102-1687 (215) 686-2549 Michael Fink Director, Construction Services Department of Licenses and Inspections Planning and Code Development Unit Municipal Services Bldg. Suite 1180 1401 J. F. Kennedy Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19102-1687 (215) 686-1437 or 1440
Fire Prevention Code 1993NFPC City Amendments David L. Wismer Director, Planning & Code Development Department of Licenses and Inspections Planning and Code Development Unit Municipal Services Bldg. Suite 1180 1401 J. F. Kennedy Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19102-1687 (215) 686-2549 Kevin Daly Chief, Commercial and Industrial Fire Unit Department of Licenses and Inspections Planning and Code Development Unit Municipal Services Bldg. Suite 1180 1401 J. F. Kennedy Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19102-1687 (215) 68.5-3717
Life Safe@
Cne
None
Enforcement
Comments Summary of Amendments Amendments to the Building Code are mostly administrative and do not affect fire protection requirements. The city amendments to the Fire Code require existing high-rise buildings to be retrofitted with automatic sprinkler systems within a certain time period. The city also requires all Group R-2 occupancies to be provided with automatic fire detection in all common areas. See the following pages for summary of fire protection requirements from the 1996 BOCA National BuildinP Code and 1993 National Fire Prevention Code, as amended by the city.
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CTITY OF PHILADELPHIA,P E N I A 1996 BOCA Use Group Classificationswith City Amendments
GROUP A ASSEMBLY Buildings used for assembly with greater than 50 occupants. Sub-classify as follows: A-1 Theaters - Theaters and other buildings for theatrical or operatic performances and exhibitions with raised stage and fixed seats, proscenium curtain, fixed or portable scenery loft, lights, motion picture booth, mechanical appliances, and other theatrical accessories and equipment. A-2 Nightclubs, Dance Halls - Buildings and public assembly places including rooms, lobbies, and other spaces connected thereto with common means of egress and entrance without theatrical stage accessories and designed for use as dance hall, night club, or similar. A-3 Restaurants, Recreation Buildings with or without auditorium and without theatrical stage other than raised platform where people assemble for amusement, entertainment, or recreation and incidental motion picture, dramatic, or theatrical presentations including art galleries, exhibition halls, museums, lecture halls, libraries, restaurants other than nightclubs, recreation centers, and passenger terminals. Included are classroonis, lecture halls, libraries, auditoriums or siinilarplaces o learning with an occupant load of more than 50. f A 4 Churches -Buildings used as churches and for similar religious purposes. A-5 Stadiums Outdoors assembly structures including grandstands, bleachers, coliseums, stadiums, tents, and similar structures.
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GROUP B BUSINESS Buildings or parts thereof used for business transactions, rendering of professional services, or for other services involving stocks of goods, wares, or merchandise in limited quantities for use incidental to office uses or sample purposes including: data processing, animal hospitals and kennels, automobile showrooms, banks, beauty and barber shops, car washes, civic administration and post offices, laboratories for testingiresearch, telephone exchanges, laundries and dry cleaning and self-service and pick-up/delivery stations, outpatient clinics, radio/TV stations, fire and police stations, florists and nurseries, print shops, and professional services. Included are assembly-type and educational-tjpe uses with a total occupant load of less than 50.
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GROUP E - EDUCATIONAL Buildings or parts thereof used by more than five persons at one time for educational purposes through twelfth grade including schools, academies, and day-care centers providing care for more than six persons over two -and-one-half years of age for less than 24 hours per day. GROW F - FACTORYENDUSTRIAL Buildings or parts thereof; including among others, factories, assembling plants, industrial laboratories, and all other industrial and manufacturing uses where occupants engaged in fabricating, assembling, or processing of products or materials. Sub-classify as follows: F-1 Moderate Hazard Moderate hazard factory and industrial uses for manufacturing processes including aircraft, automobiles, appliances, boats, and RVs, bakeries, alcoholic beverages, boilers works, canneries, clothing, machinery, dry cleaning using other than flammables, electronics and electric light plants, food processing, film, furniture, tanneries, woodworking, paper mills, plastic, publishing, printing, refuse incinerators, shoes, soap, sugar, tobacco, upholstery, textile mills, and laundries. F-2 Low Hazard - Factory and industrial uses involving fabrication or manufacturing of noncombustible materials which during finishing, packing, or processing, do not involve significant fire hazard including nonalcoholic beverages, brick, masonry, ceramic, glass, and gypsum, foundries, ice, metal fabrication and assembly, and water pumping plants.
GROUPH -HAZARDOUS Buildings or parts thereof used for manufacturing, processing, generation, or storage of corrosive, highly toxic, highly combustible, flammable, or explosive materials including loose combustible fibers, dust, and unstable materials that constitute high fire or explosion hazard. Sub-classify as follows: H-1 - Buildings and structures or parts thereof containing materials, which present a detonation hazard. H-2 - Buildings and structures or parts thereof, which contain materials presenting a deflagration hazard or a hazard from accelerated burning. H-3 - Buildings and structures or parts thereof which contain materials that readily support combustion or present a physical hazard. H-4 -Buildings and structures or parts thereof containing materials that are a health hazard.
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GROUP I INSTITUTIONAL Buildings or parts thereof where people suffering from physical limitations due to health or age harbored for medical or other care or treatment, where people detained for penal or correction purposes, or where liberty of inmates is restricted. Sub-classify as follows: 1-1 Supervised - Facilities for children, aged persons, mentally impaired and convalescents including group homes, mentally retarded care facilities, nursing homes, and orphanages, housing six or more individuals who because of age, mental disability, or other reasons, must live in supervised environment but who are physically capable of responding to emergency situation without personal assistance. 1-2 Incapacitated - Use for persons with physical limitations including hospitals, day nurseries, sanitariums, infirmaries, orphanages, and homes for aged and infirm. Included are childcare facilities accommodatingmore thansix children twoand one-half years of age or less for any length of time. 1-3 Restrained - Buildings or parts thereof including prisons, jails, reformatories, insane asylums, and similar uses, inhabited by occupants under some restraint.
Buildings or parts thereof used for display and sales purposes and accessible to public including retail stores, motor fuel service stations, shops, salesrooms, and markets.
GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Buildings or parts thereof where families or households live or where sleeping accommodationsprovided for individuals with or without dining facilities. Sub-classify as follows: R-1 HoteldMotels - Hotels, motels, boarding houses, and similar buildings arranged for shelter and sleeping accommodations for more than five occupants primarily transient in nature who use facilities for less than 30 days.
R-2 Multifamily - Dwellings with more than two dwelling units including boarding houses and similar buildings arranged for shelter and sleeping accommodations for occupants primarily not transient in nature. This also includes dormitories accommodating more than five persons older than 2-1/2 years of age.
R-3 One and Two Family and Multiple Single-family - Buildings arranged for use as one- or two-family dwelling units with maximum five lodgers or boarders per family and multiple single-family dwellings where each unit has its own means of egress. This also includes a childcare facility accommodatingsix or less children of any age.
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GROUP S - STORAGE Buildings or parts thereof including warehouses, storehouses, and freight depots used primarily for storage of goods, wares, or merchandise. Sub-classify as follows:
S-1 Moderate Hazard Storage buildings for contents likely to burn with moderate rapidity, but not producing poisonous gases, fumes, or explosives. S-2 Low Hazard Storage buildings for noncombustible materials and low hazard wares that do not ordinarily bum rapidly such as products on wood pallets or in paper cartons without significant amounts of combustible wrappings but with negligible amount of plastic trim such as knobs, handles, or film wrapping.
GROUP U - UTILITY AND MISCELLANEOUS
Accessory buildings and miscellaneous structures not classified in any specific use group per Building Code requirements commensurate with fire and life hazard incidental to use. This group includes structures accessory to a residential occupancy.
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C Y OF PHILADELPHIA, PENTVSYLVANIA 1996 National Codes (BOCA) with City Amendments Fire AlardDetection Systems
Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems A-1 - Theaters A-2 - Night Clubs A-3 - Restaurants A 4 - Churches Group B - Business Group E - Educational Group F - Factory F-1 - Moderate Hazard
> 12,000 sq. ft. > 5,000 sq. ft. > 12,000 sq. ft. > 12,000 sq. ft.
Fire Alarm Systems
> 20,000 sq. ft. > 3 stories or > 12,000 sq. ft. or > 24,000 sq. ft. total Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
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Group M - Mercantile Group R - Residential R-1 - HotelMotels R-2 - MUltif&dy Group S - Storage S-1 - Moderate Hazard Atriums
Required Required
Required Required
Required Required
> 2 stories
> 30 ft. ceiling

