Re: Fire Alarms Again

["jewellfish" <jewellfish@xxxxxxxxx>]

James,

A building that only has two stories above grade is not classified as a
"high rise".

By "fire communicator" do you mean "fire alarm control panel" ?

What is "required" often varies fom state to state and municipality.
Talk to the local AHJ, see what he/she wants.

If you are installing fire alarms, you should be intimatley familiar
with NFPA 72 and NEC, section 760.  IBC references both these
documents.  NFPA 72 (2002) will give you spacing requirements for
notification applainces.

Another thing to consider is ADA requirements.  If this is a
consideration, you'll need visuals in public restrooms and other common
public areas.



J Barnes wrote:
> I need to install a fire communicator in a 2 story office building.  The
> communicator is for the fire sprinklers.  Does anyone here know what else
> might be required?  Or can you point me in the right direction.  I talked to
> the FM and he told me the building requires horn strobes beacause it is a
> "hi rise".  I have never put a communicator in a 2 story commercial office
> building like this one, but I have put them in single story offices that
> didnt require the addtl horns.  Other then the smoke detector above the fire
> control are the horns all I would need?
>
>   Where would I go to look?  Our state has adopted the 2003 international
> fire/building code.  Is this the correct book I would look this up in?
>
> James B