Thursday, April 1, 2010

Who I am and What I do

The safety expert is an NFPA Certified Fire Protection Specialist; a Masters Degree holder in Fire Protection Engineering and a Bachelor’s degree holder in Civil Engineering.

The safety expert’s scope of works include the minimum Life Safety Code requirements and reviews/studies for all required Preliminary Drawings, Specifications, BOQ, Cost Estimates and Tender Documents pertaining to all Fire Protection Installation Systems in different types of Occupancies.

Analysis methodology as follows:

GENERAL REQUIRMENTS
Classification of Occupancy,
Classification of Hazard of Contents,
Occupant Load.
MEANS OF EGRESS REQUIREMENTS
Doors; Panic Hardware or Fire Exit Hardware on doors.
Stairs, Smoke-proof Enclosures, Corridors.
Capacity of Means of Egress.
Minimum Corridor Width, Number of Exits,
Arrangement of Egress, Aisles, Travel Distance to Exits.
Illumination of Means of Egress, Emergency Lighting,
Marking of Means of Egress.

PROTECTION
Protection of Vertical Openings, Protection from Hazards.
Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems.
Initiation, Notification, Emergency Forces Notification,
Extinguishment Requirements.
Portable extinguishers, fire hose systems, automatic water sprinklers,
and automatic suppression systems.

TRAINING OF PERSONNEL

5 comments:

  1. Hey alec, wow, this will be useful, got to tell all the guys about it, JD

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  2. Lookig forward for content to come! Thanks for your generosity Alec...
    Riccardo

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  3. Looking forward for content to come!
    Thanks for your generosity Alec...
    Riccardo

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  4. Hello Alec, great idea, you're still the best for me.
    Rachid J.

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  5. Hi Alec

    Interesting!!! great info

    keep up the good work

    Mike Asfar

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