903.3 Installation requirements. Automatic sprinkler systems
shall be designed and installed in accordance with Sections
903.3.1 through 903.3.7.
903.3.1 Standards. Sprinkler systems shall be designed
and installed in accordance with Sections 903.3.1.1,
903.3.1.2 or 903.3.1.3.
903.3.1.1NFPA13 sprinkler systems. Where the provisions
of this code require that a building or portion
thereof be equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler
system in accordance with this section, sprinklers
shall be installed throughout in accordance with NFPA
13 except as provided in Section 903.3.1.1.1.
903.3.1.1.1 Exempt locations. Automatic sprinklers
shall not be required in the following rooms or areas
where such rooms or areas are protected with an approved
automatic fire detection system in accordance
with Section 907.2 that will respond to visible or invisible
particles of combustion. Sprinklers shall not
be omitted from any room merely because it is damp,
of fire-resistance rated construction or contains electrical
equipment.
1. Any room where the application of water, or
flame andwater, constitutes a serious life or fire
hazard.
2. Any room or space where sprinklers are considered
undesirable because of the nature of the
contents, when approved by the fire code official.
3. Generator and transformer rooms separated
from the remainder of the building by walls and
floor/ceiling or roof/ceiling assemblies having
a fire-resistance rating of not less than 2 hours.
4. In rooms or areas that are of noncombustible
construction with wholly noncombustible contents.
903.3.1.2 NFPA