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Farmers Branch Fire Department
Prefire Analysis Report
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Address: 14330 Gillis Inspection Date: 09/08/2008
Bus. Name: Glazer 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
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Exposures

N - 14332 Gillis
E - 14289 Welch
S - 14310 Gillis
W - 14325 Gillis


Building Information
Construction

Floors: Tall 1 story with elevated offices across the front
Sub-floors: No
Churn Pressure: N/A
Square Feet: 208,000
Fire Flow/floor: 70,000 gpm
Construction Type: Type 2 - Noncombustible
Exterior Walls: Tilt Wall
Roof: Light weight truss with tar & gravel
Interior Walls: Mixed: metal with insulation, tilt wall, sheetrock on metal studs
Emerg Power: Generator on north side of building
Year Constructed:
Fire Protection

Knox Box: On door to warehouse, outside north offices
Fire Command Room: No
Alarm Panel: Main panel on outside wall of north offices
Elevators: No
Stairwells: Yes - Next to north offices
Roof Access: No
Auto-Unlock: No
Auto-Suppression: Full Coverage
Standpipes: Throughout non-refrigerated warehouse
FD Connection: Freestanding FDC with (4) 2 1/2" adjacent to Gillis
Fire Pump: No
Smoke Control: No
Fire Communications: No


Water Supply
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Location
Distance
I.D.
First 14327 Gillis - Directly across the street from the FDC 100 feet 0937
Second 14318 Gillis - Same side of the street, south of the FDC 250 feet 0939
Third 14332 Gillis - Same side of the street, north of the FDC 420 feet 0936


Utilities
Electricity Main electrical panels are on the south wall near the front of the building in the loading dock area.
Gas Gas meter and shut-off are outside the south wall under the emergency exit stairway toward the front of the building.
Water


Unique Hazards
Ammonia The north end of the building is refrigerated using an ammonia system
High Rack Storage All areas of the warehouse include high rack storage

Fire Command Room






Alarm Panel


The main fire alarm panel is located on the south outside wall of the north office area. There is also a remote panel for each of the two preaction systems. If a remote panel is in alarm, it must be reset prior to resetting the main panel.



Elevators






Stairwells


There is a single stairwell next to the north office area, which provides access to the employee breakroom, locker rooms, and upper office areas. There is no standpipe, pressurization, roof access, or any other fire safety feature in this stairwell. There is an open stairway in the south office area that accesses these same locations, as well as a large vacant upstairs office area and a walkway to 14310 Gillis. Each end of the walkway has a door, but at the time of inspection, there was no automatic closing mechinism on either door.



Automatic Unlocking






Automatic Suppression


The building is fully covered by automatic sprinklers. The two freezer areas in the north end of the building are each covered by a preaction system. There are a total of six (6) post indicator valves on the east and west sides of the building; two in each of three locations. A map is posted next to the fire alarm panel that indicates the zones affected by each valve.



Standpipes


The non refrigerated warehouse areas have 1 1/2" standpipe connections along the east wall and through the middle of the rack storage.



Smoke Control


N/A



Fire Communications


N/A