PRINTER'S NO. 4131
No. 2840 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY GRUCELA, WILLIAMS, McCALL, SOLOBAY, COSTA,
YUDICHAK, WANSACZ, EACHUS, FREEMAN, SAMUELSON AND ROONEY,
OCTOBER 17, 2000
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, OCTOBER 17, 2000
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.465, No.299), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act to provide for the safety of persons
3 employed, housed, or assembled in certain buildings and
4 structures by requiring certain construction and ways of
5 egress, equipment, and maintenance; providing for the
6 licensing of projectionists, except in cities of the first
7 class and second class; requiring the submission of plans for
8 examination and approval; providing for the promulgation of
9 rules and regulations for the enforcement of this act;
10 providing for the enforcement of this act by the Department
11 of Labor and Industry, the Department of Health, boards of
12 school directors and, in certain cases, by the chiefs of fire
13 departments in cities of the third class; providing penalties
14 for violations of the provisions of this act; and repealing
15 certain acts," further providing for smoke detectors in Class
16 VI buildings.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. Section 3.6(f.1) of the act of April 27, 1927
20 (P.L.465, No.299), referred to as the Fire and Panic Act, added
21 May 22, 1996 (P.L.309, No.47), is amended to read:
22 Section 3.6. Standards for Class VI Buildings.--* * *
23 [(f.1)(1) The smoke detection devices required under this
24 section need not be interconnected or electronically connected
1 for family child day-care homes. For the purposes of this act,
2 noninterconnected smoke detection devices shall be deemed
3 acceptable where:
4 (i) each device is an enclosed nonreplaceable battery smoke
5 detector unit which meets applicable UL standards and has a
6 minimum ten-year limited warranty commencing with the date of
7 purchase; and
8 (ii) the activation of each detector results in an alarm
9 that is audible to persons in the indoor child-care space with
10 all intervening doors closed.
11 (2) Family child day-care home operators shall maintain, in
12 their fire drill logs, proof of purchase, including the date of
13 purchase of the smoke detector.]
14 (f.1) (1) The smoke detection devices required under this
15 section must be interconnected and electronically connected for
16 family child day-care homes.
17 (i) For the purposes of this act, each smoke detection
18 device shall be interconnected to every other smoke detection
19 device located within the family child day-care home whereby
20 activation of one detector results in activation of an alarm in
21 each detector, that is audible to persons in the indoor child-
22 care space with all intervening doors closed.
23 (ii) For the purposes of this act, each smoke detection
24 device shall be electronically connected by direct connection to
25 the hard wiring of the electrical system in the family child
26 day-care home.
27 (iii) Each smoke detection device shall be equipped with a
28 battery-operated backup system that renders the device operable
29 during a power outage.
30 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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