Form Cms-2786w - Fire Safety Survey Report - Icf-Iid (Large Facilities) 2012 Life Safety Code Page 11

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Name of Facility
2012 LIFE SAFETY CODE
PART II – EXISTING RESIDENT BOARD & CARE OCCUPANCIES
NOT
ID
MET
N/A
REMARKS
PREFIX
(PROMPT OR SLOW EVACUATION)
MET
K347
Smoke Alarms and Smoke Detection Systems
Each sleeping room shall be provided with an approved smoke alarm in
accordance with 9.6.2.10 that is powered from the building electrical system.
Existing occupancies with battery-powered smoke alarms, rather than building
electrical service-powered smoke alarms, shall be accepted where the facility
has demonstrated that testing, maintenance, and battery replacement
programs ensure the reliability of power to the smoke alarms.
Sleeping room smoke alarms shall be required in facilities having an existing
corridor smoke detection system in accordance with Section 9.6 that is
connected to the building fire alarm system.
All living areas as defined in 3.3.21.5 and corridors shall be provided with
smoke detectors in accordance NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling
Code, that are arranged to initiate an alarm that is audible in all sleeping
areas except as modified by one of the following:
1. Detectors shall not be required in living areas of buildings having prompt
or slow evacuation capability protected throughout by an approved
automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance with 33.3.3.5.
2. Unenclosed corridors, passageways, balconies, colonnades, or other
arrangements with one or more sides along the long dimension fully or
extensively open to the exterior at all times.
33.3.3.4.7, 33.3.3.4.8
Form CMS-2786W (10/2016)
Page 11

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