Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a)
Automatic Sprinkler System: When the work area exceeds 50 percent of the gross
enclosed floor area of the building, an automatic sprinkler system or
compliance with Chapter 15 "Existing Detention and Correctional Occupancies" of
the Life Safety Code, NFPA 101, 1985 edition shall be required throughout the
building. In buildings without an automatic sprinkler system, padded cells,
boiler and mechanical equipment rooms, and storage and workshop rooms 24 square
feet or larger must have an automatic sprinkler system. (Fire)
(b) Automatic Alarm Systems: When the work
area exceeds 50 percent of the gross enclosed floor area of the building, a
supervised automatic fire alarm system shall be required throughout all
resident housing areas in the building. Smoke detectors shall be arranged and
positioned to prevent damage or tampering, provided that the function and speed
of detecting a fire is equivalent to that provided by the spacing and
arrangement of requirements of NFPA 72 listed in Chapter 35 of the building
subcode.
1. Exception: An automatic fire
alarm system shall not be required for buildings with an automatic sprinkler
system and a manual fire alarm system and with single station smoke detectors
in the vicinity of sleeping areas in accordance with NFPA 72.
2. Exception: Smoke detectors shall not be
required in sleeping rooms with four or fewer occupants. (Fire)
(c) Manual Alarm Systems: When the
work area exceeds 50 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 between floor levels of
residential areas unless the building is equipped throughout with an automatic
sprinkler system or the building complies with NFPA 101, Chapter 15, 1985
edition. (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;
(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;
and
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)
