907.8.6. Certificated Fire Alarm Systems for Existing Buildings.

   Existing buildings are required to have certificated fire alarm systems in accordance with San Francisco Fire Department Administrative Bulletin 3.03.

907.8.7. Reporting of Fire Alarm System Operational Matrix.

   All fire alarm inspection and testing reports for high-rise buildings shall clearly state how the fire alarm system’s matrix was designed and approved to operate. The report shall indicate if the system is designed as a Full Evacuation System (all floors are notified and shall evacuate), a Partial Evacuation System (only some floors are notified of the alarm and must evacuate), or as a Relocation System (only some floors are notified and asked to relocate to another floor within the same building). The report shall indicate which floors are designed for the full evacuation of occupants and on which floors the occupants shall relocate to another floor. High-rise evacuation and relocation procedures shall comply with San Francisco Fire Department Administrative Bulletin 3.05.

907.8.8. Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance Personnel Qualifications.

   Personnel inspecting, repairing, or testing any life safety equipment in San Francisco including, but not limited to, fire alarms, elevator recall systems, and sprinkler monitoring systems, must possess a valid current C-10 (electrical) contractor license issued by the California Contractors State License Board (CA-CSLB). The SFFD does not approve or accept work of the types listed above conducted by persons or companies known not to hold the required license. Employees of companies hired to work on life safety systems are also required to maintain a valid current Electrician Certificate (fire alarms) issued by the CA Department of Industrial Relations (CA-DIR) 1

CODIFICATION NOTE

1.   So in Ord. 248-22.

SECTION 909. – SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEMS.

The following San Francisco Fire Code section replaces the corresponding California Fire Code and International Fire Code sections:

909.4. [For SF] Analysis.

   A rational analysis supporting the types of smoke control systems to be employed, the methods of their operations, the systems supporting them, and the methods of construction to be utilized, shall accompany the construction documents submission and include, but not be limited to, the items described in Sections 909.4.1 through 909.4.8.

909.4.8. Active and Passive Zones.

   The design of the smoke control system may incorporate rooms or areas designated as either active zones or passive zones. A passive zone shall be defined as any room/area that uses compartmentation only to prevent smoke migration and does not utilize the methods prescribed under Sections 906, 907, and 908. An active zone shall be defined as any room/area that uses any of the methods prescribed under Sections 906, 907, and 908. Passive zones shall be enclosed by smoke barriers or smoke partitions unless the analysis required by Section 909.4 provides technical justification for the omission of smoke barriers and/or smoke partitions. The fire code official may require a tenability analysis where the design of the smoke control system incorporates passive zones in rooms/areas that would normally be designed as active zones, or where a building that is required to be protected by a smoke control system complying with Section 909 is designed with most or all rooms/areas arranged as passive zones. The tenability analysis shall demonstrate that tenability is maintained within the means of egress and within zones other than the zone of fire origin for the duration required by Section 909.4.6.

SECTION 912 – FIRE DEPARTMENT CONNECTIONS.

912.8. Number of connections required.

   Sprinkler systems requiring a 4-inch (101.6 mm) or larger water service shall have two or more inlet connections as necessary to meet hydraulic demand.