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Hazardous Production Materials
I Required
Required
I Required
Public Garages

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> 3 stories or > 12,000 sq. ft. or > 24,000 sq. fi. total Required
Required
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CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 1996 National Codes (BOCA) with City Amendments Requirements and Exceptions
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 904.2 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Groups A-1, A-3, and A-4 occupancies that exceed 12,000 square feet as follows: entire story or floor level where Groups A-1, A-3, or A-4 occupancies are located; all stories and floors below Groups A-1, A-3, or A-4; and all stories and floor levels between Groups A-1, A-3, or A-4 and the level of exit discharge. Exception: Groups A-1 or A-3 auditoriums, Group A-4 naves and chancels, or Group A-3 participant sport areas if main floor of each area is at the level of exit discharge of the main entrance. These requirements also apply to Group A-2 occupancies which are more than 5,000 square feet in area or located either above or below the level of exit discharge of exits serving the occupancy. Provide fire alarm system in Group A-4 occupancies except in sanctuary and nave areas of churches.
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Section 918.4.1 (Building Code) GROUP B - BUSINESS Section 918.4.2 (Building Code)
Provide fire alarm system in Group B occupancies, which are two or more stones above or below level of exit discharge.
Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Group E occupancies, unless floor area is less than 20,000 square feet Provide fire alarm system in all Group E occupancies.
GROUP F - FACTORY/INDUSTRIAL Section 904.7 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Group F-1 buildings more than 12,000 square feet in area, or more than 24,000 square feet total area on all floors, or more than three stories above grade.
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Sections 904.5 and 417.1 Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group H occupancies or any other building or structure occupied for the manufacturing, processing, dispensing, use or storage of (Building Code) hazardous materials. Exception: Magazines used for the storage of Group H-1 materials constructed and located per NFPA 495 and the fire prevention code. Section 503.4 (Fire Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all existing high-hazard occupancies used for the manufacture or storage of articles of cellulose nitrate (pyroxylin) plastic. Also provide automatic fire suppression system in vaults located within buildings for the storage of raw pyroxylin. Provide automatic fire suppression system in all spray, dip and immersing spaces and storage rooms of buildings of portions thereof used for the spraying of flammable paints, varnishes and lacquers or other flammable materials or mixtures. Provide approved automatic fire suppression system in drying rooms designed for highhazard materials and processes. Provide automatic fire detection system per NFPA 72 throughout Group H Occupancies where required by fire prevention code. Provide detection system in areas where high-hazard materials are used and stored. Provide a fire alarm system in Groups H-2, H-3, and H-4 occupancies.
Section 904.6 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group I Occupancies. Exception: Group 1-2 child-care facilities accommodating 100 children or less located at level of exit discharge with an exit door in each child-care room directly to the exterior. Provide fire alarm systems in all Group I Buildings.
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GROUP I - INSTITUTIONAL (continued) Section 919.4 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire detection system in all Groups 1-1 and 1-2 occupancies except Group 1-2, which are fully sprinkled throughout. In Group 1-3, provide automatic fire detection system and smoke detectors throughout all resident housing areas. Smoke detectors are not required in sleeping rooms with not more than four occupants. Provide single- or multiple-station smoke detectors in all sleeping areas in Group 1-1 occupancies, except where the building is equipped throughout with an automatic detection system. Smoke detectors are required to have battery -power backup.
In Group 1-2, provide automatic fire detection system in corridors and spaces open to the corridors in nursing homes and detoxification facilities. Exception 1: Not required if patient sleeping rooms have smoke detectors permanently connected to the buildings power supply and have a visible display on the corridor side of each patient room and an audible and visual alarm at the nursing station attending the rooms. Exceptions 2: Not required if patient rooms equipped with automatic door-closing devices with integral smoke detectors on the room side that perform the required alerting function.
GROUP M - MERCANTILE Section 904.7 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout Group M occupancies which are more than 12,000 square feet in area, more than 24,000 square feet in total area on all floors, or more than three stories above grade. Exception: Public garages.
GROW R - RESIDENTHL Sections 904.8 and 906.2.1 (Building Code) Section 904.9 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group R-1 occupancies except guest rooms if not more than three stories above the lowest level of exit discharge and each guest room has at least one door of direct access to exit. Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout all Group R-2 occupancies except buildings two stories or less, including basements, and with 12 or less dwelling units and each dwelling unit has a least one door of direct access to exit.
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GROW R - RESIDENTIAL (continued) Section 918.4.5 (Building Code) Section 918.4.6 (Building Code) Provide fire alarm system in all Group R-1 occupancies.
