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Fire Safety Plans

• Office Building and Hotels
• New York City requires that office buildings meeting the following criteria create a Fire Safety Plan and have it filed and approved by the New York City Fire Department (FDNY):
• Greater than 6 stories or height of 75 feet or more;
• Designed to be occupied by:
• 100 people or more above or below ground level;
• 500 people or more on ground level
• Any building that the Commissioner determines must have a Fire Safety Plan.
• Although many office buildings have ‘approved’ Fire Safety Plans, if they have not been updated to meet the current format and requirements, a FDNY inspector may issue a violation. To satisfy that violation, a new plan, meeting the current criteria, must be prepared, filed and approved.
• All Hotels are required to file and gain approval of a fire safety plan

Homeland Safety can develop and file your plan and gain approval to bring your building into compliance.

Homeland Safety is approved by FDNY to conduct the 20-hour Fire Safety Director course, which is a first step for those who seek the Fire Safety Director or Deputy Certificate of Fitness. (See ‘Safety Training’ for schedule of classes.)

• Places of Public Assembly and Commercial (Retail) Occupancies
• NYC adopted the International Fire Code effective July 1, 2008. This law requires that many of the following businesses develop a Fire Safety and Evacuation Plan:
• Theaters
• Museums
• Restaurants
• Bars and Night Clubs
• Gymnasiums and Health Clubs
• Art Galleries
• Funeral Homes
• Multi-Level retail stores
• Retail Stores with more than 25 employees.
• FDNY is currently developing the appropriate formats and rules to satisfy the new code. Requirements include:
• Floor Plans for each floor identifying fire protection features;
• Evacuation routes and inbuilding relocation areas;
• Employee duties and emergency;
• Training and drill requirements.

Homeland Safety can prepare and file your plan with FDNY, as well as conduct training and drills.

Emergency Action Plans (Local Law 26)

What is Local Law 26?

Local Law 26 (LL26) was created in 2004 to address building preparedness and personal safety in non-fire emergencies. The NYC Department of Buildings developed rules that apply to the facility itself, such as sprinkler systems and signage, which are to be implemented over a number of years. The NYC Fire Department’s role with respect to LL26 involves personal safety. FDNY issued rules that require all office buildings taller than 75 feet or six stories to comply with new safety requirements. These requirements set forth the components of building-specific Emergency Action Plans and training so that building occupants are prepared to evacuate a building, shelter in place or relocate within the building in an emergency.

Homeland Safety can fulfill all Local Law 26 requirements to ensure that people in your building are safe. Specifically, Homeland offers the following services:

• Develop the Emergency Action Plan;
• Develop the Building Information card;
• Submit the plan and material to FDNY for acceptance/approval;
• Prepare and deliver training to the EAP organization, including the EAP Wardens and Deputy Wardens, Evacuation Supervisors and EAP Brigade;
• Provide training material for tenant training.

Homeland is approved by FDNY to conduct the required training for EAP Directors and Deputy Directors.

• Applicants must already be Fire Safety Directors
• Applicants must take our 8-hour course (given over 2 days) and pass the school test After passing the school test
• Applicants must take and pass FDNY's computer based test and eventually an onsite test. 

Continuing Support

Homeland Safety provides ongoing support for approved/accepted EAPs:

• Annual refresher training
• Annual plan review
• Annual drills

Fire Protection Plans

• The New York City Department of Buildings and the Fire Department require that office buildings have a Fire Protection Plan in place. The Fire Protection Plan consists of two parts:
• A Narrative describing the building and its fire protection systems, such as communications, standpipe, sprinklers and alarm systems;
• Floor plans, delineating the fire ratings of the walls within the building
• The Fire Protection Plan must be signed and sealed by a New York State Registered Architect or Professional Engineer.

Certificates of Occupancy may not be issued by the Department of Buildings unless the Fire Protection Plan, Fire Safety Plan and, if required, an Emergency Action Plan are filed and accepted or approved by the City.

Workplace Emergency Preparedness Programs

Are your employees ready for emergency?

What will your employees expect from you when the next event occurs? What do you expect of the local authorities during a disaster? Professional first responders (police, fire, EMS) may be overwhelmed with multiple events in a large city.

What will your employees’ or tenants’ reactions be when your security officer says that they can’t leave the building? Is there a plan to shelter or relocate within the building? Do you have equipment and supplies for at least 3 days for everyone? Are people trained in first aid, CPR or Automated External Defibrillators (AED) in case of an emergency?

Homeland works with commercial building owners and employers to prepare people as for natural or man-made emergencies. Isn’t it the right thing to do?

Services We Offer

• Emergency Preparedness Plan Development
• Training Businesses Emergency Response Teams for each facility
• FEMA developed Emergency Preparation Program
• Building Assessments to identify infrastructure vulnerabilities to natural or man-made events
• Building-specific training for employees for fire and non-fire events
• Shelter in place
• Inbuilding relocation
• Evacuation
• Communications
• Supplies
• Train employees in Family Emergency Action Planning
• First Aid
• CPR and AED Training

 

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