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Important Changes to the 2012 International Building Code and International Fire Code that Relate to R-2 Occupancies ©

Prepared by Marshall A. Klein & Associates, Inc. Eldersburg, MD

10/13/11

Page #1 of 23 Pages – Please note: The code sections noted on these Tables are merely to facilitate discussion on the potential requirements that may be applicable in the 2012 I Codes and is not intended to be a replacement for any of these code documents.

The following Tables provide valuable information on significant changes in the 2012 editions of the International Building Code (IBC) and the International Fire Code (IFC) that NMHC Members and their design teams should be aware of for future projects (and existing buildings) where these editions of the Codes have been, or will be, adopted. These Tables are not intended to replace the referenced Codes and Standards. Final project compliance with the applicable codes is the ultimate responsibility of the owner and his/her design professionals.

Important Changes to the 2012 IBC (International Building Code) that Relate to R-2 Occupancies Section(s) & Issue(s) Type of Change Potential Cost Comment

IBC 102.4 Referenced Codes & Standards IBC 102.4.1 Conflicts IBC 102.4.2 Provisions in Referenced Codes & Standards

Revisions for clarification Savings Clarifies that when a standard is referenced in the Code only the applicable portions of the standard that relate to the specific Code requirement are considered a part of the Code.

IBC 202 Definitions Makes Code more user friendly

None All definitions have been moved and relocated into a single location in Chapter 2. All the defined terms used throughout the Code are now italicized so the user will know it is a defined term that can be found in Chapter 2.

IBC 403.6.1 Fire Service Access Elevators (See also IBC 3007 Fire Service Access Elevator table row entry)

Major change Considerable cost impact on buildings >120 ft above lowest level of Fire Department Access

Original requirement placed in 2009 IBC required one FSA elevator in high rise building with occupied floor >120’ above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access. In 2012 IBC requirement was revised to required 2 FSA elevators except for those buildings that only have a single elevator.



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IBC 406.5.2.1 Open Parking Garages – Openings below Grade

New Increase Requires a minimum horizontal clear space of 1½ times the depth of the opening.

IBC 406.5.5 Open Parking Garages – Area & Ht. Increases

New Savings For calculating the minimum allowable openness of an open parking garage, a maximum 7’ height per tier is now permitted to be used.

IBC 419.3 Live/Work Units Means of Egress IBC 419.9 Live/Work Units Plumbing Facilities

New Increase Requirements for the nonresidential portion of the Unit are based on the specific function of the nonresidential space.

IBC 501.2 Address Identification

Revised Increase Original requirement for address numbers on new and existing buildings. Building identification needs to be visible from the street with numbers a minimum of 4” high. Revised to permit the fire code official to have the address numbers posted in multiple locations.

IBC 506.2 Allowable Area Frontage Increase

Clarification Saving Clarifies how to measure the public way width and permits a “weighted average” W to be calculated to increase the frontage increase factor.

IBC Section 509 Incidental Uses

Entire Section was Revised

Savings Incidental uses are now limited to 10% of the story’s area but they are not considered a separate occupancy use. Still requires separations and/or sprinklers in such use spaces as listed in Table 509.



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IBC 701.2 Multiple-Use Fire Assembly

New None Clarification of code that when a fire or smoke assembly serves multiple code requirements it needs to comply with all the applicable code requirements.

IBC 703.4 Automatic Sprinklers used as equivalency for a fire rated assembly

New Increase Prohibits the use of sprinklers to be considered as a compensatory feature for reduction or elimination of a fire rating required by the Code without justification through the application of Sections 104.10 (Modifications) & 104.11 (Alternative design).

IBC 705.2 Exterior Wall Projections & Table 705.2 Minimum Distance of Projections

Revisions Unknown Regulates the extent of building projections beyond the exterior wall in a more straightforward manner using the fire separation distance and a Table to determine compliance.

IBC 705.2.3 Protection of Combustible Projections

Revision Unknown Basically the revised text would still prohibit combustible projections that are not 1 hour fire rated, Type IV construction, FRT, or complies with Section 1406.3 to extend into any fire separation distance where Table 705.8 does not permit unlimited openings.

IBC 705.3 Buildings on the Same Lot

Revision Unknown Projections extending beyond opposing exterior walls between buildings on the same lot now need to comply with Section 705.3.



