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453.7.7 Unoccupied Rooms and Concealed Spaces

2014 FBC - Building, 5th edition > 4 Special Detailed Requirements Based on Use and Occupancy > 453 State Requirements for Educational Facilities > 453.7 Life Safety > 453.7.7 Unoccupied Rooms and Concealed Spaces
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Rooms or spaces for storage, custodial closets, mechanical rooms, spaces under stages with wood structures and other unoccupied or unsupervised spaces in a building shall have automatic fire alarm system detector devices installed. Any concealed space with exposed materials having a flame spread rating greater than Class A, including crawl spaces under floors, interstitial spaces between ceiling and floor or roof above and attic spaces, shall be equipped with heat detector devices. Smoke and heat detector devices shall be installed in accordance with NFPA 72.

453.7.7.1 Fully Sprinklered Buildings

In fully sprinklered buildings, fire alarm detection devices are not required except where specified in the Florida Fire Prevention Code.

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