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TCRF-1983-1231.Pdf Report of Committee on Rural Fire Protection Alternates Junius O. Baker Jr., USDA - Forest Service (Aft to Forest Service Rep) James W. Simms, Chairman Rolf Jensen & Assoc., Inc. This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership may have Donald J. McCarrick, Vice Chairman occurred. Mutual Service Office The Committee on Rural Fire Protection proposes for adoption its Report on a complete revision to NFPA 1231-1975, Standard on Louis A. Witzeman, Secretary Water Supplies for Rural Fire Protection. NFPA 1231-1975 is Scottsdale Fire Dept. published in Volume 12 of the 1982 National Fire Codes and in separate pamphlet form. Lawrence A. Amciarelli, USDA Forest Service This Report has been submitted to letter ballot of the A. R. Antonio, Bancroft Fire Protection District Technical Committee on Rural Fire Protection which consists of 20 Laura B. Buchbinder, US Fire Administration voting members; of whom 12 voted affirmatively, 6 ballots were not R. C. Callahan, Fire Mutual Aid System returned (Messrs. Antonio, Buchbinder, Gunn, Jacobs, Luibil, Ward H. Cross, Texas Farm Bureau Mauney) and 2 abstained (Ms. Priester and Mr. Fletcher). William J. Fletcher, Nat'l Safety Council Ernest G. Gunn, Whitfield County Fire Dept., E~ Selby C. Oacobs, Manassas, VA Louis F. Luibil Jr., Montclair Fire Dept., NJ Paul G. Mason, M & M Protection Consultants Robert G. Mauney, Maricopa County Government William F. McQuaid, Mutual Fire Insurance Assn. of NE Jeanne M. Priester, US Dept. of Agriculture Joe L. Rape, Germantown, TN Rep. Int'l Assn. of Fire Chiefs Alan Saulsbury, Saulsbury Fire Equipment Corp. Elmer Shultz, Yakima County Fire Protection District No. 5 O. T. Wooters, Insurance Services Office 471 1 1231 1231 1231-1- (Entire Standard): Accept NOTE: The phrase "authority having Jurisdiction" is used in SUBMITTER: Technical Committee on Rural Fire Prevention NFPA documents in a broad manner since jurisdictions and ~ATION: Revise the entire text of NFPA 1231 as shown in "approval" agencies vary as do their responsibilities. Where the accompanying text. public safety is primary, the "authority having Jurisdiction" SUBSTANTIATION: The revisions to NFPA 1231, Water Supplies for may be a federal, state, local or other regional department or Suburban and Rural Fire Fighting were made to incorporate changes individual such as a fire chief, fire marshal, chief of a fire as a result of proposals received on the 1975 edition. References prevention bureau, labor department, health department, to other documents and standards were updated, and editorlal building official, electrical inspector, or others having changes have been made. statutory authority. For insurance purposes, an insurance CO)~IITTEE ACTION: Accept. inspection department, rating bureau, or other insurance company representative may be the "authority having jurisdiction." In many circumstances the property owner or his designated agent assumes the role of the "authority having Jurisdiction"; at government installations, the commanding Standard on Water Supplies for officer or departmental official may be the "authority having r jurisdiction." Suburban and Rural Fire Fighting Building. Any structure erected for the support, shelter, or NFPA 1231 - 1984 enclosure of persons, animals or property of any kind. NOTICE: An asterisk (*) following the nu~er or letter Construction Ciassification Number. A series of numbers from designating a paragraph indicates explanatory material on that 0.50 through 1.50 that are mathematical factors used in a formula paragraph in Appendix A. to determine total water supply requirements of this Standard only. Information on referenced publications can be found in Appendix B. Exposure Hazard. A structure within 50 ft of another building and 100 sq ft or larger in area. If a structure is of Occupancy Chapter 1 Administration Hazard Classification Number 3 or 4, it is considered an exposure hazard if within 50 ft of another building, regardless of size. 1-i* Scope. This Standard identifies minimum requirements for water supplies for fire fighting purposes in rural and suburban Fire Department Having Jurisdiction. The fire department serving areas, in which adequate and reliable water supply systems for the municipality, or any portion of the municipality, governed by fire fighting purposes do not exist. the authority having Jurisdiction. The authority having jurisdiction and the fire department having jurisdiction may be 1-2 Purpose. This Standand specifies minimum requirements for the same agency. water supply for fire fighting purposes to protect property from fire in areas where water must be transported from a river, lake, Large Diameter Hose. Fire department hose having an inside