Section 477.920 - Commercial buildings in rural regions1. Unless otherwise required by state statute or regulation or local ordinance, a new commercial building that has more than 5,000 square feet of floor space must be equipped with an automatic fire suppression system if: (a) The community or area where the building is located is not served by a water system or utility or cannot produce the required fire flow;(b) The community or area is not served by an organized fire department that is capable of responding to the report of an alarm at the building within 10 minutes;(c) The building is not served by a fire apparatus access road; or(d) The community or area does not meet the requirements of chapter 445A of NAC.2. An increase in floor space area that is allowed by section 503 of the International Building Code, 2018 edition, must be approved by the authority having jurisdiction when a system is installed in compliance with this section.3. As used in this section:(a) "Fire apparatus access road" has the meaning ascribed to it in section 503.1 of the International Fire Code, 2018 edition.(b) "Organized fire department" means a fire department that is capable of producing a fire flow of not less than 500 gallons per minute for 30 minutes using pumper tanker operations.Nev. Admin. Code § 477.920
Added to NAC by St. Fire Marshal, eff. 8-24-90; A by R220-99, 9-25-2000; R062-04, 9-3-2004; Added to NAC by St. Fire Marshal, eff. 8-24-90; A by R220-99, 9-25-2000; R062-04, 9-3-2004; A by R123-13, eff. 1/16/2015; A by R132-18A, eff. 2/20/2020; A by R132-18CAP, eff. 12/16/2020