Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a)
Automatic fire sprinkler system: An automatic fire sprinkler system shall be
installed throughout the floors containing the Group A-2 other than nightclubs,
Groups A-3 and A-4 and all floors between the Group A-2 other than nightclubs,
Groups A-3 and A-4 and the level of exit discharge when any one of the
following conditions exists:
1. The work area
exceeds 12,000 square feet (gross enclosed floor area);
2. The work area has an occupant load of 300
or more;
3. The work area is
located on a floor other than the level of exit discharge.
4. Exception: Sprinklers shall not be
required for participant sport areas where the main floor of the participant
sport is at the level of exit discharge of the main entrance. (Fire)
(b) Automatic Alarm System: When
the work area exceeds 25 percent of the gross enclosed floor area of the
building, an automatic fire alarm system that complies with NFPA 72 shall be
installed in all storage, workshop, boiler or furnace rooms. (Fire)
(c) Manual Alarm System: For buildings
greater than three stories in height with occupant loads over 25, when the work
area exceeds 25 percent of the gross enclosed floor area of the building,
manual fire alarms shall be required throughout the building. (Fire)
(d) Vertical Opening Protection: When the
work area exceeds 50 percent of the gross enclosed floor area of the building,
vertical opening protection shall be provided throughout the building as
follows:
1. A minimum two hour fire rated
assembly with approved opening protectives shall be required for interior
stairways and other vertical openings connecting more than six floor
levels.
2. A minimum one hour fire
rated assembly with approved opening protectives shall be required for interior
stairways and other vertical openings connecting four to six floor
levels.
3. A minimum 30-minute UFC
fire barrier shall be required for interior stairways and other vertical
openings not exceeding three stories. Exceptions shall be permitted as follows:
i. When connecting the main floor and
mezzanines; or
ii. When all of the
following conditions are met:
(1) The
communicating area has a low hazard occupancy or has a moderate hazard
occupancy which is protected throughout by an automatic sprinkler system;
and
(2) The lowest or next to the
lowest level is a street floor; and
(3) The entire area is open and unobstructed
in a manner such that it may be assumed that a fire in any part of the
interconnected spaces will be readily obvious to all of the occupants;
and
(4) Exit capacity is sufficient
to provide egress simultaneously for all the occupants of all levels by
considering all areas to be a single floor area for the determination of
required exit capacity; and
(5)
Each floor level, considered separately, has at least one-half of its
individual required exit capacity provided by an exit or exits leading directly
out of that level without having to traverse another communicating floor level
or be exposed to the smoke or fire spreading from another communicating floor
level. (Plan review--Building, Fire. Inspection-- Building)
(e)
Requirements for high-rise buildings: Any building or structure having one or
more floors used for human occupancy located either more than six stories or
more than 75 feet above the lowest level accessible to a fire department
vehicle shall comply with the following:
1.
When the work area is one entire floor or more or when the work area is 20
percent or more of the occupied floor area served by a recirculating air
system, the recirculating air system which serves the work area shall be
equipped with approved smoke and heat detection devices installed in accordance
with the UCC. The devices shall stop the fan(s) automatically and shall be of
the manual reset type. Automatic fan shutdown is not required when the system
is part of an approved smoke removal or smoke control system.
(Building)
2. When the work area is
one entire floor or more or when the work area is 20 percent or more of the
occupied floor area of the building, all elevators in the building shall be
equipped with the following emergency control devices:
i. All automatic (nondesignated attendant)
elevators having a travel distance of 25 feet or more above or below the
designated level shall be equipped with Phase 1 Emergency Recall Operation as
required by ASME A17.1-1987, Rules 211.3a and 211.3b listed in N.J.A.C.
5:70-3;
ii. At least one elevator
shall be equipped with Phase II Emergency In-Car Operation, as required by ASME
A17.1-1987, Rule 211.3c; and
(1) In buildings
with multiple elevators, at least one elevator to each floor served by an
elevator shall be equipped with Phase II Emergency In-Car Operation.
iii. All designated attendant
elevators having a travel distance of 25 feet or more above or below the
designated level shall be equipped with emergency controls, as required by ASME
A17.1-1987, Rule 211.4. (Elevator)
3. When the work area is one entire floor or
more or when the work area is 20 percent or more of the occupied floor area of
the building, standpipes shall be provided up to and including the highest
floor that is part of the work area. The standpipes shall be located and
installed in accordance with the building subcode, except as follows:
i. No pump shall be required provided that
the standpipes are capable of accepting delivery by fire department apparatus
of a minimum of 250 gpm at 65 psi to the topmost floor in buildings equipped
throughout with an automatic sprinkler system or a minimum of 500 gpm at 65 psi
to the topmost floor in all other buildings. (Where the standpipe terminates
below the topmost floor, the standpipe shall be designed to meet these
requirements (gpm/psi) for possible future extension of the
standpipe.)
ii. Hose and hose
cabinets shall not be required. (Fire)
(f) Elevator Devices: When the work area
exceeds 50 percent of the gross enclosed floor area of the building, all
elevator devices serving any part of the work area shall comply with the
requirements of
5:23-6.30(g).
(Elevator)
(g) Amusement Buildings:
When any reconstruction project is undertaken in a building or portion thereof
designed to disorient the occupant, reduce vision, present barriers or
otherwise impede the flow of traffic, the following requirements shall be met
throughout the building or portion thereof that constitutes the amusement use:
1. Every such amusement facility shall be
equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance
with the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code.
2. The interior finish of all walls and
ceilings shall in no case be less than a Class II material in accordance with
this subchapter.
3. Every such
amusement facility shall be equipped with exit signs installed in accordance
with this subchapter.
4. Every such
amusement facility shall be equipped throughout with an approved automatic fire
alarm system installed in accordance with the Uniform Construction Code and in
accordance with (g)5 through 8 below.
5. The automatic alarm system shall activate
a prerecorded message which can be clearly heard throughout the entire facility
instructing the patrons to proceed to the nearest exit. Any alarm signals used
in conjunction with the prerecorded message shall produce a signal which is
distinctive from all sounds used in the normal operation of the amusement
facility.
6. Every such amusement
facility shall be equipped with emergency lighting equipment installed in
accordance with the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code. The emergency
lighting equipment shall automatically activate when:
i. The automatic sprinkler system is
activated;
ii. The fire alarm
system is activated; or
iii. Loss
of the primary power supply occurs.
7. All audio and visual equipment such as
horns, bells, flashing, or otherwise distracting stimuli and mechanized
displays shall cease operation upon initiation of an alarm by the automatic
fire alarm system or activation of the automatic sprinkler system.
8. Activation of the automatic alarm system
shall automatically shut down the air distribution system. (Plan
review--Building, Fire. Inspection--Building)
