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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: April 18, 2024) |
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69. Department of Financial Services |
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69A. Division of State Fire Marshal |
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69A-36. Uniform Fire Safety Standards For Nonresidential Child Care Facilities |
1(1) New Child Day Care Facilities shall be arranged to transmit the alarm automatically via any of the following means acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction and shall be in accordance with NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm Code, the edition as adopted in rule 4569A-3.012, 46F.A.C.
47(a) An auxiliary alarm system.
52(b) A central station connection.
57(c) A proprietary system.
61(d) A remote station connection.
66Where the facility is not served by a fire department, notification of appropriate emergency forces shall be transmitted by the most expedient means available immediately following emergency evacuation of the facility.
97(2) Existing child day care facilities may use the notification system now in place providing it conforms to one of the following requirements:
120(a) Direct Alarm transmission to the fire department; or
129(b) Notification by remote or central station systems; or
138(c) Where staff beyond the requirements of the Department of Children and Family Services is present at all times during which the facility is in operation, notification may be achieved by telephone, provided the facility has at least one private one-party telephone line serving that facility only, thereby allowing for immediate, unimpeded notification of emergency forces. If this method of notification is selected, a staff member who is present at all times that the facility is in operation shall be appointed to be responsible for the immediate notification of emergency forces upon the activation or initiation of any detection or alarm device or system installed in the facility; or
247(d) Where the facility is not served by a fire department, notification of appropriate emergency forces shall be transmitted by the most expedient means available immediately following emergency evacuation of the facility.
279Rulemaking Authority 281633.104, 282633.206 FS. 284Law Implemented 286633.104(1), 287633.206(1)(b), 288(2)(a) FS. History–New 10-10-91, Amended 7-11-01, Formerly 4A-36.106.
