FIRE ALARM SYSTEM

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FIRE ALARM SYSTEM Smoke
Partitions
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Long Term Care Facilities shall have a complete
fire alarm system installed in accordance with
NFPA 101, Chapter 18.3.4, 2000 edition.
Facilities licensed prior to August 28, 2007 that
do not meet this standard shall have until
December 31, 2008 to comply.

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Fire Alarm System Installation

• The system shall be installed and maintained per
  NFPA 72

• Plans must be submitted to DHSS for review and
  approval

• Shall be designed by qualified personnel
• Installed by qualified personnel or installation
  supervised by qualified personnel.. go to
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Fire alarm system at a minimum shall include

• Interconnected smoke detectors
• Automatic transmission to the fire department,
  dispatching agency or central monitoring company
• Manual pull stations at each required exit and
  attendants station
• Heat detectors
• Audible visual alarm indicators

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ALSO

• Monitored battery backup control panel

• All components shall be listed by UL or FM for
  use in commercial fire alarm systems

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Fire alarm system coverage shall include

• All rooms
• Halls
• Storage areas
• Basements, attics, lofts
• Elevator shafts
• Enclosed stairways
• Dumb waiter shafts, and chutes
• Note this includes sprinkler heads connected to
  the fire alarm

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New Amended rules Fire Alarm

• Two types of facilities
• A. Facilities that did not have a
  complete fire alarm system prior to
  August 28, 2007.
• B. Facilities that had a complete fire alarm
  system prior to August 28, 2007. Some
  Grandfathering

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Facilities that did not have a
complete fire alarm system prior to August
28, 2007. 2007 did not have fire alarm

• Coverage by Sprinkler Type
• 1. NFPA 13 Facilities- sprinkler heads everywhere
• 2. NFPA 13R facilities- no heads- attic, closets,
  restrooms
• 3. Non-Sprinkled facilities

In 2007
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Detection coverage in NFPA 13 Facilities, 1999
edition 2007 did not have fire alarm

• Smoke Detectors
• Corridors spaces open to the corridors (no door
  between).
• No more than 30 apart.
• No point on the ceiling more than 21 from a
  detector.
• All required detectors shall be connected to
  the fire alarm system. No heat detectors required.

In 2007
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Detection coverage in NFPA 13R Facilities, 1999
edition 2007 did not have fire alarm

• ?Smoke Detectors
• Corridors spaces open to the
  corridors
• (no door between). No more than
  30 apart.
• No point on the ceiling more
  than 21 from a detector.
• ?Heat Detectors
• In accessible spaces not
  protected by
• sprinkler heads (spacing per
  NFPA 72, 1999).
• Exceptions
• Bathrooms NOT exceeding 55 sq. ft.
• Clothes, linen closets pantries
  NOT
• exceeding 24 sq. ft. only if
  walls and ceiling of limited
• combustible or non-combustible
  materials.

In 2007
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Detection coverage in Non-Sprinkled Facilities
2007 did not have fire alarm

• Full coverage detection system.
• Smoke Detectors
• 1.All Habitable spaces except
  prohibited environment
• 2. No more than 30 apart
• 3. No point on ceiling more than
  21 from a detector
• Heat Detectors
• Kitchens, laundries, bathrooms,
  mechanical rooms, attics
• Exceptions
• Bathrooms NOT exceeding 55 sq. ft.
• Clothes, linen closets pantries
  NOT
• exceeding 24 sq. ft. only if
  walls and ceiling of limited
• combustible or non-combustible
  materials.

In 2007
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Facilities that had a complete fire alarm system
prior Aug. 28,2007. Some Grandfathering 2007
had a fire alarm

• Previous/existing Rules for smoke detectors till
  2013
• Smoke detectors interconnected to the complete
  fire alarm system shall be located no more than
  thirty feet (30') apart in the corridors or
  passageways with no point in the corridor or
  passageway more than fifteen feet (15') from a
  detector and no point in the building more than
  thirty feet (30) from a detector. In facilities
  licensed prior to November 13, 1980, smoke
  detectors located every fifty feet (50') will be
  acceptable. I/II Issue Replacement detectors
  with same type to ensure compliance with 50
  distance.

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Temporary grandfathering for Facilities without
an approved sprinkler system 2007 had a fire
alarm system

• shall have one (1) or more individual home-type
  smoke detectors per resident-use room. The
  individual home-type smoke detectors shall be
  UL-approved battery-powered detectors that sense
  smoke and automatically sound an alarm which can
  be heard throughout the facility. I/II Issue
  Heard throughout the facility. Intent is that the
  alarm can be heard at no less than seventy (70)
  decibels (dBA) at pillow level in the room the
  smoke detector is installed to comply with 1999
  edition of NFPA 72.

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No Grandfathering for Heat Detection 2007 had a
fire alarm system

• Heat detectors, interconnected to the fire alarm
  system, shall be installed in areas where
  environmental influences may cause nuisance
  alarms, unless the area is protected by an
  approved sprinkler system. Such areas include,
  but are not limited to kitchens, laundries,
  bathrooms, mechanical air handling rooms, and
  attic spaces. Bathrooms not exceeding fifty-five
  (55) square feet are exempt from having a heat
  detector if the wall and ceilings are surfaced
  with limited-combustible or non-combustible
  material

Matters not 2007
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Facility procedures

• All facilities shall test and maintain the
  complete fire alarm system in accordance with
  NFPA 72, 1999 edition. I/II

• Facilities shall test by activating the complete
  fire alarm system at least once a month. I/II

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Documentation

• Facilities shall maintain a record of the
  complete fire alarm tests, inspections and
  certifications. III

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ALARM SYSTEM TESTING

• Be tested annually by qualified personnel

• All facilities shall have inspections and written
  certifications of the complete fire alarm system
  completed by an approved qualified service
  representative in accordance with NFPA 72,
  1999 edition, at least annually. I/II

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Monthly testing shall

• Include a visual check of all initiating and
  warning devices and the alarm control panel

• Control panel shall be inspected to ensure
  indicating lights are in the correct position and
  the proper color
• The panel has not been silenced
• No supervisory audio signal present

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If fire alarm system malfunctions

• If the fire alarm is in alarm or trouble mode and
  is unable to be reset for 4 hours or more - a
  fire watch must be initiated and DHSS and the
  local Fire Department shall be contacted
• If system does not reset, contact the monitoring
  and fire alarm companies

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Smoke Compartments Amended rules

• Every floor shall be divided into not less than
  two smoke compartments with each compartment not
  exceeding 150 feet in length.

• Each smoke section shall be separated by one-hour
  fire rated walls that are continuous from outside
  wall-to-outside wall and from floor-to-floor or
  floor-to-roof deck.
• Exception Facilities with floor dimensions that
  do not exceed 75 feet in length or width

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Smoke Compartments Amended rules

• Partial grandfathering
• All facilities licensed prior to 12-31-87 and 20
  or fewer beds prior to 08-28-07

• Permits termination at underside of a monolithic
  or suspended ceiling that is a continuous
  membrane with smoketight joints.
• Doors shall be at least 1-3/4 solid doors or
  equivalent.
• No above plenum use.

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Carbon Monoxide Alarms

• Not required but highly recommended
• Colorless, odorless gas- higher health risk to
  elderly and infants
• Can be a stand alone device
• One detector per wing or smoke compartment in the
  hallway
• Can be battery operated
• Replacement every five years

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Full Coverage Smoke Detection System

• Not required but highly recommended
• Interconnected smoke detectors in combination
  with sprinkler heads in all habitable spaces
• No point on any ceiling space greater than 21
  feet from a smoke detector

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