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1.0

GENERAL

1.1 Total Project Cost:

1.2 Design Stage (%) :

1.3 What NFPA 101 Life Safety

Code Edition is being utilized?

1.4 Identify any existing

equivalencies for the space/building (FSES, standard, JCAHO). (See

Chief Engineering)

1.5 Identify the type of

construction (NFPA 220).

1.6 Identify the primary

occupancy.

1.7 Identify (location and

type) any sub-occupancies.

1.8 Identify any fire rated

occupancy separations.

2.0

EGRESS

2.1 Identify the number of

exits per floor/space.

2.2 Identify the number of

horizontal exits utilized.

2.3 What is the occupant load

(per zone/ floor/ space)?

2.4 Where and what is the

maximum travel distance?

(Per floor)

2.5 Where and what is the maximum dead end? (Per

floor)

2.6 Where and what is the

maximum common path of travel? (Per floor)

2.7 Identify exit discharge

protection from the weather and that it leads to a public way.

2.8 Identify the location of

all power operated doors.

2.9 Identify which rooms

require egress through an intervening room before accessing a corridor.

2.10 Identify which rooms and

or suites are:

2.10.1 Used for an assembly

type Occupancy that are > 750 sq. ft.

2.10.2 Used for patient sleeping > 1000 sq. ft.

2.10.3 Used for other than

patient sleeping > 2500 sq.ft.

3.0 VERTICAL OPENINGS

3.1 What is the fire

resistive rating of the vertical opening enclosures? (All shafts including chutes)

3.2 What is the fire

resistance rating of the vertical opening protective devices?

4. 0 ‑ HAZARDOUS AREAS

4.1 Identify the hazardous

areas (BY room) that require one hour fire resistance construction and 45 minute rated doors.

4.2 Identify the hazardous

areas (By room) that require floor to floor smoke resistant construction and self closing doors.

4.3 What is the

NFPA 99

classification of the laboratory(s) per NFPA 99

NFPA 45

(Severe, Standard) or

NFPA 45 (At B, C)?

5. 0 SMOKE ZONE DIMENSIONS

5.1 How many smoke zones are

shown on the drawings per floor.

5.2 Identify the total square

footage of each of the smoke zones.

5.3 Identify the square

footage required for the area of refuge for the occupants of each smoke zone.

5.4 What is the maximum

travel distance to a smoke barrier door in each smoke zone.

6.0 CORRIDOR WALLS AND PARTITIONS

6.1 Identify the fire

resistance rating of the corridor partitions.

6.2 Identify all spaces which

are open to the corridor and the code reference which permits this.

7.0 HVAC

7.1 What edition of NFPA 90A

is being utilized?

7.2 Identify where systems

other than fully ducted systems are used.

7.3 Identify HVAC drawings

where smoke dampers are installed.

7.4 Identify where automatic

shut down features are shown, including the detectors, for AHU's >

2,000 cfm.

7.5 Identify any shafts

enclosing environmental air ducts which also serve duct work other than environmental air.

(Vapors, fume, etc.)

7.6 If laboratories are

NFPA 45

Ed.

addressed in this project, what code and

NFPA 99

Ed.

edition is being utilized?

7.7 Identify any locations on

the drawings where ventilation systems involve anesthetizing locations.

7.8 Identify any locations an

the drawings where cooking equipment is installed.

7.9 What edition of NFPA 96

is being utilized?

8.0 PLUMBING (Medical Gases)

8.1 Identify the drawings

that show the location of any medical gas riser and sectional valves.

8.2 Identify the drawings

that show the location of the medical gas hiqh/low pressure alarm systems.

9.0

SPRINKLERS/STANDPIPES

9.1 What edition of NFPA 13

is being utilized?

9.2 Where is the point of

connection to the water supply for fire protection?

9.3 What is the available

fire protection water supply? (Static pressure, residual pressure, capacity.) What is the source and date of the water supply information.

9.4 Where is it shown that

the sprinklers are coordinated with the smoke and fire alarm zones?

9.5 Identify locations where

any special systems are used. (Preaction, dry-pipe, antifreeze, etc..)

9.6. It is expected that

sprinklers will be installed throughout the facility. Identify any areas in this proj act where sprinklers will not be installed. (Crawl spaces etc..)

9.7 Identify locations on the

drawings where the sprinkler system drains terminate.

9.8 Where combined sprinkler

and standpipe systems are utilized, identify on the drawings the location of the riser isolation valves?

10.0 ELECTRICAL

10.1 What edition of NFPA 70

is being utilized?

10.2 What edition of NFPA 99

is being utilized?

10.3 Are all circuits in this

building (essential and non essential) supplied by the emergency generator?

10.4 What in the total load on

the emergency generator?

10.5 What is the nameplate

rating of the emergency generator?

10.6 Identify the drawings

which show that the following items are an the life safety branch of the essential electrical system: Exit Signs, illumination of means of egress,, alarm and alerting systems , communication systems, generator set location, and elevator controls/signals.

10.7 Identify the location of

the GFCI circuits.

11.0 FIRE ALARM

11.1 What edition of NFPA 72

is being utilized?

11.2 Identify where it is

shown that the fire alarm zones are coordinated with the smoke and sprinkler zones.

11.3 Identify all types and

areas covered by each type of occupant notification signal(s) provided? (General evacuation/coded/voice)

11.4 Where in the documents is

the interface between the fire alarm system and the following systems provided:

11.4.1 Sprinkler (tamper, pump, flow switches)

11.4.2 Cooking hood

11.4.3 HVAC (detectors, shut‑down

11.4.4 Elevator control

11.4.5 Door release

11.4.6 Power operated door

11.5 Where is the point of

connection to the existing fire alarm system?

11.6 What type of fire alarm

system exists? (Mfg., Model No.s of panels, initiating and audible devices.)

11.7 Identify location, other

than at smoke barrier doors and elevator lobbies, where smoke detectors are provided?

11.8 Identify location where

heat detectors are provided?

12.0

OPERATING FEATURES

12.1 Identify where in the

documents on phasing, the fire alarm fire suppression/standpipes, and means of egress are maintained,, put into operation, or otherwise affected.

12.2 What interim life safety

measures as required by the JCAHO have been established?

12.3 What drawings show the

locations of the fire extinguishers?

13. 0 SPECIFICATIONS

13.1 Identify where the class

of the interior finish for the exits and corridors is noted.

13.2 Identify where the class

of interior finish for rooms is noted.

13.3 Are the specifications

tailored to this project?

13.4 Have the dates been

updated in all specification sections for the applicable publications?

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FIRE AND SAFETY PROJECT REVIEW REPORT ATTACHMENT

Review By:

Peter A. Larrimer, RSFPE Phone No:

(412) 365‑5466 Date:

October 31, 2000

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