9 NYCRR Part 1501 - Executive Department

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9 NYCRR 1501.1 - General requirements

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
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(a)Fire detecting systems installed pursuant to sections 54, 57(2), 58, 61(3), 62(1), and 62(4) of chapter 61-B of the Consolidated Laws (Multiple Residence Law) of the State of New York shall conform to the regulations as set forth herein, entitled Part 1501, Fire Detecting Systems in Hotels and Similar Dwellings.

(b)New fire detecting systems shall be of a type that will detect a fire in its incipiency or an abnormal rise of temperature, and will automatically actuate an alarm and will be reasonably free from false alarm possibilities.

(c)New fire detecting systems including signal apparatus shall be connected and operated on closed supervised electric circuits.

(d)The component parts of a new fire detecting system shall be designed, made and assembled for fire detection purposes and so as not to require frequent major replacements. Design, material and workmanship shall be adequate for the purpose and shall be capable of sustaining normal usage and handling without breakdown.

(e)Electrical wiring and equipment shall be designed and installed so as not to be a potential source of ignition of combustible material or a potential source of electrical hazard.

(f)Prior to making a new installation or an alteration or an addition to an existing installation, drawings and data showing complete details of the new installation, together with all pertinent details of the existing installation, if there be one, shall be furnished to the department, and approval obtained for the proposed work. Upon completion of the work, and as a condition of approval, the entire system shall be subjected to a test conducted in the presence of, and under the direction of, a representative of the department; and the entire system must prove satisfactory under such test.

9 NYCRR 1501.2 - Existing installations

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(a)Before existing fire detecting systems installed prior to July 1, 1952, may be approved as complying with the requirements of this Part, they shall be examined and tested by the department. Such systems shall be in operative condition and free of mechanical injury and structural defects, and shall present no potential source of electrical hazard.

(b)Extensions to existing fire detecting systems shall comply with all of the provisions of this Part applicable to new installations.

9 NYCRR 1501.3 - Fire detecting devices

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(a)New fire detecting systems shall be provided with fire detecting devices designed to operate on one or both of the following principles:

(1)Fixed temperature.

(2)Rate-of-rise.

(b)Fire detecting devices are classified into the following types:

(1)Spot devices in which thermostats are provided at specific locations.

(2)Continuous line devices such as fire detecting wire or pneumatic tubing, in which the thermal sensitive element is continuous.

9 NYCRR 1501.4 - Operating temperatures

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(a)Fire detecting devices of the fixed temperature type shall operate when the temperature rises to 165 degrees Fahrenheit, when installed in areas where the maximum temperature at the ceiling is 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Where higher temperatures normally exist at the ceiling, such as in furnaces or boiler rooms, kitchens, laundries, etc., fire detecting devices may operate at higher temperatures providing such higher operating temperatures are commensurate with the ceiling temperatures.

(b)Fire detecting devices of the rate-of-rise type shall operate whenever the rate of the rise in temperature exceeds 20 degrees per minute.

9 NYCRR 1501.5 - Location of thermal sensitive elements

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(a)Fire detecting devices shall be located throughout the building in accordance with the generally accepted standards listed in the appendix to these rules and regulations.^*

(b)Thermostats shall be located so as to operate promptly and shall be protected from injury. Not more than 65 thermostats will be permitted on any single circuit.

(c)Continuous line fire detecting wire shall be located so as to operate promptly and shall be protected from injury. In no case shall any point on the ceiling be more than seven and one-half feet from the nearest portion of the fire detecting wire. A single circuit of fire detecting wire shall not exceed 1,000 feet in length, nor shall any circuit be used to protect more than the area of one floor or story except with the approval of the department.

(d)Continuous line fire detecting pneumatic tubing shall be located so as to operate promptly and shall be protected from injury. In no case shall any part of the ceiling be more than 15 feet from the nearest portion of the tubing; nor shall any enclosed space or separate room contain less than 25 feet of exposed tubing or less than five per cent of the length of the circuit. A single circuit of fire detecting tubing shall not exceed 1,000 feet in length, nor shall such pneumatic tubing be enclosed in conduit or other covering except when necessary to isolate signals or to protect the tubing from mechanical injury.

9 NYCRR 1501.6 - Manually operated alarm

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A new fire detecting system shall be equipped with at least one manual fire alarm box located in a natural path of escape, to provide an auxiliary means for actuating the alarm system. Where practicable such box shall be located on the ground floor near the main means of egress.

9 NYCRR 1501.7 - Coded systems

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New fire detecting systems shall be of the coded type where the system contains three or more fire detecting circuits, or where the aggregate protected floor area exceeds 20,000 square feet, except that a non-coded type system, with an annunciator located at a place within the building where an authorized person is on duty at all times, will be permitted when approved by the department.

9 NYCRR 1501.8 - Testing

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
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New fire detecting systems shall be arranged so that the entire system can be tested at regular intervals.

9 NYCRR 1501.9 - Miscellaneous requirements

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
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In addition to the regulations set forth herein for fire detecting systems, such systems shall also conform to the applicable requirements of fire alarm systems in Part 1500 of these rules and regulations as set forth under sections 1500.1, General requirements, 1500.4, Sounding devices, 1500.5, Electrical requirements, 1500.6, Installation, and as set forth under section 1500.8, Maintenance of new and existing systems.

9 NYCRR 1501.10 - Standards for compliance

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
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The construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of a new fire detecting system in accordance with the generally accepted standards listed in the appendix to these rules and regulations^*, to the extent that such standards are consistent with these rules and regulations, shall constitute compliance with this Part or any applicable provision thereof.

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