Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1. [Repealed, 44 SR 610, effective
3/31/2020]
IFC Section 907.1 is amended by adding a section to
read:
907.1.3
Protection of
control units. In areas that are not continuously occupied, automatic
fire detection shall be provided at the location of each new fire alarm control
unit, fire alarm notification circuit power extender and supervising station
transmitting equipment to provide notification of fire at that location.
Exception: Additional detection is not required in
buildings sprinklered in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1 or 903.3.1.2.
Subp. 1a.
IFC
section 907.1.2.
IFC section 907.1.2 is amended to read as follows:
907.1.2
Fire alarm shop
drawings. Shop drawings for fire alarm systems shall be submitted for
review and approval before system installation, and shall include all of the
following where applicable to the system being installed:
1. A floor plan that indicates the use of all
rooms.
2. Locations of
alarm-initiating devices.
3.
Locations of alarm notification appliances, including candela ratings for
visible alarm notification appliances.
4. Design minimum audibility level for
occupant notification.
5. Maximum
sound pressure.
6. Location of fire
alarm control unit, transponders, and notification power supplies.
7. Annunciators.
8. Power connections.
9. Battery calculations.
10. Conductor type and size.
11. Voltage drop calculations.
12. Manufacturers data sheets indicating
model numbers and listing information for equipment, devices, and
materials.
13. Details of ceiling
height and construction.
14. The
interface of fire safety control functions.
15. Classification of the supervising
station.
Subp.
2.
IFC section 907.2.
IFC section 907.2 is amended to read:
907.2
Where required in new buildings
and occupancies. An approved manual, automatic, or manual and automatic
fire alarm system shall be provided in new buildings and occupancies in
accordance with Sections 907.2.1 through 907.2.24.2 and NFPA 72. For the
purposes of Sections 907.2.1 through 907.2.24.2, fire barrier walls or fire
walls shall not define separate buildings. In buildings containing mixed
occupancies that are designed as separated uses (see Section
102.14), fire alarm and
detection systems need only be installed in those occupancies where required by
this section.
Exception: In areas protected by an approved,
supervised automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance with Section
903.3.1.1 or 903.3.1.2, automatic fire detectors required by Section 907.2 need
not be provided. Where Section 907.2 requires smoke detectors, such protection
shall be installed.
Subp.
3.
IFC section 907.2.1.
IFC section 907.2.1 is amended, and sections added, to
read:
907.2.1
Group A,
general. A fire alarm system shall be installed in accordance with
Sections 907.2.1 through 907.2.1.3 in Group A occupancies having an occupant
load of 300 or more.
Exceptions:
1. Assembly areas used solely for worship
purposes.
2. A fire alarm system is
not required in buildings with an occupant load less than 1,000 when an
approved automatic fire sprinkler system is installed throughout the
building.
3. Assembly uses located
inside Group E occupancies shall have alarms as required for the Group E
occupancy.
4. Group A-5
occupancies.
907.2.1.1
Initiation. Initiation of the fire alarm system shall be by
automatic means. Approved automatic fire detectors shall be installed in
laundry rooms, boiler and furnace rooms, mechanical and electrical rooms,
shops, kitchens, trash-collection rooms, storage rooms, and similar
areas.
907.2.1.2
Notification. The required fire alarm system shall activate an
audible and visible notification appliance at a constantly attended location
within the building for the purposes of initiating emergency action. A
presignal feature and positive alarm sequencing in accordance with NFPA 72 are
permitted.
Occupant notification shall be by means of voice announcements,
either live or prerecorded, initiated by the person in the constantly attended
location.
Exception: Where no constantly attended location
exists, an automatic fire alarm system providing a general evacuation signal or
an approved emergency voice/alarm communications system is
permitted.
907.2.1.3
System initiation in Group A occupancies with occupant load of 1,000 or
more. Activation of the fire alarm system in Group A occupancies with an
occupant load of 1,000 or more shall immediately initiate an approved
prerecorded message announcement using an approved emergency voice/alarm
communications system in accordance with NFPA 72.
Exception: Where approved, the prerecorded
announcement is allowed to be manually deactivated for a period of time, not to
exceed three minutes, for the sole purpose of allowing a live voice
announcement from an approved, constantly attended location.
Subp. 4.
IFC
Section 907.2.2.
IFC Section 907.2.2 is amended, and sections added, to
read:
907.2.2
Group B,
general. A fire alarm system shall be installed in accordance with
Sections 907.2.2 through 907.2.2.3 in Group B occupancies if:
1. The building has an occupant load of 500
or more persons; or
2. The building
has an occupant load of more than 100 persons above or below the lowest level
of exit discharge; or
3. The
building contains an outpatient clinic.
When automatic sprinkler systems or automatic fire detectors
are installed in outpatient clinics, such systems or detectors shall be
connected to the building fire alarm system.
Exception: In other than outpatient clinics, a
fire alarm system is not required when an approved automatic fire-extinguishing
system is installed throughout the building.
907.2.2.1
Initiation.
Initiation of the fire alarm system shall be by automatic means. Approved
automatic fire detectors shall be provided in boiler and furnace rooms, shops,
kitchens, mechanical and electrical rooms, trash-collection rooms, storage
rooms and similar areas. In outpatient clinics, initiation of the fire alarm
system shall also be by manual means.
907.2.2.2
Notification.
Activation of the fire alarm system shall initiate a general evacuation signal.
Exception: In lieu of audible notification
appliances, visible notification appliances shall be permitted to be used in
patient care areas.
907.2.2.3
Outpatient clinics.
Corridors in outpatient clinics and spaces open to the corridors shall be
protected by an automatic smoke-detection system.
Subp. 5.
IFC section
907.2.3.
