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FIRE & EMERGENCY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
M E M O R A N D U M
DATE:
February 15, 2012
TO:
Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner
FROM:
Corey Thomas, Plans Review Inspector
SUBJECT:
Ace Aviation Additions and Alterations
1. The preliminary fire flow requirement is 3,750 gpm based on a fully fire sprinklered building including all existing areas that are retained. A minimum of four fire hydrants are
required. One fire hydrant is required within 150-feet of the proposed building and three hydrants are required within 300-feet. One hydrant is required within 50-feet of the fire
department connections. Existing hydrants can be counted toward the requirements as long as they meet current code. Looped fire mains are required all around the building when fire
flows exceed 2,500 gpm.
2. The fire mitigation impact fees are currently applicable at the rate of $0.52 per square foot of commercial area. Credit will be granted for the existing buildings to be removed.
3. An approved fire alarm, fire sprinkler system and dry standpipe system are required throughout the buildings both new and existing. Separate plans and permits are required to be
submitted to the Renton Fire Department for review and permitting. Fire alarm system shall be fully addressable and full detection is required. A fire alarm system shall also be required
in the proposed float storage building. A direct outside door is required to the fire sprinkler riser control room.
4. Fire department apparatus access roads are required to be a minimum of 20-feet wide with 25-feet inside and 45-feet outside turning radius.
5. All buildings equipped with an elevator in the City of Renton are required to have at least one elevator meet the size requirements for a bariatric size stretcher. Car size shall
accommodate a minimum of a 40-inch by 84-inch stretcher and car width shall be a minimum of 80-inches wide with a center opening door.
6. Applicant shall submit a completed Hazardous Material Inventory Statement prior to building permit issuance. Use of city form or approved equivalent is required.
7. An electronic site plan is required to be submitted to the Renton Fire Department for pre-fire planning purposes prior to occupancy of the building. See below for the format in which
to submit your plans.
In an effort to streamline our pre-fire process, we are requesting that you submit a site plan of your construction project in one of the following formats which we can then convert
to VISIO.vsd. This is required to be submitted prior to occupancy.
ABC Flowcharter.af3
ABC Flowcharter.af2
Adobe Illustrator File.ai
AutoCad Drawing.dwg
AutoCad Drawing.dgn
Computer Graphics Metafile.cgm
Corel Clipart Format.cmx
Corel DRAW! Drawing File Format.edr
Corel Flow.cfl
Encapsulated Postscript File.eps
Enhanced Metafile.emf
IGES Drawing File Format.igs
Graphics Interchange Format.gif
Macintosh PICT Format.pct
Micrografx Designer Ver 3.1.drw
Micrografx Designer Ver 6.0.dsf
Microstation Drawing.dgn
Portable Network Graphics Format.pnf
Postscript File.ps
Tag Image File Format.tif
Text.txt
Text.csv
VISIO.vsd
Windows Bitmap.bmp
Windows Bitmap.dib
Windows Metafile.wmf
Zsoft PC Paintbrush Bitmap.pcx