Texas Administrative Code › Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION › Chapter 553 - LICENSING STANDARDS FOR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES › Subchapter D - FACILITY CONSTRUCTION › Division 11 - NEW LARGE TYPE B ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES › Section 553.245 - Fire Protection Systems Requirements for a New Large Type B Assisted Living Facility

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Fire alarm
					 and smoke detection system. A new large Type B assisted living facility must
					 provide a fire alarm system meeting the requirements of 18.3.4, Detection,
					 Alarm, and Communications Systems, in NFPA 101, Chapter 18, New Health Care
					 Occupancies, as modified by this section.
(1)
					 General. A new large Type B assisted living facility must ensure the operation
					 of any alarm initiating device automatically activates the manual fire alarm
					 system evacuation alarm for the entire building.
(2) Smoke detectors.
(A) A new large Type B assisted living
					 facility must install smoke detectors meeting the requirements of 18.3.4.5.1,
					 Corridors, in NFPA 101, Chapter 18, New Health Care Occupancies.
(B) A new large Type B assisted living
					 facility comprised of buildings containing living units with independent
					 cooking equipment within the living unit, must additionally have:
(i) a smoke detector installed in all
					 resident bedrooms, corridors, hallways, living rooms, dining rooms, offices,
					 kitchens and laundries within the living unit, that sounds an alarm only within
					 the living unit; and
(ii) a heat
					 detector installed in the kitchen within the living unit that activates the
					 general alarm.
(3) Alarm control panel.
(A) A new large Type B assisted living
					 facility must provide a fire alarm control unit, or a fire alarm annunciator
					 providing annunciation of all fire alarm, supervisory, and trouble signals by
					 audible and visible indicators, in a location visible to staff at or near the
					 staff area that is attended 24 hours a day.
(B) A new large Type B assisted living
					 facility is not required to ensure a fire alarm control unit or fire alarm
					 annunciator is visible to staff if the fire alarm is monitored by devices
					 carried by all staff.
(C) A new
					 large Type B assisted living facility must ensure a fire alarm panel indicates
					 each floor and smoke compartment, as applicable, as a separate zone. Each zone
					 must provide an alarm and trouble indication. When all alarm initiating devices
					 are addressable and the status of each device is identified on the fire alarm
					 panel, zone indication is not required.
(4) Fire alarm power source.
(A) A new large Type B assisted living
					 facility must ensure a fire alarm system is powered by a permanently-wired,
					 dedicated branch circuit that is powered from a commercial power source in
					 accordance with NFPA 70.
(B) A new
					 large Type B assisted living facility must provide a secondary, emergency power
					 source meeting the requirements of NFPA 72.
(5) Emergency forces notification. A new
					 large Type B assisted living facility must ensure a fire alarm system
					 automatically notifies emergency forces according to the requirements of
					 18.3.4.3.2, Emergency Forces Notification, in NFPA 101, Chapter 18, New Health
					 Care Occupancies