International Building Code shall be installed, repaired, operated, tested and maintained in accordance with this code. A fire protection and life safety system for which a design option, exception or reduction to the provisions of this code, the International Fire Code or the International Building Code has been granted shall be considered to be a required system.
[F] 704.1.3 Fire protection systems.
Fire protection systems shall be inspected, maintained and tested in accordance with the following International Fire Code requirements.
- Automatic sprinkler systems, see Section 903.5.
- Automatic fire-extinguishing systems protecting commercial cooking systems, see Section 904.13.5.
- Automatic water mist extinguishing systems, see Section 904.11.
- Carbon dioxide extinguishing systems, see Section 904.8.
- Carbon monoxide alarms and carbon monoxide detection systems, see Section 915.6.
- Clean-agent extinguishing systems, see Section 904.10.
- Dry-chemical extinguishing systems, see Section 904.6.
- Fire alarm and fire detection systems, see Section 907.8.
- Fire department connections, see Sections 912.4 and 912.7.
- Fire pumps, see Section 913.5.
- Foam extinguishing systems, see Section 904.7.
- Halon extinguishing systems, see Section 904.9.
- Single- and multiple-station smoke alarms, see Section 907.10.
- Smoke and heat vents and mechanical smoke removal systems, see Section 910.5.
- Smoke control systems, see Section 909.22.
- Wet-chemical extinguishing systems, see Section 904.5.
[F] 704.2 Standards.
Fire protection systems shall be inspected, tested and maintained in accordance with the referenced standards listed in Table 704.2 and as required in this section.