Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 477 - State Fire Marshal › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 477.283 - Changes to codes adopted by reference: International Fire Code; International Building Code; International Wildland-Urban Interface Code

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The following changes are made to the 2018
			 edition of the International Fire Code as adopted by reference in NAC
			 477.281:
(a) "International Fuel Gas Code" is deleted
			 and replaced with "N.F.P.A. Standard 54, 2018 edition, or the most current
			 version adopted by the Board for the Regulation of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas
			 in NAC 590.610."
(b) "International Mechanical Code" is
			 deleted and replaced with "2018 Uniform Mechanical Code."
(c) "International Plumbing Code" is deleted
			 and replaced with "2018 Uniform Plumbing Code."
(d) Section 105.6.20 is revised by adding a
			 new paragraph to read as follows: "When a permit is required to be obtained for
			 hazardous material, the Nevada Combined Agency Hazardous Material Facility
			 Report must be completed and the appropriate fees paid."
(e) Section 109 is deleted.
(f) In section 202, in the definition of
			 "High-Rise Building," "75 feet (22 860 mm)" is deleted and replaced with "55
			 feet (16 764 mm)."
(g) In section
			 202, under "Occupancy Classification":
(1) The
			 definition of "Institutional Group I-2" is revised by adding: "All portions of
			 a care facility which houses patients or residents which are classified by the
			 State Board of Health as a 'Category 2 resident' and which has an occupant load
			 of more than 10 residents, is classified as an 'I-2' occupancy
			 classification."
(2) In the
			 definition of "Institutional Group I-4, day care facilities," "five" is deleted
			 and replaced with "six."
(3) The
			 definition of "Residential Group R-1" is revised by adding "Brothel" to the
			 list.
(4) In compliance with
			 NRS
			 449.1865, in the definition of "Residential
			 Group R-3," " for five or fewer persons receiving care" is deleted and replaced
			 with "for three or more persons receiving care."
(5) The definition of "Residential Group R-4"
			 is revised by adding:
(I) "Reintegration
			 facilities"; and
(II) "Transitional
			 living facilities."
(h) Section 308.1.4 is deleted.
(i) In section 308.1.6.3, "an untethered sky
			 lantern" is deleted and replaced with "a sky lantern or similar device with an
			 open flame fuel source."
(j) In
			 section 503.2.3, "surfaced so as to provide all-weather driving capabilities"
			 is deleted and replaced with "surfaced and paved so as to provide all-weather
			 driving capabilities that are acceptable to and approved by the authority
			 having jurisdiction.
Exception:
Temporary access roads serving only
				buildings under construction are not required to be paved."
(k) In section 505.1 is deleted and replaced
			 with: "New and existing buildings must be provided with approved address
			 numbers, building numbers or address identification. The address numbers,
			 building numbers or address identification must be legible and placed in a
			 position that is visible from the street or road fronting the property. The
			 characters in address numbers, building numbers or address identification must
			 contrast with their background. Address numbers, building numbers or address
			 identification must be Arabic numbers or alphabetical letters. Each number,
			 character and letter must be a minimum of 6 inches (152.4 mm) high for
			 buildings that are within 50 feet of the street, 12 inches high for buildings
			 that are within 51 to 100 feet of the street and 18 inches high for buildings
			 that are over 100 feet from the street. Each number, character and letter must
			 be a minimum stroke width of 0.5 inch (12.7 ). Where access is by means of a
			 private road or driveway and the building cannot be viewed from the public way,
			 a monument, poke or other sign or means must be used to identify the structure.
			 The requirements of this paragraph can be adjusted to allow large Arabic
			 numbers or apathetical letters as required by fire code official for the needs
			 of campuses and complexes for planning and coordination as listed under
			 N.F.P.A. 3000, 2018 edition."
(l)
			 Section 507.3 is revised by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: "Subject
			 to the approval of the fire authority, if the required fire flow is not
			 available for adequate fire protection, an approved automatic fire sprinkler
			 system must be installed throughout the building or buildings. The sprinkler
			 system must meet the requirements of the appropriate N.F.P.A. standard. The
			 provisions of this paragraph do not apply if a fire sprinkler system is
			 otherwise required by this chapter or the adopted codes."