IFC section 907.2.3 is amended, and sections added, to
read:
907.2.3
Group E,
general. A fire alarm system shall be installed in accordance with
Sections 907.2.3 through 907.2.3.3 in Group E occupancies having an occupant
load of 50 or more.
907.2.3.1
Initiation. Initiation of the fire alarm system shall be by manual
and automatic means. Approved automatic fire detectors shall be provided in
laundry rooms, boiler and furnace rooms, mechanical and electrical rooms,
shops, laboratories, kitchens, locker rooms, custodial closets,
trash-collection rooms, storage rooms, lounges, and similar areas.
Exception: In buildings protected throughout by an
approved automatic sprinkler system or having an approved fire alarm system
equipped with corridor smoke detection, manual fire alarm boxes are only
required in any main office and in any custodial area.
907.2.3.2
Travel through adjoining
rooms. Where the only means of egress travel from an interior room or
rooms having an aggregate occupant load of more than 10 occupants is through an
adjoining or intervening room, automatic smoke detectors shall be installed
throughout the common atmosphere through which the path of egress travel
passes.
Exception: In buildings that are protected
throughout by an approved automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance
with Section 903.3.1.1, smoke detectors are not required in intervening or
adjoining rooms.
907.2.3.3
Notification. Activation of the fire alarm system or automatic
sprinkler system shall initiate an emergency voice/alarm communication system
meeting the requirements of Section 907.5.2.2 and installed in accordance with
Section 907.6.
Exception: An emergency voice/alarm communication
system is not required in Group E occupancies with occupant loads of 100 or
less, as long as the activation of the fire alarm system or automatic sprinkler
system in those occupancies initiates a general evacuation signal.
Subp. 6.
IFC Section 907.2.4.
IFC Section 907.2.4 is amended, and sections added, to
read:
907.2.4
Group F,
general. A fire alarm system shall be installed in accordance with
Sections 907.2.4 through 907.2.4.2 in Group F occupancies that are two or more
stories in height and have an occupant load of 500 or more above or below the
lowest level of exit discharge.
Exception: A fire alarm system is not required
when an approved automatic fire-extinguishing system is installed throughout
the building.
907.2.4.1
Initiation. Initiation of the fire alarm system shall be by manual and
automatic means. Approved automatic fire detectors shall be provided in boiler
and furnace rooms, trash-collection rooms, kitchens, mechanical and electrical
rooms, and similar areas.
907.2.4.2
Notification. Activation of the fire alarm system shall initiate
a general evacuation signal.
Subp. 7.
IFC section 907.2.5.
IFC section 907.2.5 is amended, and sections added, to
read:
907.2.5
Group H,
general. A fire alarm system shall be installed in accordance with
Sections 907.2.5 through 907.2.5.2 in Group H-5 occupancies, occupancies used
for the manufacture of organic coatings and, when required by Chapters 60, 62,
and 63, at the following locations:
1. rooms
or areas where highly toxic compressed gases are stored or used;
2. rooms or areas where Class I, II, or III
organic peroxides are stored; and
3. liquid and solid oxidizer storage
areas.
907.2.5.1
Initiation. Initiation of the fire alarm system in Group H-5
occupancies and in occupancies used for the manufacture of organic coatings
shall be by manual means. Initiation of fire alarm systems installed for highly
toxic gases, organic peroxides, and oxidizers shall be by automatic means, as
specified in Chapters 60, 62, and 63.
907.2.5.2
Notification.
Activation of the fire alarm system in Group H-5 occupancies and in occupancies
used for the manufacture of organic coatings shall initiate a general
evacuation signal. Activation of the automatic detection systems installed for
highly toxic gases, organic peroxides, and oxidizers shall sound a local
alarm.
Subp.
8.
IFC section 907.2.6.
IFC section 907.2.6 and all subsections are deleted in their
entirety and replaced with the following:
907.2.6
Group I, general. A fire
alarm system shall be installed in accordance with Sections 907.2.6.1 through
907.2.6.4.2 in Group I occupancies.
907.2.6.1
Group I-1 occupancies, general. A manual and automatic fire alarm
system shall be installed in Group I-1 occupancies in accordance with Sections
907.2.6.1.1 through 907.2.6.1.3.
907.2.6.1.1
Initiation. Initiation of the fire alarm system shall be by manual
and automatic means. Approved automatic fire detectors shall be installed in
laundry and soiled linen rooms, boiler and furnace rooms, mechanical and
electrical rooms, shops, laboratories, kitchens, locker rooms, custodial
closets, trash-collection rooms, storage rooms, lounges, gift shops, and
similar areas. Automatic smoke detectors shall be provided in corridors and
areas that are open to corridors.
Exception: Manual fire alarm boxes in patient
sleeping areas of Group I-1 occupancies shall not be required at exits if
located at all nurses stations or other constantly attended staff locations,
provided such fire alarm boxes are visible and continuously accessible and
provided that travel distances required by Section 907.4.2 are not
exceeded.
907.2.6.1.2
Notification. Activation of the fire alarm system or automatic
sprinkler system shall initiate a general evacuation signal. In addition,
activation of the fire alarm system shall immediately transmit an alarm to an
approved central station or remote station service.
Exceptions:
1. In lieu of audible notification
appliances, visible notification appliances shall be allowed to be used in
critical care areas.
2. Where
occupants are incapable of evacuating themselves because of age,
physical/mental disabilities or physical restraint, only the attendants or
other personnel required to evacuate occupants from a zone, area, floor, or
building shall be required to be notified. This notification shall include
means to readily identify the zone, area, floor, or building in need of
evacuation.
907.2.6.1.3
Sleeping room smoke alarms. Smoke alarms shall be installed in
resident sleeping rooms in accordance with Section 907.2.10.2.
