§ 4-08 Automatic Fire Extinguishing Systems.
RCNY § 4-08
(a)Definitions. Automatic fire extinguishing system. The term "automatic fire extinguishing system" shall mean: (i) A system of piping connected to one or more acceptable sources of water supply, which system is provided with approved distributing devices so arranged and located as to automatically discharge an effective spray over the interior of the building in the event of fire therein; or (ii) A system of piping and distributing devices automatically controlled, connected to an adequate supply of chemical fire extinguishing media of an approved type suitable for the hazard involved. Factory building. The term "factory building" shall mean a factory building as defined by Section 10 of the New York State Labor Law. Section 10. "Factory building" means a building, shed or structure which or any part of which, is occupied by or used for a factory, and in which at least one-tenth or more than twenty-five of all the persons employed in the building are engaged in work for a factory, but shall not include a building in a city having a population of more than one million, used exclusively by one employer and in which not more than one-tenth of all the persons employed therein are engaged in work for a factory and which, except for such factory work, would be classified as a mercantile establishment. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any part of a building occupied or used as a factory, except as otherwise provided by this subdivision. Non-flammable.
(i)The term "non-flammable" as used in these rules when applied to solids shall mean materials which will not ignite and continue to burn when brought in contact for five seconds with an open flame or when in contact with glowing materials.
(ii)The term "non-flammable" as used in these rules when applied to liquids shall mean any liquid which will not generate a flammable vapor at a temperature of 300° F or less when tested in a Tagliabue open cup tester. Volatile flammable oils or solvents. The term "volatile flammable oils or solvents" as used in these rules shall mean any liquid mixture or compound that will generate a flammable vapor at a temperature of 110° F or less when in a Tagliabue open cup tester.
(b)Medium hazards. Bagging, manufacturing Bags, Cloth, Paper or Burlap, manufacturing Bakeries except retail bakeries and except bakeries where all products baked are consumed on the premises Bamboo or Rattan Products, manufacturing Baskets (other than metal), manufacturing Bookbinding Boots or Shoes, manufacturing Burlap, manufacturing Buttons, manufacturing, except non-flammable buttons Candles, or wax products, manufacturing Canvas, manufacturing Cardboard, manufacturing Cereal Mills Chemical Works (except where volatile flammable oils or solvents are used, stored or manufactured) Cloth, Backing Cloth, Dyeing or Printing Works Cloth, manufacturing Confectionery Products, manufacturing Cotton Batting or Waste, manufacturing Dry Cleaning and Dyeing Industrial Plants (except those using volatile flammable oils) Distilleries Envelope, manufacturing Excelsior or Excelsior Products, manufacturing or storage Feed, Flour or Grist Mills Felt or Felt Products, manufacturing Furniture, manufacturing, repairing or refinishing Furs or Fur Products, manufacturing or processing Gloves, manufacturing Handbags, Luggage or Trunks, manufacturing Hats, manufacturing Knitting, Weaving or Embroidering Laundries Leather Goods, manufacturing Lithographing Millinery, manufacturing (except custom) Paper Pulp Mills Paper Boxes or Cartons, manufacturing Pencil, manufacturing Picture Frame, manufacturing Plastic Articles (except non-flammable) Printing except incidental to primary use with area not exceeding 2,000 feet Rag sorting or processing Rope, Cordage and Twine, manufacturing Rubber Products, manufacturing Rugs, manufacturing Shades, Window, manufacturing Silk, manufacturing Straw Goods, manufacturing Synthetic Yarns or Fabric, manufacturing, except non-flammable Tanneries Tobacco Products, manufacturing Umbrella, manufacturing Upholstering Woodworking (c) High hazards. Aluminum, powdered, manufacturing Artificial Flowers, manufacturing Artificial Leather, manufacturing Carpet cleaning, using volatile flammable oils or solvents Chemical manufacturing using volatile flammable oils or solvents Combustible or flammable mixtures, manufacturing Compressed Gases, manufacturing, flammable or explosive Cotton Picking and Opening Operations Dry Cleaning Plants, using volatile flammable solvents Enameling (except vitrous enameling) using more than 2 qts. per day or storing more than 20 gals. Essential Oils or Perfumes, manufacturing Feathers, processing Fireworks Linoleum, manufacturing Linseed Oil Mills Lithographing Inks (except non-flammable), manufacturing Magnesium (powdered), manufacturing or processing (Chemical Extinguishing system only) Mattress manufacturing or repairing Matches, manufacturing Nail Polish, manufacturing Nitrocellulose Products, manufacturing or processing Painting or Lacquering using more than 2 qts. per day or storing more than 20 gals. Paint, Varnish, Enameling, Lacquers, Lithographing ink (except non-flammable), manufacturing Pharmaceutical Products, manufacturing Plastics, manufacturing, except non-flammable Raincoats, manufacturing (using rubber) Rubber Cement, manufacturing Shoddy Mills Silk Screen Printing Starch or Sugar Mills Surgical Sutures, manufacturing, processing or packing Solvent Extracting (other than non-flammable) Tallow, manufacturing Tires (rubber), re-capping, re-treading or vulcanizing Volatile, Flammable Oils, Solvents, or Mixtures, manufacturing Woodworking with painting, varnishing, lacquering or shellacking (Renumbered City Record 4/4/2019, eff. 5/5/2019)
