Section SPS 362.0907 - Fire alarm and detection systems(1) GENERAL. Substitute the following wording and informational note for the requirements in IBC section 907.1: IBC section 907 covers the application and installation of fire alarm systems and their components. Note: See ch. SPS 314 for requirements for performance and maintenance of fire alarm systems and their components.(2) SMOKE ALARMS. These are department informational notes to be used under IBC section 907.2.11: Note: Section 101.145(4), Stats., addresses retroactivity requirements for buildings constructed prior to the effective date of this section. This statute section applies beyond the application of chs. SPS 361 to 366, as established in s. SPS 361.03(2), and states "The owner of a residential building the initial construction of which is commenced before, on or after May 23, 1978, shall install and maintain a functional smoke detector in the basement and at the head of any stairway on each floor level of the building and shall install a functional smoke detector either in each sleeping room of each unit or elsewhere in the unit within 6 feet of each sleeping area and not in a kitchen."
(2m) ELEVATOR EMERGENCY OPERATION. Substitute the following wording for the requirements in IBC section 907.3.3: Except as provided in s. SPS 362.0907(5) (a) and (b), fire alarm initiating devices installed for elevator emergency operation shall be installed in accordance with ch. SPS 318 and NFPA 72.(3) PROTECTIVE COVERS. Substitute the following wording for the requirements in IBC section 907.4.2.5: The building official is authorized to require the installation of listed manual fire alarm box protective covers to prevent malicious false alarms or provide the manual fire alarm box with protection from physical damage. The protective cover shall be transparent or red in color with a transparent face to permit visibility of the manual fire alarm box. Each cover shall include proper operating instructions. Protective covers shall not project more than that permitted by IBC section 1003.3.3.(4) EMPLOYEE WORK AREAS. Substitute the following wording for the exception in IBC section 907.5.2.3.1: Where employee work areas have audible alarm coverage, the alarm system shall be designed so that visible notification appliances can be integrated into the system.(5) INSTALLATION AND MONITORING. The following are department exceptions to the requirements in IBC section 907.6:(a) The requirements in NFPA 72 section 21.3.3 do not apply to elevator pits.(b) The requirements in NFPA 72 section 21.3.7(2) are not included as part of chs. SPS 361 to 366.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 362.0907
CR 00-179: cr. Register December 2001 No. 552, eff. 7-1-02; CR 04-016: renum. (1) to (3) to be (2) to (4), cr. (1) Register December 2004 No. 588, eff. 1-1-05; CR 06-120: renum. (3) and (4) to be (5) and (6), cr. (3), (4) and (7) Register February 2008 No. 626, eff. 3-1-08; CR 10-103: r. (2) to (4), renum. (5) to (7) to be (2) to (4) and am. Register August 2011 No. 668, eff. 9-1-11.Amended by, CR 16-094: cr. (2m), am. (4), cr. (5), Register April 2018 No. 748 eff. 5-1-18; correction in (5) (b) under s. 35.17, Stats., Register April 2018 No. 748, eff. 5/1/2018