annual report-2008.pdf - The City of Titusville, Florida
annual report-2008.pdf - The City of Titusville, Florida
annual report-2008.pdf - The City of Titusville, Florida
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Fire prevention must be the primary focus for thereduction <strong>of</strong> fire losses, whether human orstructural. An accidental fire that is prevented fromstarting is a success. Fire codes are designed toprevent fires and limit the spread <strong>of</strong> accidental firesthat do occur to protect human life and minimizeproperty damage. This division enforces the city fire and life safety codes through proactive plans reviewprocesses, construction/system inspections, pre-licensing and <strong>annual</strong> commercial life safety inspections.Our customers expect enforcement <strong>of</strong> the fire codes to prevent the horrific tragedies <strong>of</strong> our past nationalexperience. This division also follows up on false alarms initiated by automatic alarm systems, addresses thecorrection <strong>of</strong> such system malfunctions and works in concert with our police department for investigation/prosecution if malicious intent is involved or is a result <strong>of</strong> chronic failure to address system problems.Plans ExaminedSenior Fire InspectorJustin ChaseFire InspectorMark WhortonFire Inspectors Chase and Whorton, with 14 years <strong>of</strong> combinedexperience within our department, perform commercial life safety,preliminary license, hood system and alarm system inspections.<strong>The</strong>ir responsibilities include examination <strong>of</strong> site, building and firesuppression system (fire sprinkler, alarm and hood) plans.<strong>The</strong>y are also instrumental in validating the continued safety <strong>of</strong> ourschools. Working in conjunction with the Brevard County SchoolBoard, they conduct <strong>annual</strong> fire safety inspections <strong>of</strong> our city’seducational facilities.• Site Plan: 73• Building Plans: 33• Sprinkler Plans: 23• Alarm Plans: 25• Hood Plans: 12• Rezoning, CUP, 0Variances :System Inspections• Sprinkler: 67• Alarm: 58• Hood: 18Clerical Assistant I (P/T)Ruth MillerClerical Assistant Ruth Miller hassupported our department for 6years (4 as a community volunteer)She provides direct support to thissection and maintains our commercialfire inspection records—dataentrythrough billing and collection.She also supports the activities <strong>of</strong>the Public Education Section.EDUCATIONENGINEERINGENFORCEMENT20
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