Section 362.0907. Fire alarm and detection systems.

 

(1)   General. Substitute the following wording and informational note for the requirements in IBC section 907.1: IBC section 907 covers the application and installation of fire alarm systems and their components.

Note: See ch. SPS 314 for requirements for performance and maintenance of fire alarm systems and their components.

(2)   Smoke alarms. These are department informational notes to be used under IBC section 907.2.11:

Note: Section 101.145 (2) and (3) (a) , Stats., addresses installation of smoke detectors and reads as follows: Section 101.145 (2) "A smoke detector required under this section shall be approved by underwriters laboratory."

(3) (a) "The owner of a residential building shall install any smoke detector required under this section according to the directions and specifications of the manufacturer of the smoke detector."

Note: Section 101.145 (4) , Stats., addresses retroactivity requirements for buildings constructed prior to the effective date of this section. This statute section applies beyond the application of this code, as established in s. SPS 361.03 (2) , and states "The owner of a residential building the initial construction of which is commenced before, on or after May 23, 1978, shall install and maintain a functional smoke detector in the basement and at the head of any stairway on each floor level of the building and shall install a functional smoke detector either in each sleeping room of each unit or elsewhere in the unit within 6 feet of each sleeping area and not in a kitchen."

Note: Under section 101.145 (1) (b) , Stats., "sleeping area" means the area of the [dwelling] unit in which the bedrooms or sleeping rooms are located. Bedrooms or sleeping rooms separated by another use area such as a kitchen or living room are separate sleeping areas but bedrooms or sleeping rooms separated by a bathroom are not separate sleeping areas.

(3)   Protective covers. Substitute the following wording for the requirements in IBC section 907.4.2.5: The building official is authorized to require the installation of listed manual fire alarm box protective covers to prevent malicious false alarms or provide the manual fire alarm box with protection from physical damage. The protective cover shall be transparent or red in color with a transparent face to permit visibility of the manual fire alarm box. Each cover shall include proper operating instructions. Protective covers shall not project more than that permitted by IBC section 1003.3.3.

(4)   Employee work areas. Substitute the following wording for the requirements in IBC section 907.5.2.3.2: Where employee work areas have audible alarm coverage, the alarm system shall be designed so that visible notification appliances can be integrated into the system.

CR 00-179 : cr. Register December 2001 No. 552 , eff. 7-1-02; CR 04-016 : renum. (1) to (3) to be (2) to (4), cr. (1) Register December 2004 No. 588 , eff. 1-1-05; CR 06-120 : renum. (3) and (4) to be (5) and (6), cr. (3), (4) and (7) Register February 2008 No. 626 , eff. 3-1-08; CR 10-103 : r. (2) to (4), renum. (5) to (7) to be (2) to (4) and am. Register August 2011 No. 668 , eff. 9-1-11.