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Fire Department Issues & Minimum Requirements for Housing Development

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

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Fire Department Issues & Minimum Requirements for Housing Development

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  1. Fire Department Issues & Minimum Requirements for Housing Development Capital City Fire/Rescue Fire Marshal’s Office

  2. Plan Review Process • Sprinkler System Plans (Submit 3 sets of plans) • Fire Suppression Systems • Review apparatus and emergency access • Ensure project meets Fire & Life safety requirements

  3. Fire Code Process 2006 IFC Adopted by CBJ ALASKA STATE FIRE MARSHAL CBJ 2012 IFC To be adopted by State Fire Marshal Spring 2014 + TITLE 19 Amendments Referenced Standard 2009 IFC Currently adopted by State Fire Marshal

  4. Fire Apparatus Access • 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

  5. Apparatus Turnarounds Apparatus Turnarounds

  6. Fire Flow Requirements Hydrant Location, Distribution and Spacing depend upon Fire-Flow Requirement (gpm) Minimum Required Fire-Flow (gpm) depends upon Construction Type & Square Footage 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

  7. Sprinkler Systems 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. NFPA 13R requirements provide for a level of protection that allows occupants to escape a building in the event of a fire.

  8. Fire Alarm Systems Sprinkler systems with 20 or more heads are required to be monitored by a fire alarm.

  9. Knox Boxes / Fire Entry 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.

  10. Signage Requirements FDC FIRE LANE shall be marked with signage indicating “NO PARKING – FIRE LANE” Any Fire Department Connection shall be marked with FDC sign

  11. Knox Plug Requirement Fire Department Connections shall be protected with approved locking caps

  12. Contact Us: Capital City Fire/Rescue Fire Marshal’s Office 820 Glacier Avenue Juneau, 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

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