Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6602D – Buildings subject to testing
All buildings shall establish a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) fire life safety damper, and smoke control system inspection verification program for the purpose of ensuring that fire life safety dampers and smoke control systems are in working order to prevent the spread of fire and smoke within walls, floors, and ceilings except:
(1) Any structure or portion thereof which is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as a residence for 2 or less families, including multifamily, single family, and townhouse dwellings, is excluded from the testing requirements in § 6603D of this title.
(2) All other residential buildings, including hotels, are subject to the required testing only for mechanical rooms and common use areas, including stairs, hallways, and lobbies.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6602D
- Buildings: means a building equipped with heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) fire dampers, smoke dampers and/or smoke control system. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6601D
- Fire life safety dampers: means all fire dampers, smoke dampers, and combination fire and smoke dampers. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6601D
- Smoke control system: means an engineered system that includes all methods that can be used singly or in combination to modify smoke movement, including engineered systems that use mechanical fans to produce pressure differences across smoke barriers to inhibit smoke movement. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6601D