Provide fire alarm system in Group R-2 occupancies where dwelling unit is located three or more stories above lowest level of exit discharge or more than one story below the highest level of exit discharge. Provide automatic fire detection system in all Group R-1 occupancies except buildings without interior corridors and where all guest rooms have a direct exterior exit access. Provide single- or multiple-station smoke detectors in Groups R-1, R-2, and R-3 occupancies. In buildings equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system, smoke detectors are not required in bedrooms that are equipped with residential sprinklers. Smoke detectors are required to have battery -power backup.
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GROUP S - STORAGE
Section 904.7 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire suppression system throughout in Group S-1 occupancies which are more than 12,000 square feet in area, more than 24,000 square feet in total area on all floors, or more than three stories above grade.
ATRIUMS
Section 404.2 (Building Code) Section 404.4 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system in atrium and all stories and floors connected to the atrium. Provide a smoke control system in all atriums that connect more than two stories.
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ATRIUMS (continued)
Section 404.6 (Building Code) Section 922.4.2 (Building Code) Provide a fire alarm system in all occupancies with an atrium that connects more than two stories. In Groups A, E, or M occupancies: provide a voice/alarm signaling system. In a smoke control area with ceiling height over 30 feet, provide smoke detectors to detect smoke above highest floor open to an atrium or at highest point of another smoke control space.
COVERED MALLS
Section 402.10 and 402.14.2 (Building Code) Section 402.7.1 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout covered mall building and all connected buildings, including kiosks and similar structures that are covered and located within the mall.
In anchor store, provide smoke control system to be activated by smoke detectors installed in return air portion of heating and cooling system, automatic sprinkler system, and manual controls provided in an approved location.
HAZARDOUSPRODUCIION MATERZALS FACILITES

Apply to all buildings having floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Exceptions: Airport traffic control towers; open parking structures; Groups A-5, H-1, H-2 or H-3; and low-hazard special occupancies.
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HIGHRISE BUILDINGS continue) Section 403.2 (Building Code) Section 403.4 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout high-rise buildings. Exceptions: Open parking structures and telecommunications equipment buildings. Provide smoke detectors in rooms for mechanical equipment, electrical, transformer, telephone equipment, elevator machine. Install so that actuation of detector sounds alarm at a constantly supervised location. Provide voice alarm and comnunication system.
PUBLIC GARAGES Section 408.3.1 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system in public garages where any area exceeds 12,000 square feet, or the total combined area of all floors exceeds 24,000 square feet, or more than three stories above grade, or if located beneath other use groups. Provide automatic sprinkler system in the fuel-dispensing area of a public garage.
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SPECIAL AMSEMENT BUILDINGS

Section 413.3 (Building Code) Provide automatic fire detection system in all special amusement buildings. An approved alternative type of automatic detector may be installed where ambient conditions will cause a smoke detector to activate. Provide automtic sprinkler system throughout special amusement buildings. Excepted if total floor area of a temporary special amusement building is less than 1,000 square feet and the travel distance from any point to an exit is less than 50 feet.
STAGES AND PLATFORMS Section 412.6 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system on stages and enclosed platforms installed under the roof and gridiron, in tie and fly galleries, and in all places beyond the proscenium wall of the stage; over and within enclosed platforms in excess of 500 square feet in area; and in dressing rooms, lounges, workshops and storerooms accessory to such stages or enclosed platforms. See Section 412.6 for exceptions to this requirement.
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STAGES AND PLATFORMS(continued)

Section 411.7 and 412.8 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system in all buildings or portions used as sound stages for motion picture or television production and over 1,000 square feet.
U D STRUCTURES
Section 405.1 (Building Code) Applies to all structures having a floor level used for human occupancy more than 30 feet below, or more than one story below, the lowest level of exit discharge serving that floor level. Provide an automatic sprinkler system throughout the highest level of exit discharge serving the underground portions of the structure and all levels below. Provide smoke detection in rooms for mechanical equipment, electrical transformer, telephone equipment, and elevator machinery. Install so that actuation of detector sounds an alarm at a constantly attended location. Provide smoke exhaust system to be activated by the automatic sprinkler system, smoke detectors, or manual controls provided for fire department use. Provide a fire alarm system, which includes a voice/alarm signaling system, where the lowest level of a structure is more than 60 feet below the lowest level of exit discharge.
When an exit discharges into an interior lobby located at the level of exit discharge, provide automatic sprinkler system throughout lobby. Provide approved automatic fire suppression system at the top and at alternate floor levels in a waste or linen chute and in the termination and incinerator rooms. System not required if incinerator burns only Type 4 waste. Provide automatic fire suppression system in vaults for combustible refuse, which are more than 360 cubic feet in volume.
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OTHER GENERAL REuIREMENTs continued)

