PART 1 IDENTIFICATION

PART 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART 3 DEFINITIONS

• 1. Fire Alarm System - Sequence of Operation

• 2. Fire Alarm System - Operating Instructions

• 3. Fire Alarm System - Detector Disarm Instructions

• 4. Sprinkler Operation

• 5. Fan Operation

• 6. Appointment notices for F.S.D. and D.F.S.D.

• 7. Secured Areas, Emergency Exit Door Hardware
  

Approved 		Approved by the authority having jurisdiction.

Area Co-ordinator 	Person appointed to co-ordinate numerous activities within a given area including fire prevention duties

Building 		Any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use of occupancy. 

Building Height  	The number of storeys contained between the roof and the foundation.

C.V.F.B.L.	The City of Vancouver Fire By-Law 

Class A Fire	A fire involving combustible materials such as wood, cloth and paper. 

Class B Fire	A fire involving a flammable or combustible liquid, fat or grease. 

Class C Fire	A fire involving energized electrical equipment. 

D.F.S.D.		Deputy Fire Safety Director 

E-Comm		Emergency Communications and Monitoring Centre for South West B.C.(replaces V.F.& R.S. monitoring centre)

Exit 		That part of a means of egress that leads from a floor area it serves, 	including any doorway 
		leading directly from a floor area it serves, to a public thoroughfare or an approved open space. 

Exit - Access Fire 	That part of a means of egress within a floor area that provides access to an exit that is serving the floor area. 

Fire Separation 	A construction assembly that acts as a barrier against the spread of fire. 

Floor Area	The space on any storey of a building between exterior walls and required fire-walls, 
		including the space occupied by interior walls and partitions but not including exits and vertical service 
		spaces that pierce the storey.

F.S.D.		Fire Safety Director

F.W.		Fire Wardens 

FX		Fire Extinguisher, either Class A, B, C or combination. 

Heat Detector	A device for sensing an abnormally high air temperature or an abnormal rate of heat rise and automatically
		initiating a signal indicating this condition.

Means of Egress 	A continuous path of travel provided by a doorway, hallway, corridor, exterior passageway, balcony, lobby, 
		stair ramp or other egress facility or combination thereof, for the escape of persons from any point in a building, 
		floor area, roof or contained open space to a public thoroughfare or other approved open space. 

N.B.C.		National Building Code 

Restricted Area 	Access to this area is subject to administrative control.

Smoke Detector	A device for sensing the present of visible or invisible particles produced by combustion and automatically
		initiating a signal indicating this condition. 

Sprinklered	The building or part thereof equipped with a system of automatic sprinklers. 

Supervised System	A system which is monitored 24 hours a day.

V.F.& R.S.	Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services 

V.F.&.R.S.M.C.	Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services Monitoring Centre, replaced by "E-Comm" 1999

Zone		A designated area.