Fire Protection & Life Safety Narratives
What They Cover?
Our comprehensive and customized fire and life safety narratives include requirements for:
- Occupancy classification
- Construction type
- Fire resistance rated separations
- Vertical openings
- Fire dampers/smoke dampers
- Interior finishes
- Means of egress
- Occupant load
- Capacity of means of egress
- Arrangement of means of egress
- Accessibility
- Fire department access
- Fire separation distance
- Exterior wall allowable openings
- Water supply and fire flow
- Fire sprinklers
- Standpipe system
- Fire pump
- Fire extinguishers
- Special hazard fire suppression systems
- Atrium smoke control system
- Stairwell pressurization system
- Elevator pressurization system
- Floor-to-floor (zoned) smoke control system
- Post-fire smoke removal
- Heat vents/smoke vents
- Secondary power/emergency backup power
- Lightning protection
- Containment and drainage
- Fire protection during construction
- Fire command center
- Elevator requirements
- Ventilation
- Emergency action plan
- Fire protection system integration