fire department issues & minimum requirements for housing development
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Fire Department Issues & Minimum Requirements for Housing Development. Capital City Fire/Rescue Fire Marshal’s Office. Plan Review Process. Sprinkler System Plans (Submit 3 sets of plans) Fire Suppression Systems Review apparatus and emergency access - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Capital City Fire/RescueFire Marshal’s Office
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• Sprinkler System Plans (Submit 3 sets of plans)
• Fire Suppression Systems
• Review apparatus and emergency access
• Ensure project meets Fire & Life safety requirements
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2006 IFCAdopted by CBJ
2009 IFCCurrently adopted by State Fire Marshal
2012 IFCTo be adopted by State Fire Marshal Spring 2014
CBJ
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ALASKA STATE FIRE MARSHAL
AmendmentsTITLE 19
Referenced Standard
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• Fire Apparatus Roads Minimum width of 20
feet
• Dead-End Fire Apparatus
Access Roads Requirements:
150’ or less No turnaround required
151’ -500’ 120’ hammerhead, 60’ “Y”, or 96’ diameter cul-de-sac
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Minimum Required Fire-Flow (gpm) depends upon Construction Type & Square Footage
Hydrant Location, Distribution and Spacing depend upon Fire-Flow Requirement (gpm)
Example:A 4,000 sq.ft., Type V-B building has a Fire-Flow of 2,000 gpm.
A 2,000 gpm Fire-Flow requires a minimum of 2 hydrants, spaced no more then 450, with a 225’maximum distance on road frontage to a hydrant to a hydrant
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NFPA 13R requirements provide for a level of protection that allows occupants to escape a building in the event of a fire.
NFPA 13 provides protection to not only get people out to safety, but also to control or extinguish the fire – saving the building and its contents.
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Sprinkler systems with 20 or more heads are required to be monitored by a fire alarm.
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Knox Box required for any Structure that has a suppression or fire alarm system
Knox-Vault meets both shunt trip requirement AND Knox Box requirement for new construction.
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FDC
Any Fire Department Connection shall be marked with FDC sign
FIRE LANE shall be marked with signage indicating “NO PARKING – FIRE LANE”
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Fire Department Connections shall be protected with approved locking caps
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Capital City Fire/RescueFire Marshal’s Office820 Glacier AvenueJuneau, AK 99801(907) 586-5322
Fire Marshal Dan Jager
Deputy Fire Marshal Sven Pearson
Visit our webpage on the CBJ Website:http://www.juneau.org/ccfr