A question about Section 605.7 regarding when listed appliances are required in the 2009 International Fire Code (IFC) is raised and answered:

Q: The Fire Marshal is insisting that any coffee makers that are marked "for household use" or stamped "household" must be removed from office buildings and replaced with commercial coffee makers. It has been my experience that household coffee makers are not commonly used commercially in a restaurant or other commercial establishment because of the intense usage where the appliance is constantly in operation. In most offices, two or three uses a day would not seem to be any different than household usage. What is the correct interpretation in this case?

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