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(a) Fire-retardant paints or solutions, and thermal barriers, if required in an occupancy, must be renewed or repaired as often as necessary to maintain the required flame-retardant properties.
(b) Repealed 6/10/93.
(c) Repealed 6/10/93.
(d) Repealed 6/10/93.
(e) Wastebaskets and other waste containers in institutional occupancies must be of noncombustible material or approved for intended use by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., Factory Mutual Laboratories, or other testing laboratories approved by the state fire marshal.
(f) Repealed 8/2/86.
(g) No person, as defined in AS 01.10.060 , may install, sell, or offer for sale any fire-retardant paints or solutions, foam plastics, thermal barriers, or similar building products, purported to be fire resistant or for fire protective purposes unless the products have been approved by a testing laboratory recognized by the state fire marshal.
(h) In occupancies where the personal liberties of inmates are restrained, mattresses must be resistant to cigarette ignition and have a char length not exceeding two inches (5.1 cm) when tested in accordance with 16 C.F.R. 1632, in effect as of 5/5/93.
(i) In occupancies where the personal liberties of inmates are restrained, upholstered furniture must be resistant to cigarette ignition. The components of upholstered furniture shall meet the requirements for flame resistance Class I when tested in accordance with N.F.P.A. Standard 260, Standard Methods of Tests and Classification System for Cigarette Ignition Resistance of Components of Upholstered Furniture. Mock-up composites of the upholstered furniture shall have a char length not exceeding 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) when tested in accordance with N.F.P.A. Standard 261, Standard Method of Test for Determining Resistance of Mock-Up Upholstered Furniture Material Assemblies to Ignition by Smoldering Cigarettes.
History: In effect before 7/28/59; am 6/25/69, Register 30; am 2/21/71, Register 37; am 1/14/81, Register 77; am 8/2/86, Register 99; am 10/28/90, Register 116; am 6/10/93, Register 126; am 8/27/2004, Register 171
Authority: AS 18.70.010
Editor's note: Copies of N.F.P.A. Standards may be obtained from the National Fire Protection Association, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169-7471 and at www.nfpa.org.
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