Attch_9-Section_01_57_70-Fire_Protection_and_Prevention_0004.pdf
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This is a specifications section for fire protection and prevention requirements under a federal construction contract for the Stampede Penstock and Butterfly Valve Rehabilitation project at the Washoe Project in California (Specifications No. 20-C0943).
The contractor must prepare and implement a comprehensive fire protection and prevention plan covering all construction phases, complying with Federal, State, and local codes and regulations as administered by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire). All costs associated with fire protection must be included in the prices offered in the Price Schedule. The contractor is required to coordinate with CalFire to attend preconstruction safety meetings and schedule reasonable time during toolbox and safety meetings for CalFire representatives to provide fire hazard training to employees.
Execution requirements include creating defensible space and fire breaks around offices, shops, and work areas by clearing flammable vegetation; maintaining access and haul roads by removing combustible materials with gravel placement or herbicide treatment to prevent regrowth; and clearing 25 feet around stationary work areas where spark-producing equipment is used. Fire tools must be maintained throughout the site, including round-point shovels (minimum 46 inches) and pressurized fire extinguishers (3-5 gallon capacity depending on application). Passenger vehicles must carry 3-gallon minimum fire extinguishers, and internal combustion engines must be equipped with spark arresters or properly maintained for fire prevention. A water truck with 300-gallon minimum capacity, 500 feet of 1.5-inch hose, nozzle, and pressure pump with trained operator must remain on site and immediately available for fire suppression duty during all work hours.
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Stampede Penstock and Butterfly Valve Rehab
Washoe Project, California Specifications No. 20-C0943
Fire Protection and Prevention
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SECTION 01 57 70
FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION
PART 1 GENERAL
1.01 MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT
A. Cost:
1. Include cost in prices offered in the Price Schedule for other items of work.
1.02 THE REQUIREMENT
A. Contractor shall prepare prevention plan and carry out effective fire-protection.
1. Cover all phases of construction under this contract.
1.03 REGULATIONS
A. Comply with Federal, State and local codes and regulations.
1. State regulations applied by California Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection (CalFire).
B. In the event of a conflict between regulations the most stringent shall apply.
1.04 SUBMITTALS
A. Submit the following in accordance with Section 01 33 00 - Submittals.
B. RSN 01 57 70-1, Fire Protection and Prevention Plan.
1.05 COORDINATION
A. Contractor shall coordinate with CalFire to attend preconstruction safety meeting and other meetings to provide fire hazard training.
B. During construction, schedule reasonable amount of time in tool box and other regularly scheduled safety meetings for CalFire representatives to give appropriate training to
Contractor’s employees.
PART 2 PRODUCTS
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PART 3 EXECUTION
3.01 DEFENSIBLE SPACE/FIRE BREAKS
A. Create a fire break around and adjacent to offices, shops, and other work areas by clearing away all flammable vegetation or combustible growth.
1. Maintain any tree adjacent to or overhanging any building, trailer, shop, or work area, free of dead or dying wood.
2. Maintain roof of any structures including temporary offices or shops free of leaves, needles, or other dead vegetative growth.
B. Permanent and Temporary Access and Haul Roads:
1. Remove grass, brush, and combustible materials from roadway and roadway shoulders out to slope break along fill sections of road.
a. Place gravel to depth necessary to prohibit regrowth of grass and brush, or treat with herbicide to prevent regrowth of grass and brush, in area between edge road travelway and slope break along fill sections of road.
2. In cut sections of road remove grass and brush from road shoulders and up cut slope to a distance of 5 feet.
a. Place gravel to depth necessary to prohibit regrowth of grass and brush, or treat with herbicide to prevent regrowth of grass and brush on road shoulders and up cut slope to a distance of 5 feet.
3. Trees in this area may be left in place after being pruned 8 feet up tree from ground.
4. Maintain roadsides clear of grass and brush for period of contract.
C. Fire tools and preventative actions required at shops, staging areas, and other stationary work areas where equipment machinery or tools that can cause sparks are used :
1. Clear away flammable materials for a distance of 25 feet.
2. Maintain one serviceable round point shovel overall length not less than 46 inches. Maintain a 5-gallon minimum back pack pump water-type fire extinguisher or one five gallon minimum pressurized water fire extinguisher.
D. Fire tools required in areas where portable tools powered by internal combustion engines are used within 25 feet of any flammable material.
1. Maintain one serviceable round point shovel, minimum overall length 46 inches, and one 3-gallon minimum pressurized fire extinguisher or 5-gallon back pump.
2. Keep required fire tools within 25 feet of operating equipment powered by internal combustion engine.
E. Passenger vehicles and construction machinery requirements.
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1. Passenger vehicles, cars, pickups, light trucks, shall be equipped with one water fire extinguisher or back pack pump 3-gallon minimum capacity.
2. Any internal combustion engine operated on or near forest, brush, grass covered land shall be equipped with a spark arrester or the engine shall be constructed, equipped and maintained for prevention of fire.
a. Trucks, truck tractors, buses and passenger vehicles, except motor cycles are exempt if equipped with a muffler defined in California vehicle code.
b. Turbo charged engines, with no exhaust by-pass, and in proper operating condition are exempt.
F. Provide water truck equipped with 500 feet of 1.5-inch single jacket hose, nozzle and pressure pump. Truck with 300-gallon (minimum) water must be on site with trained operator during work hours. Water truck may be used for other watering work on site but must be immediately available for fire suppression duty.
END OF SECTION
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