Ronald L. Martin, Fire Marshal, Ft. Myers Beach Fire Control; The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement was published in Vol. 39, No. 177, of the Florida Administrative Register on September 11, 2013. The subject of the Petition is the ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Department of Financial Services has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Ronald L. Martin, Fire Marshal, Ft. Myers Beach Fire Control, on September 3, 2013. The following is a summary of the agency’s disposition of the petition:

The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement was published in Vol. 39, No. 177, of the Florida Administrative Register on September 11, 2013. The subject of the Petition is the applicability of fire hose system requirements in Rule 69A-43.011, Florida Administrative Code, to transient public lodging establishments. The Division of State Fire Marshal determined, in response to five questions asked, that the rule requires both standpipe and hose in buildings that exceed 50 feet in height or six stories that do not have sprinkler systems. A standpipe with no hose, but hose connections, is required for those buildings that do have sprinkler systems; alternative means of protection as authorized by the Florida Fire Prevention Code are not applicable to rules adopted by the Department of Financial Services; the deadline for the requirement that transient public lodging establishments have approved fire sprinkler systems was October 1, 1994; immediate compliance is required for an establishment that is not in compliance; however, the local authority having jurisdiction may allow a compliance timeline to limit the financial hardship created by such installation upon approval of the jurisdiction’s governing body responsible for fire code compliance.

A copy of the Order Disposing of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: R. Terry Butler, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Financial Services, Room 612A, Larson Building, 200 E. Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0333.