G-2, H-4 - Ordinance 2021-484 - Amending the 2018 International Fire Code

Section 907.2.9 Delete the sentence and replace with: Group R-2. Fire alarm systems and smoke alarms shall be installed in Group R-2 occupancies as required in Sections 207.2.9.1 through 907.2.9.4. Section 907.2.9.4 Add a new section to read as follows: Apartment common areas. An automatic smoke detection system shall be installed throughout all interior corridors and at the top of stairway enclosures serving sleeping units that activates the occupant notification system in accordance with Section 907.5. Section 907.4.2 Add a sentence to the end of the section to read as follows: Where the code official determines that manual fire alarm boxes may be used to cause false fire alarms, the 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 JECC (Joint 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. (Three other exceptions are deleted) 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 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 JECC (Joint Emergency Communications Center). Supervisory alarm conditions shall be reported to the fire code official in an approved manner. 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 I-3 occupancies. 3. Automatic sprinkler systems in one and two-family dwellings 4. Fire alarm systems in one- and two-family dwellings