Section 904.10 (Building Code) In buildings with windowless story, provide an automatic fire suppression system throughout every story or basement where there is not provided at least one of the type openings outlined by Section 904.10. Exception: Group R-3 occupancies. Where required, provide manual fire alarm boxes not more than five feet from the entrance to each exit. Exception: Manual fire alarm boxes are not required in Group B occupancies where the highest occupied floor is 75 feet or less above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access or the building is protected throughout with automatic sprinkler system.
EXISTING BUILDINGS
Section F-503.2
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Provide,fire alarm systems in existing buildings with Group R-2 occupancies and provide in nther exioting building9 ao dpoignntpd by Rmilding cod^
(Added)
Section F-503.3 (Fire Code) (Added)
Provide automaticfire detection throughout all existing Groups I-I and I-2, except hospital patient rooms and buildings sprinkled throughout. Provide automaticfire detection in all common areas, corridors, and basements (except in buildings sprinkled throughout) of all existing Groups R-I and R-2. In Group R-2 where audibility of existingfire alarm indicating devices does not meet the required audibility within the dwelling units, the installation of supplemental sounding devices within the dwelling units will be acceptable if installed per Fire Code.
f AutomaticJire detection may be smoke detectors, except an approved alternative type o detector may be installed in spaces such as boiler rooms where, products of combustion may cause actuation of smoke detector.
Section F-503.3.2.2 (Fire Code) (Amended)
Provide single and multiple-station smoke detectors in each dwelling unit in immediate vicinity of bedrooms and on each story, in each bedroom of existing Group R-2 high-rise buildings (except ifsprinkled throughout), in each guest room of existing Group R-1, and in each boarding unit, dormitory and communal sleeping area. Install per NFPA 72 and connect to primary ACpower source of building OY can be a wireless system. Electrical interconnection required in Group R-2 high-rise buildings. In existing Group R-3, provide smoke detectors in each unit and on each level per NPFA 72 and Building Code. Battery powered smoke detectors are permitted in Group R-3 and interconnection is not required.
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EXISTING BUILDINGS (continued) Section F-503.4 (Fire Code) (Added)

