(A) Adoption. The city shall hereby adopt the 2012 NFPA 1. Uniform Fire Code® as if fully set forth herein.
(B) Supplemental regulations.
SECTION 10.1 - MONITORING OF FIRE ALARM AND AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEMS.
Newly installed automatic sprinkler systems, and fire detection systems shall be supervised directly by the Blue Island Dispatch Center and transmit signals via wireless radio transmitter. Existing Automatic sprinkler systems and Fire detection systems shall be converted to transmit directly to the Blue Island Dispatch Center via wireless radio transmitter by January 1, 2014.
SECTION 10.2 - PLACEMENT OF COMBINATION STYLE SMOKE/CO ALARMS IN EXISTING APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
Existing apartment buildings shall be required to have combination style smoke/co alarms in all corridors, and in all sleeping areas. Such devices shall be hard wired directly to the buildings electrical system and shall have battery back-up.
SECTION 10.3 - NEW CONSTRUCTION OF NON-SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES.
The first responding fire department apparatus shall be able to reach all interior points of a newly constructed non-single family residential structure with a 150 foot initial attack hose or a distance approved by the code official and/or Fire Chief. Where this requirement cannot be met, an interior standpipe system equipped with fire department hose connections will be required. The standpipe system shall be installed in accordance with the currently adopted version of NFPA 14 (Standard for installation of standpipe and hose systems). The standpipe system shall be connected to a public water system, and shall have a fire department connection.
(Prior Code, § 93.50) (Ord. 04-483, passed 4-27-2004; Ord. 2017-005, passed 2-27-2017)