Chapter 7.
Special Conditions

ARTICLE 700 – EMERGENCY SYSTEMS

700.12(F)(2) Revise item (2) and (5) of this section as follows:

700.12(F)(2)   Installation of Unit Equipment. Unit equipment shall be installed in accordance with 700.12(F)(2)(1) through (6).

   (2)   Unit equipment shall be permanently fixed (i.e., not portable) in place and shall have all wiring to each unit installed in accordance with the requirements of any of the wiring methods in Chapter 3. Flexible cord-and-plug connection shall not be permitted [ ← ].

   (5)   Emergency luminaires (illumination fixtures) that obtain power from a unit equipment and are not part of the unit equipment shall be wired to the unit equipment as required by 700.10 and by one of the wiring methods of Chapter 3.

700.16 Revise the first paragraph of this section as follows:

700.16 Emergency Illumination. Emergency illumination shall include means of egress lighting, illuminated exit signs, and all other luminaires specified as necessary to provide required illumination. Emergency illumination shall be provided at the location of transfer switches, switchboards and panelboards that supply emergency and legally required stand-by loads.

ARTICLE 760 – FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS

760.46 Revise this section as follows:

760.46 NPLFA Circuit Wiring. Installation of non-power-limited fire alarm circuits shall be in accordance with 110.3(B), 300.7, 300.11, 300.15, 300.17, 300.19(B), and other appropriate articles of Chapter 3. Conductors shall be installed in metallic raceways or concrete-encased nonmetallic raceways.

   Exception No. 1: As provided in Sections 760.48 through 760.53.

 [ ← ][Editor’s Note: Exception 2 is deleted by local amendment.]

760.130(A) Revise Exception No. 2 of this section as follows:

   (A)   NPLFA Wiring Methods and Materials. Installation shall be in accordance with 760.46, and conductors shall be solid or stranded copper.

   Exception No. 2: Conductors and multiconductor cables described in and installed in accordance with 760.49 [ ← ] shall be permitted.

760.130(B) Revise the first paragraph of this section as follows:

760.130(B)   PLFA Wiring Methods and Materials. Power-limited fire alarm conductors and cables described in 760.179 shall be installed [ ← ] in metallic raceway in accordance with 760.46. Devices shall be installed in accordance with 110.3(B), 300.7, 300.11(A), and 300.15.

760.180 Add the following new section:

760.180 System Requirements.

   (A)   Supervising Station Fire Alarm Systems. Supervising station fire alarm system wiring installed within or on buildings shall be installed in metallic race ways.

   Exception: Communication conductors installed entirely within a dedicated telephone equipment room, switchboard area or fire control room.

   (B)   Source of Power. Circuits supplying fire alarm control units that are not monitored by an approved supervising station, or a constantly attended location approved by the fire code official shall be connected to either the line or load side of the service disconnect. Circuits shall be protected by means of an externally operated fused safety switch or a circuit breaker either in a separate enclosure or within a switchboard entirely separate from other circuit breakers. The switch and/or circuit breaker shall be clearly labeled and locked in the on position.

   Informational Note: See CEC (2016) 760.41 & 760.121; CBC (2016) 903.4; NFPA 72 (2016) 10.5.3; NFPA 13 (2016) 6.8.4.1