SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2562, 2624 PRINTER'S NO. 3342
No. 2063 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY DENT, CORRIGAN, GRUPPO, RAMOS, VANCE, GEIST,
DEMPSEY, KENNEY, SAYLOR, FLEAGLE, FARGO, CLARK, M. N. WRIGHT,
E. Z. TAYLOR, WAUGH, BATTISTO, EGOLF, McCALL, TRUE, BAKER,
CLYMER, MERRY, HUTCHINSON, BELARDI, BOSCOLA, RUBLEY,
YOUNGBLOOD, SERAFINI, STERN, MAITLAND, BELFANTI, TRELLO,
PLATTS, STEELMAN, THOMAS AND SEMMEL, OCTOBER 3, 1995
SENATOR HECKLER, AGING AND YOUTH, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
MARCH 26, 1996
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 of the act of April 27, 1927
20 (P.L.465, No.299), referred to as the Fire and Panic Act, is
21 amended by adding a subsection to read:
22 Section 3.6. Standards for Class VI Buildings.--* * *
1 (f.1) (1) The smoke detection devices required under this <--
2 section need not be interconnected or electronically connected
3 for family child day-care homes. For the purposes of this act,
4 noninterconnected battery-operated smoke detection devices shall <--
5 be deemed acceptable. Family child day-care home operators shall
6 maintain, in their fire drill logs, the dates on which batteries
7 are replaced in the smoke detection devices. Batteries shall be
8 replaced every six months or more often, if needed.
9 NONINTERCONNECTED SMOKE DETECTION DEVICES SHALL BE DEEMED <--
10 ACCEPTABLE WHERE:
11 (I) EACH DEVICE IS AN ENCLOSED NONREPLACEABLE BATTERY SMOKE
12 DETECTOR UNIT WHICH MEETS APPLICABLE UL STANDARDS AND HAS A
13 MINIMUM TEN-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY COMMENCING WITH THE DATE OF
14 PURCHASE; AND
15 (II) THE ACTIVATION OF EACH DETECTOR RESULTS IN AN ALARM
16 THAT IS AUDIBLE TO PERSONS IN THE INDOOR CHILD CARE SPACE WITH
17 ALL INTERVENING DOORS CLOSED.
18 (2) FAMILY CHILD DAY-CARE HOME OPERATORS SHALL MAINTAIN, IN
19 THEIR FIRE DRILL LOGS, PROOF OF PURCHASE, INCLUDING THE DATE OF
20 PURCHASE OF THE SMOKE DETECTOR.
21 * * *
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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