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IBC 705.6 Exterior Walls Structural Stability

Clarification Savings Interior structural elements (i.e. floors or columns) that brace fire rated exterior walls that have ≥ 30’ of fire separation distance can have the minimum fire rating under Table 601 for such interior structural elements. This should resolve the past issue where some code officials were requiring for IIIA Construction Type the 2 hour exterior walls to be supported by 2 hour floors and interior columns instead of one hour floors and columns.

IBC Section 706.2 Fire Wall Structural Stability

Revision Unknown The use of a double fire wall complying with NFPA 221 is now permitted as an alternative to a single fire wall.

IBC 706.6(6) Fire Wall Vertical Continuity & IBC 706.6.2 Buildings with Sloped Roofs

New Increase Based on the slope of the roof towards a fire wall that is within 4’ of the fire wall, the fire wall will need to extend higher than 30” above the roof.

IBC 712 Vertical Openings IBC 713 Shaft Enclosures

Reformatting None In the 2012 IBC the vertical opening exceptions that were in the previous code’s Section 713, “Shaft Enclosures”, are now in its own Section.



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IBC 713.8 Shaft Enclosures Penetrations

Revision Savings Structural elements, such as beams or joists, where protected in accordance with Section 714, Penetrations” are not permitted to penetrate a shaft enclosure. Note that this change is not for exit stairways penetrations that are covered under Section 1022.5

IBC 713.13.4 Refuse, Recycling, and Laundry Chute Termination Room; IBC 716.5.9, 716.5.9.2 & 716.5.9.3 Exception #8 Chute Intake Doors

Revisions Increase Requires the termination room to be the same fire rating that encloses the chute. Previous code permitted a maximum rating of the room to be one hour fire rated. Now any termination chute room serving more than 3 stories will be required to be 2 hour fire rated. Chute intake doors need to be self-closing, positive latching and remain latched and closed in the event of latch or closer failure.

IBC 714.4.1.1.2 Through-Penetration Firestop Systems Exception #2

New Savings Through-penetration firestop systems used to protect floor penetrations by floor, tub, or shower drains do not require a T rating.

IBC 714.4.1.2 Membrane Penetrations Exception #7

New Savings or increase depending on past local interpretation of code requirement.

Allows for a practical application of the code where wood framed walls extend up to and attach directly to the underside of joist/trusses floor and roof fire rated assemblies.



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IBC 716 Opening Protectives

Major revisions Increase Major revisions and clarifications to entire Section with new/revised Tables addressing the proper use and placement of fire-rated glazing. Also, in the 2009 IBC Section 715.4.7.1 the use of non-listed wire glass glazing in fire doors was eliminated, so in the 2012 IBC the use of non-listed wire glass glazing in fire window assemblies was eliminated (2009 IBC Section 715.5.4 & Table 715.5.4) to complete the elimination of non-rated wire glass as a glazing in fire-rated assemblies.

IBC 717.5.4 Ducts & Air Transfer Openings in Fire Partitions Exception #4

New exception #4 Unknown This new exception for fire dampers in ducted HVAC systems penetrating fire partitions (i.e. dwelling unit separations and elevator lobby separations) in sprinklered buildings is the same as for fire barriers under Section 717.5.2 Exception #3. Note that the Code already permitted under existing Exception #1 the elimination of fire dampers in corridor walls in sprinklered buildings.

IBC 901.8 Pump & Riser Room Size

New Unknown When provided, a room(s) that contains a fire pump and/or sprinkler riser room must be adequately sized to service the fire protection equipment in the room(s).



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IBC 905.4(5) Location of Class I Standpipe Hose Connections (on roof)

Revision Savings Correlates standpipe hose connections on roofs with the 2010 NFPA 14 requirement. Code will require only one standpipe to have a hose connection at the roof based on the slope of the roof and stair access to the roof in compliance with Section 1009.16.

IBC 906.1(1) Exception to Portable Fire Extinguishers

New Savings PFEs are no longer required in the public/common corridors if a 1-A:10-B:C PFE is provided within each individual dwelling unit.

IBC 907.2.9.3 Group R-2 College & University Buildings

New Increase Appears to apply to buildings that are owned by a college or university. Requires an automatic smoke detection system in the common corridors/spaces, laundry, mechanical equipment and storage rooms. Also requires the smoke alarms in the dwelling/sleeping units to be interconnected into the fire alarm system.

