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CHAPTER 7 �IRE SAFETI( REQUIREMENTS SECTION 701 GENERAL 701.1 3cope. The provisions of this chapter shail govern the minimum conditions and standards for fire safety relating to structures and exterior premises, inciudiag iire safety facilities and equipment to be provided. 701.2 Respansibility. The owner of the premises shall provide and maintain such fire safety facilities and equipmcnt in com- pliance with these requirements. A person shall not occupy as owner-occupint or permit another person to occupy any pre- mises that do not comply with the requiremen[s of this chapeer. [F] SECTION 702 MEAIVS OF EGRESS 7021 General. A safe, continuous and unobscructed path of travel shall be provided from any point in a building or structure Ito the public way. Means of egress sha[1 comply with d�e Inter- national Fire Cotfe. 702.2 Aisles. The required width of aisle:: :F� accor'dance with the International Fire Code shall be unobsti��tcr�.�d. 702.3 Locked doors. All means of earess doors shall be readily openable frorn the side from which egress is to be n�ade without tt�e need for keys, special knowledge or effort, except where the door hardware co��onns to that permitted by the Internatiniaal Builcling Code. 702.4 Emergency escape openings. Req�ired emergency es- cape openings shall be maintained in lecordance with the code in effect at the time of construction, and the following. Re- quired emergency escape and rescue openings shall be opeca- tional from the inside of the room without the use of keys or y tools. Bars, grilles, grates ar similar devices are permitted to be placed over emergency cscape and rescue openings provided the minimum net clear opening size complies with the code that was in effect at [he time of 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 required for normal operation of the escape and rescue opening. [F] SECTION 7C3 FIRE-RESISTANCE R�.�itJraS 703.1 Fire-resistance-rated assemblies. The required fire-re- sistance rating of fire-resistance-rlted walls, tire stops, shaft enclosures, partitions and floors shall be maintained. 703.2 Opening protectives. Required opening protectives shall be maintained in an operative condition. All fire and smokestop doors shall be m�intained in operable condition. 2003 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTEM1fANCE CODE� Fire doors and smoke barrier doors shall not be blocked or ob- structed oz otherwise made inoperable. [F] SECTION 704 FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS 704.1 General. All systems, devices and equipment to detect a fire, actuate an alarm, or suppress or control a fire or any combi- nation thereof shall be maintained in an operable condition at all times in lccordance with the Iriternational Fire Code. 704.2 Smoke alarms. Single or multiple-station smoke alarms shatl be installed and maintained in Groups R-2, R-3, R-4 and in dwellings not regulated in Group R occupancies, regardless of occupant load at all of the follo�ving locations: 1. On the ceiling or wall outside of each segarate sleeping area in the i;nmediate vicir,ity of bedrea�;s. 2. In each room used for sleeping purposes. 3. Ineach story within adwelling unit, includingbasements and cellars but not including crawl spaces and uninhabit- able attics. In dwellings or dwelling units with split leveis etu': �*�ithout an intervening door betwee,^. r!?e �.aAiacent levels, a smoke alarm installed on the upper leve; shall suffice fvr the adjacent lower level provided that the lower level is less than one fiill story below the upper level. Single or multiple-station smoke alarms shall be installed in other groups in accordance with the International Fire Code. 704.3 Power source. In Group R occupancies and in dwellings not regulated as Group R occupancies, single-station smoke alarms shall receive their primary power from the building wir- ing provided that such wiring is served from a commercial source and shall be equipped with a battery backup. Smoke alarms shall emit a signal when the batteries are low. Wiring shall be permanent and without a disconnecting switch other than as required for overcurrent protection. Exception: Smoke alarms are permitted ro be solely battery operated in buildings where no construction is taking place, buildings that a�•e no[ served from a commercial power source and in existing areas of buildings undergoing alter- atinns or repairs that do not result in the removal of interior wall or ceiling finishes exposing the structure, unless there is an attic, crawl space or basement available which could provide access for building wiriug without the removal of interior Finishes. 704A Interconnection. Where more than one smoke alann is requu•ed to be installed within an individual dwelling unit in Group R-2, R-3, R-�t and in dweLlings not reguia[ed as Gro�p R occupancies, the smoke alarms shall be interconnected in such a manner that the activation of one alarm will activate all of the 19 : i i!: I, ;'.:: �i'