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CHAPTER 7 FIRE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS SECTION 701 tion.Fire doors and smoke barrier doors shall not be blocked GENERAL or obstructed or otherwise made inoperable. 701.1 Scope.The provisions of this chapter shall govern the minimum conditions and standards for fire safety relating to SECTION 704 structures and exterior premises, including fire safety facili- FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS ties and equipment to be provided. [F] 704.1 General. All systems, devices and equipment to 701.2 Responsibility. The owner of the premises shall pro- detect a fire,actuate an alarm,or suppress or control a fire or vide and maintain such fire safety facilities and equipment in any combination thereof shall be maintained in an operable compliance with these requirements. A person shall not condition at all times in accordance with the International occupy as owner-occupant or permit another person to Fire Code. occupy any premises that do not comply with the require- [F] 704.1.1 Automatic sprinkler systems. Inspection, ments of this chapter. testing and maintenance of automatic sprinkler systems shall be in accordance with NFPA 25. SECTION 702 [F] 704.2 Smoke alarms. Single- or multiple-station smoke MEANS OF EGRESS alarms shall be installed and maintained in Group R or I-1 [F]702.1 General.A safe,continuous and unobstructed path occupancies,regardless of occupant load at all of the follow- of travel shall be provided from any point in a building or ing locations: structure to the public way. Means of egress shall comply 1. On the ceiling or wall outside of each separate sleeping with the International Fire Code. area in the immediate vicinity of bedrooms. [F] 702.2 Aisles.The required width of aisles in accordance 2. In each room used for sleeping purposes. with the International Fire Code shall be unobstructed. 3. In each story within a dwelling unit, including base- [F]702.3 Locked doors. All means of egress doors shall be ments and cellars but not including crawl spaces and readily openable from the side from which egress is to be uninhabitable attics.In dwellings or dwelling units with made without the need for keys,special knowledge or effort, split levels and without an intervening door between except where the door hardware conforms to that permitted the adjacent levels, a smoke alarm installed on the by the International Building Code. upper level shall suffice for the adjacent lower level [F]702.4 Emergency escape openings.Required emergency provided that the lower level is less than one full story escape openings shall be maintained in accordance with the below the upper level. code in effect at the time of construction, and the following. [F]704.3 Power source.In Group R or I-1 occupancies,sin- Required emergency escape and rescue openings shall be gle-station smoke alarms shall receive their primary power operational from the inside of the room without the use of from the building wiring provided that such wiring is served keys or tools. Bars, grilles, grates or similar devices are per- from a commercial source and shall be equipped with a bat- miffed to be placed over emergency escape and rescue open- tery backup. Smoke alarms shall emit a signal when the bat- ings provided the minimum net clear opening size complies teries are low. Wiring shall be permanent and without a with the code that was in effect at the time of construction disconnecting switch other than as required for overcurrent and such devices shall be releasable or removable from the protection. inside without the'use of a key,tool or force greater than that Exception: Smoke alarms are permitted to be solely bat- which is required for normal operation of the escape and res- tery operated in buildings where no construction is taking cue opening. place, buildings that are not served from a commercial power source and in existing areas of buildings undergo- SECTION 703 ing alterations or repairs that do not result in the removal FIRE-RESISTANCE RATINGS of interior wall or ceiling finishes exposing the structure, unless there is an attic, crawl space or basement available [F] 703.1 Fire-resistance-rated assemblies. The required which could provide access for building wiring without i fire-resistance rating of fire-resistance-rated walls,fire stops, the removal of interior finishes. shaft enclosures,partitions and floors shall be maintained. [F] 703.2 Opening protectives. Required opening protec- [F] 704.4 Interconnection. Where more than one smoke alarm is required to be installed within an individual dwelling tives shall be maintained in an operative condition. All fire unit in Group R or I-1 occupancies,the smoke alarms shall be and smokestop doors shall be maintained in operable condi- interconnected in such a manner that the activation of one 25 TIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE" 2012 INTERNA