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Farmers Branch Fire Department
Prefire Analysis Report
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Address: 3401 Gardenbrook Inspection Date: August 11, 2005
Bus. Name: Aircraft Inventory Management Occupancy: Warehouse
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Running Route
Building Info
Water Supply
Utilities
Unique Hazards
Special Information

Photos

Front Elevation
Satelite View
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Photo #4

Drawings

Floor Plan
Site Plan
Drawing3
Drawing4

Exposures

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Building Information
Construction

Floors: Warehouse (1), Office (2)
Sub-floors: No
Churn Pressure: N/A
Square Feet: 135,000
Fire Flow/floor: 45,000 gpm
Construction Type: Type 2, Non-Combustible
Exterior Walls: Pre-cast, Tilt Wall
Roof: Flat tar & Gravel on Lightweight metal truss
Interior Walls: Sheetrock, (2) firewalls between occupancies
Emerg Power: No
Year Constructed:
Fire Protection

Knox Box: No
Fire Command Room: No
Alarm Panel: Yes - Inside front entry of east occupancy
Elevators: No
Stairwells: No
Roof Access: Yes - Exterior north side close to the west end of building
Auto-Unlock: No
Auto-Suppression: Yes - Partial Coverage
Standpipes: No
FD Connection: Yes - (2) 2 1/2" on the South Side
Fire Pump: No
Smoke Control: Yes - Manual
Fire Communications: No


Water Supply
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Location
Distance
I.D.
First 3401 Gardenbrook - front of building 90 feet 0237
Second 3421 Gardenbrook - southest corner of building 300 feet 0238
Third 14805 Trend - East side of building 370 feet 0085


Utilities
Electricity Transformer in west parking lot with main panels on west interior wall. There is another electrical shut off on the exterior of the building on the north wall near the electricity service drop from the pole.
Gas Meter is on the west side of the building
Water Main valve is near the street at the fire department connections on the south side of the building


Unique Hazards
Heavy Roof Load On top of the southwest corner of the building is a heavy load of industrial equipment. This equipment is supported by several columns that were not a part of the original building design. Damage to these columns could facilitate a collapse.

Fire Command Room






Alarm Panel






Stairwells






Automatic Unlocking






Automatic Suppression


Although the warehouse area is fully covered by sprinklers, there are several structures that have been built in the west occupancy that are freestanding builings used as work areas and offices. These structures are not internally covered by sprinklers.



Standpipes


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Smoke Control


N/A



Fire Communications


N/A