Provide automatic fire suppression system installed per NFPA 13 and the Fire and Building Code in basements classi$ed as windowless stories with floor area exceeding 2500 square ,feet and used,for manufacture, sale, or storage (except in G ~ o t R-3). in commercial kitchen p exhaust systems in all buildings, and high-rise buildings.
In existing structures, provide approved smoke or heat detectors in return air ducts or plenums in each re-circulating air system with a capacity of 2,000 cfm or more and serving more than one floor in building exceeding six stories in height. If not part of an approved smoke control system, install so that actuation of the detector automatically stops the fans.
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CITY OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA AdministrativeRequirements
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Code Amendments Promulgation 1997 UBC
Building Code
Fire Prevention Code 1997 UFC City amendments
ICity amendments
Alan Olson Assistant Director/Building Official Development Services Department Building Safety Division 200 West Washington St. Phoenix, AZ 85003 (602) 262-6901 Alan Olson Assistant DirectorJ3uilding Official Development Services Department Building Safety Division 200 West Washington St. Phoenix, AZ 85003 (602) 262-6901
Barbara Koffron Assistant to the Chief Phoenix Fire Department Urban Services Division 150 S. 12'h Street Phoenix, AZ 85034-2301 (602) 262-6771
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Enforcement
Barbara Koffion Assistant to the Chief Phoenix Fire Department Urban Services Division 150 S. 12'h Street Phoenix, AZ 85034-2301 (602) 262-6771
Comments Summary of Amendments The city amendments to the 1997 Uniform Building Code adds automatic sprinkler protection requirements for certain industrial shade canopies, weather-protection shade canopies, mercantile shade canopies, and non-residential patio covers. The city does not adopt Appendix Chapter 34 for existing buildings. See summary of Uniform Codes in Chapter 3.
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Ci" OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA Administrative Requirements
Building Code Cade Amendments Promulgation 1996 NBC City amendments Ronald S. Graziano ,Chief Department of Public Safety Bureau of Building Inspection 200 Ross Street Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (412) 255-2176 Ronald S. Graziano ,Chief Department of Public Safety Bureau of Building Inspection 200 Ross Street Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (412) 255-2176
Fire Prevention Code 1996NFPC City amendments Ronald S. Graziano ,Chief Department of Public Safety Bureau of Building Inspection 200 Ross Street Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (412) 255-2176 Peter J. Micheli, Jr., Chief Bureau of Fire Department of Public Safety Bureau of Fire 100 Grant St., 6'h Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (412) 255-2864
Life Safety Cade None
Enforcement
Comments Summary of Amendments Code provisions for high-rise buildings apply to all buildings having floors used for human occupancy located more than six stories or 75 feet above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access. The city revises the threshold for Group E day care facilities to seven or more persons. See Chapter 3 for summary of 1996 BOCA National Code requirements.
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Cl" OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code Amendments Promulgation 1997 UBC State and city amendments Frank Y. Chiu Director Department of Building Inspection 1660 Mission St., 6'h FI. San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 558-6131
Fire Prevention Code 1997 UFC State and city amendments Kevin D. Taylor Fire Marshal San Francisco Fire Dept. Division of Fire Prevention and Investigation Bureau of Fire Prevention 698 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94 107 (415) 558-3300 Kevin D. Taylor Fire Marshal San Francisco Fire Dept. Division of Fire Prevention and Investigation Bureau of Fire Prevention 698 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94107 (415)558-3300
Enforcement
William Wong Deputy Director, Administration Department of Building Inspection 1660 Mission St. 3Td Fl. San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 558-6139
Comments Summary of Amendments City adopts the State of California revisions to the 1997 Uniform Codes. See summary of state codes in Chapter 4. The city makes several amendments to the model code fire protection provisions as follows: Section 904.2.3 (Building Code): City requires Group A basements more than 200 square feet in floor area to be provided with automatic sprinkler system. Section 310.10 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.9.1.1 (Fire Code): City requires Group R-1 apartment houses three or more stories or containing six or more dwelling units, hotels and congregate residences three or more stories having an occupant load of 11, and Group R-3 congregate residences having an occupant load of six or more to be equipped with an approved manual and automatic fire alarm system. Section 403.24 & .25 (Building Code): City requires every existing high-rise building be provided with an approved automatic sprinkler system, except Group R-1 .
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CITY OF SEATTLE,WASHINGTON Administrative Requirements
Building Code Code Amendments Promulgation 1997 UBC City amendments Maureen A. Traxler Code Development Supervisor Department of Design, Construction and Land Use 710 Second Avenue, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98 104-1703 (206) 233-3892 Thomas Kinsman Principal Engineer Department of Design, Construction and Land Use 710 Second Avenue, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98104-1703 (206) 233-7171
Fire Prevention Code 1997 UFC City amendments Diane Hansen Fire Prevention Technician Seattle Fire Department 220 Third Ave. South Seattle, WA 98104-2608 (206) 386- 1451 Gregory Dean, Fire Marshal Seattle Fire Department 220 Third Ave. South Seattle, WA 98 104-2608 (206) 386-1450
Enforcement
Comments Summary of Amendments See the following pages for the city amendments to the 1997 Uniform Codes as they affect the installation of fire aladdetection systems.
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CITY OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 1997 ICBO Use Group Classificationswith City Amendments
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Building or structure for the gathering of 50 or more persons for purposes such as civic, social or religious functions, recreation, education or instruction, food or drink consumption, or awaiting transportation. Amusement buildings are included in this classification. Sub-classify in divisions as follows: A-1 A-2 A-2.1 Assembly building with a stage and an occupant load of 1,000 or more. Building or portion thereof; having an assembly room with occupant load less than 1,000 and a stage. Building or portion thereof with an assembly room with occupant load of 300 or more without a stage, including buildings for educational purposes and other than Groups E or B. Building or portion thereof; with an assembly room with occupant load less than 300 without a stage, including buildings for educational purposes and other than Groups E or B. Stadiums, reviewing stands, and amusement park structures not included in other Group A Occupancies.
A-3
A4
GROUP B - BUSENESS Building or structure or portion thereof for office, professional or service-type transactions, including storage of records and accounts, and eating and drinking establishments with an occupant load of less than 50.
GROUPE -EDUCATIONAL Sub-classify in divisions as follows:
El
Da<v-carecenters, preschools, and day treatment centers.
E2
E3
GROUP F - FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL A building or structure for assembling, disassembling, fabricating, finishing, manufacturing, packaging, repairing or processing operations. Sub-classify in divisions as follows: 5-128 Seattle, WA
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F-1
Moderate-hazard factory and industrial occupancies including factory and industrial uses not classified as F-2. Low-hazard factory and industrial occupancies including facilities producing noncombustible or nonexplosive materials which, during finishing, packing or processing, do not involve a significant fire hazard.
F-2
GROW H - HAZARDOUS
Building or structure where manufacturing, processing, generation of storage materials constitute a high fire, explosion or health hazard. Sub-classify in divisions as follows:
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H-1
Buildings with quantity of material in excess of building code limitations, which present high explosion hazard, including but not limited to: Explosives, blasting agents, fireworks, and black powder. Exception: Storage and use of pyrotechnic special effect materials in motion picture, television, theatrical, and group entertainment production when under permit per Fire Code. Maximum time period for storage is 90 days. Manufacturingof Class 1.4G fireworks. Unclassified detonatable organic peroxides. t Class 4 Oxidizers a Class 4 or Class 3 detonatable unstable (reactive) materials. Buildings with quantity of material in excess of building code limitations which present moderate explosion hazard or hazard from accelerated burning, including but not limited to: Class I organic peroxides. Class 3 non-detonatable unstable (reactive) materials. t Pyrophoric gases. > Flammable or oxidizing gases. Class I, II, or III-A flammable or combustible liquids used in normally open containers or systems or in closed containers pressurized at more than 15 psi gauge. Exception: aerosols. Class 3 oxidizers. Class 3 water-reactive materiais.
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GROUP H HAZARDOUS (continued) H-3

