Indiana Administrative Code › Title 675 - FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING SAFETY COMMISSION › Article 22 - FIRE PREVENTION CODES › Rule 2.5 - 2014 Indiana Fire Code › Section 2.5-10 - Chapter 9; fire protection systems

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 22-13-2-2
Affected: IC 22-12-1-4; IC 22-12-1-5; IC 22-12-7; IC 22-13;
				  IC 22-14; IC 36-8-17
Sec. 10.
Chapter 9 is amended as follows:
(a) Amend Section 901.2 to delete the text
				and insert the following: Complete plans and specifications for fire alarm
				systems; fire-extinguishing systems, including automatic sprinklers and wet dry
				standpipes; halon systems and other special types of automatic
				fire-extinguishing systems; basement pipe inlets; and other fire-protection
				systems and appurtenances thereto shall be submitted for review prior to system
				installation in accordance with
				675 IAC 12-6 and
				with the local unit of government where required by local ordinance. Plans and
				specifications for fire alarm systems shall include, but not be limited to, a
				floor plan; location of all alarm-initiating and alarm signaling devices; alarm
				control and trouble-signaling equipment; annunciation; power connection;
				battery calculations; conductor type and sizes; voltage drop calculations; and
				manufacturer, model numbers and listing information for all equipment, devices,
				and materials.
(b) Amend Section
				901.2.1 to delete "where required by the fire code official".
(c) Delete Section 901.3 in its entirety
				without substitution.
(d) Amend
				Section 901.4 to delete text after the first sentence and insert to read as
				follows: Alterations to fire protection systems shall be done in accordance
				with the applicable rules of the commission.
(e) Amend Section 901.4.3 to delete "707.3.9"
				and insert "707.3.10".
(f) Delete
				Section 901.4.4 without substitution.
(g) Amend Section 901.5 to delete "and as
				approved by the fire code official" without substitution.
(h) Amend Section 901.6.2 to delete the text
				and insert the following: Records of all system inspections, tests and
				maintenance required by the referenced standards shall be maintained on the
				premises or made readily available for a minimum of two (2) years from the date
				of the last inspection, except that original acceptance test reports shall be
				maintained for the life of the system.
(i) Amend Section 901.7 to delete "where
				required by the fire code official".
(j) Amend Section 901.7.3 to delete the last
				sentence without substitution.
(k)
				Amend Section 901.8 to delete ", or when approved by the fire code
				official".
(l) Amend Section
				901.8.1 to delete "direction" and insert "request".
(m) Amend Section 903.1.1 to delete the text
				and insert the following: "See
				675 IAC
				12-6-11."
(n) Amend Section 903.2.1.3, Group A-3, as
				follows:
(1) Add Exception 1 to read as
				follows: Fire areas not exceeding 7,000 square feet (650.3 m2) used primarily
				for worship with or without fixed seating and not used for exhibition or
				display, and the fire area is not located on a floor level other than that of
				exit discharge.
(2) Add Exception 2
				to read as follows: The fire area is located on a floor other than the level of
				exit discharge. For purposes of determining the level of exit discharge,
				mezzanines of 2,000 s.f. or less in area in compliance with Section 505 shall
				be considered a portion of the story below if the total floor area and occupant
				load, including the mezzanine, are compliant with both conditions (1) and
				(2).