canal, bay, stream, pond, well, cistern or other similar source of diameter of 3 1/2-in. or larger. water which Is available as suction supply for fire department use. Water obtained by methods outlined in this Standard may be Municipality. A town, city, county, fire district or community used to supplement water for fire fighting available from hydrants having powers of local self-government. on a traditional municipal type distribution system. Likewise, a hydrant, served by a water distribution system may be the source Municipal Type Water System. A system having water pipe serving of supply for water which is transported to the rural fire area. hydrants and designed to furnish a minimum flow of 250 gpm at 20 psi residual pressure for a two hour duration. It is the intent of this Standard that the authority having Jurisdiction, the fire department having jurisdiction, and Normal Living Area - Dwelling. This area shall include typical property owners in the jurisdiction, shall work together to rooms, such as living room, dining area, parlor, kitchen, bath, provide and maintain these minimum water supplies for fire bedroom, halls, library, music room, family room, laundry room, fighting purposes. etc., and includes any other areas that are normally heated or cooled plus attic-basement provisions, enclosed parking (garage) The requirements of this Standard are minimums, and nothing and storage areas. herein shall be interpreted to mean that the authority having jurisdiction cannot exceed any or all of these requirement where, Occupancy Hazard Classification Number. A series of numbers from in the Judgement of the authority having jurisdiction, such 3 through 7 that are mathematical factors used in a formula to additional protection is warranted. determine total water supply requirements of this Standard only. This Standard, Water Supplies for Rural Fire Protection, is Protected Property. Property protected by a water supply which restricted to identifying minimum requirements for water supplies is minimally adequate in volume and duration and a fire department for fire fighting purposes. Discussion of a municipal-type water capable of using the water supply to suppress a possible fire system would include not only the water available from the within the property. hydrants for flre fighting purposes but also such corollary matters as the source of supply, storage, distribution system and Single Water Point. The point or site at which water supply, hydrants. Much information has been added to the appendix of this such as a, pumper with portable folding tank or dry hydrant, etc., Standard concerning rural water supplies, hauling of water, may be located to protect a cluster of buildings, such as a transporting water through large diameter hose, portable pumping subdivision or an estate. equipment and automatic sprinkler protection, any or all of which may comprise a rural "water system". Water Supply Officer. The fire department officer responsible for providingwater for fire fighting purposes. 1-3 General. 1-3.1 The requirements of Chapters 5 and 6 of this Standard are Chapter 2 Structure Surveys performance oriented and allow the authority having Jurisdiction the option'of how to make these water supplies available, with 2-1 General. consideration given to local conditions and needs. 2-1.1" The fire department having jurisdiction shall perform an 1-4 Definitions. on-site survey of all buildings, including type of construction, occupancies and exposures, within the applicable Jurisdiction to Adequate and Reliable Water Supply. A supply which is sufflcient obtain the information needed to compute the total water supplies in volume, every day of the year, to control and extinguish any required. At the time of the on-site survey, a record shall be and all fires anticipated in the municipality, or particular prepared of available water supplies. This information to be building served by the water supply. utilized for pre-fire planning purposes as well as information of the water supply officer. Authority Having Jurisdiction. The "authority having jurisdiction" is the organization, office or individual 2-1.2 Residential areas specified in 5-2.1, 5-3.1, 5-4.1, may be responsible for "approving" equipment, an installation or a surveyed as an area to determine square footage or cubic footage procedure. of each structure and distance to structural exposure hazards, but without a survey of contents. 2-1.3 These surveys may be combined with fire prevention or prefire planning inspections. 472 1231 1231 Chapter 3 Classification of Occupancy Hazarg Department Stores 3-1 General Exhibition Halls," Auditoriums and Theaters 3-1.1 The fire department having jurisdiction, upon completing Feed Store (without
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