Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a)
Scope and Application. This Section applies to all automatic fire detection
systems.
(b) Installation and
Restoration.
(1) All devices and equipment
shall be designed, installed, and maintained in an approved manner.
NOTE: For information on automatic fire detection
system design, installation and maintenance, consult the National Fire
Protection Association's "National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code", NFPA 72,
2013 edition and/or your local jurisdiction fire department.
(2) The employer shall restore all fire
detection systems and components to normal operating condition as promptly as
possible after each test or alarm.
(c) Maintenance and Testing.
(1) The employer shall maintain all systems
in an operable condition except during repairs or maintenance.
(2) Fire detectors and fire detection systems
shall be tested and adjusted as often as needed to maintain proper reliability
and operating condition except that factory calibrated detectors need not be
adjusted after installation.
(3)
Pneumatic and hydraulic operated detection systems installed after July 1,
1981, shall be equipped with supervised systems.
(4) Servicing, maintenance and testing of
fire detection systems, including cleaning and necessary sensitivity
adjustments shall be performed by a trained person knowledgeable in the
operations and functions of the systems.
(5) Fire detectors shall be cleaned as
necessary to assure proper operation.
(d) Protection of Fire Detectors.
(1) Fire detection equipment installed
outdoors or in the presence of corrosive atmospheres shall be protected from
corrosion. The employer shall provide a canopy, hood, or other suitable
protection for detection equipment requiring protection from the
weather.
(2) The employer shall
locate or otherwise protect detection equipment so that it is protected from
mechanical or physical impact which might render it inoperable.
(3) The employer shall assure that detectors
are supported independently of their attachment to wires or
tubing.
(e) Response
Time.
(1) The employer shall assure that fire
detection systems installed for the purpose of actuating fire extinguishment or
suppression systems shall be designed to operate in time to control or
extinguish a fire.
(2) Fire
detection systems installed for the purpose of employee alarm and evacuation
shall be designed and installed to provide a warning for emergency action and
safe escape of employees.
(3) The
employer shall not delay alarms or devices initiated by fire detector actuation
for more than 30 seconds unless such delay is necessary for the immediate
safety of employees. When such delay is necessary, it shall be addressed in an
emergency action plan meeting the requirements of Section
3220.
(f) Number, Location and Spacing of Detecting
Devices.
(1) The number, spacing and location
of fire detectors shall be based upon design data obtained from field
experience, or tests, engineering surveys, the manufacturer's recommendations,
or a recognized testing laboratory listing.
1. New
Article 164 (Section 6183) filed 9-8-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter
(Register 81, No. 37).
2. Editorial correction of subsection (f)(1)
filed 11-9-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No.
45).
3. Change without regulatory effect deleting Title 24 reference
(Register 87, No. 49).
4. Amendment of subsection (b)(1) filed
12-2-2014; operative 1-1-2015 (Register 2014, No.
49).
Note: Authority cited: Section
142.3, Labor
Code. Reference: Section
142.3, Labor
Code.
