Item D - Tiffin Proposed IFC Amendment - Draft

City of Tiffin Proposed Fire Code 10/15/2021 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 Section 907.7.4 Add a new section to read as follows: Device/Zone Map. An easily readable fire alarm device and/or zone map of the building shall be permanently mounted in or near the fire alarm control panel when required by the fire code official. Section 907.11 Add a new section to read as follows: Approved hold-open devices. When installed in buildings that have a fire alarm system and/or sprinkler system, all approved hold-open devices shall release upon activation of a fire alarm and/or sprinkler water-flow activation. Section 912.8 Add a new section to read as follows: Size. Minimum fire department connection size shall be 2 ½" National Standard Thread unless specifically approved by the fire code official. Section 1008.3.3 Delete number 5 and replace with: 5. Public restrooms designed for simultaneous use by more than one occupant. (Rather than > 300 square feet.) 9