Buildings with quantity of materials in excess of building code limitations, which present high fire or physical hazard, including but not limited to: Class II, III, or IV organic peroxides. L Class 1 or 2 oxidizers. X Class I, II, or III-A flammable liquids or combustible liquids used or stored in normally closed containers or systems and containers pressurized at 15 psi gauge or less, and aerosols. Class III-B combustible liquids. tX Pyrophoric liquids or solids. Class i or 2 water-reactive materiais. Flammable solids in storage. fi Flammable or oxidizing cryogenic fluids (other than inert). t3 Class 1 unstable (reactive) gas or Class 2 unstable (reactive) materials. -
H-4
H-5 H-
Repair garages not classified as Group S-3. Aircraft repair hangars and heliports not classified as Group S-5. Semiconductor fabrication facilities and comparable research and development areas when facilities in which hazardous production materials (HPM) used and aggregate quantity of materials in excess of building code limitations. Occupancies with quantities of materials in excess of building code limitations that are health hazards, including but not limited to: L Corrosives, except stationary lead-acid battery systems. X Highly toxic materials. 3 Irritants. Sensitizers. Other health hazards.
H-7
GROUP I - INSTITTJTIONAL
Sub-classify in divisions as follows: 1-1.1 Nurseries for full-time care of children under the age of six, hospitals,ps,vchiatric hospitals, nursing homes with non-ambulatory or inobile non-ambulatory patients, and similar buildings, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group.
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GROUPI - INSTITUTIONAL (continued) 1-1.2 Health-care centers for ambulatory patients receiving outpatient medical care which may render the patient incapable of unassisted self-preservation, each tenant space accommodating more than five such patients, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group. Nursing homes for ambulatory patients, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group.
Psychiatric hospitals, jails, prisons, reformatories, and buildings where personal liberties of inmates or patients similarly restramed, except buildings used only for private residential purposes for family group.
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1-3
GROUP M - MERCANTILE Building or structure or portion thereof for display and sale of merchandise, and involving stocks of goods, wares or merchandise, incidental to such purposes and accessible to the public. GROUP R - RESIDENTIAL Sub-classifi in divisions as follows: R-1 R-2 R-3 Hotels, apartment houses, congregate residences; each accommodating more than ten persons. Classification not used. Lodging houses, detached dwellings, and family day care homes.
GROUP S STORAGE Building or structure for storage not classified as a hazardous occupancy. Sub-classify in divisions as follows: S-1 Moderate hazard storage occupancies include buildings or portions thereof used for storage of combustible materials not classified as S-2 or Group H. Low-hazard storage occupancies include buildings or portions thereof used for storage of noncombustible materials.
S-2
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GROUP S - STORAGE (continued) S-3 Repair garages and parking garages not classified as S 4 . Open parking garages. Aircraft hangars and helistops.
S4
S-5
GROUPU - UTlLlTY Sub-classify in divisions as follows:
U1
Private garages, carports, sheds, agricultural buildings, and covered boat moorage accessory to a Group R3 dwelling unit. Fences over six feet high, tanks and towers.
U2
GROUP LC
Buildings or structures usedfor the business ofproviding licensed care to clients regulated by either the Washington Department of Health or the Department o Social and Health Services. f
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CITY OF SEATIZE,WASHINGTON 1997 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with City Amendments Fire AlardDetection Systems
Occupancy Type Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems Fire Alarm Systems Group A - Assembly Amusement Buildin s Group B - Business Group E - Educational Required Required Required Required Required Required Required Required Required
> 50 occupants
Required
Group F- Factory Industrial
Required
Group H - Hazardous H-1 Flammables/ Explosives H-2 Moderate Explosion Hazard H-3 HighHazard H-4 Repair Garages H-6 Semiconductor Facilities H-7 Health Hazards
Required
Required Required > 3,000 sq. ft. Required Required
Required
Required
Required
Group I 1-1 1-2 1-3 -
Institutional Hospitals Nursing Homes Jails

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Group R - Residential R-1 Hoteihultifamily Group S - Storage High-rise -New and Existing Construction B-2 Offices R-1 Hotel/Multifamily
> 3 stories
Required
> 3 stories
> 3 stories
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.

Required
> 75 ft. > 75 ft.
75 fi. > 75 ft.

