B.3.22 Fire Protection Requirements

FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS: There is a post wide fire alarm system to which any new work must be compatible with. The fire alarm control panels are Thorn and the transmitter and antenna are G.H. Harlow. See the Fire Department Section for more information.

Fire alarm and detection systems that will use 25 devices or more shall be an addressable system.

Exit signs shall be red LED type.

Sprinkler system required?
Type system to be installed: ___ Wet, ___ Dry.
Complete coverage throughout the structure?
Exterior siamese connections are required.

Detection System:
Smoke detectors required?
(NOTE: Radium type shall NOT be used)

Heat detectors required?
(Rate of Rise Heat Detectors shall not be permitted)

NOTE: When smoke and heat detectors are specific, full coverage of the building is required.  In addition, heat detectors are also to be installed in conjunction with potential fire producing equipment such as furnaces, electric motors, etc.  All detection devices shall be spaced and installed in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications and the latest edition of the NFPA in effect at the time of installation.  Heat detectors shall be set to trigger at 1358 F.  The heat and smoke detectors shall be the combination type.  The smoke detection unit shall alarm locally and the heat detection unit shall alarm the facility and transmit the alarm to the fire department via a dedicated telephone line or appropriate transmission media, i.e. radio transmission equipment.  Automatic cutoff of air handling equipment is required when smoke or heat detectors, sprinkler systems, or any other automatic/manual fire alarm suppression system are activated.
                       
Manually Activated Fire Alarm System: installed in accordance with the latest edition of the NFPA in effect at the time of installation, is required.  Also provide manual pull stations at the ends of the building.  The pull stations shall be tied into a central panel box that will signal the fire department via a dedicated telephone line or appropriate transmission media, i.e. radio transmission equipment.

Special fire suppression system (s) required?
Describe type, location and justification:

Fire extinguishers (manually operated) are required:
Government furnished?
Quantity and locations shall be based upon building design, NFPA requirements and coordinated with Installation's Fire Department.

NOTE:  The Contractor (Offeror) shall furnish and install the recessed fire extinguisher cabinets.  The cabinets shall be at a minimum 24 1½”tall, 7” deep and 8 ½” wide w/glass doors.

All interior finish materials shall be per NFPA standards and Military Handbook 1008C

Water supply lines: for the sprinkler system shall be black steel pipe.

The Installation's standard fire alarm panels shall be specifies for ease of maintenance and sustainability.

B.3 PROJECT DESIGN