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.

  1. Automatic sprinkler systems, see Section 903.5.
  2. Automatic fire-extinguishing systems protecting commercial cooking systems, see Section 904.13.5.
  3. Automatic water mist extinguishing systems, see Section 904.11.
  4. Carbon dioxide extinguishing systems, see Section 904.8.
  5. Carbon monoxide alarms and carbon monoxide detection systems, see Section 915.6.
  6. Clean-agent extinguishing systems, see Section 904.10.
  7. Dry-chemical extinguishing systems, see Section 904.6.
  8. Fire alarm and fire detection systems, see Section 907.8.
  9. Fire department connections, see Sections 912.4 and 912.7.
  10. Fire pumps, see Section 913.5.
  11. Foam extinguishing systems, see Section 904.7.
  12. Halon extinguishing systems, see Section 904.9.
  13. Single- and multiple-station smoke alarms, see Section 907.10.
  14. Smoke and heat vents and mechanical smoke removal systems, see Section 910.5.
  15. Smoke control systems, see Section 909.22.
  16. 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.