Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Re: fire regulations

[sbraun (sbraun]

Thanks for the information. We've looked at sprinkler systems & find them to
be rather expensive.

Sheila

Project Coordinator
Champlain Valley Cohousing
www.champlainvalleycohousing.org
(802) 425-5030

-----Original Message-----
From: cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org
[mailto:cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org]On Behalf Of Lynn Nadeau
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 1:48 PM
To: cohousing L
Subject: [C-L]_Re: fire regulations

RoseWind Cohousing, Port Townsend Washington

We had to deal with fire code (UFC): hose distances, hydrants,
hammerhead Ts and other truck turnarounds engineered when trucks had to
go more than a certain footage from an intersection down a non-through
street, etc. Common house fire extinguishers, exit signage, power outage
emergency lighting, emergency egress clear paths outside the building.

In one case we couldn't or didn't want to run a road close enough for the
FD to easily serve one of our houses. They allowed us the arrangement
anyway, conditional upon that house having to have a sprinkler system
installed. Perhaps the dilemma of the group with a FD not wanting
multi-family dwellings could be addressed with a sprinkler system. Worth
asking.



Lynn Nadeau, RoseWind Cohousing
Port Townsend Washington (Victorian seaport, music, art, nature)
http://www.rosewind.org
http://www.ptguide.com

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