1. (a) As required by RSA 151:6, any licensee or applicant desiring to make renovations, modifications, reconstruction, and additions to its facilities or to construct new facilities shall submit plans and specifications to the NH division of fire safety, state fire marshal’s office 60 days prior to commencing such work.
2. (b) As required by RSA 153:10-b, V, sprinkler and fire alarm plans shall be submitted to the NH division of fire safety, state fire marshal’s office and no device shall be installed until it has been approved by the NH division of fire safety, state fire marshal’s office.
3. (c) The plans and specifications, sprinkler, and fire alarm plans in (a) and (b) above shall accurately show the room designation(s) and exact measurements of each area to be licensed, including but not limited to window and door sizes and each room’s use.
4. (d) New construction, renovations, modifications, reconstruction, and additions initiated prior to receiving NH state fire marshal’s office approval shall be done at the licensee’s or applicants own risk.

5. (e) Any licensee or applicant who wants to use performance-based design to meet the fire safety

   requirements shall provide the department with documentation of fire marshal approval for such methods.

6. (f) A licensee or applicant undertaking new construction, renovations, modifications, reconstruction, and additions to its facility shall comply with the appropriate chapters and sections of the adopted state fire codes, state building codes, state laws and rules, and local ordinances.
7. (g) Variances to the state fire code shall be granted by the state fire marshal under the process outlined in Saf-C 6005.
8. (h) All newly constructed or rehabilitated facilities shall comply with the Facility Guidelines Institute’s (FGI) “Guidelines for Design and Construction of Residential Health, Care, and Support Facilities” (2022 edition), as applicable, as available as noted in Appendix A.
9. (i) Applicants and licensees shall contact the state fire marshal for requests for exceptions to the FGI.

10. (j) Penetrations, holes, or other openings in fire walls, fire partitions, smoke barriers, floors, and

    ceilings that allow the transfer of fire, heat, or smoke shall be closed and sealed using a listed or approved

    fire system that provides an equivalent rating as provided by the original surface.

11. (k) All new construction and rehabilitated spaces shall be subject to an inspection pursuant to He-P 805.09 prior to its use.

Source. #2261, eff 1-17-83; ss by #3193, eff 1-28-86; ss by #5317, EMERGENCY, eff 1-29-92, EXPIRED: 5-28-92 New. #5513, eff 11-25-92; ss by #5665, eff 7-14-93; ss by #6895, INTERIM, eff 11-26-98, EXPIRED: 3-26-99 New. #8746, eff 10-25-06; ss by #10813, eff 4-21-15; ss by #13333, eff 1-25-22; ss by #14358, eff 8-28-25, EXPIRES: 8-28-35