See Minimum Requirements Summary Sheets I and J for special requirements and exceptions which may be allowed in alterations and historic preservation. See also ADAAG 4.1.6 and 4.1.7.
Note: Emergency warning systems in medical care facilities may be modified to suit standard health care alarm design practice. (4.1.3(14))
| Section | Item | Technical Requirements | Comments | Yes | No |
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| 4.1.3(14) | Alarms: | Does the building or facility have a fire, evacuation or emergency alarm? | |||
| Is there a visual alarm (e.g., flashing light) which operates at the same time as an audible alarm? | |||||
| 4.28.1 | Visual Alarms - Areas Required: | Are there visual alarms in public and common use restrooms? | |||
| Are visual alarms provided in all general use areas of the building such as meeting rooms, hallways, and lobbies? | |||||
| 4.28.3 | Are the visual alarm signal appliances integrated into the building or facility alarm system? | ||||
| If single-station audible alarms are provided, then are single-station visual alarm signals provided? | |||||
| Photometric Requirements: | Do all required visual alarm signals comply with the following minimum photometric requirements: | ||||
| Is the lamp a xenon strobe type or equivalent? | |||||
| Is the color clear or nominal white (i.e., unfiltered or clear filtered white light)? | |||||
| Is the maximum pulse duration two-tenths of one second with a maximum duty cycle of 40 percent? (The pulse duration is defined as the time interval between initial and final points of 10 percent of maximum signal.) | |||||
| Is the intensity a minimum of 75 candela? | |||||
| Is the flash rate a minimum of 1 Hz and a maximum of 3 Hz? | |||||
| 4.28.3 | Location: | Is the visual signal appliance placed 80 inches above the highest floor level within the space or 6 inches below the ceiling, whichever is lower? | |||
| Are all portions of any room, space, corridor or hallway that is required to have a visual signal appliance no more than 50 feet from the signal (in the horizontal plane)? | |||||
| In large rooms and spaces exceeding 100 feet across which do not have partitions or obstructions 6 feet or higher above the finish floor, are the visual signal appliances spaced around the perimeter no less than 100 feet apart or are they suspended from the ceiling? | |||||
| 4.28.2 | Audible Alarms: | If provided, do audible alarms exceed the prevailing
equivalent sound level in the room or space by at least 15 dbA, or do audible alarms
exceed by 5 dbA any maximum sound level which has a duration of 60 seconds, whichever is
louder? (In no case should sound levels for alarm signals exceed 120 dbA.) |
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| 4.28.4 | Auxiliary Alarms - Sleeping Rooms: | Do accessible dwelling units and sleeping
accommodations have a visual alarm connected to the building emergency alarm system? OR Is there a standard 110-volt electrical receptacle into which an alarm can be connected and a means by which the building alarm system will trigger such an alarm? |
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| When visual alarms are in place, is the signal visible in all areas of the unit or room? | |||||
| 4.28.4 | Instructions: | Are instructions for using the auxiliary alarm provided? |
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