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// CODE SNIPPET

[F] 907.2.8 Group R-1

Building Code 2018 of Illinois > 9 Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems > 907 Fire Alarm and Detection Systems > 907.2 Where Required—New Buildings and Structures > 907.2.8 Group R-1
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Fire alarm systems and smoke alarms shall be installed in Group R-1 occupancies as required in Sections 907.2.8.1 through 907.2.8.3.

[F] 907.2.8.1 Manual Fire Alarm System

A manual fire alarm system that activates the occupant notification system in accordance with Section 907.5 shall be installed in Group R-1 occupancies.
Exceptions:
  1. A manual fire alarm system is not required in buildings not more than two stories in height where all individual sleeping units and contiguous attic and crawl spaces to those units are separated from each other and public or common areas by not less than 1-hour fire partitions and each individual sleeping unit has an exit directly to a public way, egress court or yard.
  2. Manual fire alarm boxes are not required throughout the building where all of the following conditions are met:

     

    1. The building is equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1 or 903.3.1.2.
    2. The notification appliances will activate upon sprinkler water flow.
    3. Not fewer than one manual fire alarm box is installed at an approved location.

[F] 907.2.8.2 Automatic Smoke Detection System

An automatic smoke detection system that activates the occupant notification system in accordance with Section 907.5 shall be installed throughout all interior corridors serving sleeping units.

Exception: An automatic smoke detection system is not required in buildings that do not have interior corridors serving sleeping units and where each sleeping unit has a means of egress door opening directly to an exit or to an exterior exit access that leads directly to an exit.

[F] 907.2.8.3 Smoke Alarms

Single- and multiple-station smoke alarms shall be installed in accordance with Section 907.2.10.

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