Located
at the corner of Lombard and Penn Streets, this facility is
an 8 story high-rise building.. It is attached to HSF
I, but will function as a separate building in terms of fire
protection, alarm systems, building evacuation, emergency warden
assignments, and fire department response.
The building has a basement housing mechanical,
electrical high voltage switchgear and paralleling equipment.
There
is also a penthouse with air handling equipment and other building
mechanical equipment. The West side of the first floor
contains a loading dock/receiving area. The entire facility
houses offices, research laboratories, teaching areas, conference
rooms, and auditorium.
The building is protected through-out
with a combination standpipe/wet pipe sprinkler system. fire
department 2 1/2 inch hose valves are located in each stair
landing in Stair # 1 and at the doors to HSF I on the North
end of the corridor. Each floor is a separate fire
zone with a sprinkler shutoff valve, water flow device, inspectors
test and valve supervisory devices all of which are interconnected
into the buildings fire alarm system. The fire pump is located in
the basement mechanical area. A fire department
Siamese connection has been located on the East side of the
facility on Penn Street near the intersection with Lombard Street.
Knox FDC caps have been installed on the fire department connection
to prevent vandalism.
Portable fire extinguisher's are located
throughout the facility.
One
stairway plus horizontal exits to access the HSF I South
stairwell provide sufficient exiting capacity. Both
of these stairways terminate at the Public Way. Stair
# 1 in HSF II is pressurized upon activation of the fire alarm
system.
The building interior fire alarm system is a "voice/audible
alarm signaling system". An audible pre-recorded tape
voice message is transmitted via loudspeakers through-out the facility. Visual
alarm devices have been installed in corridors, classrooms, the
auditorium and other appropriate locations. The addressable
fire alarm system consists of manual pull stations, audible/visual
warning units, smoke, heat & duct detectors (supervisory), sprinkler water
flow devices and valve supervisory switches is present through-out
the facility. This system transmits a signal to the Pine Street
Police Station.
Firefighter telephone jacks are located
within each stairway landing and each elevator lobby. On
the North end they are located just inside the doors to HSF I.
A Fire Command Center (FCC) is located in the Ground
Floor elevator lobby behind the guard desk. The FCC contains
the following equipment:
1) Firefighter phone system with handsets.
2) Building PA System via the voice evacuation alarm system.
3) A dedicated outside telephone line not within the UMB system.
4) Main fire alarm control panel.
5) Elevator status panel.
6) Smoke control system and stair pressurization panel and
controls.
7) Status of emergency generator annunciation display.
A Knox Box has been installed in the fire
command center with keys for elevators, mechanical areas,
electric areas and fire alarm panels to be used by the
fire department as needed. A key for the Knox FDC
is located in the Knox Box.
This building is a business and assembly occupancy. |
