C. Provide smoke alarms in domiciliary resident sleeping rooms, on-call staff sleeping rooms,
hoptel sleeping rooms, and other sleeping rooms in non-patient areas. Also install smoke
alarms in family/staff quarters in accordance with NFPA 72. Single station 120 VAC smoke
alarms that are not connected to the building fire alarm system are preferred vis--vis system
type 24 VDC smoke detectors. UFAS and ADA require a minimum of 1 unit, and 1 out of
each 25 rooms in each occupancy category to be provided with visible appliances (strobe
lights) activated by the smoke alarm. Facilities are encouraged to provide additional visible
notification appliances (combination smoke detector/visible notification appliance) up to 100%,
where possible. See NFPA 72 for light intensity and mounting instructions.
Note: Where single station alarms are provided, visible notification should be provided
so that any hearing impaired individual will have the proper notification. If only 1 in
25 are provided, the facility will have to ensure that hearing impaired persons are
assigned to those rooms where accommodation (visible notification) is provided
Installing all units with strobes will allow any hearing impaired resident to occupy any
room.
Note: Where sleeping rooms are made accessible for hearing impaired individuals, and
a building fire alarm system is required, the system should be designed to activate the
visible notification appliances within the sleeping rooms at the same rate as identified
above to comply with UFAS and ADA.
D. All smoke detectors shall be photoelectric type only. Alarm verification shall not be used for
smoke detectors installed for the purpose of early warning.
shall be fixed temperature, extra high temperature (325-375 F) rating. It is anticipated that
most generator rooms will be sprinkler protected and will not require heat detectors.
F. Where duct smoke detectors are located above ceilings, provide a remote indicating lamp and
a test key switch on nearby wall at 7 ft AFF to facilitate testing.
G. When an annunciator is required, it shall be located at the building entrances where the fire
fighters will respond. The main control panel can act as an annunciator. Coordinate the
location with the local Fire Department. Circuits from the fire alarm control panel to a remote
annunciator shall be supervised.
H. Elevators: Elevator fire protection must comply with the requirements of NFPA 13, NFPA
70, NFPA 72, and ANSI/ASME A17.1 or A17.3 as applicable.
Note: Designers are reminded of the requirement in Chapter 7 of NFPA 101 for
independent ventilation or air conditioning systems to maintain proper temperature
during elevator fire fighters service operation for elevator machine rooms that contain
solid -state equipment for elevators having a travel distance of more than 50 feet above
the level of exit discharge or more than 30 feet below the level of exit discharge, and
the requirement that when standby power is connected to the elevator, the machine
room ventilation or air conditioning shall be connected to standby power.
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