3.2.4.7.(5)ATTRIBUTION:
Functional Statement:
F13
To notify emergency responders, in a timely manner, of the need to take action in an emergency.
Objective:
OS1.5, OS1.2
APPLICATION:
Posting of legible notices in buildings described in Sentence
1.3.3.2.(1) of Division A, where a single stage fire alarm
system is installed in buildings that are not sprinklered throughout.
This also applies to buildings to which Part 9 applies [see Sentence
1.3.3.3.(1) of Division A for application
of Part 9] in which fire alarm systems are installed, as stated in Sentence
9.10.18.6.(1).
INTENT:
To limit the probability that persons will not be familiar
with procedures to notify the fire department or will be unaware of the emergency
telephone number, which could lead to emergency responders not being promptly
notified of a fire situation, which could lead to delays in carrying out fire
emergency response operations, which could lead to:
- delays in the evacuation or movement of persons to a safe place, which could lead to harm to persons, and
- the spread of fire, which could lead to harm to persons.
To alert building occupants to a method of notifying the
fire department of the need to respond to an emergency in a building.
ATTRIBUTION:
Functional Statement:
F13
To notify emergency responders, in a timely manner, of the need to take action in an emergency.
Objective:
OP1.2
APPLICATION:
Posting of legible notices in buildings described in Sentence
1.3.3.2.(1) of Division A, where a single stage fire alarm
system is installed in buildings that are not sprinklered throughout.
This also applies to buildings to which Part 9 applies [see Sentence
1.3.3.3.(1) of Division A for application
of Part 9] in which fire alarm systems are installed, as stated in Sentence
9.10.18.6.(1).
INTENT:
To limit the probability that persons will not be familiar
with procedures to notify the fire department or will be unaware of the emergency
telephone number, which could lead to emergency responders not being promptly
notified of a fire situation, which could lead to delays in carrying out fire
emergency response operations, which could lead to the spread of fire, which
could lead to damage to the building.
To alert building occupants to a method of notifying the
fire department of the need to respond to an emergency in a building.