Required Required
Required Required
Aviation Control Towers
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CITY OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 1997 Uniform Codes (ICBO) with City Amendments Requirements and Exceptions
GROUP A - ASSEMBLY Section 904.2.3 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.3 (Fire Code) (Amended) Provide automatic sprinkler systems in Group A as follows: t Rooms and un-separated accessory uses more than 5,000 square feet in total area a when used for consumption of alcoholic beverages. t Basements or basement-like stories more than 1,500 square feet in floor area. a Exhibition and display rooms more than 12,000 square feet t Enclosed usable space below or over a stairway in Groups A-2, a A-2.1, A-3, and A-4. Multi-theater complexes. t Amusement buildings, except if temporary with floor area less than 1,000 square a feet and exit travel distance is less than 50 feet from any point. t All stages more than 1,000 square feet in area and 50 feet in height, dressing rooms, a workshops, storerooms, and other accessory spaces adjoining such stages. t Smoke-protected assembly seating, except press boxes, storage less than i ,000 a square feet, or in conjunction with outdoor seating. Provide approved fire alarm system in Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1 occupancies installed per Fire Code. In Groups A-1, A-2, and A-2.1, provide manual fire alarm system. When occupant load is i ,000 or more, fire alarm must immediately activate approved prerecorded announcement using an approved voice communication system. In permanent and portable amusement buildings, provide automatic sprinkler system. Also provide smoke detection, and supervised alarm and/or public address systems in amusement buildings. In areas where ambient conditions will cause smoke detector to alarm, an approved alternate type of automatic detector may be substituted.
Provide automatic fire-extinguishing system, as approved by the fire chief; in occupancies usedfor temporary amusement events and amusement buildings.
Section 408 & 904.2.3.6 (Building Code) (Amended) and Sections 1007.2.12.1.2 and 2506.1 (Fire Code) (Added)
GROUP B BUSINESS
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See specific requirements for High-rise Occupancies for New Construction.
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GROW E - EDUCATIONAL
Section 305.2.2.2 (Building Code) Section 305.9 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.4 (Fire Code) Section 904.2.4 (Building Code) (Added) and Section 1003.2.4 @ire Code) Provide approved smoke detectors to activate all automatic-closing fire assemblies installed in the atmospheric separation. Provide approved fire alarm system when occupant load is 50 or more. When automatic sprinkler or smoke detectors provided, install to automatically activate fire
alarm.
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Provide automatic fire sprinkler system throughout all Group E-1 occupancies including basements, in enclosed usable space below or over a stairway, and in every boiler room or room containing a central heatingplant below usable space unless separated by a three-hourjire-resistive occupancy separation. Exception allowed when room for instruction has one exit door directly outside at ground level. Exception also allowed when area separation walls or occupancy separation has two-hour f e resistive rating subdividing building into separate compartments with aggregate floor area not greater than 20,000 square feet Provide smoke detectors installed throughout area of common atmosphere when the only means of exit from a room is through an adjoining or intervening room. Exceptions: i) When aggregate occupant load of interior room is not more than ten; 2 ) When enclosures forming interior rooms are less than two-thirds of floor-to-ceiling height or not more than eight feet; and 3) Rooms are used exclusively for mechanical and public utility service to building.
Provide automatic fire -sprinkler system in woodworking occupancies over 2,500 square feet where finely divided combustible waste or materials present.
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GROUP H - HAZARDOUS
Section 307.9 (Building Code) and Sections 1007.2.6, 5013.1, and Article 80 (Fire Code) (Amended) Section 307.11 (Building Code) Provide approved manual fire alarm system in Group H occupancies used to manufacture organic coatings and Group H-6 hazardous production materials occupancies. Provide approved autonzatic.fire detection, Jire alarm, and smoke detection for rooms used for storage, dispensing, use and handling of hazardous materials.
Provide approved emergency alarm system outside each interior door of hazardous production materials (Group H-6) storage rooms. Install so that activation of emergency alarm device will sound a local alarm and transmit signal to emergency control station. Provide automatic fire extinguishing systems throughout H-1, H-2, H-3, H-6, and H-7 occupancies and H-4 occupancies with more than 3,000 square feet floor area.
Section 308.9 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.7 (Fire Code) Section 308.10 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.7.1.2 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.7.1.1 (Fire Code) Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in all Group I Occupancies. Install audible alarm devices in non-patient areas. Visible alarm devices may be substituted for audible devices in patient-occupied areas.
Provide smoke detectors in patients sleeping rooms of hospital and nursing homes. Install to receive primary power from building wiring. Except in rooms equipped with automatic door closers having integral smoke detectors on room side, integral detector may substitute for smoke detector provided it performs required alerting functions. In Groups 1-1.1, 1-1.2, and 1-2, provide smoke detectors at automatic-closing doors in smoke barriers and one-hour fire-resistive occupancy separations, and in waiting areas open to corridors. Install smoke detectors to activate alarm signal audible throughout building. In Group 1-3, provide approved automatic smoke-detection system throughout resident housing areas.
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GROW 1 - INSTITUTIONAL (continued) Section 904.2.7 (Building Code) and Section 1003.2.7 (Fire Code) Appendix Chapter 3, Division 1 (Building Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system throughout. Install approved quick-response or residential sprinklers throughout patient sleeping areas in Groups 1-1.1 and 1-2.
GROUP M - MERCANTILE Section 904.2.8 (Building Code) (Amended) and Section 1003.2.8 (Fire Code) Provide automatic sprinkler system in rooms classified as Group M and in roonisf o r storage of combustible materials if floor area exceeds 12,000 square feet on any floor or 24,000 square feet on all floors or if more than three stories.
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Section 310.9.1 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.9.2 (Fire Code) (Added)
Provide operable detectors in all sleeping and napping areas offamily child day care homes.
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GROUP R - RESIDENTZAL (continued) Section 310.10 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.9.1.1 (Fire Code) (Amended) Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in apartment house three or more stories or containing more than 15 dwelling units, hotels three or more stories or containing 20 or more guest rooms, and in congregate residences three or more stories or having occupant load of 20 or more. In Group R-1 occupancies located in high-rise buildings, you must provide a fire aladcommunication system. Exceptions: i) Buildings not more than two stories with all individual units provided one hour fire separation and direct exterior egress; 2) Buildings three stories or less separated b,v at least one-hour.fire-resistive f construction and each unit has a means o egress directly to the public way which is not shared by another unit and where no unit is located above another unit. Provide automatic sprinkler system in Group R not having approvedfire department access, not having adequate,fireJow, or located more than 500feetjroni the nearest hydrant.
Provide automatic sprinkler system in Group R-1 as.fo1low.s: Buildings three or more stories. t Buildings having twofloors of Group R-1 located above any occupanc,v other % than Groups U and S-3parking garage; or storage, mechanical or laundry rooms. t Apartment buildings with five or more dwelling units. % % Hotels with ten or more guest rooms. % t Congregate residences of 50 or more occupants. %
Section 1007.2.9.1.3 8 L .4 (Fire Code) (Amended)
Provide smoke and heat detectors in all common areas and smoke detectors in interior corridors serving as exit for ten or more occupants. Provide heat detectors in un-sprinkled office spaces, retail spaces, parking areas, and other non-residential areas. Where ambient conditionspermit,smoke detectors may be installed in lieu of heat detectors.
GROUP S STORAGE Section 904.2.10 (Building Code) (Added)

Provide automatic sprinkler system in liquor warehouses and in roonis used f o r storage of combustible materials where floor area exceeds 12,000 square feet on any floor or 24,000 square feet on allJoors.
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Section 313.8 (Building Code) (Added)
Provide smoke detectors, installed per approved nianifacturers instructions, in rooms used f o r sleeping purposes within licensed carefacilities. Provide an automatic sprinkler systeni throughout every licensed facility three or niore stories or licensed f o r niore than 16 clients. Also provide in licensed carejacilities with 16 or less clients, licensed to provide care f o r more than two clients having an evacuation capability of II or III. Residential or quick-response heads are required.
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Section 313.9 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.11 (Fire Code) (Added)
Provide approved manual and automatic fire alarm system in Group LC licensed three or more stories or with more than 16 clients.
HIGHRISE. NEW CONSTRUCTION

