How Safe is your Commercial Building?

3/12/2018 (Permalink)

Sprinklers are required for most commercial businesses.

Fire safety should be one of the main concerns of all commercial business owners. If a fire were to occur during business hours it could lead to serious injuries or even death of its employees. No business owner should want that on their hands. Fire sprinklers could be the difference between life and death.

Here are some of the sprinkler requirements for commercial building systems:

• Buildings more than 55 feet in height must have an automatic sprinkler system running throughout the building.
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  Buildings with a fire area exceeding 5,000 square feet, older buildings that have been remodeled or renovated, or any single tenant add-on that requires a new certificate of occupancy that increases the square footage over 12,000 feet must have fire sprinkler systems installed throughout the entire building.
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  Fire pumps should be installed to increase the water pressure in a single sprinkler system if that sprinkler system is fed by a non-pressurized water tank.  Also, municipal water sources do not provide enough pressurized water to sprinkler systems, resulting in an ineffective system.
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  Water supply control valves should be accessible for easy operation. All of the valves should be clearly marked with exterior signs showing where the each valve is located. These valves should be marked with information indicating the areas and locations covered by their water source.

These are justa few of the sprinkler requirements needed to keep commercial buildings, workers, and clients safe. So, how safe is your building?