NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Department of Financial Services, Division of State Fire Marshal has received the petition for declaratory statement from from on or before February 16, 2010, from Edison State College.The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of Florida Fire Prevention Code Chapter 8.6.6 and in particular Subsection 8.6.6(8) as it applies to the petitioner.
BSSW Architects, Inc. has proposed a design for a two-story (60,000 GSF) addition to an existing two-story College Education Building. The proposed addition has a two story “Communicating Space” per FFPC 8.6.6 which constitutes the entry lobby to the addition. With-in the “Communicating Space” we have proposed a two-stop hydraulic elevator, with both doors opening to the “Communicating Space”, in order to provide vertical accessibility at the building’s primary entry. Question: Does the proposed elevator constitute a violation of FFPC Section 8.6.6(8) which states: “Each occupant not in the communicating space has access to not less than one exit without having to enter the communicating space”?
A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Lesley Mendelson, Assistant General Counsel, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0340, (850)413-3604 or (850)413-4238; Fax: (850)922-1235 or (850)488-0697 (please advise if you would like it mailed or faxed to you and please include your phone number on your request in case any question arises) or by e-mail: Lesley.Mendelson@myfloridacfo.com.