CHAPTER 391 – FIRE ALARM AND DETECTION SYSTEMS; FIRE DRILLS

Interior Fire Alarm Systems

391.01   Scope

391.02   Conditions Requiring Interior Fire Alarms

391.03   Types of Systems Required

391.04   Definitions

391.05   Materials and Devices

391.06   Approval of System Plans

391.07   Alarm Sending Stations

391.08   Sounding Devices

391.09   Annunciators

391.10   Sources of Electrical Energy

391.11   Supervising Current

391.12   Station Testing Devices

391.13   Subdivided Buildings

391.14   Installation of Electrical Work

391.15   Acceptance Tests

391.16   Monthly Tests

391.17   Maintenance

391.18   Supplemental Regulations for Installation of Interior Systems

391.19   Existing Installations

Fire Detection Systems

391.20   Conditions Requiring Automatic Equipment

391.21   Definitions

391.22   Approved Equipment

391.23   Installation, Tests and Maintenance

391.231   Smoke Detectors – Repealed

Fire Drills

391.24   Multiple Dwellings

391.25   Mercantile Occupancy

391.26   Institutional Occupancy

391.27   Assembly Occupancy

391.28   Educational Occupancy

391.29   Industrial Occupancy

391.30   High Hazard Occupancy

Cross-reference:
   Alarm system from hospitals and nursing homes, CO 135.35
   Fire Chief approval required, CO 3105.11
   Obstructing fire alarms and detection systems, CO 381.11

Statutory reference:
   School fire drills, RC 3737.73

INTERIOR FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS

§ 391.01 Scope

   The provisions of this chapter shall govern the installation of required interior fire alarm systems, except that the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to mechanically operated alarms actuated by automatic sprinkler systems.

(Ord. No. 991-49. Passed 6-27-49, eff. 6-27-49)

§ 391.02 Conditions Requiring Interior Fire Alarms

   Fire protective signaling systems shall be of an approved type and shall be installed in accordance with the Ohio Basic Building Code and as specified in the following table:

 

Use Group Classification as defined in the Ohio Basic Building Code	Where Required
Assembly, A-1, A-2, A-3	All buildings containing more than 1 room or space of A-1, A-2 or A-3 assembly occupancy.
Factory & Industrial F-1	All buildings more than 2 stories in height.
High Hazard, H-1, H-2,H-3, H-4	All buildings or parts of buildings more than 1 story in height.
Mercantile	Buildings with sales rooms above 2nd floor level; and those with an unenclosed moving stairway or open stairway.

 

   (a)   Presignal type to be installed only in buildings with approved trained fire brigade.

   (b)   Noncoded type permitted only in buildings housing adults where there are no bedridden or incapacitated patients.

   (c)   Any fire alarm condition initiated by a manual pull station or detection appliance or any observance of fire or smoke by an individual in any hospital or nursing home shall be immediately reported to the Division of Fire by any of the following:

      (1)   Transmission of the alarm by a third party central station system approved by the Fire Chief;

      (2)   Notification to the Division of Fire by dialing 911.

(Ord. No. 2013-94. Passed 6-19-95, eff. 6-28-95)