Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Bureau of Fire Services › Adult Foster Care Facilities › Part 6 - EXISTING ADULT FOSTER CARE CONGREGATE FACILITIES › Section R. 400.18602 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 602. As used in this part:
"Approved" means acceptable to the state fire
					 marshal.
"Automatic fire detection system" means at least a local
					 system incorporating labeled underwriters laboratories, incorporated, control
					 units, with audible signal devices, thermostats, and associated instruments and
					 devices listed by underwriters laboratories, incorporated, in its fire
					 protection equipment list, and installed in accordance with the national fire
					 protection association pamphlets nos. 72A, 72B, and 72D, 1972 edition,
					 proprietary, auxiliary, and local protective signaling systems which are
					 adopted by reference in
					 R
					 400.18659.
"Automatic sprinkler system" means a sprinkler system that
					 is installed in accordance with the provisions of national fire protection
					 association pamphlet no. 13, 1972 edition, sprinkler systems, which is adopted
					 by reference in
					 R
					 400.18659.
"Authority having jurisdiction" means the Michigan
					 department of state police, fire marshal division.
"Basement" means that portion of a building which is below
					 grade, but which is so located that the vertical distance from the grade to the
					 floor is not more than the vertical distance from the grade to the ceiling;
					 except that where the ceiling of such portion of a building is located 5 feet
					 or more above grade for more than 25% of the perimeter measurement of the
					 building or part of the building affected, it shall be classed as a first
					 story.
"Building" means a congregate facility occupied by
					 residents.
"Cellar" means that portion of a building which is partly
					 below grade, but which is so located that the vertical distance from the grade
					 to the floor is greater than the vertical distance from the grade to the
					 ceiling.
"Combustible" means the opposite of noncombustible.
"Department" means the Michigan department of state police,
					 fire marshal division.
"Director" means the state fire marshal.
"Existing" means a facility constructed and licensed before
					 February 1, 1975.
"Exit" means a way of departure from the interior of a
					 building or structure to a street or to an open space that provides safe access
					 to a street. An exit may comprise vertical and horizontal means of travel, such
					 as doorways, stairways, ramps, corridors, passageways, and fire escapes,
					 including all of the elements that are necessary for an emergency escape from
					 the building or structure. An exit begins at a doorway or other point of access
					 to an exit from which occupants may proceed to the exterior of the building or
					 structure with reasonable safety.
"Fire alarm system" means, at a minimum, a local system
					 that incorporates control units, audible signal devices, thermostats, and
					 associated instruments and devices listed by underwriters laboratories,
					 incorporated, in its fire protection equipment list, and installed in
					 accordance with the 1972 edition of the national fire protection association
					 pamphlet nos. 72A, 72B, and 72D, proprietary, auxiliary, and local protective
					 signaling systems, which are adopted by reference in
					 R
					 400.18659.
"Fire doors" means doors constructed in accordance with the
					 1970 edition of the national fire protection association pamphlet no. 80
					 entitled, standard for the installation of fire doors and windows, which is
					 adopted by reference in
					 R
					 400.18659 and labeled in accordance with the listing
					 of underwriters laboratories, incorporated.
"Fire resistant construction" means a building that has all
					 walls, ceilings, floors, partitions, and the roof made of noncombustible
					 materials, such as stone, brick, tile, concrete, gypsum, steel, or similar
					 noncombustible materials. Structural members shall be of such assembly or be
					 protected by material that will afford a fire-resistance rating of 1 hour or
					 more.
"Fire resistance rating" means materials or an assembly of
					 materials that shall afford a rating as prescribed in the 1964 edition, as
					 amended, of the fire resistance rating pamphlet published by the national board
					 of fire underwriters or as prescribed in the listings of underwriters
					 laboratories, incorporated, building materials list.
"Flameproof" or "flameproofing" means materials that do not
					 readily ignite or propagate flame under test conditions. Flameproofed materials
					 usually are combustible materials that have been treated or coated to modify
					 their burning properties.
"Inspecting authority" means the state fire marshal.
"New" means an existing facility licensed and constructed
					 between February 1, 1975, and the effective date of these rules. It also
					 includes any addition and remodeling to a building after February 1, 1975, and
					 the effective date of these rules.
"Noncombustible" means any of the following:
(a) A material that will not ignite and burn when subjected
					 to fire. A material that liberates flammable gas when heated to a temperature
					 of 1,380 degrees Fahrenheit for 5 minutes is not considered
					 noncombustible.
(b) A material which has a structural base of
					 noncombustible material as defined in subdivision (a) of this rule and which
					 has a surfacing that is not more than 1/8-inch thick and that has a flame
					 spread rating of not more than 50 in compliance with the provisions of
					 R
					 400.18639.
(c) A material, other than a material described in
					 subdivision (a) or (b) of this rule, which has a surface flame spread rating of
					 not more than 25 in compliance with the provisions of
					 R
					 400.18639 without evidence of continued progressive
					 combustion and which is of such composition that surfaces that would be exposed
					 by cutting through the material in any way would not have a flame spread rating
					 of more than 25 without evidence of continued progressive combustion.
"Panic hardware" means hardware that is listed as panic
					 hardware in the accident, automotive, and burglary protection equipment lists,
					 1972, of underwriters laboratories, incorporated, adopted by reference in
					 R
					 400.18659.
"Plenum" means an air compartment or chamber to which 1 or
					 more ducts are connected and which forms part of an air distribution
					 system.
"Protected ordinary construction" means a type of
					 construction in which exterior bearing walls are made of masonry, roofs and
					 interior framing are made of wood or other combustible material that is
					 protected so as to afford at least a 1-hour-fire resistance rating, and the
					 ceilings are attached unfurred directly to the underside of the roof joists
					 without an attic or open space above the ceiling joists.
"Story" means that part of a building between a floor and
					 the floor or roof next above. The first story shall be the lowest story of a
					 building, the ceiling of which is located 5 feet or more above grade for more
					 than 25% of the perimeter measurement of that story. Other stories shall be
					 referred to by numerical designations in their order above the first
					 story.
"Wired glass" means glass which is not less than 1/4-inch
					 thick, which is reinforced with wire mesh, no. 24 gauge or heavier, and which
					 has openings that are not larger than 1 inch square.