Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 10-25-2006 ‎(special)‎ — reading text

can discuss this requirement and when t rre alann system . e inst ned.  City of Fort Walton Beach V Fire Department l- it' . \' o"'" ' k' V /-~: '. . 5 N.E. Hollywood Boulevard. Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548 I~ /' 850) 833- 9565 · ( 850) 833- 9685 TDD (850) 833- 9925 Mike Dutton Fire Chief June 21, 2006 Mr. C. H. Rigdon, Chairman Northwest Florida Fair Association 1958 Lewis Turner Blvd. Ft. Walton Beach, FI. 32547 Attn: Mr. C.H. Rigdon April 26, 2006, Chief Mike Dutton and I presented you a letter containing the Florida Prevention Codes that the buildings at the fair grounds will have to comply with. The most important is the fire alarm system. Therefore we need to establish a time fi'ame as to when this can be accomplished. Upon receiving this letter you will have 90 days to initiate a contract with a fIre alarm company. If there is any questions or ifl can assist you any way please contact me. Respectfully, Jackie Hart, Fire Marshal cc: Chief Mike Dutton City Attorney Tony Craig  EXISTING ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES 101- 121 3) c) Rooms or spaces used for processing or use of combustible Assembly occupancies protected by an approved, supplies deemed hazardous by the authority having supervised automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section 9. 7 shall be pemritted to have unprotected vertical jurisdiction openings in accordance with 8. 6. 8. 2. d) Rooms or spaces used for processing or use of hazardous materials or flammable or combustible liquids in quantities 4) Use of the following alternative materials shall be permitted deemed hazardous by recognized standards where assemblies constructed of such materials are in good 3) Where automatic extinguishing is used to meet the repair and free of any condition that would diminish their original fire resistance characteristics: requirements of 13.3. 2, the protection shall be permitted to be in accordance with 9. 7. 1.2. a) Existing wood lath and plaster 13.3. 2.2 Cooking Equipment. Cooking equipment shall be b) Existing 13- nun (\I2- in.) gypsum wallboard protected in accordance with 9. 2. 3 unless the cooking equipment meets one of the following: c) Existing installations of 6. 3- mm ( v..in.) thick wired glass that are, or are rendered, inoperatjve and fixed in the closed I) Outdoor equipment position 2) Portable equipment not flue connected d) Other existing materials having similar fire resistance 3) Equipment used only for food wanning capabilities 13.3. 3 Interior Finish. 13.3. 2 Protection from Hazards. 13. 3.3. 1 Interior finish shall be in accordance with Section 10. 2. 13.3. 2. 1 Service Equipment, Hazardous Operations or 13.3.3.2 Interior wall and ceiling finish materials complying Processes, and Storage Facilities. with Section 10. 2 shall be Class A or Class B in all corridors and 13.3. 2. 1. 1 Rooms containing high- pressure boilers, refiigerating lobbies and shall be Class A in enclosed stairways. machinery of other than the domestic refiigerator type, large 13.3.3.3 Interior wall and ceiling finish materials complying transformers, or other service equipment subject to explosion with Section 10. 2 shall be Class A or Class . B in general shall meet the following requirements: assembly areas having occupant loads of more than 300, and 1) Such rooms shall not be located directly under or abutting shall be Class A, Class B, or Class C in assembly areas having required exits. occupant loads 0000 or fewer. 2) Such rooms shall be separated from other parts of the 13.3.3.4 Screens on which pictures are projected shall comply with requirements of Class A or Class B interior finish in building by fire barriers in accordance with Section 8. 3 that have a fire resistance rating of not less than 1 hour or shall accordance with Section 10. 2. be protected by automatic extinguishing systems in 13.3.3.5 Interior Floor Finish. No ( requirements.) accordance with Section 8. 7. 13.3. 4 Detection, Alarm,and Communications Systems. 13. 3. 2. 1. 2 Rooms or spaces for the storage, processing, or use of 13.3.4.1 General. Assembly occupancies with occupant loads of materials specified in 13.3. 2. 1.2( 1) through 13. 3. 2. 1.2( 3) shall be more than 300 and all theaters with more than one audience- protected in accordance with the following: viewing room shall be provided with an approved fire alann 1) Separation from the remainder of the building by fire system in accordance with 9. 6. 1 and 13.3.4, unless otherwise barriers having a fire resistance rating of not less than 1 hour permitted by the following: or protection of such rooms by automatic extinguishing 1) Assembly occupancies that are a part of a multiple systems as specified in Section 8. 7 in the following areas: occupancy protected as a mixed occupancy ( see 6.1. 14) a) Boiler and furnace rooms, unless otherwise protected by the shall be permitted to be served by a common fire alarm following: system, provided that the individual requirements of each 1. The requirement of 13. 3. 2. 1. 2(1)( a) shall not apply to rooms occupancy are met. enclosing furnaces, heating and air-handling equipment, or 2) Voice communication or public address systems complying compressor equipment Vv1t.~ a total aggregate input rating with 13. 3.4. 3.3 shall not be required to comply with 9. 6. 1. less than 211 MJ ( 200,000 Btu), provided that such rooms 3) This requirement shall not apply to assembly occupancies are not used for storage. where, in the judgment of the authority having jurisdiction, 11. The requirement of 13. 3. 2. 1.2( 1)( a) shall not apply to attic adequate alternative provisions exist or are provided for the locations of the rooms addressed in 13. 3. 2. 1.2( 1)( a) i discovery of a fire and for alerting the occupants promptly. provided such rooms comply with lJe t. draftstopping 13.3.4.2 Initiation. requirements of 8 .6. 10. 13.3. 4.2. 1 Initiation of the required fire alann system shall be by b) Rooms or spaces used for the storage of combustible manual means in accordance with 9. 6. 2. 1(1), and the system shall supplies in quantities deemed hazardous by the authority be provided with an emergency power source, unless otherwise having jurisdiction. permitted by the following: c) Rooms or spaces used for the storage of hazardous materials or flammable or combustible liquids in quantities deemed I) This requirement shall not apply to fire alann systems hazardous by recognized standards initiated by means of an approved automatic fire detection system in accordance with 9. 6. 2. 1 ( 2) that provides fIre 2) Separation from the remainder of the building by fire detection throughout the building. barriers having a fire resistance rating of not less than 1 hour and protection of such rooms by automatic extinguishing 2) This requirement shall not apply to fire alarm systems systems as specified in Section 8. 7 in the following areas: initiated by means of an approved automatic sprinkler a) Laundries system in accordance with 9. 6. 2. 1( 3) that provides fIre detection and protection throughout the building. b) Maintenance shops, including woodworking and painting areas  1^ Dy~ T~~?- ( f~ ~ ADMINISTRATION