ROOM OR AREA | SEPARATION AND/OR PROTECTION |
Furnace room where any piece of equipment is over 400,000 Btu per hour input | 1 hour or provide automatic sprinkler system |
Rooms with boilers where the largest piece of equipment is over 15 psi and 10 horsepower | 1 hour or provide automatic sprinkler system |
Refrigerant machinery room | 1 hour or provide automatic sprinkler system |
Hydrogen fuel gas rooms, not classified as Group H | 1 hour in Group B, F, M, S and U occupancies; 2 hours in Group A, E, I and R occupancies. |
Incinerator rooms | 2 hours and provide automatic sprinkler system |
Paint shops, not classified as Group H, located in occupancies other than Group F | 2 hours; or 1 hour and provide automatic sprinkler system |
In Group E occupancies, laboratories and vocational shops not classified as Group H | 1 hour or provide automatic sprinkler system |
In Group I-2 occupancies, laboratories not classified as Group H | 1 hour and provide automatic sprinkler system |
In ambulatory care facilities, laboratories not classified as Group H | 1 hour or provide automatic sprinkler system |
Laundry rooms over 100 square feet | 1 hour or provide automatic sprinkler system |
In Group I-2, laundry rooms over 100 square feet | 1 hour |
Group I-3cells and Group I-2 patient rooms equipped with padded surfaces | 1 hour |
In Group I-2, physical plant maintenance shops | 1 hour |
In ambulatory care facilities or Group I-2 occupancies, waste and linen collection rooms with containers that have an aggregate volume of 10 cubic feet or greater | 1 hour |
In other than ambulatory care facilities and Group I-2 occupancies, waste and linen collection rooms over 100 square feet | 1 hour or provide automatic sprinkler system |
In ambulatory care facilities or Group I-2 occupancies, storage rooms greater than 100 square feet | 1 hour |
Electrical installations and transformers | See Sections 110.26 through 110.34 and Sections 450.8 through 450.48 of NFPA 70 for protection and separation requirements. |