use shall be limited as described in this section and Table 3111.6.
Note: Commencing January 1, 2013, all temporary overnight shelters shall be equipped with operational, interconnected, monitored smoke and carbon monoxide detection and notification alarm systems as required by chapter 9.
Where the subject church/house of worship proper possesses a NFP A13 fire sprinkler system throughout the building per the governing edition of NFP A13 in effect when such system was installed, the temporary overnight shelter can be located anywhere in the church/house of worship, providing all other requirements of section 3111, inclusive are met If the church/house of worship does not have an NFP A 13 fire sprinkler system installed throughout the building then the location of the temporary overnight shelter must conform to the requirements set forth in Table 3111.6 (partial fire sprinklering of the temporary overnight shelter is required under certain circumstances addressed in Table 3111.6).
TABLE 3111.6
Use Limitations for Temporary Overnight Shelters | |||||||||
Location in Building | Building Construction Type | ||||||||
IA | IB | IIA | IIB | IIIA | IIIB | IV | VA | VB | |
Basement (without direct access to outside) | PS | PS | PS | PS | NP | NP | PS | NP | NP |
Basement (with direct access to outside) | P | P | P | P | P | P | p | P | PS |
1st Floor | P | P | P | P | P | P | p | P | P |
2nd Floor | P | P | P | P | P | P | p | P | P |
3rd Floor | P | P | P | P | PS | PS | PS | PS | PS |
4"1 Floor and above | PS | PS | PS | PS | PS | PS | PS | PS | NP |
P= Permitted, see section 3 111. 6. PS=Permitted with sprinklers, see section 3111.6. NP=Not Permitted.
In order to achieve compliance with this section a temporary overnight shelter shall be equipped with an interconnected, monitored smoke and carbon monoxide detection and notification alarm system as required by Chapter 9.
Note: In order to achieve compliance with this section a temporary overnight shelter shall be equipped with a full NFPA13 sprinkler system, interconnected and monitored smoke and carbon monoxide detection and notification alarm system as required by Chapter 9.
780 CMR, 3111.6