2006 New York Code - Communication System And Fire Command Station.

 
    §  27-975  Communication  system  and  fire command station. Buildings
  classified in occupancy group E seventy-five feet or more in height, or,
  if less than seventy-five feet in height, with a total gross area of two
  hundred thousand square feet or more and existing office  buildings  one
  hundred feet or more in height, shall be provided with the following:
    (a)  a  communication system acceptable to the commissioner consisting
  of:
    (1) loud speakers on each floor of the building, in each elevator  and
  each  stair enclosure, which shall be capable of being operated from the
  fire command station.
    (2) a two-way voice communication capability between the fire  command
  station and the following locations:
    a. a designated floor warden station on each floor
    b. mechanical control center
    c. elevators
    d. air-handling control rooms
    e. elevator machine rooms
    (b)  The  fire  command  station  shall be located in the lobby of the
  building on the entrance floor as part of the elevator control panel  or
  immediately  adjacent  thereto. Such command station shall be adequately
  illuminated and shall contain the following:
    (1)  the  loud  speaker  and  communication  capability  described  in
  subdivision (a) of this section.
    (2)  the  audible  alarm signal required in subdivision (f) and (g) of
  section 27-972 of this article.
    (3) manually reset information display system to  indicate  the  floor
  where the alarm was activated.
    (4)  means  to control the sounding devices on any floor or throughout
  the building.
    (5) means to manually  transmit  a  fire  alarm  signal  to  the  fire
  department via a central station of a franchised operating company.
    (6)  means  for  silencing  the  audible  alarm  signals when the loud
  speakers are in  use  and  for  activating  the  audible  alarm  systems
  automatically when use of the loud speakers is terminated. Switches used
  for this purpose shall be of the self-restoring type.
    (7)  display lamps to include on/off condition of air-handling systems
  unless such lamps are provided in the mechanical control center.
    (8) means  for  testing  the  display  lamps,  local  alarms  and  the
  connection to the central station of a franchised operating company.
    (c) Existing office buildings one hundred feet or more in height shall
  comply  with  the  requirements  of  this section on or before September
  thirteenth,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-one.  Complete   plans   of   the
  installation  shall  be  filed  with  the commissioner on or before June
  thirteenth, nineteen hundred eighty. A permit shall be secured from  the
  commissioner on or before September thirteenth, nineteen hundred eighty.
  Where  compliance  with  the time requirements of this subdivision would
  cause undue hardship, the commissioner, with the approval  of  the  fire
  commissioner,  may  extend  the  time for compliance, in accordance with
  rules and regulations to be promulgated. Before such application  for  a
  time  extension  shall be considered all required applications and plans
  must be filed and approved, permits obtained and  a  good  faith  effort
  towards completion of the work shall have been made.