CHAPTER 9 FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS - iccsafe.org

1 CHAPTER 9 fire PROTECTION SYSTEMSSECTION BC provisions of this CHAPTER shall specify wherefire PROTECTION SYSTEMS are required and shall apply to thedesign, installation and operation of fire PROTECTION Referenced this code makes ref-erence to the nationally recognized standards NFPA 13,NFPA 13D, NFPA 13R, NFPA 14, or NFPA 72, such stan-dard shall be as modified for New York City in accordancewith Appendix fire PROTECTION PROTECTION SYSTEMS shallbe installed, repaired, operated and maintained in accordancewith this code and theNew York City fire Code. Any fire pro-tection system for which an exception or reduction to the provi-sions of this code has been granted shall be considered to be arequired :Any fire PROTECTION system or portion thereofnot required by this code shall be permitted to be installedprovided that such system meets the requirements of person shall remove or modify anyfire PROTECTION system installed or maintained under the provi-sions of this code or theNew York City fire Codewithoutapproval by the provided for fire Department connec-tions to sprinkler SYSTEMS , standpipes, yard hydrants or anyother fire hose connection shall be compatible with the connec-tions used by the fire Acceptance PROTECTION SYSTEMS shall be testedin accordance with the requirements of this code and the NewYork City fire Code.

2 When required, the tests shall be con-ducted in the presence of the department or an approvedagency. Tests required by this code, theNew York City FireCodeand the standards listed in this code shall be conducted atthe expense of the owner or the owner's representative. It shallbe unlawful to occupy portions of a structure until the requiredfire PROTECTION SYSTEMS within that portion of the structure havebeen tested and Supervisory required, fire protectionsystems shall be monitored by an approved supervising stationin accordance with NFPA Automatic sprinkler sprin-kler SYSTEMS shall be monitored by an approved :1. A supervising station is not required for automaticsprinkler SYSTEMS protecting one- and Limited area sprinkler SYSTEMS serving fewer than20 sprinkler fire alarm alarm SYSTEMS requiredby the provisions of Section of this code and theNewYork City fire Codeshall be monitored by an approvedsupervising station in accordance with Section :1.

3 Single- and multiple-station smoke alarms andcarbon monoxide alarms required by Smoke detectors in Group I-3 Supervisory service is not required for automaticsprinkler SYSTEMS in one- and two-family Group fire alarm, automatic fire -extin-guishing and emergency alarm SYSTEMS in Group H occu-pancies shall be monitored by an approved fire buildings, or portions thereof, aredivided into fire areas so as not to exceed the limits establishedfor requiring a fire PROTECTION system in accordance with thischapter, such fire areas shall be separated by fire barriers hav-ing a fire -resistance rating of not less than that determined inaccordance with Section BC following words and terms shall, for thepurposes of this CHAPTER , and as used elsewhere in this code,have the meanings shown NOTIFICATION fire alarm sys-tem component such as a bell, horn, speaker, light or text dis-play that provides audible, tactile or visible outputs, or anycombination signal indicating an emergency requir-ing immediate action, such as a signal indicative of unit containing one or more indicatorlamps, alphanumeric displays or other equivalent means inwhich each indication provides status information about a cir-cuit, condition or ALARM NOTIFICATION appliance that alerts by the sense of applied to fire PROTECTION devices, anydevice, equipment, or system that initiates a system function asa result of a predetermined temperature rise, rate of tempera-ture rise or combustion products, without the necessity forhuman fire -EXTINGUISHING system of devices and equipment that automaticallydetects a fire and discharges an approved fire -extinguishingagent onto or in the area of a NEW YORK CITY BUILDING CODE173.

4 \data\CODES\STATE CODES\New York City\2008\Building\Final VP\ , August 14, 2008 8:53:13 AMColor profile: Generic CMYK printer profileComposite Default screenAUTOMATIC SPRINKLER automaticfire-extinguishing system utilizing water, designed in accor-dance with fire PROTECTION engineering standards. The systemincludes a suitable water supply and a network of speciallysized or hydraulically designed piping installed in a structure orarea, generally overhead, to which automatic sprinklers areconnected in a systematic pattern. The system is usually acti-vated by heat from a fire and discharges water over the fire AMBIENT SOUND root meansquare, A-weighted sound pressure level measured over a24-hour DIOXIDE EXTINGUISHING fire -extinguishing system supplying carbon dioxide(CO2) from a pressurized vessel through fixed pipes and noz-zles. The system includes a manual- or MONOXIDE single- or multiple-sta-tion alarm responsive to carbon monoxide and not connected toa MONOXIDE listed device thatsenses carbon MONOXIDE PRODUCING furnace, boiler, water heater, fireplace, cooking appliance,gas clothes dryer, apparatus, appliance or device that burnscoal, kerosene, oil, wood, fuel gases and other petroleum prod-ucts including, but not limited to, methane, natural gas, lique-fied natural gas and manufactured fuel maximum concentration of anair-borne contaminant to which one may be exposed, as pub-lished in DOL 29 CFR Part facility that receives alarm signalsfrom a protected premise and/or retransmits such alarm signalsto a fire Department communication nonconducting, volatile or gas-eous fire extinguishant that does not leave a residue upon COOKING system consist-ing of commercial cooking equipment.

