California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 1 - State Fire Marshal › Chapter 4 - Fire Alarm Systems and Devices › Subchapter 1 - Household Fire Warning Equipment › Article 2 - Definitions › Section 745 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
For the purpose of these regulations, certain terms,
						phrases, words, and their derivatives shall be construed as set forth in this
						section. Words used in the Singular include the plural, and the plural the
						singular. Definitions contained in California Code of Regulations, Title 19,
						Division 1, Chapter 1.5 and California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 3,
						Article 760, shall be used where not included in these regulations.
(a) Alarm Signal.
An audible signal indicating a fire
						condition.
(b) Approved.
Refers to approval and listing by the State Fire Marshal
						as a result of investigations or tests conducted or supervised by him, or by
						reason of tests by recognized testing laboratories, national authorities,
						technical or scientific organizations, pursuant to the provisions of California
						Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1, Chapter 1.5.
(c) Combination System.
A household fire warning system whose components may be
						used in whole or in part, in common with a non-fire emergency signaling system,
						such as a Burglar Alarm System or an Intercom System, without degradation or
						hazard to the fire warning system.
(d) Dwelling Unit.
One or more habitable rooms which are occupied or which
						are intended or designed to be occupied by one family with facilities for
						living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
(e) Heat Detector.
A device capable of reacting to rapidly rising or
						elevated temperatures.
(f)
					 Household.
The family living unit in single-family detached
						dwellings, single-family attached dwellings, multi-family buildings, and mobile
						homes.
(g) Household Fire
					 Warning System.
A system of interconnected devices that produce an
						audible alarm signal in the household for the purpose of notifying the
						occupants of the presence of a fire so they may evacuate the
						premises.
(h) Living Room.
Means any room frequently occupied as a living area, such
						as, living room, family rooms, recreation rooms, etc.
(i) Multiple Station Alarm Device.
Single station alarm devices, two or more, which may be
						interconnected so that actuation of one causes all integral or separate audible
						alarms to operate. It may also consist of one single station alarm device
						having connections for other detectors or manual stations.
(j) Sleeping Area.
By "Sleeping Area" is meant the area or areas of a family
						living unit in which the bedrooms (or sleeping rooms) including hallways
						servicing bedrooms, are located. Bedrooms separated by common use areas, such
						as kitchens or living rooms (but not bathrooms), shall be considered as
						separate sleeping areas for purposes of these regulations.
(k) Single Station Alarm Device.
An assembly incorporating the detector, control
						equipment, the alarm and trouble sounding device(s) in one unit, operated from
						an external or internal power supply.
(l) Trouble Signal.
An indication distinctive from the alarm signal warning
						of a malfunction or failure of the system.
(m) Smoke Detector.
A device which detects visible or invisible particles of
						combustion.
1.
						Amendment of first paragraph and subsection (b) and new NOTE filed 1-12-2011;
						operative 1-12-2011 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4
						(Register 2011, No. 2).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  13114
						  and
						  13144.4,
						  Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
						  13100-
						  13146.5,
						  Health and Safety Code.