The Health Sciences
Library & Information Services building is a
five storied poured-in-place concrete fire resistive
building. The lower level is partially below grade.
There are two fire-rated enclosed stairways located
on the west side of the facility. The south-west
stairs terminate at a public way. The north-west
stairs terminate at a public way. Exiting from the
first floor is through the enclosed exit stairwells, the
main entrance, and an exit
to the outside of the building on the Northeast corner
of the first floor.
The entire structure is protected with a wet pipe
sprinkler system. Each floor is a separate fire/sprinkler
zone with its associated control valve, water flow
device, and inspectors test. fire department 2 1/2
connections are located in each stairwell, at the
northeast and southeast corners of each floor and
the center of the west wall on each floor. A double
21/2 roof hydrant is located at the roof level. A
750 gpm fire and jockey pump with their associated
electrical controllers are located in the lower level
mechanical equipment room. A fire department Siamese
connection is located on the southeast corner of the
building on the east wall (Greene Street).
Knox FDC caps have been installed on the fire department
connection to prevent vandalism.
Portable fire extinguisher's are located
throughout the facility.
The interior fire alarm system consists of voice message
evacuation, audible and visible devices, smoke, heat, & duct
detectors (supervisory), beam detectors
(supervisory) manual pull stations and sprinkler water
flow alarms. The voice system has public address
capabilities for live messages. This system transmits a signal to the
Pine Street Police Station.
The facility has two separate floor openings containing
communicating stairs (in the center of the facility)
between floors three, four, and four, five. Because
of these floor openings, upon activation of any water
flow device, the air handling supply units will reverse
and provide a smoke removal system.
Floors one through five contain book stacks, administrative
offices and support areas, study carrels, reading
areas and lounges. the fifth floor contains administrative
offices, meeting spaces and a conference room. The
lower level contains a TAL Center, Multi-Media Center,
Class Rooms, Information Services computer main frame operation,
a book storage space and mechanical and electrical
rooms.
Fire department suppression
equipment has access on all four sides of the facility.
A Knox Box has been installed next
to the fire alarm annunciator 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 Box FDC caps is
also located in the Knox Box.
This building is classified as an assembly occupancy.
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