Maintenance and servicing If a public pool is being serviced by a person other than the association or an employee of the association, the FDOH may require that person to be certified as a pool service technician. Any association employee who provides pool services should receive training as a certified pool technician so that they understand and can properly perform pool maintenance services. To be certified, the person must: ● Demonstrate knowledge of public pools that includes cleaning, maintenance, the source of the water supply, and
the bacteriological, chemical, and physical qualities of the water. ● Demonstrate proper water purification, testing, treatment, and disinfection procedures, and maintain a log for review by the FDOH inspectors. The FDOH may establish the requirements for a certification course and course approval. The FDOH deems certified any person who has passed a training course that is approved by the FDOH.
FIRE SAFETY
Fire prevention and control F.S. 633 (Fire Prevention and Control) authorizes the state fire marshal to promulgate rules that are necessary for the protection of the health, safety, and welfare of the public, including: ● Prevent fires and explosions through the regulation of conditions that could cause fires and explosions, the spread of fire, and panic resulting from fires and explosions. ● Installation and maintenance of fire alarm systems and fire protection systems, including fire suppression systems, fire- extinguishing equipment, and fire sprinkler systems. ● Servicing, repairing, recharging, testing, marking, inspecting, installing, maintaining, and tagging fire extinguishers, Florida Fire Prevention Code The standards of the Florida Fire Prevention Code (FFPC) (F.S. 633 Part II and F.A.C. 69A-60) applies to all types of fire equipment including portable fire extinguishers, fire doors and windows, fire characteristics of building and materials, and smoke detectors. It incorporates the National Electrical Code and the National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code. In addition to state requirements, many local counties and municipalities, which are the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ), have enacted their own ordinances and regulations. The state fire marshal is required to review and adopt the FFPC every three years. Florida statutes give the fire marshal the authority to adopt uniform fire safety standards to protect the public health, safety, and welfare governing the construction Low-rise buildings The FFPC and the AHJ require single-story or two-story buildings with five or more units with fewer than three floors to meet certain minimum requirements, such as: ● A centralized, battery backed-up fire alarm system, with manual pull stations and horn/strobes at all points of egress Mid-rise buildings The FFPC and the AHJ require buildings with more than 11 units and/ or three stories in height to meet the requirements of low-rise buildings (above) and additional smoke/heat detection in areas, such as garbage rooms/chutes and storage, office, community, and maintenance rooms. High-rise buildings The FFPC requires that high-rise buildings have approved automatic sprinkler systems, with certain exceptions. It also requires that high-rise buildings have engineered life safety systems (ELSS), such as hard-wired alarm systems and fire doors. It and the AHJ require any building of 75 feet or more to meet the standards above and a voice evacuation system. This system is instead of standard horns, using speakers, a pre-recorded automatic evacuation message and a microphone for manual control and direct public address by firefighters to the occupants of the building.
pre- engineered systems, and individually designed fire protection systems. ● Training and licensing of professionals who service, repair, recharge, test, mark, inspect, install, maintain, and tag fire extinguishers, pre-engineered systems, and individually designed fire protection systems. ● Maintenance of cause of fire and loss records. ● Suppress arson and investigate the causes, origins, and circumstances of fire. and utilization of certain buildings and structures. The state fire marshal has interpreted these standards to apply to community associations. The National Electrical Code and the National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code covers the application, installation, location, performance, inspection, testing, and maintenance of fire alarm systems, supervising station alarm systems, public emergency alarm reporting systems, fire warning equipment, and emergency communications systems (ECS), and their components. A community association can obtain a copy of the specific requirements from the local fire department.
and/or stair landings, automatic smoke and/or heat detection in all unoccupied common areas and rooms. ● A horn or horns in every apartment sufficiently loud enough to wake residents in all sleeping rooms.
A condominium, cooperative, or multi-family residential building with fewer than four stories and a corridor that provides a means of egress is exempt from installing a manual alarm system. Buildings equipped with other fire protection devices, such as fire sprinkler systems and generators/pumps, may have additional requirements. High-rise buildings may also be required to have certain interface/ connections with mechanical systems, such as air conditioners, air handlers, exhaust/supply fans, and fire smoke dampers. They may also be required to have a communications system for use by the fire department to communicate with each other while fighting a fire in the building. In a hard-wired alarm system, all the sensors and alarms are physically connected to a central panel by way of electrical wire. A monitored system automatically notifies the local authorities after the alarm is activated.
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