Arizona Multihousing Association Carbon monoxide ...continued from page 16 NEW REQUIREMENTS
• All new and existing apartment buildings with fuel burning appliances (water heaters, clothes dryers, fire places, etc.) must install single-station Carbon Monoxide alarms.
CODE REFERENCES 2012 International Fire Code (IFC)
ance or have an attached garage, but which are located in a building with a fuel-burning appliance or an attached garage, need not be equipped with single-station carbon monoxide alarms provided that:
1103.9 Carbon monoxide alarms. Existing Group I or R occupancies located in a building containing a fuel-burning appliance or a building 1. The sleeping unit or dwelling unit which has an attached garage shall is located more than one story be equipped with single-station car• All new and existing apartment above or below any story that conbon monoxide alarms. The carbon buildings with attached garages tains a fuel-burning appliance or monoxide alarms shall be listed must install single-station Caran attached garage; as complying with UL 2034, and bon Monoxide alarms unless the be installed and maintained in acgarage is an open parking garage 2. The sleeping unit or dwelling unit or has a mechanical ventilation cordance with NFPA 720 and the is not connected by duct work or VALLEY, METRO, ARIZONA APT. NEWS system. manufacturer’s instructions. An ventilation shafts to any room conopen parking garage, as defined in taining a fuel-burning appliance • Carbon Monoxide alarms must the International Building Code, or or to an attached garage; and be “be centrally located outside an enclosed parking garage venof each separate sleeping area in 3. The building is provided with a tilated in accordance with Section the immediate vicinity of the bedcommon area carbon monoxide 404 of the International Mechanical rooms.” alarm system. Code shall not be deemed to be an Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec attached garage. • Carbon Monoxide alarms may be NFPA 720 Exception: Sleeping units or battery operated in existing buildChapter 5 Carbon Monoxide Warning dwelling units which do not themings. Equipment selves contain a fuel-burning appli5.1 Required Protection. 5.1.1* Carbon Monoxide Alarm and Detectors. 5.1.1.1* A carbon monoxide alarm or detector shall be centrally located outside of each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms. 5.1.1.2 Each alarm or detector shall be located on the wall, ceiling, or other location as specified in the installation instructions that accompany the unit. 5.2 Power Supplies. 5.2.1 General. 5.2.1.1 All power supplies shall have sufficient capacity to operate the
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alarm signal(s) for at least 12 continuous hours. 5.2.1.2 For electrically powered carbon monoxide warning equipment, the primary (main) power source shall be ac, unless otherwise permitted by the following: (1) Detectors and alarms shall be permitted to be powered by a monitored dc circuit of a control unit when power for the control unit meets the requirements of Section 5.2 and the circuit remains operable upon loss of primary (main) ac power. (2) A detector and a wireless transmitter that serves only that detector shall be permitted to be powered from a monitored battery primary (main) source where part of a listed, monitored, low-power radio (wireless) system. (3) In existing construction, a monitored battery primary (main) power source, as described in 5.2.3, shall be permitted. q
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