Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a)
Automatic Sprinkler System: In buildings four or more stories in height
(excluding basements), when the work area is an entire floor, an automatic
sprinkler system shall be installed throughout the work area. (Fire)
(b) Automatic Alarm Systems: When the work
area exceeds 50 percent of the gross enclosed floor area of the building, an
automatic fire alarm system shall be required throughout the building. System
smoke detectors are not required in guestrooms provided that the single-station
detectors required by Section 907.2.11.1 of the building subcode are connected
to the emergency electrical system and are annunciated by guestroom at a
constantly attended location from which the fire alarm system is capable of
being manually activated.
1. Exception: An
automatic fire detection system is not required in buildings that do not have
interior corridors serving guestrooms and where all guestrooms have a means of
egress door opening directly to an exterior exit access which leads directly to
the exits. (Note: Single station smoke alarms are still required in individual
guest rooms in such buildings in accordance with
5:23-6.25(a) or
6.25A(d), as applicable). (Fire)
(c) Manual Alarm Systems: When the work area
exceeds 50 percent of the gross enclosed floor area of the building, a manual
fire alarm system shall be required throughout the building.
1. No manual fire alarms shall be required
for buildings with less than 25 occupants and less than 10 guestrooms.
(Fire)
(d) Smoke
Detectors: When the work area exceeds 25 percent of the gross enclosed floor
area of the building, smoke detectors within guestrooms that meet the
specifications of the building subcode shall be required throughout the
building. The smoke detectors shall be installed in the locations indicated in
the building subcode and placed within those locations in accordance with NFPA
72. (Fire)
(e) 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
hours 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 one-hour UFC
fire barrier required for interior stairways and other vertical openings not
exceeding three stories. Exceptions shall be permitted as follows:
i. For buildings with an automatic sprinkler
system throughout;
ii. For
buildings with not more than 25 guests when the following conditions are met:
(1) Every sleeping room is provided with an
approved, operable window having a sill height not greater than 44
inches;
(2) Every sleeping room
above the second floor is provided with direct access to a fire escape or other
approved secondary exit;
(3) Any
exit access corridor exceeding eight feet in length which serves two means of
egress, at least one of which is an unprotected vertical opening, shall be
separated from the vertical opening by a one-hour UFC fire barrier;
and
(4) The building is protected
throughout by a supervised, automatic fire alarm system, installed in
accordance with the UCC. (Plan review--Building, Fire.
Inspection--Building)
(f) 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)
4. When the work area is one entire floor or
more, central control station and communication systems shall be provided as
follows:
i. An approved public address
communication system consisting of loudspeakers in each corridor and in each
room and tenant space exceeding 1,000 square feet, each elevator and elevator
lobby and in each stair enclosure which shall be capable of being operated from
the central control station;
ii. A
two-way fire department communication system which shall operate between the
central control and every elevator, elevator lobby and entry to enclosed exit
stairways;
iii. A central control
station for fire department operations shall be provided in a location approved
by the fire department. It shall contain the public address panel, the fire
department communications panel, fire detection and alarm system annunciator
panels, status indicators and controls for air handling systems, sprinkler
valve and water flow detector display panels, and status indicators and a
telephone for fire department use with controlled access to the public
telephone system. (Fire)
5. Automatic Sprinkler System: When the work
area is an entire floor, an automatic sprinkler system shall be installed on
that floor. When an automatic sprinkler system is provided, the sprinkler riser
shall be sized to serve the entire building, even if the system currently being
installed serves only a portion of the building. (Fire)
(g) 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)
