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<br />78 <br />Page 9 <br /> <br />Section 12.19. SECTION 901.4.3.1 OF THE FIRE CODE ADDED. <br /> <br />Section 901.4.3.1 is hereby added to the Fire Code to read as follows: <br /> <br />Section 901.4.3.1. Multistoried, High Rise Safety Requirements. <br /> <br />(a) Firefighters Communications Systems: In buildings six (6) or more <br />stories in height, firefighters communication systems shall be installed in <br />accordance with the following requirements: <br /> <br />(i) One access jack shall be provided at each stairwell landing and two <br />(2) access jacks shall be provided in a lobby area of the building in plain <br />view of elevator doors, and in any event at locations and according to <br />specifications subject to the approval of the fire code official. <br /> <br />(ii) One telephone set shall be provided at each floor of the building; <br />provided, that such telephone sets shall be located in the lobby area at a <br />location and according to specifications subject to the approval of the fire <br />code official. <br /> <br />(iii) One additional telephone set shall be provided with not less than <br />five hundred feet (500') of telephone cord and shall be maintained on a <br />roller device providing convenient portability. Said telephone set shall <br />likewise be maintained at a location and according to specifications <br />approved by the fire code official. <br /> <br />(b) Emergency Planning and Information: Buildings and occupancy groups <br />specified in Title 19 of the California Code of Regulations, Section 3.09, and <br />buildings with four (4) or more stories in height shall have posted a floor <br />plan sign which shall provide emergency procedures at every stairway <br />landing, elevator landing, and immediately inside all public entrances to the <br />building. Information contained in the floor plan signs shall include, but <br />shall not be limited to, the following: <br /> <br />(i) Location of exits and fire alarm initiating stations; <br /> <br />(ii) Description of fire alarm sounds and appearance; <br /> <br />(iii) Fire Department emergency telephone number "911"; <br /> <br />(iv) Prohibition of the use of elevators during emergencies; <br /> <br />(v) Instructions to be followed by ambulatory, nonambulatory, and <br />disabled persons in the event of an emergency; <br /> <br />(vi) Notation 'you are here' or other readily understandable marking <br />specifying the location on the floor plan sign. <br /> <br />Atty/Ord/Ord.293 <br />120407 <br /> <br />7 <br />