U.S Fire Administration

In the website of the U.S Fire Administration it states that in the year 2014 there was 1,298,000 fires that caused 3,275 deaths, 15,775 injuries and 11.6 billion dollars in damage. All of these numbers are a huge decrease since the year 2004, but the numbers are still shocking. One of the more involved and unpredictable site inspections construction project can have is by the local Fire Marshal concerning public safety and fire safety. The Fire Marshal has jurisdiction over size of egress windows and doors, means of egress, distance from the exit door to certain critical points in the building. The Fire Marshal has authority on locating the Fire Department connection (FDC) and the fire lanes surrounding the building. When the fire department water pump truck show up at a burning buildings it needs to easily accessed the FDC connection to pressurize the fire sprinkler system in the building. Please look at this very informative you tube: The Fire Marshals inspection can take in not only, the national building code but, the electric code and fire sprinkler codes. The Fire Marshal also have jurisdiction over the municipal state, county and federal public safety codes including American Disability Act (ADA). So the Fire Marshal inspection is usually a daunting task to satisfy whatever amalgamation that he chooses to apply and consider that particular day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPPsZWM9hNQ Can you win an argument with a person who runs INTO burning buildings? In my years of experience there is nearly no appeals you simply comply and do what the Fire Marshal has requested to obtain the CO. -What can you do at the job site to make it easier to pass your Fire Marshal inspections? -How important is it to build relationship with the building inspectors? – Please review “How to Truly Listen to Someone, Instead of Listening to Respond” In most inspections, questions do arise from either side and code interpretations come up where people disagree, and why is it so important to be listening to these discussions at the job site?