Section 675 IAC 22-2.5-6 - Chapter 5; fire services featuresAuthority: IC 22-13-2-2
Affected: IC 22-12-7; IC 22-13; IC 22-14; IC 36-8-17
Sec. 6.
Chapter 5 is amended as follows:
(a) Amend Section 501.2 to delete the text and insert to read as follows: Address Identification. When not required by local ordinance, buildings shall be provided with approved address numbers, building numbers or approved building identification placed in a position that is plainly legible and visible from the street or road frontage fronting the property. These numbers shall contrast with their background. Address numbers shall be Arabic numbers or alphabetical letters. Numbers shall be a minimum of 4 inches (101.6 mm) high with a minimum stroke width of .5 inch (12.7 mm). Address numbers shall be maintained.(b) Amend Section 501.3 to delete "and approval" without substitution.(c) Amend Section 502.1 to insert a new definition as follows: FIRE APPARATUS ACCESS ROAD. A road that provides not only fire apparatus access for the servicing fire department, but provides same access for any local or state law enforcement agency, for any servicing emergency medical agency and for any local or state emergency response agency to a facility, building or structure or portion thereof. This is a general term inclusive of all other terms such as fire lane, public street, private street, also public or private lot and lane and access roadway.(d) Amend Section 503.1.1 to delete the text and insert as follows: Buildings and facilities. Approved fire apparatus access roads shall be provided for every facility, building or portion of a building hereafter constructed or moved into or within the jurisdiction. The fire apparatus access road shall comply with the requirements of this section and shall extend to within 150 feet (45.72 m) of all portions of the facility and all portions of the exterior walls of the first story of the building as measured around the perimeter of the exterior of the building or facility. Exception: Buildings protected throughout by a supervised automatic fire sprinkler system and not used for high-piled combustible storage in excess of twelve thousand (12,000) square feet.
(e) Add Section 503.1.4 to read as follows: 503.1.4. For exterior lumber storage, see Section 2809.(f) Amend Section 503.2.2 to delete the text and insert the following: Vertical clearances or widths required by this section shall be increased when vertical clearances or widths do not provide fire apparatus access for the largest vehicle available to the servicing fire department.(g) Amend Section 503.2.3 to delete the text and insert as follows: Fire apparatus access roads shall be designed, constructed and maintained to support the imposed live loads of the heaviest piece of fire department apparatus available to the servicing fire department and shall be provided with a surface so as to provide all-weather driving capability with required ground clearances from chassis frame and appurtenances.(h) Amend Section 503.2.4 to delete the text and insert the following: The turning radius of a fire apparatus access road shall be determined after consultation with the servicing fire department and shall be at least equal to the minimum required radius for the fire apparatus. Such roads shall be designed and constructed to permit turning of the longest piece of fire apparatus available to the servicing fire department.(i) Amend Section 503.2.5 to delete the text and insert the following: Dead-end fire apparatus access roads in excess of one hundred fifty (150) feet in length shall be designed and constructed so as to allow the turning around of the longest piece of fire apparatus available to the servicing fire department.(j) Amend Section 503.2.6 as follows:(1) In the first sentence, after "in", insert "an approved manner".(2) In the first sentence, delete "accordance with AASHTO HB 17".(3) In the third sentence, delete "when required by the code official".(4) Amend the last sentence to delete the text and insert to read as follows: Where elevated surfaces designed for emergency vehicle use are adjacent to surfaces which are not designed for such use, approved barriers or approved signs shall be installed. (k) Amend Section 503.2.7 to delete the text and insert to read as follows: The gradient for all fire apparatus access roads shall not exceed the maximum that the apparatus available to the servicing fire department can accommodate.(l) Amend Section 503.2.8 to delete the title and text and insert to read as follows: Angles of approach, breakover, and departure. The angles of approach, breakover and departure for fire apparatus access roads shall be within the navigational limits of the largest piece of apparatus available to the servicing fire department.(m) Amend Section 503.3 to delete the text and insert to read as follows: When required by local ordinance, signs, or other notices shall be provided and maintained for the fire apparatus access roads to identify such roads and prohibit the obstruction thereof.(n) Amend Section 503.4.1 to delete the text and insert the following: Traffic calming devices. Traffic calming devices installed on fire department access roads shall accommodate all navigational requirements of the largest piece of apparatus available to the servicing fire department, in accordance with Section 503.2. (o) Amend Section 503.5, by inserting "When required by local ordinance," at the beginning of the first sentence.(p) Amend Section 503.5.1 as follows: (1) Insert "approved by" before "the fire code official" in the last sentence.(2) Delete "the" and insert "their" in the exception. (q) Amend Section 504.1 to delete the last sentence without substitution.(r) Amend Section 504.2 to delete the first sentence and insert to read as follows: Required fire department access doors, exit and exit access doors shall not be obstructed or eliminated and shall comply with Chapter 10.(s) Amend Section 505.1 to delete "Where required by the fire code official" and insert an exception to read as follows: Exception: Secured sites manned with on site, full-time 24 hour response teams who escort responding fire departments may omit address numbers, building numbers or building identification on individual buildings.(t) Add Section 505.1.1 to read as follows: 505.1.1 Additional Numbers. New and existing Class 1 structures that have three (3) or more separate tenants where such tenants have both a front or main entrance and a rear entrance with an all weather surface for vehicular traffic that is tenant specific, such rear entrance shall have a posted address visible from the all weather surface.(u) Amend Section 506.1 to delete the text and insert to read as follows: 506.1. When Required. Whenever the servicing fire department has instituted a key box emergency access system, a key box compatible with that system shall be installed in an accessible location if: (1) The building is protected with an automatic sprinkler system equipped with a local or transmitted water-flow alarm, or(2) The building is provided with any fire alarm system equipped with an outside audible/visual signaling device, or(3) The building is provided with any fire alarm system where the alarm is transmitted to an off-site location, or to the fire alarm center for the servicing fire department.(v) Delete Section 506.1.2 without substitution.(w) Amend Section 506.2 to delete the text and insert to read as follows: Responsibility for Key Box. Key boxes are to be provided by the building owner and shall contain such keys necessary to access all protected areas of the building. Multi-tenant buildings may share an owner-provided box, and the building owner shall assume responsibility for insuring that keys are updated as appropriate. Tenant-provided boxes may not be shared with any other tenant, and the tenant assumes responsibility for key updates for the subject tenant space. Exception: Key boxes for apartment houses are not required to contain keys to individual apartment dwelling units.
