Dusty Morningwood Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Since the Wire just abounds with knowledge across the spectrum, I thought I would throw this out here. We are working on a facilities report and one question was "What is your building's Fire Code?" The inquiring party said theirs is B6. We have asked the Fire Chief, borough Building Inspector and several others and none of them seem to know of an alpha-numeric Fire Code for Pennsylvania. Anybody know about this stuff? What, exactly, would our "Fire Code" refer to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Hare, SASS #20821 Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Dusty I dont know if this will help, could it be an insurance rating? In Ohio we have insurance ratings that are if your in the city where there are fire hydrants the code is a 1 the further you are away from the hydrants the higher the code and the more insurance companys will charge for coverage. The county started a tanker task force that shows even with out hydrants we can flow so much water for a period of time which lowers the ratings so the insurance rates will go down. Hope this helps. Never ask a chief for information Gray Hare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Morningwood Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 Thanks Gray Hare. You may be right. We discussed this very possibility not long after my post. Could not get our agent on the phone, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying W Ramrod Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Per Chapter 6 if the International Building Code Type I and II are of noncombustible materials except as noted in 603 Type III is non combustible exterior walls and interior building elements can be anything Type IV is Heavy TImber Type V is any material The A and B equates to A non sprinklered B sprinklered. Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish ike, SASS #43615 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 There are two pimary Fire and Life Safety Code Books. The Uniform Fire Code and the NFPA. National Fire Protection Association. The code deals with Construction Types, Occupancy or building use, fire protection systems and life safety. The International Building Code and the Uniform Building Code also address Fire and Life Safty Issues. Your local building department should know what code they refer to. ANother option is to call your local fire department administrative offices and ask what fire code they use when they perfrom their annual or semi annual inspections. They may be asking abaout what Frie Code you use because of how the building is being used. Manufacturing, warehousing, office space all have different requirements. According to the Internet the State of Pennsylvania has adopted the 2006 Uniform Fire Code. What they may want to knw for a facilities report is the Occupancy Classification or use, the Fire Code, and teh Type of building based on area, construction materials which leads to what Ramrod was saying. Once you know that you can determine if you are compliance or have any violations. hope this helps Ike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying W Ramrod Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Ya start getting into occupancy it's a whole different can of worms. Is it assembly A occupancy Business B Hospital H School E Industrical I Parking S then the sub types AI BII etc. That's all found in Chapter 3 of the building code. The International Building Code (changed from the Uniform Building Code in 2000) and the International Fire Code (changed from the UFC) will help. NFPA mainly specializes i.e. NFPA 13 sprinklers, NFPA 72 fire alarms etc. Like Ike said, the building department has a list of the requirements for building type and occupancy. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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