UFC 3-600-01
26 September 2006
6-30.2.3
Activation of a lobby smoke detector must cause the Firefighter's
Service visual signal to constantly illuminate in any elevator cab that serves the
affected lobby. Activation of an elevator machine room or hoistway smoke
detector must cause the Firefighter's Service visual signal to illuminate
intermittently (flash) in any elevator cab which has equipment located in the
affected machine room or hoistway, as required by ASME A17.1.
6-30.3
Electric Traction Elevators.
For buildings protected with an automatic sprinkler system, provide sprinkler(s)
with sprinkler guard(s) in the machine room(s). Provide a supervised shut-off
valve, check valve, flow switch, and test valve in the sprinkler line supplying the
machine room(s). These items must be located outside of and adjacent to the
machine room(s). Actuation of the flow switch must remove power to the
elevator(s), served by that machine room, by shunt trip breaker operation. The
flow switch must have no time delay. See Table 6-5 and Figure 6-7.
Table 6-5 ELECTRIC TRACTION ELEVATOR
ROOM / AREA
PROVIDE
PROVIDE SMOKE DETECTOR
SPRINKLER
to INITIATE ELEVATOR
FIREFIGHTERS SERVICE and
(Not Applicable for
BUILDING FIRE ALARM
Buildings Without
SYSTEM
Sprinkler Protection)
PENTHOUSE
YES
YES
MACHINE ROOM
ELEVATOR LOBBIES
YES
YES
PIT AREA
NO
NO
TOP of HOISTWAY
NO *
NO *
* Provide sprinklers and smoke detector where existing hoistway walls are not 2
hour rated, and existing elevator cab does not meet flame spread or smoke
development requirements of ASME A 17.1. These sprinklers must follow the
requirements of paragraphs 6-29.4.3 and 6-29.5.
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