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m? UNIFOflM FIRE CODE <br />PART III <br />GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR SAFETY <br />ARTICLE 9 β€” FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS AND WATER SUPPLY <br />SECTION 901 β€” GENERAL <br />90M Scope. Fire department access and water supply shall be <br />in accordance with Article 9. <br />For firesafety during construction, alteration or demolition of a <br />building, sec Article 87. <br />90U P^lls and Plans. <br />90U.1 Permits. A permit is required to use or operate fire hy­ <br />drants or valves inten^d for fire-suppression purposes wnkh are <br />installed on water systems and accessible to public highways, <br />alleys or private ways open to or genendiy used by the public. See <br />Section 105, Permit f.l. <br />EXCEPTION: A permit is not required for persons employed and <br />authorized hy the water company which supplies the system to use or <br />operate fire kydraots or valves. <br />90l2Jt Plant. <br />901.2.2.1 Fire apparaliis access. Plans for fire apparatus access <br />roads shall be submitted to the fire department for review and ap­ <br />proval prior to construction. <br />901.2.2.2 Fire hydrant systems. Plans and specifications for <br />fire hydrant systems shall be submitted to the fire department for <br />review and approval prior to construction. <br />90U Timing of Installation. When fire protection, including <br />fire apparatus access roads and water supplies for fire protection, <br />is required to be installed, such protection shall be installed and <br />made serviceable prior to and during the time of construction. <br />EXCEPTION: When iltemaie mctbo<^ of procecUoo, is <br />approved, arc prwided, the requiremenU of Sectk» 901.3 may he <br />OBodified or waiv^. <br />901.4 Required Marking of Fire Apparatus Access Roads, <br />Addresses and Fire-protection Equipment <br />901.4.1 General Marking of fire apparatus access roads, <br />addresses and fire-protection equipment shall be in accordance <br />with Section 901.4. <br />901.4J Fire apparatus access roads. When required by the <br />chief, approved signs or other approved notices shall be provided <br />and maintained for fire apparatus access roads to identify such <br />roads and prohibit the obstruction thereof or both. <br />901.4J Fire-protection equipment and fire hydrants. Fire- <br />protection equipment and fire hydrants shall be clearly identified <br />in an approved manner to prevent obstruction by parking and other <br />obstructions. <br />When required by the chief, hydrant locations shall be <br />identified by the installation of reflective markers. <br />See also Section 1001.7. <br />I Ml.4.4 Prnnises MeotiflcatiQB. Approved numbers or ad­ <br />dresses shall be provided for all new and existing buildings in such <br />a position as to be plainly visible and legible from the street or road <br />fronting the property. <br />901.4J Street or road signs. When required by the chief, streets <br />and roads shall be identified with approved signs. <br />90U Obstruction and Control of Fire Apparatus Access <br />Roads and Fire-protection Equipment. See Sections 902.2.4 <br />and 1001.7. <br />901.6 Fire Protection in Recreational Vehicle, Mobile Home <br />and Minufactured Housing Pnrict, Salco Lots and Storage <br />Lots. Recreational vehicle, mobile home and manufactured <br />housing parks, sales lots and storage lots shall provide and main, <br />tain fire hydrants and access roatfe in accordance with Sections <br />902 and 903. <br />EXCEPTION: RcaeationtI vehicle pifks located ta remoie areas <br />shall be provided with protection and access roadways as required by <br />the chief. <br />SECTION 902 β€” FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS <br />902.1 General. Fire department access roads shall be provided <br />and maintained in accordance with Sections 901 and 902. <br />902.2 Fire Apparatus Access Roads. <br />902.2.1 Required access. Fire apparatus access roads shall be <br />provided in accordance with Sections 901 and 902.2 for every <br />facility, building or portion of a building hereafter constructed or <br />moved into or within the jurisdiction when any portion of the <br />facility or any portion of an exterior wall of the first story of the <br />building is located more than 150 feet (45 720 mm) from fire <br />apparatus access as measured by an approved route around the <br />exterior of the building or facility. See also Section 9023 for per­ <br />sonnel access to buildings. <br />EXCEPTIONS: I. >k ’hen buildings are completely protected with <br />an approved automatic fire sprinkler system, the provisiocis of Section <br />902.11 and 902.2.2 may be modified by Uie chief. <br />2. When access roads cannot be ansulled due to location on property, <br />topography, waterways, nonnegoUable grades or other similar condi ­ <br />tions. the chief is authorized to require additional fire protection as spe­ <br />cified in Section 1001.9. <br />3. When Uiere arc not more than two Group R, Division 3. or Group <br />U Occupancies, the requiremenu of Sections 902.2.1 and 9023.2 may <br />be modified by the chief. <br />More than one fire apparatus road shall be provided when it is <br />determined by the chief that access by a single road might be im­ <br />paired by vehicle congestion, condition of terrain, climatic condi ­ <br />tions or other factors that could limit access. <br />For high-piled combustible storage, see Section 8102.6.1. <br />For required access during construction, alteration or demoli­ <br />tion of a building, see Section 8704.2. <br />902.23 Spccifkatiooa. <br />902J3.1 DfantssioRs. Fire apparatus access roads shall have an <br />unobstructed width of not less than 20 feet (6096 mm) and an un­ <br />obstructed vertical clearance of not less than 13 feet 6 inches (4115 <br />mm). <br />EXCEPTION: \%rtical clearaacc may be rediiocdL piovkkd iMch <br />reductioe does aol ioipair access by fire apparatus aad ippiovcd <br />are tiwtalk d and maiaiaiiied tndicaiMig tht ctlabliriwd vertical dear- <br />I <br />1-27