907.2.6.2
Group I-2
occupancies, general. A manual and automatic fire alarm system shall be
installed in Group I-2 occupancies in accordance with Sections 907.2.6.2.1
through 907.2.6.2.4.
907.2.6.2.1
Initiation. Initiation of the fire alarm system shall be by manual
and automatic means. Approved automatic fire detectors shall be installed in
laundry and soiled linen rooms, boiler and furnace rooms, mechanical and
electrical rooms, shops, laboratories, kitchens, locker rooms, custodial
closets, trash-collection rooms, storage rooms, lounges, gift shops, and
similar areas. Hospitals, nursing homes (both intermediate care and skilled
nursing facilities), board and care homes, and detoxification facilities shall
be provided with smoke detection throughout the corridor and areas open to the
corridors, other than nurses stations.
Exceptions:
1. Corridor smoke detection shall not be
required where the sleeping room smoke detectors required in Section
907.2.6.2.3 are connected to an approved fire alarm system and activate a
general evacuation signal.
2.
Manual fire alarm boxes shall not be required at exits from patient sleeping
areas if located at all nurses stations or other constantly attended staff
locations, provided such fire alarm boxes are visible and continuously
accessible and provided that travel distances horizontally on the same floor
shall not exceed 200 feet to reach a manual fire alarm box.
907.2.6.2.2
Notification. Activation of the fire alarm system or automatic
sprinkler system shall initiate a signal that is distinctive from audible
signals used for other purposes in the same building. Such signal is intended
to notify staff and need not meet the minimum sound pressure levels required
for general evacuation fire alarm notification. In addition, activation of the
fire alarm system shall immediately transmit an alarm to an approved central
station or remote station service.
Exceptions:
1. In lieu of audible notification
appliances, visible notification appliances shall be allowed to be used in
critical care areas.
2. Where
occupants are incapable of evacuating themselves because of age,
physical/mental disabilities, or physical restraint, only the attendants or
other personnel required to evacuate occupants from a zone, area, floor, or
building shall be required to be notified. This notification shall include
means to readily identify the zone, area, floor, or building in need of
evacuation.
3. Where total
evacuation of occupants is impractical due to building configuration, only the
occupants in the affected zones shall be initially notified. Provisions shall
be made to selectively notify occupants in other zones to afford orderly
evacuation of the entire building.
907.2.6.2.3
Patient room smoke
detectors. Smoke detectors shall be installed in patient sleeping rooms
of hospitals and nursing homes. Such detectors primary power shall be other
than battery power. Actuation of such detectors shall cause a visual display on
the corridor side of the room where the detector is located and shall cause a
distinct audible and visual alarm at the nurses station attending the room.
Such detectors may be part of the facilitys fire alarm system, nurses call
system, or a standalone system.
907.2.6.2.3.1
Integral smoke detectors for automatic door-closing devices.
Integral smoke detectors for automatic door-closing devices on sleeping room
doors can be installed only if they also meet all of the requirements in
Section 907.2.6.2.3.
907.2.6.2.4
Sleeping room smoke
alarms. For Group I-2 facilities, other than hospitals and nursing
homes, single station smoke alarms shall be installed in resident sleeping
rooms.
907.2.6.3
Group I-3 occupancies, general. A manual and automatic fire alarm
system shall be installed in Group I-3 occupancies in accordance with Sections
907.2.6.3.1 through 907.2.6.3.4.
907.2.6.3.1
Initiation. Initiation of the fire alarm system shall be by manual
and automatic means. Approved automatic fire detectors shall be installed in
laundry and soiled linen rooms, boiler and furnace rooms, mechanical and
electrical rooms, shops, laboratories, kitchens, locker rooms, custodial
closets, trash-collection rooms, storage rooms, lounges, gift shops,
commissaries, and similar areas. Actuation of an automatic fire-extinguishing
system, a manual fire alarm box or a fire detector shall initiate an approved
fire alarm signal, which automatically notifies staff. Presignal systems shall
not be used.
907.2.6.3.2
Manual fire alarm boxes. Manual fire alarm boxes are not required
to be located in accordance with Section 907.4 where the fire alarm boxes are
provided at staff-attended locations having direct supervision over areas where
manual fire alarm boxes have been omitted.
Manual fire alarm boxes are permitted to be locked in areas
occupied by detainees, provided that staff members are present within the
subject area and have keys readily available to operate the manual fire alarm
boxes.
907.2.6.3.3
Smoke detectors. An approved automatic smoke-detection system
shall be installed throughout resident housing areas, including sleeping areas
and contiguous day rooms, group activity spaces, and other common spaces
normally accessible to residents.
Exceptions:
1. Other approved smoke-detection
arrangements providing equivalent protection, such as placing detectors in
exhaust ducts from cells or behind protective grills, are allowed when
necessary to prevent damage or tampering.
2. Smoke detectors are not required in
sleeping rooms with four or fewer occupants in smoke compartments that are
equipped throughout with an approved automatic sprinkler system.
907.2.6.3.4
Notification. Activation of the fire alarm system or automatic
sprinkler system shall initiate a signal that is distinctive from audible
signals used for other purposes in the same building. Such signal is intended
to notify staff and need not meet the minimum sound pressure levels required
for general evacuation fire alarm notification. In addition, activation of the
fire alarm system shall immediately transmit an alarm to an approved central
station or remote station service.
907.2.6.4
Group I-4 occupancies,
general. A manual and automatic fire alarm system shall be installed in
Group I-4 occupancies in accordance with Sections 907.2.6.4.1 through
907.2.6.4.2.
