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City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction.
5. The general evacuation alarm signal shall operate throughout the
entire building.
E. Emergency Forces Notification
1. When required by Division 8 through 17 of this Chapter, emergency
forces notification shall be provided to alert the nearest fire station
and fire brigade in case of fire or other emergency.
2. Where fire department notification is required by another section of
this code, the fire alarm system shall be arranged to transmit the alarm
automatically via any of the following means which shall be in
accordance with NFPA 72:
a. auxiliary fire alarm system
b. central station connection accredited by the BFP
c. proprietary system
d. remote station connection
3. Automatic fire department notification through central station
accredited by the BFP shall be mandatory to the following types of
occupancy:
a. All high rise buildings;
b. All hospitals;
c. All educational institutions, hotels and apartment buildings
(condominium) of at least four (4) storey in height;
d. All highly hazardous occupancies; and
e. All mall buildings.
F. Emergency Control
1. A fire alarm and control system shall be arranged to activate
automatically the control functions necessary to make the protected
premises safer for building occupants.
2. Where required, the following functions shall be activated by the
complete fire alarm system:
a. release of hold-open devices for doors or other opening
protectives;
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