Fire Protection Design Manual - Office of Construction and Facilities ...
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September-2011<br />
Note: The SFPE H<strong>and</strong>book <strong>of</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> <strong>Protection</strong> Engineering provides guidance on the<br />
placement <strong>of</strong> audible notification appliances.<br />
1) Do not locate audible notification appliances within surgical operating rooms.<br />
However, ensure that the temporal three signal can be heard within all surgical<br />
operating rooms.<br />
2) Provide subdued audible notification appliances in critical care areas.<br />
l. Provide visible notification appliances in the following areas:<br />
Note: Strobes are activated only in the zone <strong>of</strong> alarm origin. Strobes in areas outside <strong>of</strong> the<br />
zone <strong>of</strong> alarm origin provide no help to staff to identify the location to which they are to<br />
respond. Strobes are to be located to assist staff to react immediately without having to<br />
interpret the signal. That is, if staff see that the strobes are activated then staff know that<br />
they are within the zone <strong>of</strong> alarm origin.<br />
1) Spaces subject to noise, such as mechanical equipment rooms, where the<br />
message delivered by the audible appliance might not be heard or might be<br />
unintelligible.<br />
2) Audiometric booths (not required if the light from the appliance can be seen<br />
from within the booth.)<br />
3) Public restrooms.<br />
4) Public accessible areas <strong>of</strong> the building such as corridors, auditoriums, cafeterias,<br />
open assembly rooms >= 750 ft 2 , canteens, retail stores, etc. Exception: Visible<br />
notification appliances are not required in the following spaces which are not<br />
considered to be public accessible:<br />
a) Individual <strong>of</strong>fice spaces unless the space is known to have a hearing<br />
impaired person stationed there.<br />
b) Closets (janitor’s, clothes, etc.)<br />
c) Utility shafts.<br />
d) Crawl spaces.<br />
e) Normally unoccupied rooms