907.2.6.4.1
Initiation. Initiation of the fire alarm system shall be by manual
and automatic means. Approved automatic fire detectors shall be installed in
laundry and soiled linen rooms, boiler and furnace rooms, mechanical and
electrical rooms, shops, laboratories, kitchens, locker rooms, custodial
closets, trash-collection rooms, storage rooms, lounges, gift shops, and
similar areas. Automatic smoke detectors shall be provided in corridors and
areas that are open to corridors.
907.2.6.4.2
Notification.
Activation of the fire alarm system or automatic sprinkler system shall
initiate a general evacuation signal. In addition, activation of the fire alarm
system shall immediately transmit an alarm signal to an approved central
station or remote station service.
Subp. 9.
IFC Section 907.2.7.
IFC Section 907.2.7 and all subsections are deleted in their
entirety.
Subp. 10.
IFC section 907.2.8.
IFC section 907.2.8 and all subsections are deleted in their
entirety and replaced with the following:
907.2.8
Group R-1, general. A
fire alarm system shall be installed in accordance with Sections 907.2.8.1
through 907.2.8.3 in Group R-1 occupancies.
Exceptions:
1. A fire alarm system is not required in
buildings not over two stories in height where all individual sleeping units
and contiguous attic and crawl spaces are separated from each other and public
or common areas by at least one-hour fire partitions and each sleeping unit has
an exit directly to a public way, exit court or yard.
2. Buildings containing five or fewer
sleeping units shall be allowed to be equipped with approved multiple-station
smoke alarms installed as required for Group R-3 occupancies. Installation
shall be in accordance with Section 907.2.10.
907.2.8.1
Initiation. Initiation
of the fire alarm system shall be by automatic means. Approved automatic fire
detectors shall be provided in boiler and furnace rooms, shops, laundry and
soiled linen rooms, mechanical and electrical rooms, trash-collection rooms,
storage rooms, gift shops, kitchens, locker rooms, custodial closets, lounges,
and similar areas. Automatic smoke detectors shall be provided in all common
areas and interior corridors serving as required means of egress.
Exception: System fire and smoke detectors are not
required when an approved automatic fire-extinguishing system is installed in
accordance with Section 903.3.1.1 or 903.3.1.2 and a manual fire alarm box is
provided at a constantly attended location. When a constantly attended location
is not provided, the manual fire alarm box shall be provided at the main
exit.
907.2.8.2
Notification. Activation of the fire alarm system or automatic
sprinkler system shall initiate a general evacuation signal.
907.2.8.3
Sleeping unit smoke
alarms. Sleeping unit smoke alarms required by Section 907.2.10 shall
not be connected to a fire alarm system.
Exception: Connection of such alarms for
annunciation only.
Subp. 11.
IFC section 907.2.9.
IFC section 907.2.9 and all subsections are deleted and
replaced with the following:
907.2.9
Groups R-2 and R-4, general. Fire alarm systems and smoke alarms
shall be installed in Group R-2 and Group R-4 occupancies. Group R-2
occupancies shall comply with Sections 907.2.9.1 through 907.2.9.1.3. Group R-4
occupancies shall comply with Sections 907.2.9.2 through 907.2.9.2.3.
907.2.9.1
Group R-2, general. A
fire alarm system shall be installed in accordance with Sections 907.2.9.1
through 907.2.9.1.2 in Group R-2 occupancies where:
1. any sleeping unit or dwelling unit is
located two or more stories above the story containing the lowest level of exit
discharge;
2. any sleeping unit or
dwelling unit is located more than one story below the highest level of exit
discharge of exits serving the dwelling unit;
3. the building contains more than 16
dwelling units or sleeping units; or
4. the building is used as a congregate
living facility, dormitory, convent, monastery, fraternity, sorority, group
home, or shelter and has an occupant load of 20 or more.
Exception: A fire alarm system is not required in
buildings not over two stories in height where all dwelling units and
contiguous attic and crawl spaces are separated from each other and public or
common areas by at least one-hour fire partitions and each dwelling unit has an
exit directly to a public way, exit court, or yard.
907.2.9.1.1
Initiation.
Initiation of the fire alarm system shall be by automatic means. Automatic fire
detectors shall be provided in boiler and furnace rooms, trash-collection
rooms, shops, laundry rooms, common kitchens, locker rooms, lounges, mechanical
and electrical rooms, storage rooms, and similar areas. Automatic smoke
detectors shall be provided in all common areas and interior corridors serving
as a required means of egress.
Exception: System fire and smoke detectors are not
required when an approved automatic fire-extinguishing system is installed
throughout the building.
907.2.9.1.2
Notification.
Activation of the fire alarm system or automatic sprinkler system shall
initiate a general evacuation signal.
907.2.9.1.3
Dwelling unit smoke
alarms. Dwelling unit smoke alarms required by Section 907.2.10 shall
not be connected to the building fire alarm system.
Exception: Connection of such alarms for
annunciation only.
907.2.9.2
Group R-4, general. A
fire alarm system shall be installed in accordance with Sections 907.2.9.2.1
through 907.2.9.2.3 in Group R-4 occupancies.
Exceptions:
1. A fire alarm system is not required in
buildings two stories or less in height where all individual sleeping units and
attic and crawl spaces contiguous to those units are separated from each other
and public or common areas by at least one-hour fire partitions and each
sleeping unit room has an exit directly to a public way, exit court, or
yard.
2. Buildings containing five
or fewer sleeping units are permitted to be equipped with approved
multiple-station smoke alarms installed as required for Group R-3 occupancies.
Installation shall be in accordance with Section 907.2.10.
907.2.9.2.1
Initiation.
