Transcript Child Care Fire Safety Program March 24, 2003

Child Care Fire Safety
Program
North Carolina Fire Prevention Code
• 2000 International Fire Code with NC
amendments.
• North Carolina Building Code Council
• North Carolina Department of Insurance.
2002 Edition
Type of Facilities
• Group E – Educational – more than 5 children
older than 2 ½ of age.
• Group I-4, day care facilities – provides care
on less than 24 hr basis for more than 5
children 2 ½ or less. See Exception Group
I-2, child care facilities – provides care on a
24 hr. basis to more than 5 children 2 ½ age
or less
• Group R-4 – provides accommodations in a
residence occupied as a home by the
caregiver for persons of any age less than 24
hrs
General Precautions
• Attics, basements, closets, garages,
furnace rooms and heaters clear of trash
and combustible material.
– 304.1 Waste accumulation prohibited. Combustible waste
material creating a fire hazard shall not be allowed to
accumulate in buildings or structures or upon premises.
General Precautions
• Clearances from ignition sources and
combustible materials maintained.
– 305.1 Clearance from ignition sources. Clearance between
ignition sources, such as light fixtures, heaters and flameproducing devices, and combustible materials shall be
maintained in an approved manner.
Emergency Planning
• Approved evacuation plan posted.
– F404.2 Where required. An approved fire safety and
evacuation plan shall be prepared and maintained for
the following occupancies and buildings.
Emergency Planning
• Evidence of monthly fire drills posted.
– 405.1 General. Emergency evacuation drills
complying with the provisions of this section shall be
conducted in the occupancies listed in 404.2 or when
required by the code official. Drills shall be designed
in cooperation with the local authorities.
Emergency Planning
• Evidence of monthly fire drills posted.
– F405.5 Record keeping. Records shall be maintained of required
emergency evacuation drills and include the following information:
• 1. Identity of the person conducting the drill.
• 2. Date and time of the drill.
• 3. Notification method used.
• 4. Staff members on duty and participating.
• 5. Number of occupants evacuated.
• 6. Special conditions simulated.
• 7. Problems encountered.
• 8. Weather conditions when occupants were evacuated.
• 9. Time required to accomplish complete evacuation.
Emergency Planning
• Record of employee training in fire
prevention/evacuation and annual fire
safety training on site
– 406.2 Frequency. Employees shall receive training in the
contents of fire safety and evacuation plans and their duties as
part of new employee orientation and at least annually thereafter.
Records shall be kept and made available to the code official
upon request. Training should consist of familiarization of the fire
alarm system, fire extinguisher use, CPR, Carbon Monoxide
awareness.
– Fire Superintendents to provide copy of fire training conducted
with staff members.
Fire Service Features
• Street Number Posted (4” or higher )
– 505.1 Address numbers. New and existing buildings
shall have approved address numbers, building
numbers, or approved building identification placed in
a position to be plainly legible and visible from the
street or road fronting the property. These numbers
shall contrast with their background. Address
numbers shall be Arabic numerals or alphabet letters.
Numbers shall be a minimum of 4 inches (102 mm)
high with a minimum stroke width of 0.5 inch (12.7
mm).
Fire Service Features
• Unobstructed fire apparatus road.
– 503.1.1 Buildings and facilities. Approved fire
apparatus access roads shall be provided for every
facility, building or portion of a building hereafter
constructed or moved into or within the jurisdiction.
The fire apparatus access road shall comply with the
requirements of this section and shall extend to within
150 feet (45 720 mm) of all portions of the facility or
any portion of the exterior wall of the first story of the
building as measured by an approved route around
the exterior of the building or facility.
Fire Service Features
• Hydrants/Fire Department
connections/control valves clear of
obstructions by 3’.
– 508.5.4 Obstruction. Posts, fences, vehicles,
growth, trash, storage and other materials or
objects shall not be placed or kept near fire
hydrants, fire department inlet connections or fire
protection system control valves in a manner that
would prevent such equipment or fire hydrants
from being immediately discernible. The fire
department shall not be deterred or hindered from
gaining immediate access to fire protection
equipment or fire hydrants.
Building Services And Systems
• Approved heating system, listed.
– 603.4 Portable un-vented heaters. Portable un-vented
fuel-fired heating equipment shall be prohibited in
occupancies in Groups A, E, I, R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4.
Building Services And Systems
• Emergency Lighting /Exit lights in good
operating order.
– 1003.2.10.1 Where required. Exits and exit access
doors shall be marked by an approved exit sign
readily visible from any direction of egress travel.
Access to exits shall be marked by readily visible exit
signs in cases where the exit or the path of egress
travel is not immediately visible to the occupants. Exit
sign placement shall be such that no point in an exit
access corridor is more than 100 feet (30 480 mm)
from the nearest visible exit sign.
