WS - E - Proposed Ordinance - 2021 International Fire Code with Amendments

Section 907.2.1.3 Add a new section to read as follows: Group A Occupancies. In Group A occupancies, the activation of the fire alarm or fire sprinkler system, shall automatically shut down or stop music, sound systems, conflicting or confusing sounds and visual distractions and initiate illumination of all the means of exit egress components. Section 907.2.9.1 Delete exception 2 without substitution. Section 907.2.11.2 Modify by adding a fourth location requirement as follows: 4) Supervised smoke detectors shall be installed in all common corridors and at the top and bottom of all stairway enclosures in Groups R-2, R-4 and I-1 occupancies. In corridors, detectors shall be located within fifteen (15) feet of the end of the corridor and in such a way that one detector is located for each thirty (30) feet of corridor length or spaced as allowed by the code. Section 907.4.2 Add a sentence to the end of the section to read as follows: Where the Fire Code Official determines that manual fire alarm boxes may be used to cause false fire alarms, the Fire Code Official is authorized to modify the requirements for manual fire alarm boxes. Section 907.6.3 Delete this section and replace with: Initiating device identification. The fire alarm system shall identify the specific initiating device with an alphanumeric address description showing location, type of device, and status including indication of normal, alarm, trouble, and supervisory, as appropriate. Alphanumeric descriptions and locations shall be reported to the Emergency Communications Center upon activation of an alarm condition as specified by the Fire Code Official. Exception: 1. Special initiation devices that do not support individual device identification. Section 907.6.4.3 Add a new section to read as follows: Zone and address location labeling. Fire alarm and/ or annunciator panels shall have all zones and address points plainly and permanently labeled as to their location on the outside of the panel or on an easily readable map of the building if no display is present. Section 907.6.6 Delete the section and replace with: Monitoring. All fire alarms required by this chapter, the International Building Code, or the Fire Code Official, shall be monitored by an approved UL listed Central Station service in accordance with NFPA 72 to provide for the immediate and automatic notification of the Emergency Communications Center. Each initiating device shall report an address point and an alpha/numeric descriptor showing location, type of device and status including indication of normal, alarm, trouble, and supervisory status, as appropriate. Alpha/numeric descriptor shall be required to be reported to the emergency communications center upon activation of alarm conditions as specified by the Fire Code Official. Exception: Monitoring by a supervising station is not required for: 1. Single and multiple-station smoke alarms required by Section 907.2.10. 2. Smoke detectors in Group 1-3 occupancies.