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SECTION 909 SMOKE CONTROL
SYSTEMS
[F] 909.16 Fire-fighter's
smoke control panel. A fire-fighter's smoke control panel
for fire department emergency response purposes only shall
be provided and shall include manual control or override of
automatic control for mechanical smoke control systems. The
panel shall be located in a fire command center complying
with Section 911 in highrise buildings
or buildings with smoke-protected assembly seating. In all
other buildings, the fire-fighter's smoke control panel shall
be installed in an approved location adjacent to the fire
alarm control panel. The fire-fighter's smoke control panel
shall comply with Sections 909.16.1 through 909.16.3.
[F]
909.16.1 Smoke control systems. Fans within the building
shall be shown on the fire- fighter's control panel. A clear
indication of the direction of airflow and the relationship
of components shall be displayed. Status indicators shall
be provided for all smoke control equipment, annunciated
by fan and zone, and by pilot-lamp-type indicators as follows:
1.
Fans, dampers and other operating equipment in their normal
status-WHITE.
2.
Fans, dampers and other operating equipment in their off
or closed status-RED.
3.
Fans, dampers and other operating equipment in their on
or open status-GREEN.
4. Fans, dampers and other
operating equipment in a fault status-YELLOW/AMBER.
[F]
909.16.2 Smoke control panel. The fire-fighter's control
panel shall provide control capability over the complete
smoke-control system equipment within the building as follows:
1. ON-AUTO-OFF control
over each individual piece of operating smoke control
equipment that can also be controlled from other sources
within the building. This includes stairway pressurization
fans; smoke exhaust fans; supply, return and exhaust fans;
elevator shaft fans and other operating equipment used
or intended for smoke control purposes.
2.
OPEN-AUTO-CLOSE control over individual dampers relating
to smoke control and that are also controlled from other
sources within the building.
3.
ON-OFF or OPEN-CLOSE control over smoke control and
other critical equipment associated with a fire or smoke
emergency and that can only be controlled from the fire-fighter's
control panel.
Exceptions:
1. Complex systems, where approved, where the controls
and indicators are combined to control and indicate all
elements of a single smoke zone as a unit.
2. Complex systems, where approved, where the control
is accomplished by computer interface using approved,
plain English commands.
[F]
909.16.3 Control action and priorities. The firefighter's
control panel actions shall be as follows:
1.
ON-OFF and OPEN-CLOSE control actions shall have the
highest priority of any control point within the building.
Once issued from the fire-fighter' s control panel, no
automatic or manual control from any other control point
within the building shall contradict the control action.
Where automatic means are provided to interrupt normal,
nonemergency equipment operation or produce a specific
result to safeguard the building or equipment (i.e.,
duct freezes tats, duct smoke detectors, high-temperature
cutouts, temperature-actuated linkage and similar devices),
such means shall be capable of being overridden by the
fire- fighter's control panel. The last control action
as indicated by each fire-fighter's control panel switch
position shall prevail. In no case shall control actions
require the smoke control system to assume more than one
configuration at anyone time.
Exception: Power disconnects required by the ICC Electrical
Code.
2.
Only the AUTO position of each three-position fire-fighter's
control panel switch shall allow automatic or manual control
action from other control points within the building.
The AUTO position shall be the NORMAL, nonemergency,
building control position. Where a fire- fighter's control
panel is in the AUTO position, the actual status
of the device (on, off, open, closed) shall continue to
be indicated by the status indicator described above.
When directed by an automatic signal to assume an emergency
condition, the NORMAL position shall become the
emergency condition for that device or group of devices
within the zone. In no case shall control actions require
the smoke control system to assume more than one configuration
at anyone time.
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