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Analysis of the “Life Safety Evaluation System for Business and Residential Buildings”

Analysis of the “Life Safety Evaluation System for Business and Residential Buildings”. Cecil Bilbo, Senior Partner, Pro Design Group A Study Funded by: The Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board And The National Fire Sprinkler Association. NFPA 101 Current Nationwide Use.

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Analysis of the “Life Safety Evaluation System for Business and Residential Buildings”

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  1. Analysis of the “Life Safety Evaluation System for Business and Residential Buildings” Cecil Bilbo, Senior Partner, Pro Design Group A Study Funded by: The Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board And The National Fire Sprinkler Association

  2. NFPA 101 Current Nationwide Use

  3. Analysis Objectives • Values of Various Life Safety Systems • Costs for Upgrades • Demonstrate Equivalencies or Disparities

  4. Comparisons

  5. LSE(Mayor’s Proposal) Two-Way Communication Systems Miscellaneous Storage or Other Hazards Smoke Detectors Rated Shafts Fire Sprinkler System (Only 14% increase) NFPA (National Model) Fire Sprinkler System (43% increase) Rated Shafts Smoke Detectors Two-Way Communication Systems Miscellaneous Storage or Other Hazards Life Safety SystemsApparent Values of Importance

  6. LSE “…take a look at the point value …”

  7. NFPA report: U.S. Experience with Sprinklers November 2003 Fire Sprinkler Protection reduced the death rate from fires by an average of 75% in all occupancies between 1989 and 1998. Two to three out of every four people that perished in a fire could be alive today if there had been fire sprinklers in the buildings where they died.

  8. Smoke Detectors throughout per NFPA 72 Two-way Communications Systems (Chicago Building Code) Combined Detection and Communications Fire Sprinkler System $458,000.00 $326,000.00 $680,000.00 $586,000.00 (Add $100,000 for cosmetic upgrade) Upgrade Costs

  9. Actual Cost to Owners (7 years) • $2,724.00 per unit (1,200 square feet) • less than $400.00 per year, if the State and Federal Governments pass the incentives currently before them. • The cost rises to $3,924.00 or $560.00 a year without these incentives. • $47 per month over 7 years.

  10. Mayor’s Model vs. NFPA 101A • Mayor’s Model (LSE) • Newly devised • Untested system • Unproven in Lawsuits (unlimited exposure) • NFPA • Worldwide acceptance • Proven and Upheld in Lawsuits (limited exposure) • Used all across the US and required statewide in 35 states • IL State Fire Marshal mandated

  11. Large US Cities High Rise Retrofit Ordinances

  12. History of Sprinklers in Chicago • 1935, the City of Chicago required all men's dormitories to be equipped with automatic sprinkler systems. • 1963, all schools and similar institutional occupancies were required to be sprinklered. • 1970, all exhibition areas in the city were required to be sprinklered. • 1977, the City passed legislation requiring all nursing homes to be sprinklered. The law was challenged in the courts, and a Circuit Court Judge ruled it unconstitutional, but the law was ultimately upheld by the Illinois Supreme Court.

  13. What’s Best for Chicago? If the national trend and worldwide experts are any indication, it would be the installation of Fire Sprinkler systems in all high rise occupancies. • Alderman Burke’s proposal is supported by the NFPA Codes and Standards. • Mayor Daley’s proposal with the NFPAevaluation system.

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