IBC 907.2.11.3 Single- & Multiple-Station Smoke Alarms Interconnection

Revision Savings Listed wireless alarms are now permitted to substitute for wired interconnection of the smoke alarms in both new and existing construction.



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IBC 907.4.1 Protection of Fire Alarm Control Unit Exception

Exception #2 deleted Increase Previous editions of the Code did not require by way of Section 907.4.1 Exception #2 the protection of the fire alarm control unit room(s) when the building was sprinklered per NFPA 13 or NFPA 13R. Now the Code requires a smoke detector or heat detector in such rooms. This change was to correlate with 2010 NFPA 72 deletion of this same exception in its Section 4.4.5.

IBC 907.5.2.1.1 Average Sound Pressure for Alarm Notification Appliances

Deletion of last sentence in this section

None The minimum sound pressure level (SPL) of 75 dBA in R occupancies was deleted. Base code requirement is to provide a SPL of 15 dBA above the average ambient sound level or 5 dBA above the maximum sound level having a duration of at least 60 seconds, whichever is greater, in every occupied space within the building.



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IBC 907.5.2.3.4 Group R-2 Visible Alarms

Addition of last sentence in this section for clarification

Savings Existing Code required all dwelling units in an R-2 occupancy that were required to have a Fire Alarm system to have the capability to support visible alarm notification appliances in accordance with Chapter 10 of ICC A117.1. The new last sentence adds that such capability shall include the potential for future interconnection of the building fire alarm system with the unit smoke alarms, replacement of audible appliances with combination audible/visible appliances, or future extension of the existing wiring from the unit smoke alarm locations to required locations for visible appliances.

IBC 908.7 & IFC 1103.8.9 Carbon Monoxide Alarms

New Increase only to R-2 with gas and other fuel burning appliances

In new and existing R and I Occupancies with fuel-burning appliances or attached garages, carbon monoxide (CO) alarms are required. Note that an open-parking garage, or an enclosed ventilated parking garage, is not considered an attached garage for application of this CO requirement.

IBC 1001.4 Fire Safety & Evacuation Plans & IFC Section 404.2 Where required: R-2 college and university buildings

Addition to IBC, but was already in the IFC

Increase limited to college and university buildings

Reference in the IBC to the IFC fire safety and evacuation plan requirements that are required for R-2 college and university buildings.



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IBC 1005.3.1 Stairways Exception & IBC 1005.3.2 Other Egress Components Exception

New Increase The reduced exit width factors for sprinklered buildings that were in the 2000 thru 2006 IBC but were removed in the 2009 IBC have been placed back into the 2012 IBC provided that the sprinklered building also has an emergency voice/alarm communication system.

IBC 1007.2(3), (4) & (10) Accessible MOE Continuity and Components; IBC 1007.3 Stairways; & IBC 1007.7 Exterior Area for Assisted Rescue

Major revisions Unknown New Item #3 now permits interior exit access stairs as an acceptable component. Item #4 clarifies that the provisions do not apply to an exterior exit stair with a couple of steps serving the exterior stair landing at the level of exit discharge and the public way. Item #5 refers to the revised Section 1007.7 that was split into smaller sections and includes several technical changes. Note that in the 2009 IBC Section 1007.3, “Stairways”, new Exception #7, eliminated areas of refuge in stairways in R-2 occupancies. This same exception is still valid in the 2012 IBC under Section 1007.3 Exception #6.

IBC 1008.1.2 Door Swing

Clarification None Clarified that the total occupant load of the room/space determines the swing of the door(s) out of the room/space. Therefore if the room has an occupant load of ≥50 persons, the egress doors out of the room need to swing in the direction of egress travel.



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IBC 1009.3 Exit Access Stairways; IBC 1016.3 Travel Distance Measurement; IBC 1016.3.1 Travel Distance on Exit Access Stairways & Ramps; & IBC Section 1021 Number of Exits & Exit Configuration

New Savings These new sections and their subsections are a major comprehensive revision of the entire egress system and how unenclosed stairs will affect issues as exit vs. exit access, travel distance, and minimum number of exits from a floor.

IBC 1008.1.9.11 Stairway Doors Exception #5

New Exception #5 None New exception in the Code clarifies that a dwelling unit’s entrance door can be locked from the exit stair’s side of the door in R-2 occupancies where the dwelling unit’s door discharges into the exit stairs under the single exit provisions of Section 1021.2(1) or (2).

