5__CHK_Bunkhouse_Design_Checklist.pdf
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The document is a comprehensive Bunkhouse Design Checklist (Version 5/21) that provides detailed safety and design requirements for constructing bunkhouses. The checklist covers multiple critical areas including fire alarm systems, electrical installations, doors, fire sprinklers, and code requirements, referencing specific standards from NFPA 101 (Life Safety Code), NFPA 72, National Electric Code (NEC), and Uniform Building Code (IBC). Key mandatory requirements include hardwired battery-backup fire alarm systems with smoke detectors in sleeping rooms and hallways, GFCI and arc-fault circuit interrupter protection, door egress mechanisms, fire extinguishers, exit signs, and fire sprinkler systems for all new or significantly remodeled bunkhouses.
The checklist is meticulously structured with checkboxes for "Yes", "No", and "Not Applicable" responses, allowing designers and contractors to systematically verify compliance with safety standards. It emphasizes critical safety features such as smoke-resistant walls, emergency bathroom door access, proper stair construction, and fall protection for maintenance personnel. The document is designed to ensure comprehensive safety coverage and requires adherence to the most stringent building codes, with specific attention to fire prevention, emergency egress, and occupant protection in lodging or rooming house environments.
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Version 5/21
Bunkhouse Design Checklist
Project and Location:
The following checklist is to be used as a reference to the common safety issues encountered when designing
Bunkhouses. This list is not complete, and NFPA 101 (Life Safety Code) and the Uniform Building Code (IBC) need to be referenced for complete details on all requirements. All items are mandatory unless identified as a recommendation. Most of the references below can be found in Chapter 26 of the current NFPA Life Safety
Code. Questions or unusual situations may be addressed to the Regional Safety Office.
# FIRE ALARM SYSTEM Yes No NA
Every bunkhouse must have a hardwired battery-backup fire alarm system meeting NFPA 101 and NFPA 72 requirements.
In addition to the other requirements, there will be:
1 Hardwired smoke detectors or other approved devices in each sleeping room.
2 At least one smoke detector in the hallway or space outside the sleeping room(s).
Smoke detectors at other required locations, including one smoke detector on each level of the building, including the basement.
4 At least one manual pull station will be located by a primary building exit (within 5’).
5 Will a Fire Alarm Panel be installed as part of the alarm system? Necessary in most situations.
6 No smoke detectors will be installed in bathrooms, garages, or kitchens. (Heat Detectors OK.)
7 Completion Certificates are to be provided by installers, as required by NFPA 72.
8 Owner’s manuals, as-built drawings, and training will be required from the installers.
Visible signals (strobes) required if any occupants are hearing impaired. It is recommended that all bunkhouses have strobes installed in common areas and in at least one bedroom to avoid costly retrofits should any future residents be hearing impaired. Will visible signals be installed?
A carbon monoxide detection system meeting 101, 26.3.4.6 requirements must be installed if there are fuel-fired appliances. Will a CO detection system be installed? In addition, LP-Gas detectors are recommended if propane is being used.
# ELECTRICAL Yes No NA
11 All installations are to meet or exceed current National Electric Code (NEC) requirements.
12 GFCI-protected outlets will be installed per NEC. Exterior receptacles need “In-Use Covers.”
Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupters protection will be installed on interior outlets per NEC 210.12(A).
Locations include kitchens, family rooms, closets, hallways, bedrooms, dens, laundry areas, etc. Some locations will require both GFCI and AFCI protection.
# DOORS Yes No NA
14 Doors shall be provided with latches/mechanisms suitable for keeping the door closed.
15 Any Locks will not require the use of a key, tool, special knowledge, or effort to open from inside.
Exit locks shall open in one motion from the egress side. If a deadbolt is desired, then a
Dormitory Lockset that opens all latches in one motion is required on building exits and recommended for sleeping room doors. Other latches must be simple and obvious to operate.
During its swing, any door from occupiable space into means of egress (such as a corridor) shall leave unobstructed at least one half of the required width of an aisle, corridor, or landing.
