Jeffrey Lucas, City of Fort Lauderdale Fire Marshal; The Petition requests 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 ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

Division of State Fire Marshal

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Department of Financial Services has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Jeffrey Lucas, City of Fort Lauderdale Fire Marshal on June 4, 2018. The following is a summary of the agency’s disposition of the petition:

The Petition requests 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. The Department concludes: 1) Yes, the FFPC, NFPA 101, section 11.7.3.1.2, requires emergency access openings in a multiple-story structure in accordance with Section 11.7.3.2; and 2) Yes, the FFPC, NFPA 101, Section 11.7.3.1, provides a structure that does not have openings in compliance with Sections 11.7.3.1.1 and 11.7.3.1.2, shall be designated as a limited access structure and shall comply with Sections 11.7.3.4 and 11.7.3.5. The FFPC, NFPA 101, Sections 11.7.3.4 and 11.7.3.5, provides compliance requirements for a limited access structure, which include being protected by an automatic sprinkler system and emergency lighting.

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

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