IBC 1012.2 Exception #2

New Savings Within the dwelling unit, transition pieces of a continuous handrail are now permitted to exceed the maximum 38” handrail height.

IBC 1012.3.1 Type I Handrail Graspability

New None A minimum cross-section dimension (1”) has now been established for noncircular Type I handrails.

IBC 1013.3 Exception #1 Guard Height

New exception Savings The minimum required height for guards within R-2 dwelling units not more than 3 stories above grade in height was deceased from 42” to 36” to be consistent with IRC requirements.



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IBC 1013.8 Guards for Window Sills

Revision and relocation of requirement in the IBC

None Relocation from Chapter 14 to Chapter 10 for guard requirement when operable window has a sill > 72” above the outside ground grade. The revision was that the minimum sill height at which a guard is required was increased from within 24” to within 36” of the finished floor.

IBC Table 1014.3 on Common Path of Egress Travel & IBC Table 1018.2 on Minimum Corridor Width

New Table format None The previous 2009 IBC Sections 1014.3 & 1018.2 were reformatted from code text to tables to be more user-friendly.

IBC 1018.1 Corridor Construction Exception #5

New exception None New exception clarifies that corridors adjacent to the exterior walls of buildings are permitted to have unprotected openings on unrated exterior walls where unrated walls are permitted by Table 602 and unprotected openings are permitted by Table 705.8.

IBC 1019.4 Egress Balconies Location

New section Unknown Clarifies that exterior egress balconies shall have a minimum fire separation distance of 10 feet from the exterior edge of the egress balcony to adjacent lot lines and from other buildings on the same lot (i.e. from open parking garage) unless the adjacent building exterior walls and openings are protected in accordance with Section 705 based on fire separation distance.



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IBC 1021.2 Exits from stories & Table 1021.2(1)

New Savings New Table for R-2 Occupancies with one exit that is now based on location of the exit on the story to a maximum of 4 dwelling units. The single exit requirement of 4 dwelling units is not limited to a building, but to the story. Therefore, building designs are not required to provide fire wall (IBC 706) separations between each group of 4 dwelling unit clusters, only fire partitions (IBC 708). Total building size is controlled by the maximum area requirements of IBC 506. In addition, the maximum exit access travel distance from the sprinklered dwelling unit to the one exit is now 125’. Note that R-2 occupancies designed to this Table need to also comply with the escape window requirements under IBC 1029.

IBC 1021.2 Exits from stories Exception #5 & IBC 1021.2.3 Single-story or multiple-story dwelling units

New Savings Clarification of the second alternative for the design of a one/single exit Dwelling Unit (the other alternative noted above was by application of Table 1021.2(1)). New IBC 1021.2.3 only clarifies how these requirements are (and have been in the past edition of the Code) applied to a dwelling unit.



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IBC 1026.6 Exterior Stairway Protection for Open Breezeways Exception #4.4

Revision Unknown Clarification that the exterior walls & openings in the building adjacent to the unenclosed stairs at each end of the breezeway need to comply with IBC 1022.7 (i.e. other parts of the building within 10’ of the stairs, at an angle of < 180 degrees that face the stairs need to be one hour fire rated and openings in such walls need to be ¾ hour fire rated.)

IBC 1029.1 Emergency Escape And Rescue Windows

Important clarification Savings IBC Code Correlation Committee has clarified that such windows are only required in one-exit R-2 occupancies designed under Tables 1021.2(1) & 1021.2(2), and R-3 occupancies. The deletion of the 2006 IBC 1029.1 Exceptions 1, 2, 3 & 5 was considered editorial because of this clarification (i.e. R-2 occupancies with ≥ 2 exits were/are required to be sprinklered by Code and were/are not required to comply with this section of Code).

IBC 1022.5 Interior Stairways & Ramps Exception

New Savings Penetrations of the outer membrane of fire rated enclosures are now permitted provided they are done in accordance with the membrane penetration requirements in Section 714.3.2

IBC 1203.1 General Ventilation

Revision Increase When a dwelling unit is tested using a blower door test and the air infiltration rate is < 5ACH, then mechanical ventilation will be required.



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IBC 1203.2 Attic Spaces Exceptions

New Exceptions Savings Revised % of cross-ventilation requirements for attics with ventilators (not < 50% and not >80% provided by ventilators) under Exception #1. Exception #2 permits ventilation reduction based on the use of Class I or II vapor barriers, and Exception #3 permits elimination of ventilation by approval of the building official due to atmospheric or climatic conditions.

