Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.18617 - Fire alarms
Rule 617.
(1) A new
or existing congregate facility shall be equipped with an approved electrically
operated, closed circuit, self-supervised, local fire alarm system that has
suitable signaling devices which will communicate the alarm of fire to the
personnel on each floor of the building. A system shall also have approved
actuating stations that are suitably located on each floor and in the basement
so that it is not necessary to travel more than 100 feet from any room to reach
a station on the same floor.
(2) A
telephone or other suitable means of communicating an alarm of fire to the fire
department shall be provided. A pay station is not an approved means of sending
an alarm.
(3) An alarm shall be
tested every 6 months and a record maintained of the test.
(4) The electrical circuit that serves a fire
alarm device shall be installed on a separate circuit and, in new construction,
shall be installed in nonflexible metallic conduit and fused ahead of the main
entrance switch.
Notes
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.