FIRE DEPARTMENT RULES - New York City

1 FIRE DEPARTMENT RULES CODE DEVELOPMENT UNIT BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION January 1, 2021 i RULES OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE city OF NEW york (TITLE 3 OF THE RULES OF THE city OF NEW york ) TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS .. i CHAPTER 1 1 101 Reserved .. 1 102-01 Pre-Existing Facilities and Conditions .. 2 103 Reserved .. 7 104-01 Appeals .. 7 104-02 Professional Certification of Fire Alarm System Installations .. 9 104-03 Disposal of Contraband Materials .. 11 104-04 Certification of Corrected Defects in Fire Alarm System Installations .. 13 105-01 Approval of Fire Alarm System Installations.

2 18 106-108 Reserved .. 21 109-01 FDNY Summons, Certification of Correction and Stipulation Procedures .. 21 109-02 Consolidation of Administrative Code Provisions For Enforcement Purposes .. 23 109-03 Penalty Schedule For FDNY Summonses .. 29 110-111 Reserved .. 34 112-01 Certificates of Approval .. 34 113-01 Certificates of Fitness and Certificates of Qualification .. 38 113-02 Fire and Life Safety Director Certificate of Fitness .. 45 113-03 Reserved .. 51 113-04 Accreditation of Training Courses .. 52 113-05 Fire and Life Safety Director Training Courses .. 56 113-06 Active Shooter and Medical Emergency Preparedness Training Courses.

3 60 113-07 Refrigerating System Operating Engineer Training Courses .. 62 113-08 Commercial Cooking Exhaust Systems Certificates of Fitness .. 68 113-09 Non-Production Laboratory Certificates of Fitness .. 69 ii 113-10 Construction Site Fire Safety Manager Training Courses .. 69 113-11 Construction Site Fire Safety Manager Certificates of Fitness .. 70 113-12 Building Operation, Maintenance and Recordkeeping Training Courses .. 71 114-01 Certificates of License .. 73 115-01 Company 79 115-02 Issuance of Proof of Compliance to Company Certificate Holders .. 89 116-01 Expeditor Registration.

4 92 117 Reserved .. 95 CHAPTER 2 DEFINITIONS .. 95 201 Reserved .. 95 202-01 95 CHAPTER 3 GENERAL PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FIRE .. 98 301-01 Marinas .. 99 302 Reserved .. 99 303-01 Liquid-Fueled Tar Kettles and Asphalt Melters .. 99 304-306 Reserved .. 99 307-01 Coke-Fueled Salamanders .. 100 308-01 Use of Open Flames in Group A Occupancies and Similar Public Gathering Places .. 103 309 Reserved .. 109 310-01 Designated Smoking Rooms in Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Rehabilitation Facilities and Similar Medical Facilities Housing the Ill, Aged and Infirm .. 109 310-02 Design of No Smoking Signs.

5 111 310-03 Hookah Establishments .. 113 311-312 Reserved .. 121 313-01 Sale of Kerosene Space Heaters .. 121 314-01 Indoor Display of Motor Vehicles and Watercraft .. 121 315-01 Storage of Flammable Plastic Foam Products .. 123 316-324 Reserved .. 124 CHAPTER 4 EMERGENCY PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS .. 124 401-06 Fire and Emergency Preparedness Guide, Checklist and Notices .. 125 Appendix 1 Building Information Section/Fire and Emergency Preparedness Information .. 138 Appendix 2 Fire Safety Notice .. 185 Appendix 3 NYC Apartment Building Individual Emergency Preparedness/Evacuation Planning Checklist.

6 187 iii Appendix 4 Close the Door Notice .. 191 401-07 Fire and Non-Fire Emergency Drills .. 192 Appendix A Medical Emergencies .. 204 Appendix B Active Shooter Emergencies .. 205 402 Reserved .. 208 403-01 Fire Safety Precautions at Street Fairs and Similar Outdoor Public Gatherings .. 208 403-02 Theater Inspections, Maintenance and 211 404-01 Fire Safety and Evacuation Plans .. 214 Appendix A-1 Fire Safety and Evacuation Plan Format Hotel/Motel (R-1) Occupancies .. 237 Appendix A-2 Combined Fire Safeties and Evacuation Plan and Emergency Action Plan Format Office Building (B) Occupancies.

7 252 Appendix A-3 Fire Safety and Evacuation Plan Format Office Buildings with Interior Fire Alarm Systems 297 Appendix B-1 Fire Safety and Evacuation Plan Format Hotel/Motel Building Information Card .. 304 Appendix C-2 Combined Fire Safety /Emergency Action Plan Staffing Chart .. 318 Appendix D Building Profile .. 319 404-02 Office Building Emergency Action Plans .. 324 404-03 Fire Safety Requirements for Sidewalk Cafes and Similar Public Gathering Places .. 345 405-407 Reserved .. 347 408-01 Residential Buildings With Non-Sequential or Non-Standard Floor Numbering .. 347 CHAPTER 5 FIRE OPERATIONS FEATURES.

8 348 501-504 Reserved .. 348 505-01 Apartment and Guest Room Identification and Directional Markings and Signs .. 348 505-02 Apartment, Guest Room and Stairwell Fire Emergency Markings .. 351 506-510 Reserved .. 368 511-01 In-Building Auxiliary Radio Communication Systems .. 368 512 Reserved .. 381 CHAPTER 6 BUILDING SERVICES AND SYSTEMS .. 381 601-605 Reserved .. 381 606-01 Removal of Lubricating Oil from Ammonia Refrigerating Systems .. 381 607 Reserved .. 384 608-01 Outdoor Stationary Storage Battery Systems .. 384 CHAPTER 7 FIRE-RESISTANT RATED CONSTRUCTION .. 403 701-704 Reserved.

9 403 CHAPTER 8 INTERIOR FURNISHINGS, DECORATIONS AND SCENERY .. 403 iv 801-804 Reserved .. 403 805-01 Flame-Resistant Decorations .. 404 805-02 Flame-Retardant Scenery .. 408 806 Reserved .. 412 CHAPTER 9 FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS .. 412 901-01 Central Station Monitoring of Fire Alarm 412 901-03 Reserved .. 421 901-04 Buildings Temporarily Occupied as Emergency Shelters .. 421 902 Reserved .. 425 903-01 Flow Testing of Residential Sprinkler Systems .. 425 904-01 Clean Agent Fire Extinguishing Systems Acceptance 428 905-01 Standpipe System Pressure Reducing Devices .. 430 906 Reserved.

10 431 907-01 Fire Alarm Recordkeeping, Smoke Detector Maintenance, Testing and Record- keeping, and the Prevention of Unnecessary and Unwarranted Fire Alarms .. 431 908-911 Reserved .. 436 912-01 Periodic Testing of Standpipe and Sprinkler Systems With Fire DEPARTMENT Connections .. 436 913-914 Reserved .. 439 CHAPTER 10 MEANS OF EGRESS .. 439 1001-1024 Reserved .. 439 1025-01 Fire Escape Window Gates and Similar Security Devices For Secondary Means of Egress and Emergency Escape and Rescue 440 1026-1027 Reserved .. 442 CHAPTER 11 RESERVED .. 442 CHAPTER 12 DRY 442 1201-1208 Reserved .. 442 1201-1208 Reserved.