General requirements
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- Executive Department
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- Compiled text through
- Sep 15, 2021
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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- Jun 6, 2026
(a)New sprinkler systems installed pursuant to sections 26, 28, 30, 52, 53, 54, 55(3), 55(4), 58, 62(1), 62(2), 62(3), 62(4), 105(2a) and 137 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 1504, Sprinkler Systems for Special Locations in Multiple Dwellings.
(b)New sprinkler systems shall, upon actuation by heat produced by fire, automatically distribute water upon the fire in sufficient quantities either to extinguish it entirely or confine it without spread. Such sprinkler systems shall be designed, constructed, installed and maintained so as to be structurally safe and present no physical hazard.
(c)The component parts of new sprinkler systems shall be made and assembled so as to function as a unified system which will not require frequent major replacements.
(d)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.
(e)Connections to new or existing sprinkler systems for other than sprinkler use are prohibited.