18 Panic-style hardware is recommended for building exits. Will panic hardware be installed?
19 Bathroom doors are designed to be opened from the outside during an emergency.
20 Obstructions (other doors, furniture) will be eliminated that may interfere with operating a door.
21 No doors shall be locked against egress when the building is occupied.
# OTHER Yes No NA
22 The minimum width of corridors is 36". The minimum door width is 28" (24" for bathroom).
The design ensures that no dwelling unit shall have its sole means of egress pass through any nonresidential occupancy in the same building.
Fire extinguishers (minimum 2A, 10B:C) will be provided, spacing per NFPA 10. (Minimum one per every 1500 sq ft floor space, one on each level, and one in any attached garages.)
Lighted exit signs or other approved signs are recommended for all building exits (do not put in sleeping rooms). Recommend LED style lights. Will exit sign(s) be installed?
Sleeping rooms shall be separated from escape corridors by walls and doors that are smoke resistant. No louvers or operable transoms or other air passageways except properly installed hearting/ac ducts. Will doors and walls be smoke resistant?
27 Will interior walls of sleeping rooms be insulated to reduce sound transmission? Recommended
The design ensures that no sleeping rooms of a lodging or rooming house shall be located above any nonresidential occupancy. Exception, see 101, 26.1.3
29 Grab bars will be installed to meet 26.2.4 for all new toilets, showers, and bathtubs.
Exterior stairs shall be reasonably protected against blockage caused by fire that would expose both interior and exterior means of escape at the same time.
Interior stairways will be constructed to meet requirements of 26.2.2 and 26.3.1. Stairways may need to be enclosed, upstairs sleeping rooms may need appropriate secondary egress, etc.
To prevent clutter, will storage space be provided for cleaning equipment and personal items to prevent accumulation in hallways, etc.? (Shed, closets, lockable cabinets, etc. – Recommended.)
The placement of offices, large storage rooms, maintenance shops, etc. in or next to a bunkhouse may necessitate additional Code requirements. Will such spaces be a part of the design? Contact the RSM/S for guidance on mixed occupancies.
If solar panels, HVAC or other equipment is installed on the roof, properly engineered roof anchors will be installed for personnel fall protection during future maintenance work.
# FIRE SPRINKLERS Yes No NA
All new bunkhouses, bunkhouses that are significantly remodeled, and bunkhouses created by a change in occupancy shall have an approved fire sprinkler system installed per NFPA 101 Chapter 26 standards. The option involving putting doors to the outside from each sleeping room no longer exists.
35 A fire sprinkler system meeting NFPA 101 standards will be installed.
NFPA 13D, Standard for Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One- and Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Homes, may be used when bunkhouse is not part of a mixed occupancy.
Lodging with more than eight occupants shall be treated as two-family dwellings with regard to the water supply. Will NFPA 13D be used for the sprinkler system design?
In buildings up to and including four stories in height, sprinkler systems in accordance with NFPA
13R shall be permitted. Will NFPA 13R be used for the fire sprinkler system design?
Closets over 12 ft² and any closets containing such equipment as washers, dryers, furnaces, or water heaters will be sprinklered.
The contract includes the requirement that drawings, completion certificates, test certificates, owner’s manual, and other written documents be submitted, per NFPA 13 & 72 requirements.
Designer has determined what the sprinkler water demand will be and that the existing water supply system is adequate to meet that demand. (If NO, an alternate system is needed.)
41 The activation of the fire sprinkler system will cause the fire alarm system to sound.
# CODE REQUIREMENTS Yes No NA
This checklist is not intended to be a substitute for, nor an interpretation of the code requirements found in the NFPA Life Safety Code (LSC). The full version of the LSC needs to be adhered to.
Does the design incorporate the applicable sections of the current NFPA Life Safety Code?
In the event that applicable IBC or local building codes are stricter than the LSC, have the more stringent of the requirements been incorporated into the design?
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