System Sensor Application Guide for Proper Use of System Smokes

Update I Compliance Reference Guide Compliance Reference Guide Compliance Reference Guide Compliance Reference Guide Compliance Reference Guide Compliance Reference Guide Compliance Reference Guide Compliance Reference Guide Compliance Reference Guide Compliance Reference Guide Compliance Reference Guide Compliance Reference Guide Compliance Reference Guide Compliance Reference Guide Compliance Reference Guide Compliance Reference Guide Compliance Reference Guide Compliance Reference Guide Compliance Reference Guide Compliance Reference Guide Compliance Reference Guide Manuals Online! – Compliance Reference Guide Why We Need A Compliance Guide Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires the of visual signaling devices – strobe lights – in public accommodation. The difference between laws, and standards have made compliance challenging best and overwhelming at worst. are underway to coordinate the ADA, NFPA 72, Standard 1971, ANSI Standard 117.1 and various and local codes. As a major manufacturer of fire devices, System Sensor is helping to resolve the issues, in particular those of light dispersion, flash rate, mounting and placement. We are in the effort by other National Electrical Association members, Laboratories (UL) staffers and representa- of the hearing impaired and epilepsy communities: National Association of the Deaf (NAD), the Self Help Hard of Hearing People (SHHH) and the Epilepsy of America (EFA). the interim, we have prepared this Strobe Compliance Guide to help promote understanding and of the issues that affect specifying engineers, and the enforcement authorities. We hope to the probability of proper installation and reduce possibility of misapplication of strobe lights in the marketplace. For A Guide …………………………………………………….1 Over Compliance …………………………………….2 Signaling Appliance Requirements …………………2 Toward Consensus…………………………………..3 Steps To Compliance……………………………………………..3 To Consider………………………………………………….4 Requirements To Comply………………………….4 Sensor Solution …………………………………………….4 To Locate Strobes…………………………………………..5 Many Strobes To Use ………………………………………..6 Light Output by Room/Corridor Size ………….6 Facilitation……………………………………………..7 Intensity …………………………………………………….7 1638 and ADA Compliance …………………………………8 Supplies ………………………………………………………..8 and Strobe Flash Rates…………………………………8 Mode vs. Mode Is ADA? ……………………………………………………….10 Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) ……………………11 and Enforcement of ADA …………………………12 To ADA Coverage ………………………………….12 Distribution…………………………………………………..13 of Terms…………………………………………………..13 Manuals Online! – of Regulation ……………………………………………..14 You Know… Standard 1971 is the performance standard for used in Public Mode? Signaling Requirements DISTRIBUTION 2 0 Compliance Is So Complicated you can see from the table below, the strobe specifi- of the ADA differ from those of UL Standard NFPA 72 and ANSI Standard 117.1 in that requires: No specific light distribution pattern A single minimum intensity of 75 candela (cd) all areas A minimum flash rate of 1 flash per second (1 Hz) Wall mounting only S