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SECTION 1. General
A. Dwelling
units, congregate residence, and hotel or lodging guest rooms and any
other locations as required by the Indiana Fire and Building Code that
are used for sleeping purposes shall have smoke detectors installed and
in working order. Detectors shall be installed in accordance with the
approved manufacturer’s instructions.
B. All smoke
detectors in new residential structures shall be hard-wired into the
building’s electrical system and shall be equipped with a battery backup
system that will allow the device to activate and sound in the event of
the interruption of the building’s house power.
C. All
detectors in new residential structures shall be wired in-series to
allow one activation to sound all devices.
SECTION 2.
Locations Within Dwelling Units
In dwelling units, a detector shall be installed in each
sleeping room and at a point centrally located in the corridor
or area giving access to each separate sleeping area. When the
dwelling unit has more than one story and in dwellings with
basements, a detector shall be installed on each story and in
the basement. In dwelling units where a story or basement is
split into two or more levels, the smoke detector shall be
installed on the upper level, except that when the lower level
contains a sleeping area, a detector shall be installed on each
level. When sleeping rooms are on an upper level, the detector
shall be placed at the ceiling of the upper level in close
proximity to the stairway.
In dwelling
units where the ceiling height of a room open to the hallway
serving the bedrooms exceeds that of the hallway by 24 inches or
more, smoke detectors shall be installed in the hallway and in
the adjacent room. Detectors shall sound an alarm audible in
all sleeping areas of the dwelling unit in which they are
located.
SECTION 3. Location
in Efficiency Dwelling Units, Congregate Residences and Hotels
In efficiency dwelling units hotel suits and in hotel and
congregate residence sleeping rooms, detectors shall be located
on the ceiling or wall of the main room or each sleeping room.
When sleeping rooms within an efficiency dwelling unit or hotel
suite are on an upper level, the detector shall be placed at the
ceiling of the upper level in close proximity to the stairway.
When actuated the detector shall sound an alarm audible within
the sleeping area of the dwelling unit, hotel suite or sleeping
room in which it is located.
SECTION 4. Locations
in Commercial Buildings
All smoke,
fire detection devices, fire alarm devices and other life safety
devices shall be installed as required under the rules of the
FPBSC. These devices shall also be kept in working order at all
times. In the event of a system failure or trouble in the
system, the Fire Marshal shall be notified.
SECTION 5. Rental
Properties
It shall be
the responsibility of the owner of any residential structure
that is rented to anyone other the than the owner, to assure
that there is working smoke detectors in the structure prior to
the rental of any such structure. It shall be the
responsibility of the occupant to maintain detectors in proper
working order.
SECTION 6.
Maintenance and Testing
The building
owner shall comply with the applicable rules of the FPBSC to
ensure that the fire and life safety systems are maintained in
an operable condition at all times. Service personnel shall meet
the qualification requirements of NFPA 72 as adopted by the
FPBSC, for maintaining, inspecting and testing such systems. A
written record shall be maintained and shall be made available
to the Fire Marshal at the completion of the test. A non-working
smoke detector will result in a fee as per Article XVIII. These
tests shall be completed at least once annually.
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