Section 403.2 (Building Code) Provide approved automatic sprinkler system, smoke detection system, and alarm and communication systems in buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access and in buildings having floors used f o r human occupancy more than 35 feet above grade which lackfire department vehicle access to at least one side, and of Type I or II-F.R. construction. Provide smoke detectors connected to automatic fire alarm system in mechanical system ducts or risers, air conditioning return-air and exhaust-air plenums, unsprinkled mechanical equipment rooms, elevator lobbies and interior corridors serving as exit for occupant load of ten or more occupants in Group R-1 occupancies.
Section 403.3 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.2.2 (Fire Code) (Amended) Section 403.5 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.2 (Fire Code) (Amended)
Provide fire alarm, emergency voice/alarm signaling system and fire department communication systems in buildings with floors used for human occupancy located more than 75 feet above lowest level of fire department access. Installfire alarm system in existing high-rise buildings per Article 193 of Fire Code. Fire alarm systems in new construction must meet the requirenzentsper City Building Code.
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Section 402.2 (Building Code) and Section 1007.2.12.3 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.4 and Article 81 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.5 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.6 (Fire Code)
Buildings with atrium: Provide smoke-control system that operates automatically upon actuation of automatic sprinkler system within and areas open to atrium. Install smoke-control system to initiate fire alarm signal in designated portions of building.
Provide automatic fire detection system throughout high-piled combustible storage uses as required by Article 8 1. Provide approved automatic fire sprinkler system when required by Table 81-A. Provide automatic smoke detection system throughout building when special egresscontrol devices are installed on exit doors. Provide smoke detectors within office corridors not of one-hour fire-resistive conslruction. Install detectors to activate alarms audible in all areas served by corridor. Provide approved manual alarm system when required by Article 88 for aerosol storage rooms and general purpose warehouses containing aerosols. Provide approved automatic smoke detection system when required by the Building Code for automatic control of a smokecontrol system. Provide manual fire alarm system in lumber, plywood, and veneer mills.
Section 1007.2.12.7 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.8 (Fire Code) Section 1007.2.12.9
(Fire Code)
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HIGHREE. EXISTING STRUCTURJCS

Article 193 Section I9306 (Fire Code) (Added) The city does not adopt the appendix chapreips o the Uniform Codes but has inserted f Article 193 into the city k,fire code. The purpose of this article is to establish minimum standardsf o r existing high-rise buildings. Fire protection requirements are as folloM1s: Provide electrically supervised,fire alarm and detection system, as approved by thefire chief; in every existing high-rise building, except a residential occupancy with a system installed by other regulations. Provide electrically supervised automatic smoke detection in elevator landings,public corridors, and on the corridor orfloor side of each exit stairway, except where corridor has an approved automatic sprinkler system. Provide electrically supewised automatic heat or smoke detection in rooms usedfor storage, shops, handicraft, f janitor, trash and similar purposes i no automatic sprinkler system exists.
AVIATION CONTROL TOWERS

Appendix Chapter 4, DMsion II, Section 425 (Building Code) Provide smoke detectors and approved fire alarm system in all occupied levels.
GROUP CARE FACILITIES (GROUP R DMSION 4)

Append= Chapter 3, Division N, Section 341 (Building Code)
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Except in Group R-3 and U occupancies, provide automatic sprinkler system in every story or basement area more than 1,500 square feet except as detailed in Section 904.2.2 of 1997 UBC; at top of rubbish and linen chutes and their terminal rooms, in rooms where nitrate film is stored or handled, or in protected combustible fiber storage vaults, and throughout all buildings with floor level with an occupant load of 30 or more located 55 feet or more above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Exception: Airport control towers, open parking structures, and Group F-2 occupancies.
Appendix Chapter 34 Division 1, Section 3408 (Building Code) and Appendix 1-A (Fire Code) Section 713 (Building Code)
Provide approved and listed smoke detectors to activate closing device of an automatic closing fire assembly, i.e., fire door, fire window or fire damper, and to close smoke dampers in ducted or un-ducted air openings as required by the 1997 UBC.
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Table of Contents (continued)

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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION, BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY

ORGANIZATION AND CONTENT

GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED

ANSI: American National Standards Institute.

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers, Inc.

ASME: American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

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HPM: Hazard production materials.

WAC: Heating, ventilating and air conditioning.

NFPC: National Fire Prevention Code (BOCA).

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Sprinkler Alarm System: An alarm activated by waterflow from a sprinkler system.

UBC: Uniform Building Code. UFC: Uniform Fire Code.

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CODE BASIS FOR STATE CODES AND REGULATIONS

Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia

I 1994 SBC I 1997UBC

I 1994NFPA 101 I None

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1 1997NFPA 101 1 None

I South Carolina I South Dakota

West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

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CODE BASIS FOR CITY AND COUNTY CODES AND REGULATIONS

Locality Atlanta Baltimore Boston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Denver

None 1994NFPA 101 NFPA 101

Houston Las Vegas Los Angeles City Los Angeles County

1997 UBC 1996NBC 1997 SBC City

1997 NFPA 101

New York City

&ge county (FL) Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh San Francisco

I 1997 SBC 1 1996NBC

Seattle Washington, D.C.

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CHAPTER 2 CODE REGULATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT

CODE WRITING ORGANIZATIONS

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THE CODE CHANGE PROCESS

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STATES WITH MANDATORY STATEWI DE BUJLDINGCODES

Codes Adopted at Local Level l

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CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCTION A N D EXPLANATION

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CODE REVISION PROCESS:

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1999 BOCA USE GROUP CLASSIFICATIONS

NEMA GUIDE CODE Fire Alarm & Detection System

NEMA GUIDE CODE Fire Alarm & Detection System