§ 29-03 Installation of Automatic Wet-Pipe Sprinkler Systems and Alarm Systems in Certain Class B Multiple Dwellings (Lodging Houses).
RCNY § 29-03
(a)Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 713 of the Laws of 1929, and Section 4 of Chapter 553 of the Laws of 1944, effective April 5, 1944, automatic wet pipe sprinkler systems installed in "lodging houses", shall be installed in conformity with the provisions of the Administrative Code of the city of New York.
(b)An automatic closed-circuit water-flow and valve-tamper alarm system, having at least one manual fire alarm station shall be provided in connection with the sprinkler system. This alarm system shall be connected to an approved central station which provided supervisory and maintenance service satisfactory to the fire commissioner. In connection therewith, there shall be an approved transmitter so arranged as to actuate all gongs of the interior fire alarm system whenever a water flow through the sprinkler system occurs. Interior fire alarm systems of the closed-circuit type previously installed under the rules then in force and approved by the fire commissioner may be accepted if, after inspection and test the systems are found to be adequate and in proper operating condition. Battery operated interior fire alarm systems of the open-circuit type shall be replaced with an approved closed-circuit system. In connection with these rules, the persons affected are advised to consult Article 5 of Subchapter 17 of Chapter 1 of Title 27 of the Administrative (Building) Code and §§ 15-126, 15-127 and 15-214, of the Administrative (Fire Prevention) Code of the city of New York, concerning interior fire alarm system, watchmen's time detector system and telegraphic communication.