(m) Section 510.1 is deleted and replaced
			 with: "Emergency responder radio coverage systems must be provided throughout
			 any building that meets one of the following standards:
1.
High-rise buildings:
Buildings with a floor used for human occupancy that is located more than 55
			 feet above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access.
2.
Underground and below-grade
			 buildings:
Buildings with a floor level that is below the finished
			 floor of the lowest level of the exit discharge of any level.
3.
Other buildings:
The fire
			 code official is authorized to require a technical opinion and report, in
			 accordance with section 104.7.2, for buildings whose design, due to location,
			 size, construction type or other factors, could impede radio coverage as
			 required by section 510.4.1.
The report shall make a recommendation regarding the need for
				an emergency responder radio coverage system."
(n) Section 510.2 is deleted and replaced
			 with: "Existing buildings, other than buildings with an occupational
			 classification of Residential Group R-3, which do not have approved radio
			 coverage for emergency responders in the building based on existing coverage
			 levels of the public safety communications systems, must be equipped with such
			 coverage according to one of the following conditions:
1. Existing buildings that do not have
			 approved radio coverage, as determined by the Fire Chief, in accordance with
			 section 510.4.1.
2. Where an
			 existing wired communication system cannot be repaired or is being
			 replaced.
3. Within a time frame
			 established by the adopting authority.
Exception:
An existing building is not
				required to be equipped with such coverage where the fire code official
				determines that the radio coverage for emergency responders is not
				needed."
(o)
			 Section 903.2.1.2 is revised by adding a new paragraph to read as follows:
			 "Occupancies containing a casino, regardless of occupancy classification, must
			 be designed and built with a sprinkler system classified as an ordinary Hazard
			 Group 2."
(p) Section 903.2.3 is
			 revised by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: "In high schools where
			 automatic sprinkler systems are provided, the automatic sprinkler systems for
			 the automotive and woodworking shops must be designed to meet ordinary hazard
			 group 1 criteria."
(q) Section
			 903.2 is revised by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: "In all
			 occupancies except group R-3 and U occupancies, a building that is more than
			 two stories in height, including any height added by usable floor space, must
			 have an automatic sprinkler system throughout. Any open parking garage and any
			 airport control tower is exempt from this requirement to install an automatic
			 sprinkler system."
(r) Section
			 906.2 is revised by adding new sentences following the first sentence to read
			 as follows: "The internal components of carbon dioxide, wet chemical,
			 halogenated agent, aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) and film-forming
			 fluoroprotein (FFFP) portable fire extinguishers shall be examined in
			 accordance with N.F.P.A. Standard 10, 2018 edition, table 7.3.3.1. The internal
			 components of all other portable fire extinguishers shall be examined
			 annually."
(s) Section 907.5.2.1.1
			 is revised by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: "The minimum sound
			 pressure levels of audible alarm notification appliances shall be 90 dBA in
			 mechanical equipment rooms and 80 dBA in all other occupancies."
(t) Section 907.5.2.3 is revised by adding
			 the following exceptions following exception 4:
"5. Visible alarm notification appliances are
			 not required in storage rooms, electrical rooms and mechanical rooms that are
			 not normally occupied and are less than 400 square feet.
6. Visible alarm notification appliances are
			 not required in janitor closets."
(u) Section 907.10 is revised by adding: "The
			 provisions of this section apply when any work that requires a permit is
			 conducted on a new or existing building or structure."
(v) In section 915.1.1, "occupancies and" is
			 deleted and replaced with "occupancies, including, without limitation,
			 Residential Group R-3 occupancies used for transient occupancy of less than 30
			 days, and".
(w) Chapter 11 is
			 deleted.
(x) Section 5601.1.3 is
			 revised by deleting the first sentence and adding a new sentence to read as
			 follows: "Except as otherwise provided in this section, the possession,
			 manufacture, storage, sale, use and handling of Class 1.3 and Class 1.4
			 pyrotechnics are only allowed in jurisdictions where specifically approved by
			 local ordinance."
(y) Section
			 6101.1 is revised by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: "In the event
			 of a conflict between any provision in this chapter and the regulations of the
			 Board for the Regulation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, the regulations of the
			 Board take precedence."
(z) In
			 table B105.2 of Appendix B, "25 percent" is deleted and replaced with "50
			 percent."