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Farmers Branch Fire Department
Prefire Analysis Report
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Address: 13400 & 13420 Midway Inspection Date: September 15, 2005
Bus. Name: Houghton Mifflin Occupancy: Warehouse
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Running Route
Building Info
Water Supply
Utilities
Unique Hazards
Special Information

Photos

Front Elevation
Satelite View
Photo #3
Photo #4

Drawings

Floor Plan
Site Plan
Drawing3
Drawing4

Exposures

N - 4245 Simonton
E - 4248 Simonton
S - 4205 McEwen
W - 13455 Midway


Building Information
Construction

Floors: 1
Sub-floors: No
Churn Pressure: N/A
Square Feet: 70,000
Fire Flow/floor: 23,000 gpm
Construction Type: Type 2, Non-Combustible
Exterior Walls: Precast, Tilt-wall
Roof: Flat tar & Gravel on Lightweight metal truss
Interior Walls: Sheetrock in office areas
Emerg Power: Diesel generator on north side, control panel on south side
Year Constructed: 1980
Fire Protection

Knox Box: No
Fire Command Room: No
Alarm Panel: Yes - Inside door of conference room in offices
Elevators: No
Stairwells: No
Roof Access: No
Auto-Unlock: No
Auto-Suppression: Yes - Full Coverage
Standpipes: No
FD Connection: Yes - North side of bldg, (2) 2 1/2"
Fire Pump: No
Smoke Control: Yes - Manual
Fire Communications: No


Water Supply
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Location
Distance
I.D.
First 4208 Simonton, north side of the building across the street 185 feet 1748
Second 13460 Midway - on the Northeast corner of Simonton & Midway 325 feet 1781
Third feet


Utilities
Electricity Meter on exterior south wall, panels on interior South wall
Gas Meter is on North wall
Water Shut-off valve in parking lot north of sprinkler valves


Unique Hazards
Heavy Fire Load High rack storage throughout warehouse containing mostly paper products

Fire Command Room






Alarm Panel






Elevators






Stairwells






Automatic Unlocking






Automatic Suppression


The building has full coverage with sprinklers. There are three risers located on the north wall next to the generator. Standard OS&Y valves are on the exterior north wall to shut each riser down.



Standpipes






Smoke Control


Five roof ventillation fans over the warehouse. Power switches are next to the electrical panels. They are labeled with two letters to identify the location of each fan.



Fire Communications