IBC 1208.3 Room Area of Interior Space

Revision Savings The minimum floor area (50 sq. ft.) for kitchens has been deleted.

IBC 1403.5 Exterior Wall Vertical & Lateral Flame Propagation

New Increase A flame-spread test (NFPA 285) of the exterior wall assembly in Type I, II, III or IV Buildings when combustible water-resistive barriers are used and the wall assembly is > 40’ in height above grade plane.

IBC 1404.12 & IBC 1405.18 on Polypropylene Siding

New None Polypropylene Siding is limited to use on only Type VB construction type buildings and a minimum fire separation of 10’ to another building.



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IBC 1507.16 & IFC 317 Rooftop Gardens & Landscaped Roofs; IBC 905.3.8 Standpipe System for Rooftop Gardens & Landscaped Roofs

Revisions & New IFC Section

Increase New IBC Section 1507.16.1 intent would be to not permit the use of Footnote “a” in Table 601 (one hour fire rating reduction for the roof). The reference to IFC in IBC Section 1507.16 incorporates provisions that limit the size of the areas, minimum separations of adjacent areas and minimum separations from combustible rooftop elements such as penthouses, and maintenance issues on vegetation. If a standpipe system is required for the Building by another requirement(s) in the Code then the standpipe system needs to be extended to this roof space.

IBC 1509 Rooftop Structures

Major reformatting and some technical changes

Unknown Section 1509.2 is now limited to penthouses, Section 1509.6 to Mechanical Equipment Screens, and Section 1509.8 to Other Rooftop Structures. Where the penthouse is not covered by a roof, it will be regulated by either Sections 1509.3 thru 1509.8 or it will be considered as an additional story.



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IBC 2406.4 Safety Glazing in Hazardous Locations

Major reformatting and some technical changes

Unknown Reformed from the 11 hazardous locations with 7 exceptions to now 7 individual requirements with accompanying exceptions for each requirement. The new exception #2 to Section 2406.4.3 permitting the use of a horizontal rail to protect a window will coordinate with the IRC. New exception to Section 2406.4.5 requires the same glazing protection to a bathtub or shower as is provided for a hot tub, spa or whirlpool. Under Section 2406.4.7 glazing adjacent to the landing at the bottom of a stairway has been reduced to 36” (from 60”) based on the IRC requirement.

IBC 2510 Water-resistive barriers (for Stucco Applications)

Revision Increase Specific requirement for the installation of the 2 layers of weather-resistive barriers that is required behind stucco-covered exterior walls.

IBC 2603.4.1.14 Foam Plastic Insulation Installed in Floors

New Savings The use of ½” wood structural panels on the walking surface side of a floor assembly can be used in lieu of the thermal barrier (usually ½” gypsum) in accordance with Section 2603.4 .

IBC 2603.7 Foam Plastic Interior Finish in Plenums & IBC 2603.8 Foam Plastic Interior Trim in Plenums

Revisions Unknown Three different options for separating foam plastic insulation used in plenums are now provided that will vary based on the foam plastic’s flame-spread and smoke-developed index.



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IBC 3007 Fire Service Access Elevator

Reformatting and revisions

Increase For high-rise buildings >120’ above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access, fire service access elevators and lobby enclosures for these elevators are required. Section 3007 addresses the requirements for these elevators and their lobby enclosures.

IBC 3302.3 Fire Safety During Construction & IBC 3303.7 Fire Safety During Demolition

New None By reference, the IFC Chapter 33 requirements on fire safety requirements during construction and demolition have been added to the IBC. Note that 2012 IFC Section 3304.5, “Fire Watch”, was clarified that any required fire watch for building construction was to be required only during working hours to address the protection of the workers.

IBC 3313 Safeguards During Construction Water Supply for Fire Protection

New Increase An approved water supply for fire protection, either temporary or permanent, shall be made available as soon as combustible material arrives on the project site.

IBC 3401.3 Compliance for Existing Buildings

Revision None The added last sentence to this section specifically states that the requirements in Chapter 34 take precedence over other codes and their requirements where there is a conflict.



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IBC 3411.4 Accessibility for Existing Buildings Change of Occupancy Exception; & IBC 3411.6 Alterations Exception #4

New exception Increase The IBC requirement is now more stringent than the FHA requirement. Under these new exceptions, Type B dwelling and sleeping units must now be provided when an existing building undergoes a change of occupancy or is altered, AND more than 50% of the building is being renovated.