5 Exhaust hood, filters,exhaust duct system, fire suppression system and other relatedappurtenances designed to capture grease-laden cookingvapors and exhaust them safely to the ATTENDED designatedlocation at a facility staffed by trained personnel on a continu-ous basis where alarm or supervisory signals are monitored andfacilities are provided for notification of the fire Department orother emergency SPRINKLER sprinkler systememploying open sprinklers attached to a piping system con-nected to a water supply through a valve that is opened by theoperation of a detection system installed in the same areas asthe sprinklers. When this valve opens, water flows into the pip-ing system and discharges from all sprinklers attached , fire detector that senses heat pro-duced by burning substances. Heat is the energy produced bycombustion that causes substances to rise in EXTINGUISHING fire -extinguishing system designed to discharge a powder com-posed of small particles, usually of sodium bicarbonate, potas-sium bicarbonate, urea-potassium-based bicarbonate,potassium chloride or monoammonium phosphate, with addedparticulate material supplemented by special treatment to pro-vide resistance to packing, resistance to moisture absorption(caking) and the proper flow ALARM system to provideindication and warning of an emergency condition involvinghazardous VOICE/ALARM manual or automatic facilities for originating anddistributing voice instructions, as well as alert and evacuationsignals pertaining to a fire emergency, to the occupants of ALARM BOX, Manual fire AlarmBox.

6 fire ALARM CONTROL system componentthat receives inputs from automatic and manual fire alarmdevices and is capable of supplying power to detection devicesand transponder(s) or off-premises transmitter(s). The controlpanel is capable of providing a transfer of power to the notifica-tion appliances and transfer of condition to relays or ALARM signal initiated by a firealarm-initiating device such as a manual fire alarm box, auto-matic fire detector, water flow switch, or other device whoseactivation is indicative of the presence of a fire or fire ALARM system or portion of a combina-tion system consisting of components and circuits arranged tomonitor and annunciate the status of fire alarm or supervisorysignal-initiating devices and to initiate the appropriateresponse to those COMMAND principal attended orunattended location where the status of detection , alarm com-munications and control SYSTEMS is displayed, and from whichthe system(s)

7 Can be manually DETECTOR, device designed todetect the presence of a fire signature and to initiate PROTECTION devices, equip-ment and SYSTEMS or combinations of SYSTEMS used to detect afire, activate an alarm, extinguish or control a fire , control ormanage smoke and products of a fire or any SAFETY and fire controlfunctions that are intended to increase the level of life safety foroccupants or to control the spread of harmful effects of fire -extinguishingsystem designed to discharge a foam made from concentrates,either mechanically or chemically, over the area to be EXTINGUISHING auto-matic fire -extinguishing system using one or more of the fol-lowing halogen elements: fluorine, chlorine, bromine NEW YORK CITY BUILDING CODEFIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS :\data\CODES\STATE CODES\New York City\2008\Building\Final VP\ , August 14, 2008 8:53:14 AMColor profile: Generic CMYK printer profileComposite Default screenINITIATING system component that originatestransmission of a change-of-state condition, such as in a smokedetector, manual fire alarm box or supervisory AREA SPRINKLER automaticsprinkler system serving fewer than 20 sprinkler heads on anysingle CHAPTER 1 of Title 28 of theAdministrative fire ALARM manually operated deviceused to initiate an alarm ALARM or moresingle-station alarm devices that are capable of interconnectionsuch that actuation of one causes all integral or separate audiblealarms to operate.

8 It also can consist of one single-station alarmdevice having connections to other detectors or to a manual firealarm SMOKE or moresingle-station smoke alarm devices that are capable of inter-connection such that actuation of one causes all integral or sep-arate audible alarms to fire alarm system having a featurethat allows initial fire alarm signals to sound in a constantlyattended central location and for which a human action is sub-sequently required to achieve a general alarm, or a feature thatallows the control equipment to delay the general alarm bymore than 1 minute after the start of the alarm ( as builts ) that docu-ment the location of all devices, appliances, wiring sequences,wiring methods and connections of the components of a firealarm system as SMOKE assembly incor-porating the detector, the control equipment and thealarm-sounding device in one unit, operated from a power sup-ply either in the unit or obtained at the point of single- or multiple-station alarmresponsive to smoke and not connected to a listed device that senses visible orinvisible particles of exit stairway designedand constructed so that the movement of the products of com-bustion produced by a fire occurring in any part of the buildinginto the enclosure is installed in a building orstructure that serves to transfer water from a water supply tohose connections at one or more locations in a building orstructure for fire -fighting purposes, including the followingtypes of SYSTEMS .

9 Automatic dry standpipe system, normally filledwith pressurized air, that is arranged through the use of adevice, such as dry pipe valve, to admit water into the sys-tem piping automatically upon the opening of a hose water supply for an automatic dry standpipe systemshall be capable of supplying the system wet standpipe system that has a watersupply that is capable of supplying the system demand dry standpipe system that does not have apermanent water supply attached to the system. Manual drystandpipe SYSTEMS require water from a fire Departmentpumper to be pumped into the system through the FireDepartment connection in order to meet the system wet standpipe system connected to a watersupply for the purpose of maintaining water within the sys-tem but that does not have a water supply capable of deliver-ing the system demand attached to the system. Manual-wetstandpipe SYSTEMS require water from a fire Departmentpumper to be pumped into the system in order to meet thesystem dry standpipe system that isarranged through the use of a device, such as a deluge valve,to admit water into the system piping upon activation of aremote control device located at a hose connection.

10 Aremote control activation device shall be provided at eachhose connection. The water supply for a semiautomatic drystandpipe system shall be capable of supplying the SYSTEM, CLASSES classesare as follows:Class I system providing 21/2-inch (64 mm) hoseconnections to supply water for use by the fire Departmentand those trained in handling heavy fire II system providing 11/2-inch (38 mm)hose stations to supply water for use primarily by the build-ing occupants or by the fire Department during III system providing 11/2-inch (38 mm)hose stations to supply water for use by building occupantsand 21/2-inch (64 mm) hose connections to supply a largervolume of water for use by the fire Department and thosetrained in handling heavy fire facility that receives signalsand at which personnel are in attendance at all times to respondto these service required to monitorperformance of guard tours and the operative condition of fixedsuppression SYSTEMS