Nevada § 477.150 - Fire sprinklers; elevators; posting of floor numbers and route for evacuation; heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and paging systems

§ 477.150. Fire sprinklers; elevators; posting of floor numbers and route for evacuation; heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and paging systems

The owner or operator of every hotel, motel, office, apartment building or condominium

where human occupancy is permitted on floors which are more than 55 feet above the

lowest level of ground accessible to vehicles of a fire department, shall: 1. Equip each exit corridor of the building with fire sprinklers as required by regulations

of the State Fire Marshal; 2. Except in a condominium, equip each room with at least one fire sprinkler above

each door opening into an exit corridor of the building; 3. Equip every elevator so as to permit it to be recalled automatically, in compliance

with section A 17.1 of the 1978 edition of the American National Standards Institute

and section 211.3 of the 1981 amendments to that edition, to the first floor or, if

necessary, to any other floor of the building not affected by fire; 4. Post the number of each floor in every stairwell and in every lobby adjacent to

an elevator; 5. Equip the heating, ventilating and air-conditioning system with an automatic device

to shut it off as prescribed in section 1009 of the 1979 edition of the Uniform Mechanical Code , and with an additional smoke detector as required by the 1978 edition of National

Fire Protection Association Standard 90A; and 6. In each room primarily used for sleeping, except in a condominium: (a) Post in a prominent location an explanation of the route to use for evacuation

of the building; and (b) Install a paging alarm system which conforms to the regulations of the State Fire

Marshal, to permit vocal warning and instructions to the occupants. 7. In a condominium, install in the common areas a paging alarm system meeting the

requirements of paragraph (b) of subsection 6, with a sound level of 80 decibels.