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Important Changes to the 2012 IFC (International Fire Code) that Relate to R-2 Occupancies Section(s) & Issue(s) Type of Change Potential Cost Comment

IFC 102.7 Referenced Codes & Standards IFC 102.7.1 Conflicts IFC 102.7.2 Provisions in Referenced Codes & Standards

Revisions for clarification

Savings Clarifies that when a standard is referenced in the Code only the applicable portions of the standard that relate to the specific Code requirement are considered a part of the Code.

IFC 317 Roof Gardens & Landscaped Roofs; IFC 905.3.8 Standpipe System for Rooftop Gardens & Landscaped Roofs

New Increase New requirements in the Code to address fire safety issues in roof gardens and landscaped roofs. Also a new standpipe requirement where a standpipe system is required for the building by another requirement(s) in the Code, then the standpipe system needs to be extended to this roof space.

IFC 503.4.1 Traffic Calming Devices

New Unknown The fire code official now has the authority under the Fire Code to prohibit Traffic Calming Devices (i.e. speed bumps and traffic circles) on fire apparatus access roads. A definition of “Traffic Calming Devices” was also added to Chapter 2, “Definitions”.

IFC 506.1.2 Key boxes for Nonstandardized Fire Service Elevator Keys; IFC 607.5 Standardized Fire Service Elevator Keys

New None New requirements for the keys for use by the fire service on elevators.



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IFC 507.5.1.1 Hydrant for Standpipe Systems

New Unknown A new building required to have a standpipe system will require a fire hydrant within 100’ of the fire department connection(s). The exception permits the distance to be >100’ where approved by the fire official.

IFC 509.1.1 Utility Identification

New Increase Where required by the fire code official, gas shut off valves, electric meters, service switches and other utility equipment shall be clearly and legibly marked to identify the unit or space that it serves. Identification shall be made in an approved manner, readily visible and shall be maintained.

IFC 510 Emergency Responder Radio Coverage

New Increase for buildings with concrete or steel frame

The requirements that were in the 2006 IBC Appendix J which were not mandatory unless specifically adopted by the Local Jurisdiction were moved into the body of the Code and would be mandatory with the adoption of the 2012 IFC.

IFC 604.5 Emergency Lighting Equipment

New Increase Emergency lighting inspection and testing requirements are added to the IFC Code.

IFC 808.2 Waste Containers with a Capacity of 20 Gallons or more in Group R-2 College and University Dormitories

New Increase Waste containers ≥ 20 gallons located in Group R-2 college and university dorms are required to be constructed of noncombustible materials or meet certain criteria under ASTM 1354. In addition waste containers > 32 gallons are required to be stored in a waste and linen collection room constructed in accordance with IBC Table 509.



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IFC 901.4.3 Fire Areas Revision for clarification

Unknown This new section was added to the IFC to correlate with the identical existing IBC Section 901.4.3, “Fire Areas”. Clarifies that the area thresholds for fire protection systems in IFC Chapter 9 are based on the fire area enclosed by fire barriers (IBC Section 707) and/or horizontal assemblies (IBC Section 711) that have a minimum fire rating in accordance with the IBC Table 707.3.10. Please note that the 1st Printing of the IFC has the incorrect reference to IBC 707.3.9, not IBC 707.3.10, but ICC issued an errata to correct this mistake on 6/2/11.

IFC 901.9 Discontinuation or Change of Monitoring Service

New None The fire alarm monitoring service is now required to inform the fire official in writing that the fire alarm monitoring service in a building that was required by Code to be monitored has be terminated.

IFC 904.1.1 Certification of Service Personnel for Alternative Automatic Fire Extinguishing Systems; IFC 906.2.1 Certification of Service Personnel for Portable Fire Extinguishers

New None Personnel who perform maintenance on this equipment must be certified by the local jurisdiction or other approved organization.



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IFC 1103.8.1 Single-and Multiple-Station Smoke Alarms in Existing R Occupancies: Where Required

Major revisions Savings Requirements for the installation and maintenance of smoke alarms in R-2 occupancies were clarified to address existing buildings. Three exceptions were added that address existing installations but do not meet the current IFC and NFPA 72 requirements. The exceptions recognize that the intent of the existing code requirements was to permit existing smoke alarms to be allowed if they meet the code that was in effect at the time they were installed.

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