Initiation of the fire alarm system shall be by automatic means. Approved
automatic fire detectors shall be provided in boiler and furnace rooms, shops,
laundry and soiled linen rooms, mechanical and electrical rooms, common
kitchens, lounges, trash-collection rooms, storage rooms, gift shops, locker
rooms, and similar areas. Automatic smoke detectors shall be provided in all
common areas and interior corridors serving as required means of egress.
Exception: System fire and smoke detectors are not
required when an approved automatic fire-extinguishing system is installed in
accordance with section 903.3.1.1, 903.3.1.2, or 903.3.1.3.
907.2.9.2.2
Notification.
Activation of the fire alarm system or automatic sprinkler system shall
initiate a general evacuation signal.
907.2.9.2.3
Smoke alarms. Single
and multiple-station smoke alarms shall be installed in accordance with Section
907.2.10.
Subp.
11a.
IFC section 907.2.10.
IFC section 907.2.10 is amended to read as follows:
907.2.10
Group R-4, general. A
fire alarm system shall be installed in accordance with Sections 907.2.10
through 907.2.10.3 in Group R-4 occupancies.
Exceptions:
1. A fire
alarm system is not required in buildings two stories or less in height where
all individual sleeping units and contiguous attic and crawl spaces to those
units are separated from each other and public or common areas by at least
one-hour fire partitions and each sleeping unit room has an exit directly to a
public way, exit court, or yard.
2.
Buildings containing five or fewer sleeping units shall be allowed to be
equipped with approved multiple-station smoke alarms installed as required for
Group R-3 occupancies. Installation shall be in accordance with Section
907.2.11.
907.2.10.1
Initiation. Initiation of the fire alarm system shall be by
automatic means. Approved automatic fire detectors shall be provided in boiler
and furnace rooms, shops, laundry rooms, mechanical and electrical rooms,
trash-collection rooms, storage rooms, gift shops, locker rooms, and similar
areas. Automatic smoke detectors shall be provided in all common areas and
interior corridors serving as required means of egress.
Exception: System fire and smoke detectors are not
required when an approved automatic fire-extinguishing system is installed in
accordance with section 903.3.1.1, 903.3.1.2, or 903.3.1.3.
907.2.10.2
Notification.
Activation of the fire alarm system or automatic sprinkler system shall
initiate a general evacuation signal.
907.2.10.3
Smoke alarms. Single
and multistation smoke alarms shall be installed in accordance with Section
907.2.11.
Subp.
12. [Repealed, ]
IFC Section 907.2.10.1 is amended by adding a section to
read:
907.2.10.1.4
Fire station
and emergency medical quarters. Areas used for sleeping in fire stations
and emergency medical and ambulance crew quarters shall be provided with single
station smoke detectors in accordance with Section 907.2.10.
Subp. 13. [Repealed, ]
IFC Section 907.2.10.2 is amended by numbering the existing
exception and adding a new exception, so that the exceptions read as
follows:
Exceptions:
1. Smoke alarms are not required to be
equipped with battery backup in Group R-1 where they are connected to an
emergency electrical system.
2.
Smoke alarms are not required to be equipped with battery backup in Group R-2
occupancies equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system installed in
accordance with Section 903.3.1.1 or 903.3.1.2.
Subp. 14. [Repealed, ]
IFC Section 907.2.10 is amended by adding a section to
read:
907.2.10.5
Smoke alarms
in arc-fault protected circuits. Smoke alarms receiving their primary
power supply from electrical circuits that are protected with arc-fault circuit
interruption must have a backup power supply.
Subp. 15.
IFC section 907.2.
IFC section 907.2 is amended by adding sections to read:
907.2.24
Residential hospices. A
fire alarm system shall be installed in accordance with Sections 907.2.24.1 and
907.2.24.2 in residential hospices. When automatic sprinkler systems or
automatic fire detectors are installed, such systems or detectors shall be
connected to the building fire alarm system.
907.2.24.1
Initiation.
Initiation of the fire alarm system shall be by manual and automatic means.
Approved automatic fire detectors shall be provided in boiler and furnace
rooms, kitchens, laboratories, shops, gift shops, commissaries, laundry and
soiled linen rooms, mechanical and electrical rooms, locker rooms, storage
rooms, custodial closets, trash-collection rooms, lounges, and similar areas.
Automatic smoke detectors shall be provided in sleeping rooms, corridors, and
spaces open to the corridors.
Exception: Manual fire alarm boxes are not
required at exits if manual fire alarm boxes are located at all nurses stations
or other constantly attended staff locations, provided such fire alarm boxes
are visible and continuously accessible and that travel distances required by
Section 907.4.2 are not exceeded.
907.2.24.2
Notification.
Activation of the fire alarm system or automatic sprinkler system shall
initiate a general evacuation signal. In addition, the fire alarm system shall
be monitored by an approved central station service in accordance with Section
903.4.1.
Exception: In lieu of audible notification
appliances, visible notification appliances shall be allowed to be used in
sleeping areas.
Subp. 15a.
IFC section 907.3.
IFC section 907.3 is amended and sections added to read:
907.3
Fire safety functions.
Automatic fire detectors required by Section 907.2 and Chapter 11 are to
activate notification appliances in accordance with those sections. When
automatic fire detectors are installed for other fire safety functions, they
shall perform the intended function upon activation. When automatic detectors
are installed for fire safety functions and the building has a fire alarm
system, the detectors shall activate supervisory signals at the fire alarm
control panel or at a constantly attended location. When the building does not
have a fire alarm system, the detectors shall activate a visual and audible
supervisory signal at an approved location, which shall indicate the source of
the signal.
907.3.1
Air distribution
and air-handling systems. Smoke detectors installed to shut down the air
distribution or air-handling system shall, upon activation, perform the
intended function. Air distribution or air-handling equipment that is part of a
smoke-control system shall switch to smoke-control mode upon activation of a
detector.
