![]() ![]() The National Fire Protection Agency recommends that you sleep with bedroom doors closed to slow the spread of smoke and fumes if there is a fire. ![]() Install alarms on every level of your home. Refer to the table below, replicated from IBC Table 907.5.2.3.2.Heat and smoke rise, so all alarms should be installed high on a wall or on the ceiling. Strobes are required in a certain percentage of dwelling and sleeping units in Group I-1 and R-2 occupancies. This is by no means an exhaustive list, so you'll need to consider each space in your building to verify if it falls under the definition of public use or common use. Public Use Areas: Interior or exterior rooms or spaces that are made available to the general public.Įxamples of spaces that fall under one of these categories are: lobbies, corridors, circulation areas, meeting rooms, conference rooms, assembly areas, public or shared restrooms, retail spaces, and classroom. Public use and common use are defined terms in the IBC:Ĭommon Use: Interior or exterior circulation paths, rooms, spaces or elements that are not for public use and are made available for the shared use of two or more people. Strobes are required in public and common use areas, with the exception of employee work areas, which are permitted to be provided with spare circuit capacity to account for future addition of strobes if needed for hearing-impaired employees. Once you have determined that a fire alarm system is required, you'll want to flip ahead a few pages to determine which rooms require strobes. That's because, according to IBC 907.2, if a fire alarm system is required by Sections 907.2.1 through 907.2.23, occupant notification is required.įire alarm equipment required outside of Section 907.2 such as duct smoke detectors or elevator emergency operations would not trigger a requirement for strobes. ![]() For the purposes of this article though, the main concern is whether any type of fire alarm system is required at all. In some instances, 907.2 requires a manual fire alarm system (pull stations) and in others a smoke detection system. ![]() This section requires a fire alarm system based on occupancy type and other building criteria, such as classification as a high-rise building. You may also be in a jurisdiction that enforces NFPA 101, which also has requirements for fire alarm systems.Īssuming the applicable code is the IBC (all references here are to the 2018 IBC), your first step is to check Section 907.2 to determine if a fire alarm system is required for your building. Buildings owned or operated by the government could also be subject to other requirements, such as the GSA PBS-P100 or UFC 3-600-01. For projects located elsewhere, this could be NFPA 5000. If you are in the United States, this is most likely based on the International Building Code (IBC). The starting point for determining strobes requirements is the applicable building code for your jurisdiction. ![]()
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