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<section number="4-165" name="Fire Protection Systems; Section 907, Fire Alarm and Detection Systems" law="code" slug="sec-4-165" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_4BU_DIV1BUCO_SD2AMINBUCO_S4-165FIPRSYSE907FIALDESY">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Section 907.2.1.1, System initiation in Group A occupancies with an occupant load of 300 or more. Activation of the fire alarm in Group A occupancies with an occupant load of 300 or more shall initiate a signal using an emergency voice/alarm communications system in accordance with NFPA 72. Section 907.5.2.2.</text>
    <text>Exception:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Where approved, the prerecorded announcement is allowed to be manually deactivated for a period of time, not to exceed 3 minutes, for the sole purpose of allowing a live voice announcement from an approved, constantly attended location.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Automatic sprinkler system zones shall not exceed the area permitted by NFPA 13. Fire alarm zones may exceed twenty-two thousand five hundred (22,500) square feet where necessary to match sprinkler zones.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Section 907.6.4.1, Graphic Zoning Indicator Panel. A zoning indicator panel with a graphic display and the associated controls shall be provided at the main entrance(s) of the building or structure. If the building is not constantly attended, the display shall be visible and discernible from the exterior. The visual zone indication shall lock in until the system is reset and shall not be canceled by the operation of an audible alarm-silencing switch. The Graphic Zoning Panel shall provide the following information:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Full name and address of building</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Location of Sprinkler Room and/or Fire Pump Room</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Location of fire hydrant(s)</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Fire Command Center, if applicable</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Location of Fire Alarm Control Panel</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Location of all Fire Alarm Control Unit(s), if applicable</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Location of main electrical disconnect for Building and Photovoltaic Systems</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Location of main gas shutoff, if applicable</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>North Arrow</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Location of all generator(s), if applicable</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Fire alarm system within a building must not have conflicting:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Audio devices</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Visual devices</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