907.3.1.1
Fire alarm system
interface. Smoke detectors that are installed in air distribution or
air-handling systems for shutdown purposes and that are connected to a fire
alarm system shall not sound a general evacuation signal.
907.3.2
Elevator control
functions. Smoke detectors that are installed to control or recall
elevators or to control doors for elevators, elevator lobbies, or elevator
shafts and that are connected to a fire alarm system shall not sound a general
evacuation signal. Elevator recall and firefighters emergency operation for
elevators shall only be controlled by elevator smoke detectors and shall not
initiate upon other building fire detectors or evacuation signals.
907.3.3
Door hold-open
functions. Smoke detectors that are installed to hold open fire doors
under nonemergency conditions and that are connected to a fire alarm system
shall sound a general evacuation signal when the doors being held open are part
of the means of egress corridor or stair system. Door hold-open smoke detectors
are not required to activate a visual or audible signal.
(Section 907.3.4 still applies.)
Subp. 15b.
IFC section
907.5.2.1.2.
IFC section 907.5.2.1.2 is amended to read:
907.5.2.1.2
Maximum sound
pressure. Fire alarm system audibility levels shall not exceed 35 dB
above the average ambient sound level described in Section 907.5.2.1.1 or 35 dB
above the peak ambient sound level. The maximum sound pressure level for
audible alarm notification appliances shall be 110 dBA at the minimum hearing
distance from the audible appliance. Where the average ambient noise is greater
than 95 dBA, visible alarm notification appliances shall be provided in
accordance with NFPA 72 and audible alarm notification appliances shall not be
required.
Subp. 15c.
IFC section 907.6.6.
IFC section 907.6.6 is amended to read as follows:
907.6.6
Monitoring. Where
provided, monitoring of fire alarm systems shall comply with Sections 907.6.6.1
and 907.6.6.2.
(The exceptions are removed. Subsections 907.6.6.1 and
907.6.6.2 remain unchanged.)
Subp. 16.
IFC Sections 907.3 through
907.3.1.2.
IFC Sections 907.3 through 907.3.1.2 are amended to
read:
907.3
Where required in
existing buildings and structures. An approved manual, automatic, or
manual and automatic fire alarm system shall be provided in existing buildings
and structures in accordance with Sections 907.3.1 through 907.3.6 and NFPA 72.
For the purposes of this section, fire barrier walls or fire walls shall not
define separate buildings. In buildings containing mixed occupancies that are
designed as separated uses (see Section 102.11), fire alarm and detection
systems need only be installed in those occupancies where required by this
section.
Exception: In areas protected by an approved,
supervised automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance with Section
903.3.1.1 or 903.3.1.2, automatic fire detectors required by Section 907.3 need
not be provided. Where Section 907.3 required smoke detectors, such protection
shall be installed.
907.3.1
Group A, general. A fire alarm system shall be installed in accordance
with Sections 907.3.1 through 907.3.1.2 in existing Group A occupancies having
an occupant load of 300 or more.
Exceptions:
1. Assembly areas used solely for worship
purposes.
2. A fire alarm system is
not required when an approved automatic fire-extinguishing system is installed
throughout the building.
3. Group A
occupancy portions of Group E occupancies are allowed to have alarms as
required for the Group E occupancy.
4. A-5 occupancies.
907.3.1.1
Initiation.
Initiation of the fire alarm system shall be by automatic means. Approved
automatic fire detectors shall be installed in laundry rooms, boiler and
furnace rooms, mechanical and electrical rooms, shops, kitchens,
trash-collection rooms, storage rooms and similar areas.
907.3.1.2
Notification. The
required fire alarm system shall activate an audible and visible notification
appliance at a constantly attended location within the building for the
purposes of initiating emergency action. A presignal feature and positive alarm
sequencing in accordance with NFPA 72 are permitted.
Occupant notification shall be by means of voice announcements,
either live or prerecorded, initiated by the person in the constantly attended
location.
Exception: Where no constantly attended location
exists, an automatic fire alarm system providing a general evacuation signal or
an approved emergency voice/alarm communications system is permitted.
Subp.
17.
IFC Sections 907.3.1.3 through 907.3.1.8.
IFC Sections 907.3.1.3 through 907.3.1.8 are deleted.
Subp. 18.
IFC Sections
907.3.2 through 907.3.2.3.
IFC Sections 907.3.2 through 907.3.2.3 are amended to
read:
907.3.2
Group E,
general. A fire alarm system shall be installed in accordance with
Sections 907.3.2 through 907.3.2.3 in existing Group E occupancies having an
occupant load of 50 or more.
Exception: A building with a maximum area of 1,000
square feet (93 m2) that contains a single classroom
and is located no closer than 20 feet (15 240 mm) from another building.
907.3.2.1
Initiation.
Initiation of the fire alarm system shall be by manual and automatic means.
Approved automatic fire detectors shall be provided in laundry rooms, boiler
and furnace rooms, mechanical and electrical rooms, shops, laboratories,
kitchens, locker rooms, janitors' closets, trash-collection rooms, storage
rooms, lounges and similar areas.
Exceptions:
1. In buildings equipped throughout by an
approved, supervised fire sprinkler system, manual fire alarm boxes are only
required in the main office and in a custodial area.
2. Where all corridors are protected by an
approved automatic fire alarm system having smoke detection with alarm
verification, manual fire alarm boxes are only required near exits serving
shops, chemistry and physics laboratories, boiler rooms, industrial technology
and industrial arts rooms, kitchens, custodian's offices and main offices.