(x) Add Section 506.3 as follows: 506.3 Existing Buildings. When a design release is issued by the Division of Fire and Building Safety or a permit by local government when a design release is not required for construction, buildings constructed prior to April 30, 1998, shall not be required to provide a key box or key boxes under this section. Any new tenancy within a space previously occupied by a different tenant shall require that a key box be provided in accordance with Sections 506.1 and 506.2.(y) Amend Sections 507.1 to delete the text and insert to read as follows: Required Water Supply for Fire Protection. A water supply capable of supplying the required fire flow, for firefighting purposes, as determined by local ordinance, shall be provided to all premises upon which a Class 1 structure or a portion of a Class 1 structure is hereafter constructed. The water supply shall be provided as follows: (1) When a public water supply is available to a premises, there shall be provided fire hydrants and mains capable of supplying the required fire flow.(2) When a public water supply is not available to a premises, the water supply shall consist of a pond, stream, river, canal, lake, reservoir, quarry, pressure tank, elevated tank, swimming pool, other fixed systems, or fire department delivered portable system capable of providing the required fire flow. The on-site water supply shall be accessible to the fire department and be located within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the Class 1 building or structure being protected with an automatic fire extinguishing system. If the on-site water supply is not within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the structure being protected, the water supply shall be connected to on-site fire hydrants and mains capable of supplying the required fire flow. The owner shall verify the water supply requirements with the servicing fire department prior to final design and construction.(z) Delete Section 507.2 without substitution.(aa) Amend Section 507.3 to delete the text and insert to read as follows: Appendix B may be adopted by local ordinance to set requirements for fire flow.(bb) Amend Section 507.5.1 to delete "where required by the code official" without substitution.(cc) Amend Section 507.5.1.1 to delete the exception without substitution.(dd) Amend Section 507.5.2 to delete the first sentence without substitution.(ee) Amend Section 507.5.3 to insert, after" NFPA 25", "as adopted by the Commission in effect at the time of inspection, testing, or maintenance".(ff) Amend Section 507.5.3 #1 to delete the text and insert to read as follows: Private fire hydrants (all types): Inspection annually and after each operation; flow and maintenance annually.(gg) Delete Section 508.1.4 without substitution.(hh) Amend Section 509.1, Identification, to delete the text and insert to read as follows: Section 509.1 Identification. Fire protection equipment shall be identified in an approved manner. Normally closed rooms containing air handling equipment over 2,000 cubic foot per minute, rooms containing a water heater or boiler over 400,000 British thermal units/per hour input, sprinkler risers, sprinkler control valves, fire alarm control panels, smoke evacuation system control panels, or control panels for wet chemical, dry chemical, foam, carbon dioxide and clean agent systems shall be identified for the use of the servicing fire department. Approved signs required identifying fire protection equipment locations shall be constructed of durable materials, lettering shall be in contrast with the background and be permanently installed and readily visible.(ii) Amend Section 509.1.1 to delete "Where required by the fire code official".(jj) Delete Section 510, Emergency Responder Radio Coverage, in its entirety and insert to read as follows: 510.1 Emergency responder radio coverage in new buildings. When required by local ordinance, all new buildings shall have compatible radio coverage for emergency responders within the building based upon the existing coverage levels of the public safety communications systems jurisdiction at the exterior of the building. The section shall not require improvement of the existing public safety communications systems. Errata filed 8/7/2014, 8:56 a.m.: 20140827-IR-675130341ACAErrata filed 11/19/2014, 3:00 p.m.: 20141217-IR-675140471ACAReadopted filed 8/6/2020, 2:04 p.m.: 20200902-IR-675200309RFA