CASE STUDY

Write a short paper on your opinion of what the occupancy of The Station should have been given the following:

In the NFPA Life Safety Code power point:

  • Slides 82 and 83 list the minimum square footage per person given what the building is utilized for.
  • Slide 119 shows the floorplan of the Station and gives the usable square footage as 2300 square feet. ( space able to be occupied by the public)

The occupancy set by the Fire Marshal was 404 people ( a little more than 5 square feet per person )

  • Slide 124 shows that for Concentrated Use ( 7 sq ft per person) , the occupancy would be 329
  • it also shows that for Less Concentrated Use ( 15 sq ft per person), the occupancy would be 153

You are the Fire Marshal for West Warwick, Rhode Island prior to the fire. Submit a short paper on what number you would set as the occupancy of the building and give a reasoning why.