907.3.2.2
Travel
through adjoining rooms. Where the only means of egress travel from an
interior room or rooms having an aggregate occupant load of more than ten
occupants is through an adjoining or intervening room, automatic smoke
detectors shall be installed throughout the common atmosphere through which the
path of egress travel passes.
Exception: In buildings that are protected
throughout by an approved automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance
with Section 903.3.1.1, smoke detectors are not required in intervening or
adjoining rooms.
907.3.2.3
Notification. Activation of the fire alarm system or automatic
sprinkler system shall initiate a general evacuation signal.
Subp. 19.
IFC
Sections 907.3.3 through 907.3.3.3.3.
IFC Section 907.3 is amended by adding sections to read:
907.3.3
Group I, general. A
fire alarm system shall be installed in accordance with Sections 907.3.3
through 907.3.3.3.3 in existing Group I occupancies.
907.3.3.1
Initiation.
Initiation of the fire alarm system shall be by manual and automatic means.
Approved automatic fire detectors shall be provided in laundry and soiled linen
rooms, boiler and furnace rooms, mechanical and electrical rooms, shops,
laboratories, kitchens, locker rooms, janitors' closets, trash-collection
rooms, storage rooms, lounges, gift shops and similar areas. Automatic smoke
detectors shall be provided in waiting areas that are open to corridors.
Exception: Manual fire alarm boxes in patient
sleeping areas of Group I-1 and I-2 occupancies are not required at exits if
manual fire alarm boxes are located at all nurses' stations or other constantly
attended staff locations, provided such fire alarm boxes are visible and
continuously accessible and that travel distances required by Section 907.4.1
are not exceeded.
907.3.3.2
Notification. Activation of the fire alarm system or automatic
sprinkler system shall initiate a general evacuation signal. In addition,
activation of the fire alarm system shall immediately transmit an alarm to an
approved central station or remote station service.
Exceptions:
1. In lieu of audible notification
appliances, visible notification appliances shall be allowed to be used in
critical care areas.
2. Where
occupants are incapable of evacuating themselves because of age,
physical/mental disabilities, or physical restraint, only the attendants or
other personnel required to evacuate occupants from a zone, area, floor or
building shall be required to be notified. This notification shall include
means to readily identify the zone, area, floor or building in need of
evacuation.
907.3.3.3
Group I-3 occupancies, general. Existing Group I-3 occupancies
shall be provided with a fire alarm system installed for alerting staff.
907.3.3.3.1
Initiation.
Initiation of the fire alarm system shall be by manual and automatic means.
Approved automatic fire detectors shall be provided in laundry and soiled linen
rooms, boiler and furnace rooms, mechanical and electrical rooms, shops,
laboratories, kitchens, locker rooms, janitors' closets, trash-collection
rooms, storage rooms, lounges, gift shops, commissaries and similar areas.
Actuation of an automatic fire-extinguishing system, a manual fire alarm box or
a fire detector shall initiate an approved fire alarm signal, which
automatically notifies staff. Presignal systems shall not be used.
907.3.3.3.2
Manual fire alarm
boxes. Manual fire alarm boxes are not required to be located in
accordance with Section 907.4 where the fire alarm boxes are provided at
staff-attended locations having direct supervision over areas where manual fire
alarm boxes have been omitted.
Manual fire alarm boxes are permitted to be locked in areas
occupied by detainees, provided that staff members are present within the
subject area and have keys readily available to operate the manual fire alarm
boxes.
907.3.3.3.3
Smoke detectors. An approved automatic smoke-detection system shall be
installed throughout resident housing areas, including sleeping areas and
contiguous day rooms, group activity spaces and other common spaces normally
accessible to residents.
Exceptions:
1. Other approved smoke-detection
arrangements providing equivalent protection, such as placing alarms in exhaust
ducts from cells or behind protective guards, listed for the purpose, are
allowed when necessary to prevent damage or tampering.
2. Smoke detectors are not required in
sleeping rooms with four or fewer occupants in smoke compartments that are
equipped throughout with an approved automatic sprinkler system.
Subp.
20.
IFC Sections 907.3.4 through 907.3.6.1.
IFC Section 907.3 is amended by adding sections to read:
907.3.4
Group R-1, general. A
fire alarm system shall be installed in accordance with Sections 907.3.4
through 907.3.4.3 in existing Group R-1 occupancies three or more stories in
height or with 20 or more guest rooms.
Exception: A fire alarm system is not required in
buildings that do not have interior corridors serving guest rooms and where
each guest room has an exit door opening directly to an exterior exit access
that leads directly to the exits.
907.3.4.1
Initiation.
Initiation of the fire alarm system shall be by automatic means. Approved
automatic fire detectors shall be provided in boiler and furnace rooms, shops,
laundry rooms, mechanical and electrical rooms, trash-collection rooms, storage
rooms, gift shops, locker rooms and similar areas. Automatic smoke detectors
shall be provided in all common areas and interior corridors serving as
required means of egress.
Exception: System fire and smoke detectors are not
required when an approved automatic fire-extinguishing system is installed
throughout the building and manual activation is provided at a constantly
attended location.
907.3.4.2
Notification.
Activation of the fire alarm system or automatic sprinkler system shall
initiate a general evacuation signal.
907.3.4.3
Guest room detectors.
Guest room smoke detectors required by Section 907.2.10 shall not be connected
to a fire alarm system.
Exception: Connection of such detectors for
annunciation only.
907.3.5
Group R-2, general. A
fire alarm system shall be installed in accordance with Sections 907.3.5
through 907.3.5.2 in existing Group R-2 occupancies where:
1. Any guest room or dwelling unit is located
two or more stories above the story containing the lowest level of exit
discharge;
2. Any guest room or
dwelling unit is located more than one story below the highest level of exit
discharge of exits serving the dwelling unit;
3. The building contains more than 16
dwelling units or guest rooms; or
4. The building is used as a dormitory,
convent, monastery, fraternity or sorority and has an occupant load of 20 or
more.
