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CHAPTER 7 FIRE SAFETY REQUI�EiV�E�1T� SECTION 70i GENERAL 701.1 Scope. The provisions of this chapter shalt govern the miiumum condi[ions �nd standards for fire safery relating to structlues and exterior premises, includiug iire safety facilities and equipmen[ to be provided. 701.2 Responsibility. The owner of the premises shall provide and maintain such fire safety facilities and equipment in com- pliance with these requu-ements. A person shall not occupy as owner-occupant or pecmit another person to occupy any pre- mises that do not comply with �he requirements of this chapler. [Fj SECTION 702 �FANS QF EGRESS 7021 General. A safc, continuous and unobsfructed path of travel shall be provided from any point in a building or struchire 'to the public way. Means of egress shall comply with dle Inter- narional Fire Code. 702.2 Aisles. Tlie required width of aisle:: :n a:.cordance with the Internntional Fire Code shall be unobsUnrrnd. 7Q23 Locked doors. All means of earess doozs sha11 be readily openable from the side from which egress is to be made without the need for keys, special knowledge or effort, except where the door hardware conforms to that permitted by the biternatinriccl I3ccilcling Cade. �702.4 Emergency escape openings. Required emergency es- cape openings shall be maintained in accordance with the code in effect at the time of construction, and the following. Re- quued emergency escape and rescue openings shall be opeza- tional from the inside of the room without the use of keys or � tools. Bars, griiles, grates or siinilar devices are permitted to be p]accd over emergency cscape and rescue openings provided the muumum net clear opening size complies with the code that was in effect at the time oP construction and such devices shall be releasable or removable from the inside without the use of a key, tool or force greater than that which is requu�ed for normal operation of [he escape and rescue opening. [F] SECTIOIV 7C? FIRE-RESISTANCE Rki1fJ'a5 703.1 Fire-resistance-rated assemblies. The required fire-re- sistance rating of fire-resistance-rlted walls, fire stops, shaft enclosures, partitions and floors shall be maintained. 703.2 Opening protectives. Required opening procectives shall be maintained in an operative condition. All fire and smokestop doors shal] be m�intained in operable condition. Fire doors and smoke barrier doors shall not be blocked or ob- siructed or otherwise made inoperable. [F] SECTION 704 FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS 704.1 General. Ail systems, devices 1nd equipment to detect a fire, actuate an alarm, or suppress or control a fue or any combi- nation thereof shall be maintained in an operable condition at all times in accordance with the International Fire Code. 704.2 Smoke alarms. Single or multiple-station smoke alarms shail be installed and maintained in Groups R-2, R-3, R-4 and in dwellings not regulated in Group R occupancies, regardless oi' occupant load at all of the following locations: 1. On [he ceiling or wall outside of each separate sleeping area in the in,;,et�ifliE ViCiilliy of bed,00�;s. 2. In each room used for sleeping purposes. 3. In each story within adwelling unit, including basements and cellars but nol including crawl spaces and uninhabit- abie attics. In dwellings or dwelling units with split levels anr� �=,ithout an inte:vening door betweea t!?e �.�'�:acent levels, a smoke alarm installed on the upper levea shall suffice for the adjacent lower level provided that the lower level is less than one filll srory below the upper level. Single or multiple-station smoke alarms shall be installed in other groups in accordance with the Inrernational Fire Code. 704.3 Power source. In Group R occupancies and in dwellings not regulated as Group R occupancies, single-station smoke al<ums shall receive their primary power from the building wir- ing provided that such wiring is served from a commercial source and sha11 be equipped with a battery backup. Smoke alarms shall emit a signal when the batteries are low. Wiring shal] be permanent and without a disconnecting switch other [han as required for overcurrent protection. Excepfion: Smoke alarms are permitted to be solely battery operated in buildings where no consuuction is taking place, buildings that are not served from a commercial power source and in existing areas of buildings ondergoing alter- ations or repairs that do not resul[ in the removal of interior wal] or ceiling finishes exposing the svucture, unless there is an attic, crawl space or basement available which could provide access for building wiring without the removal of interior fuushes. 704.4 Interconnection. Where more than one smoke alarm is required to be installed within an individual dwelling unit in Group R-2, R-3, R-4 and in dwellings not regulated as Group R occupancies, the smoke alarms shall be interconnected in such a manner that the activation of one a1 arm will activate all of the 2003 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENAt+lCE CODE� 1g �, ,.;,:: �..i' I: i':. ,�i