13 Va. Admin. Code § 5-63-545 - Chapter 7 Fire safety requirements
A. Delete the
following sections from Chapter 7 of the IPMC:
1. Section 701.2 Responsibility.
2. Section 703.2 Unsafe conditions.
3. Section 703.7 Vertical shafts.
4. Section 704.1.2 Required fire protection
systems.
5. Section 704.1.3 Fire
protection systems.
6. Section
704.2.1 Records.
7. Table 704.2
FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM MAINTENANCE STANDARDS.
8. Section 704.2.2 Records
information.
9. Section 704.3.1
Emergency impairments.
10. Section
704.4 Removal of or tampering with equipment.
11. Section 704.4.1 Removal of or tampering
with appurtenances.
12. Section
704.4.2 Removal of existing occupant hose lines.
13. Section 704.4.3 Termination of monitoring
service.
14. Section 704.5.2 Clear
space around connections.
15.
Section 704.6.1 Where required.
16. Section 704.6.1.1 Group R-1.
17. Section 704.6.1.2 Groups R-2, R-3, R-4,
and I-1.
18. Section 704.6.1.3
Installation near cooking appliances.
19. Section 704.6.1.4 Installation near
bathrooms.
20. Section 704.6.2
Interconnection.
21. Section
704.6.3 Power source.
22. Section
704.6.4 Smoke detection system.
23.
Section 704.7 Single-station and multiple-station smoke alarms.
24. Section 705.1 General.
B. Change the following sections
in Chapter 7 of the IPMC:
1. Section 701.1
General. The provisions of this chapter shall govern the maintenance of fire
safety facilities and equipment.
2.
Section 702.1 General. The means of egress system shall be maintained in
accordance with the applicable building code and Chapter 10 of the SFPC to
provide a safe, continuous, and unobstructed path of travel from any point in a
building or structure to the public way.
3. Section 702.2 Aisles. The required width
of aisles shall be maintained in accordance with the applicable building
code.
4. Section 702.3 Doors. Means
of egress doors shall be maintained and to the extent required by the code in
effect at the time of construction, shall be readily openable from the side
from which egress is to be made without the need for keys, special knowledge,
or effort.
5. Section 702.4
Emergency escape and rescue openings. Required emergency escape and rescue
openings shall be maintained in accordance with the code in effect at the time
of construction and to the extent required by the code in effect at the time of
construction shall be operational from the inside of the room without the use
of keys or tools. Bars, grilles, grates, or similar devices are permitted to be
placed over emergency escape and rescue openings provided the minimum net clear
opening size complies with the code that was in effect at the time of
construction, and such devices shall be releasable or removable from the inside
without the use of a key, tool, or force greater than that which is required
for normal operation of the escape and rescue opening.
6. Section 703.3 Maintenance. The required
fire-resistance rating of fire-resistance-rated construction, including walls,
firestops, shaft enclosures, partitions, smoke barriers, floors, fire-resistive
coatings and sprayed fire-resistant materials applied to structural members,
and joint systems, shall be maintained. Such elements shall be visually
inspected annually by the owner and maintained as constructed in accordance
with the applicable building code. Records of inspections and repairs shall be
maintained. Where concealed, such elements shall not be required to be visually
inspected by the owner unless the concealed space is accessible by the removal
or movement of a panel, access door, ceiling tile, or entry to the
space.
7. Section 703.8 Opening
protective closers. Where openings are required to be protected, opening
protectives shall be maintained self-closing or automatic-closing by smoke
detection.
8. Section 704.1
General. Systems, devices, and equipment to detect a fire, actuate an alarm, or
suppress or control a fire or any combination thereof shall be maintained in an
operable condition at all times.
9.
Section 704.1.1 Maintenance. Fire protection systems shall be maintained in
accordance with the applicable building code and the Statewide Fire Prevention
Code.
10. Section 704.2 Records.
Inspection, testing, and maintenance records shall be maintained in accordance
with the Statewide Fire Prevention Code.
11. Section 704.3 Systems out of service.
Where a required fire protection system is taken out of service, it shall be
taken out of service in accordance with the Statewide Fire Prevention Code, and
the fire department and the fire code official shall be notified
immediately.
12. Section 704.5 Fire
department connection access. Ready access to fire department connections shall
be maintained at all times.
13.
Section 704.5.1 Clear space around connections. A working space of not less
than 36 inches (914 mm) in width, 36 inches (914 mm) in depth, and 78 inches
(1981 mm) in height shall be maintained in front of and to the sides of
wall-mounted fire department connections and around the circumference of
free-standing fire department connections.
14. Section 704.6 Single-station and
multiple-station smoke alarms. Required or provided single-station and
multiple-station smoke alarms shall be maintained in accordance with the
applicable building code.
Notes
Statutory Authority: § 36-98 of the Code of Virginia.
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