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2018 IFC Update <br />2018 IFCChapter 9: Fire Protection and Live Safety Systems <br />Code Section <br />Section Title Description of Change <br />2018 2015 <br />901.4.6 <br />Fire Pump and Additional requirements have been added for automatic sprinkler system <br />Fire Sprinkler riser rooms and fire pump rooms. <br />Addition <br />Riser Rooms <br />901.6.2 <br />Integrated Fire Test criteria has been added to the code with a reference to NFPA 4 to <br />Protection ensure that where multiple fire protection systems or life safety systems are <br />Addition <br />System Testing integrated, that the acceptance process and subsequent testing must <br />evaluate the all of the integrated systems as a whole. <br />901.8.2 901.8.2 <br />Removal of Authorizes code official to allow the removal occupant use hoselines. <br />Occupant Use <br />Modification <br />Hoselines <br />903.2.1 903.2.1 <br />Clarifies the requirements for fire sprinkler protection in Group A <br />Sprinklers in <br />occupancies. <br />Group A <br />Clarification <br />Occupancies <br />903.2.3 903.2.3 <br />Provides occupant load threshold for automatic sprinkler system <br />Sprinklers in <br />Group E requirements in Group E occupancies. <br />Modification <br />Occupancies <br />903.3.1.1.2 903.3.1.1.2 <br />Sprinklers in Removes fire sprinklers requirements from small bathrooms in Group R-4 <br />occupancies. <br />Bathrooms in <br />Modification <br />Group R-4 <br />Occupancies <br />903.3.1.2.1 903.3.1.2.1 <br />SprinklersCorrelates automatic sprinkler system requirements in Chapter 9 with <br />Beneath Chapter 7 for exterior balconies of Group R occupancies. <br />Modification <br />Balconies <br />903.3.1.2.3903.3.1.2.3 <br />Attics Provides fire protection options for attics in multi-family occupancies <br />Modification <br />903.3.3 903.3.3 <br />SprinklerThe code now directs the user to the sprinkler design standard to address <br />Obstructions sprinkler obstructions. <br />Modification <br />904.12 904.12 <br />CommercialDirects users to NFPA standards to address sprinkler obstructions. <br />Cooking <br />Modification <br />Operations <br />904.13 904.13 <br />Domestic Requires automatic fire-extinguishing system to protect domestic cooking <br />Cooking in appliances in care facilities. <br />Modification <br />Institutional <br />Occupancies <br />0 ¦¤Γ <br /> <br />