UFC 3-600-01
17 April 2003
with change 16 January 2004
CHAPTER 6
SPECIAL OCCUPANCIES AND HAZARDS
6-1
PERSONNEL HOUSING AND SIMILAR LODGING FACILITIES.
These facilities include barracks, dormitories, lodges, temporary or transient
living facilities, and sleeping quarters for over 10 persons.
6-1.1
Automatic Sprinkler Protection. Complete automatic sprinkler
protection must be provided for buildings that include personnel housing and
lodging. NFPA 13 or NFPA 13R, Sprinkler Systems in Residential Occupancies
up to and Including Four Stories in Height, sprinkler systems are permitted when
listed for the specific use.
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6-1.2
Smoke Detection. Provide hard-wired smoke detectors in
accordance with NFPA 101, Life Safety Code. A hard-wired smoke detector
must be provided for each sleeping room regardless of occupancy or the
presence of other detection or protection systems in the building. When
activated, the affected detector must generate an audible signal in the room.
Detectors with a battery as the primary power source are not permitted.
Exception: Air Force designs must not have individual secondary
power supplies for each hard-wired smoke detector.
Note: For existing Air Force unsprinklered facilities, a heat detector
is provided in each sleeping room that sounds a general building alarm and
transmits a signal to the fire department or to a constantly monitored central
location.
6-1.3
Open Bay Personnel Housing. Provide a supervised smoke
detection system in accordance with NFPA 72. Locate smoke detectors in open
bay sleeping areas and exit access corridors. Install units that sound a general
building alarm and transmit a signal to the fire department or to a constantly
monitored central location. Corridor detectors are not required if the building is
protected with complete automatic sprinkler protection.
6-1.4
wired smoke detectors in accordance with NFPA 101.
6-1.5
Common Areas. Common areas that are provided with residential
type range top cooking surfaces (i.e., not in individual living units) must be
equipped with an approved residential range top extinguishing system. The
range top extinguishing system must be connected to the building fire alarm
system to sound a general building fire alarm.
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