Eric Busenbarrick, Deputy Fire Marshal for the Hollywood Fire Rescue and Beach Safety Department; The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement was published in Vol. 40, Issue 15, of the Florida Administrative Register on January 24, 2014. The ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

Division of State Fire Marshal

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Department of Financial Services has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Eric Busenbarrick, Deputy Fire Marshal for the Hollywood Fire Rescue and Beach Safety Department on January 16, 2014. The following is a summary of the agency's disposition of the petition:

The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement was published in Vol. 40, No. 15, of the Florida Administrative Register on January 24, 2014. The subject of the Petition is the applicability of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 101, Sections 7.1.9 and 7.1.10.1, which are adopted in the Florida Fire Prevention Code, to the installation of a burglar alarm system that, when activated, both fills the occupancy with synthetic smoke to obscure visibility and notifies the central monitoring station. The Division of State Fire Marshal determined that: (1) In most instances, NFPA 101, Sections 7.1.9 and 7.1.10.1, are applicable; and (2) a local fire department has the authority to determine whether plans for such a burglar alarm system complies with those sections of the NFPA.

A copy of the Order Disposing of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Ellen M. Simon, Chief Counsel, Department of Financial Services, Room 612A, Larson Building, 200 E. Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0333.