Building Services And Systems
• Electrical panels clear of storage. (Minimum 30”)
– 605.3 Working space and clearance. A working space
of not less than 30 inches (762 mm) in width, 36
inches (914 mm) in depth and 78 inches (1981 mm)
in height shall be provided in front of electrical service
equipment. Where the electrical service equipment is
wider than 30 inches (762 mm), the working space
shall not be less than the width of the equipment. No
storage of any materials shall be located within the
designated working space.
Building Services And Systems
• Wiring/fixtures in good condition. (Extension
cords not suitable for permanent wiring.)
– 605.1 Abatement of electrical hazards. Identified
electrical hazards shall be abated. Identified
hazardous electrical conditions in permanent wiring
shall be brought to the attention of the code official
responsible for enforcement of the ICC Electrical
Code. Electrical wiring, devices, appliances and other
equipment that is modified or damaged and
constitutes an electrical shock or fire hazard shall not
be used.
Building Services And Systems
• Type I hood system over all domestic
cooking appliances that produce grease
laden vapors.
– 609.2.2 Domestic cooking appliances used for
commercial purposes. Domestic cooking
appliances utilized for commercial purposes
shall be provided with Type I hoods as
required for the type of appliances and
processes in accordance with 609.2 and
609.2.1.
Fire Resistant Rated
Construction
• Required fire resistant rating maintained.
(Walls, Partitions, Floors)
– 703.1 Maintenance. The required fire-resistance rating of fireresistance-rated construction (including walls, fire stops, shaft
enclosures, partitions and floors) shall be maintained. Such elements
shall be properly repaired, restored or replaced when damaged, altered,
breached or penetrated. Openings made therein for the passage of
pipes, electrical conduit, wires, ducts, air transfer openings, and holes
made for any reason shall be protected with approved methods capable
of resisting the passage of smoke and fire. Openings through fireresistance-rated assemblies shall be protected by self-closing or
automatic-closing doors of approved construction meeting the fire
protection requirements for the assembly.
Fire Resistant Rated
Construction
• Door-hold open devices/automatic door
closures operating properly.
– 703.2.2 Hold-open devices and closers. Hold-open
devices and automatic door closers, where provided,
shall be maintained. During the period that such
device is out of service for repairs, the door it
operates shall remain in the closed position.
Interior Decorations and Furnishings
• No storage of clothing/personal effects in
corridors and lobbies.
• 803.3.1 Storage in corridors and lobbies. Clothing
and personal effects shall not be stored in
corridors and lobbies.
– Group E and I-4 Facilities
Interior Decorations and Furnishings
• Maximum 10% of decorative materials
covering walls. Does not apply to artwork
and teaching material in classroom.
Nothing Suspended from Ceiling.
Interior Decorations and Furnishings
• 20% maximum coverage for artwork and
teaching materials located on corridor
walls.
– 803.3.2 Artwork. Artwork and teaching materials shall
be limited on the walls of corridors to not more than
20 percent of the wall area.
– Group E, and I-4 Facilities
Interior Decorations and Furnishings
• Exits free of obstructions.
– 1011.3 Obstructions. A means of egress shall be free
from obstructions that would prevent its use, including
the accumulation of snow and ice.
Cooking
• M507.2.2 Domestic cooking appliances used
for commercial purposes.
• Domestic cooking appliances utilized for
commercial purposes shall be provided with
Type I or II hoods as required for the type of
appliance and processed in accordance with
507.2 and 507.2.1
• Exception- A maximum of 2 residential ranges ( 4
burner) in stalled in dwelling units, churches, schools,
day care centers, break areas, and similar installations
Fire Protection
• Sprinkler system maintained with annual
test reports provided.
– 901.6 Inspection, testing and maintenance. Fire
detection, alarm and extinguishing systems shall be
maintained in an operative condition at all times, and
shall be replaced or repaired where defective.
Nonrequired fire protection systems and equipment
shall be inspected, tested and maintained or
removed.
Fire Protection
• Smoke detector/fire alarm system
maintained with annual test reports
provided.
– 907.20 Inspection, testing and maintenance. The
maintenance and testing schedules and procedures
for fire alarm and fire detection systems shall be in
accordance with this section and Chapter 7 of NFPA
72
Fire Protection
• Approved extinguishers mounted properly
and in good working order.
– 906.2 General requirements. Fire extinguishers shall
be selected, installed and maintained in accordance
with this section and NFPA 10.
Fire Protection
• Cooking suppression systems and hood
exhaust properly maintained.
– 6 month testing required.
Means of Egress
• All exits and their access to them shall be
free of obstructions.
• All locking devices on exit doors are of an
approved type.
• Yards and fencing to allow unobstructed
exit to exterior of site.
Child Care Fire Safety
Program
February 06, 2007
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