Appendix - GSA

Fire Protection
Fire protection and life safety submission requirements
shall be identified as a separate Fire Protection section as
outlined in this document.
Drawings.
1. Demolition plans.
– Show for modernizations, if required.
2. Full set of fire protection construction drawings.
– Drawings must be carefully dimensioned, noted
and detailed for accurate bidding and
construction.
3. Fire Protection details. (All typical details must be
shown on the drawings.)
Building Construction
– Building’s construction type (e.g., 443, 222, etc.).
– Firewalls and smoke partitions.
– Panel and curtain walls.
– Fire stopping configurations. Include details of all
openings between the exterior walls (including
panel, curtain, and spandrel walls) and floor slabs,
openings in floors, and shaft enclosures.
Life Safety
– Each stair.
– Horizontal exits.
– Each required fire door.
– Stairway pressurization fans.
– Security door hardware, including operation
procedures.
Water Supply
– Fire pump configuration.
– Anchorage of underground fire protection
water supply lines.
– Standpipe riser.
Water Based Fire Extinguishing Systems
– Installation of waterflow switches and
tamper switches.
– Sprinkler floor control valves, sectional valves,
and inspector text assembly.
Non-Water Based Fire Extinguisher Systems
– Special fire extinguishing systems
(e.g., wet chemical, etc.).
Fire Alarm System
– Fire alarm riser.
– Typical firefighter telephone station.
– Typical firefighter telephone jack.
– Electrical closets for fire alarm system panels.
– Fire alarm telephone panel (includes voice paging
microphone and firefighter telephone system).
– Visual indicating device control and power detail,
typical for floors (state location).
– Amplifier rack (state location).
– Typical location of duct smoke detectors.
– Outdoor fire alarm speaker.
– Wall mounted cone fire alarm speaker.
– Typical terminal cabinet.
– Lay in ceiling mounted fire alarm speaker.
– Lay in ceiling mounted fire alarm combination
speaker/strobe.
– Wall mounted strobe device.
– Typical manual fire alarm box installation.
– Fire alarm system input/output matrix.
– Graphic annunciator panel.
– Installation of the graphic annunciator.
– Fire command center showing the locations of
each panel to be installed.
Specifications.
1. Final Specifications.
– Specifications shall be based on GSA M/E
Supplements to Masterspec.
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F A CILI TIES S T AND ARDS FOR THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS SER VICE
New Construction and Modernizations – Construction Documents
Revised March 2005 – PBS-P100