CO detection in healthcare

[CKCECB]

Our hospital has a direct vent fireplace. We have a plug-in CO Alarm (Kidde KN-COPP-3, plug-in with battery backup) in the same room as the fireplace. It's a single-station unit, so it doesn't report anywhere. NFPA 101, 2012 edition, Chap 19.5.2.3(2)(f) requires an "electrically supervised carbon monoxide detection... be provided in the room where the fireplace is located."

Does a plug-in style CO Alarm satisfy this requirement?

I think it doesn't. When i dive into NFPA 720, they distguish CO alarms from CO detectors.

I'm leaning toward having a detector tied into our fire alarm system, but report as a supervisory.

I will appreciate any feedback. Thanks.

 

[DRWeig]

You haven't met that code with your plug-in device. Electrically supervised means that an alarm controller (like the fire alarm) monitors the device at all times and senses loss of connection. Here's a good place to learn more, and they also have the detectors you need.

http://www.systemsensor.com/en-us/Pages/CO.aspx

Best to you,

Goober Dave

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[stookeyfpe]

If you install a supervised CO detector that is connected to a NEC Article 760 fire alarm circuit supervised by a Fire Alarm Control Unit, you will be in compliance with NFPA 720. If you are located in a jurisdiction that has adopted the 2012 International Fire Code, it contains retroactive provisions for the installation of either CO alarms or CO detection in existing Group I or R occupancies with fuel gas burning appliances.

 

[CKCECB]

Thanks everyone for confirming my gut. I have an electrician lined up to install one.