Attach 7 - Ellsworth AFB Fire Protection Standards.pdf

BASE FIRE PROTECTION STANDARDS

Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota

Fire protection for all facilities shall comply with the following:

Design

All facilities shall be designed to comply with UFC 3-600-01 and the ACC Supplement. The fire protection engineer designer of record (FPDOR) shall meet the requirements of UFC 3-

600-01 and shall be in attendance at all design review meetings. If COE or NAVFAC is not the construction agent, the FPDOR shall review all shop drawings for approval and shall witness all operational tests for acceptance of the fire protection systems. FPDOR shall be identified at the beginning of the project.

All projects shall include building code analysis, life safety code analysis and a water supply analysis in accordance with UFC 3-600-01. These shall be included in the 35% submittal.

1. Building code analysis shall use the current edition of International Building Code as outlined in UFC 4-021-01. Analysis shall compare the allowable area and height and the actual area and height.

2. Life Safety Code analysis shall be based on latest edition of NFPA 101. Analysis shall show allowable and actual data such as travel distances, occupant loading, exits, etc.

3. Water supply analysis shall use the attached format for determining the adequacy of the water supply. Designer is responsible for conducting water tests to use in the analysis.

Plans

Life Safety Code:

Life Safety Code analysis and Building Code analysis shall be included as separate plans including the information shown in the ACC Supplement.

Civil Plans:

The civil drawings shall show all fire water mains to include positive identification of the test hydrants (both pressure and flow hydrants).

Plans must show water main from the test point to the building riser.

Show all fire hydrants and control valves. See UFC 3-600-01 for criteria.

Roads shall comply with UFC 3-600-01 and NFPA 1 for accessibility to building by emergency vehicles. Coordinate with the fire department.

Architectural Plans

The architectural plans and the Life Safety Code plans shall both show the fire walls and partitions and architectural plans shall identify the UL number or other standard such as

FM for fire rated assemblies.

Door plan shall identify the fire rating of any fire doors. Make sure fire doors match firewalls shown on drawings.

Mechanical Plans

Mechanical plans shall positively identify all fire and/or smoke dampers and provide a detail for installation. Any smoke damper shall include a smoke detector for activation of the damper. Fire dampers shall be shown to comply with NFPA 90A and smoke dampers shall comply with NFPA 101.

Mechanical plans shall include duct smoke detectors on the control diagram. Smoke detectors shall not activate the building evacuation alarm system but shall report as an alarm to the fire department as a separate zone on the fire alarm panel.

Electrical Plans

Plans must show the exit and emergency lights.

Switchgear shall show the power for the fire alarm system as a separate breaker.

Fire Suppression Plans

Plans must show the hazard classification for each area.

Provide a chart showing the density, area of application and hose stream demand for each hazard classification. This data must comply with UFC 3-600-01.

Provide a riser diagram for the sprinkler system. Make sure to include a test connection for the backflow preventer. The Air Force uses “shotgun” risers.

Fire Alarm Plans

Plans shall show all fire alarm and Mass Notification devices. Visual devices shall show the candela rating of each device.

Riser diagram shall show all power connections, initiating devices, alarm devices and any interconnections of such as AHU shutdown or door releases.

Provide a matrix showing what action each device will initiate.

Locate the fire alarm panel as dictated by the fire department. Panel shall be located in a conditioned space accessible to the fire department when the building is not occupied.

Provide transmitter zone schedule

Specifications

Civil

Make sure all fire protection devices such as fire hydrants, control valves, etc over five feet from the building are included in the civil specifications.

Fire Suppression

Either the specifications or the plans must indicate the hazard classification including density, area of application and hose stream demand. If shown on plans, indicate that information is shown on the plans.

Provide the water supply data or show it on the plans. If shown on plans, indicate that in the specifications. If not shown on plans, be specific as to the location of the water test such as at Hydrant 100 or the base of the riser. Designer must include the loss from the test connection to the base of the riser.

All sprinkler piping shall be schedule 40 for dry pipe and preaction systems.

Training of shop personnel will consist of one four- hour training sessions that will include the testing and maintenance of the systems. Training shall be separate from the testing of the systems.

Fire Alarm

The fire alarm reporting system is a radio type system using Monaco transmission. All transmitters or transmission devices shall match the base reporting system. Specifications shall specifically state the make and model of the transmitter.

Fire alarm system shall be class B system unless prior approval is given by ACC FPE.

Minimum wire size shall be 16 AWG.

The building fire alarm system shall be an addressable system and shall be a combination fire alarm/Mass Notification system. System shall use combination speaker/strobes and the strobes shall be clear with the word ALERT on them.

Manual stations shall be key reset only-no other type reset will be allowed. Manual stations shall NOT have glass rods.

Base firefighters and craftsmen shall be trained on the operation and maintenance of the control panel and devices with minimum 4 hours training. Two sessions will be required on separate days to make sure all personnel can attend training. This training will be separate from the testing of the systems.

Testing:

Specifications must clearly indicate the testing of the fire protection systems and the A/E shall develop a commissioning plan that indicates how each system will be tested and who will witness the testing for acceptance. The FPDOR shall be the lead for the commissioning plan and the plan shall be approved by contracting officer prior to testing. The FPDOR shall write a commissioning letter stating that the systems are in full compliance with the plans and specifications.