Fairfield Municipal Code § 901.4 Fire Prevention Code (CA)

901.4.8 - Fire Control Room.¶

An approved fire control room shall be provided for all buildings protected by an automatic fire extinguishing system. Fire control rooms shall meet the following requirements:

1.	Fire control rooms shall contain only fire system control valves, fire alarm control panels and other related fire system equipment.
2.	The location of the fire control room shall be approved by the fire code official.
3.	Fire control rooms shall have minimum dimensions of five feet by seven feet.
4.	Fire control rooms shall be constructed with a one-hour fire rating.
5.	Fire control rooms shall be provided with an exterior access door approved by the fire code official.
6.	Durable signage shall be provided on the exterior side of the access door.
7.	Storage of materials in fire control rooms is prohibited.
Exception: Group R-3 Occupancies.	Exception: Group R-3 Occupancies.

Subsection 903.2 – Where required, is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

903.2. Required locations. Regardless of any exception listed above or in the remainder of this code or the California Building Code, all buildings greater than three thousand-six hundred (3,600) square feet, shall be equipped, throughout, with an approved fully automatic fire sprinkler system. Any existing building which was not required to be protected by an automatic fire sprinkler system, according to codes in effect at the time of its construction, shall have installed throughout the building, in accordance with NFPA 13, an automatic fire sprinkler system whenever any of the following conditions are met:

1.	Alterations, repairs, or remodels. When the floor area of an alteration, repair or remodel exceeds 50% of the gross floor area of the existing building.
2.	Additions. When the floor area of the addition shall increase the gross floor area of the existing building by 50%.
3.	Change of occupancy. When there is a change in occupancy type, use or character of the building that results in an increased life safety or fire risk as determined by the Fire Chief.
Exception: Non-combustible, detached canopies open on four sides, not exceeding the basic allowable square footage in CBC Table 503, used exclusively for the parking or storage of private or pleasure vehicles and non-combustible storage (includes fuel islands).

Section 903.3.1.2 NFPA 13R Sprinkler Systems, is deleted in its entirety.

Subsection 903.3.5.1 Domestic services, is amended in its entirety as follows:

903.3.5.1 Domestic water services shall only be used to supply NFPA 13D automatic sprinkler systems.

Subsection 903.3.5.2 Residential combination services, is deleted in its entirety.

Subsection 903.4.2 – Alarms, is amended to read as follows:

903.4.2 Alarms. One exterior approved audible alarm and visual strobe device, located on the exterior of the building in an approved location, shall be connected to each automatic sprinkler system. Such sprinkler waterflow alarm devices shall be activated by water flow equivalent to the flow of a single sprinkler of the smallest orifice size installed in the system. Where a fire alarm system is installed, actuation of the automatic sprinkler system shall actuate the building fire alarm system. Visible alarm notification appliances shall not be required except when required by Section 907. A single approved audible alarm and visual strobe device shall be provided in the interior of the building in a normally occupied location within each space or dwelling unit and floor level, unless otherwise required by the California Fire Code.

Subsection 903.6 – Where required in existing buildings and structures, is amended in its entirety as follows:

903.6 Any existing building which was not required to be protected by an automatic fire sprinkler system, according to codes in effect at the time of its construction, shall have installed throughout the building, in accordance with NFPA 13, an automatic fire sprinkler system whenever any of the following conditions are met:

1.	Alterations, repairs or remodels. When the floor area of an alteration, repair or remodel exceeds 50% of the gross floor area of the existing building.
2.	Additions. When the floor area of the addition shall increase the gross floor area of the existing building by 50%.
3.	Change of occupancy. When there is a change in occupancy type, use or character of the building that results in an increased life safety or fire risk as determined by the Fire Chief.

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