Re: Occupancy B Extent of Fire Alarm Systems
Thanks for all your replies, this is a great site.
Perhaps my question is a basic one, and that is does a manual fire alarm system include smoke detectors, or is it just the pull boxes and annunciating devices?
I am working on a small TI (dental office @800 sf) in a two story office building (40,000 sf.) in New Jersey. The building is not sprinklered and is equipped with a manual fire alarm system (pull boxes, strobe lights, and smoke detectors in the public areas). In the suite for my project, there is a strobe siren next to the exit door. There were not any smoke detectors for the previous tenant. My main question was whether smoke detectors would be required, and I was told by the DCA official that because the building has a manual fire alarm it meets code, and that smoke detectors are not required for Occupancy B as the occupants will be awake and familiar with their environment.
Thanks for your help,
Donald