HAR §12-45.4-97. Use of school facilities for sleeping

Section 20.2.2.6 is added to read as follows: 20.2.2.6 Use of Educational Facilities for Sleeping. Educational occupancies that allow sleeping on a temporary basis shall: (1) Have the sleeping location approved by the AHJ; (2) Notify the AHJ no less than five (5) days prior to the event; (3) Prohibit smoking and open flames and shall provide one of the following: (a) Smoke alarms in the designated sleeping area. When the facility is provided with a fire alarm system, the smoke alarms shall be connected to the fire alarm system; and (b) A fire watch approved by the AHJ. [Eff ] (Auth: HRS §132-3) (Imp: HRS §132-3) (This was in the previous state fire code. It provides a minimum degree of protection in an occupancy not designed for sleeping purposes and for a practice of visiting neighbor island students that travel to another neighbor island and spend the evening prior to or after an athletic event at the host school at a much lower cost than a hotel. Fire watch approval is intended to include fire watch duties to the person performing that function. This would be similar to a dormitory. Dormitories require smoke alarms not interconnected in section 13.7.2.16.5. Section 13.7.1.8.10 allows smoke alarms to be connected to a fire alarm system). Committee voted to amend the above listed section and provide this information to the Hawaii Department of Education. The committee also added Sections 20.2.4.6.1- 20.2.4.6.3 for the AHJ to use in enforcing the provision.)