Exception: A fire alarm system is not required in
buildings that do not have interior corridors serving guest rooms and where
each dwelling unit has an exit door opening directly to an exterior exit access
that leads directly to the exits.
907.3.5.1
Initiation.
Initiation of the fire alarm system shall be by automatic means. Approved
automatic fire detectors shall be provided in boiler and furnace rooms, shops,
laundry rooms, mechanical and electrical rooms, trash-collection rooms, storage
rooms and similar areas. Automatic smoke detectors shall be provided in all
common areas and interior corridors serving as required means of egress.
Exception: System fire and smoke detectors are not
required when an approved automatic fire-extinguishing system is installed
throughout the building.
907.3.5.2
Notification.
Activation of the fire alarm system or automatic sprinkler system shall
initiate a general evacuation signal.
907.3.5.3
Dwelling unit smoke
detectors. Dwelling unit smoke detectors required by Section 907.3.6
shall not be connected to the building fire alarm system.
Exception: Connection of such detectors for
annunciation only.
907.3.6
Single- or multiple-station
smoke alarms. Existing Group R occupancies not already provided with
single- or multiple-station smoke alarms shall be provided with approved
single- or multiple-station smoke alarms installed and maintained in accordance
with Section 907.2.10.
Exception: For buildings constructed prior to
August 1, 1989, detectors can receive their power from a battery supply. For
buildings constructed on or after August 1, 1989, detectors shall be connected
to a centralized power source.
907.3.6.1
Fire station and emergency
medical quarters. Areas used for sleeping in fire stations and emergency
medical and ambulance crew quarters shall be provided with single station smoke
detectors in accordance with Section 907.3.6.
907.3.6.2
NFPA 72 modification.
NFPA 72 Section 29.5.1 is amended by adding an exception to section
29.5.1.1(1).
Exception: Smoke alarms shall not be required in
sleeping rooms in existing one and two-family dwellings and existing apartment
buildings.
Subp.
21.
IFC Section 907.10.2.
IFC Section 907.10.2 is amended to read:
907.10.2
Audible alarms.
Audible alarm notification appliances shall be provided and sound a distinctive
sound that is not to be used for any purpose other than that of a fire alarm.
The audible alarm notification appliances shall provide a sound pressure level
of 15 decibels (dBA) above the average ambient sound level or 5 dBA above the
maximum sound level having a duration of at least 60 seconds, whichever is
greater, in every occupied space within the building. The minimum sound
pressure levels shall be: 75 dBA in Groups R and I-1 occupancies; 90 dBA in
mechanical equipment rooms; and 60 dBA in other occupancies. The maximum sound
pressure level for audible alarm notification appliances shall be 110 dBA at
the minimum hearing distance from the audible appliance. Where the average
ambient noise is greater than 105 dBA, visible alarm notification appliances
shall be provided in accordance with NFPA 72 and audible alarm notification
appliances shall not be required.
Exception: Visible alarm notification appliances
shall be allowed in lieu of audible alarm notification appliances in critical
care areas of Group I-2 occupancies.
Subp. 22.
IFC Section 907.11.
IFC Section 907.11 is amended, and sections added, to
read:
907.11
Fire safety
functions. Automatic fire detectors required by Sections 907.2 and 907.3
are to activate notification appliances in accordance with those sections.
Where automatic fire detectors are installed for other fire safety functions,
they shall perform the intended function upon activation. Where automatic
detectors are installed for fire safety functions and the building has a fire
alarm system, such detectors shall activate supervisory signals at the fire
alarm control panel or at a constantly attended location. Where the building
does not have a fire alarm system, such detectors shall activate a visual and
audible supervisory signal at an approved location, which shall indicate the
source of the signal.
907.11.1
Air
distribution and air-handling systems. Smoke detectors installed to shut
down the air distribution or air-handling system shall, upon activation,
perform the intended function. Air distribution or air-handling equipment that
is part of a smoke-control system shall switch to smoke-control mode upon
activation of a detector.
907.11.1.1
Fire alarm system interface. Smoke detectors that are installed in air
distribution or air-handling systems for shutdown purposes and that are
connected to a fire alarm system shall not sound a general evacuation
signal.
907.11.2
Elevator control functions. Smoke detectors that are installed to
control or recall elevators or to control doors for elevators, elevator lobbies
or elevator shafts and that are connected to a fire alarm system shall not
sound a general evacuation signal. Elevator recall and firefighter's emergency
operation for elevators shall only be controlled by elevator smoke detectors
and shall not initiate upon other building fire detectors or evacuation
signals.
907.11.3
Door
hold-open functions. Smoke detectors that are installed to hold open
fire doors under nonemergency conditions and that are connected to a fire alarm
system shall sound a general evacuation signal when the doors being held open
are part of the means of egress corridor or stair system. Door hold-open smoke
detectors are not required to activate a visual or audible signal.
Subp. 23.
IFC
Section 907.12.
IFC Section 907.12 is deleted.
Subp. 24.
IFC Section 907.15.
IFC Section 907.15 is deleted.
Subp. 25.
IFC Section 907.20.2.
IFC Section 907.20.2 is amended to read:
907.20.2
Testing. Fire alarm
systems shall be inspected and tested at least annually in accordance with NFPA
72 or more frequently where required by the code official.
Exception: Devices or equipment that are
inaccessible for safety considerations shall be tested during scheduled
shutdowns where approved by the code official, but not less than every 18
months.
Statutory Authority: MS s
299F.011;
326B.02
