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Fire Side Chat (FAC) later this year, would place this requirement in the states that adopt IFC as their f re code. F-348 — Provides for a modifcation to paragraph 407.8 to strike the word "fre" and insert the word "smoke" in relation to detection within Group I-2 Condition 1 facilities. As now written, only smoke detection could be used in these occupancies. Te former language allowed heat detectors to be used as well. Smoke detectors are life-safety devices and provide early warning of a fre whereas heat detectors will only active once the temperature in the area of detection rises above a set point. Tis proposal also made a revision to paragraph 907.2.6.2 in which nursing homes, long-term care facilities and detoxifcation facilities were changed to Group I-2 Condition 1 facilities. F-359— Adds a new paragraph, 907.2.11.3, Installation Near Cooking Appliances. It parallels the requirements added to the 2013 edition of NFPA 72 regarding the use of smoke detectors and alarms near cooking appliances. Te following provisions have been added to IFC: • Ionization alarms are not to be installed less than 20 feet horizontally from a permanently installed cooking appliance • Ionization smoke alarms with an alarm-silencing switch shall not be installed less than 10 feet horizontally from a permanently installed cooking appliance • Photoelectric smoke alarms shall not be installed less than 6 feet horizontally from a permanently installed cooking appliance condition to the system was detected. Te proponents of this proposal stated this added cost to the homeowner while offering no real beneft. RB-156 — Adds the same language to IRC that F-359 provided to IFC. RB-160 — Modifes Section 315, Carbon Monoxide Alarms, by reducing the locations within a single-family dwelling unit that CO alarms or detectors are required to be installed. Tis proposal also allows that the siting requirements found within NFPA 720 need not be followed. I see this proposal being challenged during the Final Action Hearings (FAH) later this year. Of concern are the lower requirements found STATES/TERRITORIES ADOPTING ICC • Alaska • Arkansas • California • Connecticut • District of Columbia • Georgia • Idaho • Indiana • Iowa • Kentucky • Minnesota • New Jersey •New Mexico •New York •North Carolina •Ohio •Oregon •Pennsylvania •South Carolina •Virginia •Washington •Wyoming •Guam •Puerto Rico Note: Other states may have limited adoption. Te same rules are in efect for smoke detectors. Tis proposal also added a new paragraph 907.2.11.4, Installation Near Bathrooms, which provides that a detector shall be installed not less than 3 feet horizontally from the door or opening of a bathroom that contains a bathtub or shower. within NFPA 720, which provides a Standard of Care in regard to the placement of CO alarms and detectors. Tere should not be a lowering of the standard in an efort by the housing construction industry to save a few dollars in construction costs. 4 RESIDENTIAL CODE CHANGES OF NOTE Te following proposals related to fre and CO detection systems were approved during the discussions on the IRC: HOW TO KEEP UP WITH ICC ACTIONS ICC codes are on a three-year cycle, so you should occasionally check ICC's Web site (iccsafe.org) to see when proposals for the next cycle will be due to be submitted. Unlike the U.S. Congress, you do not need to be a member to submit changes or to speak to the issues at a hearing. If you are interested in sending in a comment on any of these proposals, you may do so. One does not need to be an ICC member to submit a comment, which can be done through this page on ICC's Web site: www.iccsafe.org/cs/ codes/Pages/publicforms.aspx. Te 2012 Report of the Public Hearing on the 2012 Editions can be found at www.iccsafe.org/cs/codes/Documents/2012-2014Cycle/ Proposed-B/Results/Report-CommitteeActionResults. pdf. All of the results and committee statements as to why a proposal was accepted or denied are contained within this publication. RB-154 — Modifes Section R314 so that combination smoke/CO alarms or detectors may be used in place of a smoke alarm or detector and a CO alarm or detector. Tis provision was added as technology is leaning toward increased use of combination alarms or detectors. RB-155 — Modifes paragraph R314.2, removing the requirement that a smoke detection system installed within a single-family dwelling in place of smoke alarms be monitored. Tis proposal also modifed paragraph R315.2 in regard to CO detection systems. Te requirement for the monitoring of these systems was placed within the IRC as to make certain the systems would be repaired if a trouble 28 / SECURITYSALES.COM / JULY 2013