NAC477.920. Commercial buildings in rural regions.

     1. 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 and 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; or

     (c) The building is not served by an all-weather access road.

     2. An increase in floor space area that is allowed by section 503 of the 2003 edition of the International Building Code 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) “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.

     (b) “All-weather access road” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 503.2.3 of the International Fire Code.

     (Added to NAC by St. Fire Marshal, eff. 8-24-90; A by R220-99, 9-25-2000; R062-04, 9-3-2004)