Jeffrey Lucas, City of Fort Lauderdale.; Petitioner is asking for a determination if the provisions found in NFPA 101, 2015, section 11.7.3, underground and limited access structures, require emergency access openings in a building if a multiple-...

 

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

Division of State Fire Marshal

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Department of Financial Services, Division of State Fire Marshal has received the petition for declaratory statement from Jeffrey Lucas, City of Fort Lauderdale. The petition seeks the agency’s opinion as to the applicability of FFPC 6th Ed, NFPA 101, 2015, section 11.7.3, as it applies to the petitioner.

Petitioner is asking for a determination if the provisions found in NFPA 101, 2015, section 11.7.3, underground and limited access structures, require emergency access openings in a building if a multiple-story structure (two or more-story or self-storage) with no opening in compliance with 11.7.3.4 or 11.7.3.5 above the first floor. And if the answer is yes, Petitioner is asking if the installation of a fire sprinkler system and emergency lighting wave the installation of emergency access opening.

A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Sarah Marcos, [e-mail], [phone].

Please refer all comments to: [e-mail].