Fire protection services shall be adequate to provide an effective level of life safety and property protection in all new and proposed
, and for proposed
in existing developed areas. A finding that adequate fire protection service is available shall be based upon a determination of the
that all proposed
meets the following requirements:
125.19(A) Water supply. All water supply facilities, either existing or proposed to be constructed by the developer, shall be adequate to meet the fire protection needs of the proposed .
125.19(A)(1) All proposed
within 1,500 feet of existing public water supply shall extend the public water supply to the new
.
125.19(A)(2) Residential
of less than ten
not within 1,500 feet of a public water supply may use approved alternative water supplies as determined by the
. Approved alternative water supplies may be any one or more of the following as determined by the
: fire wells, water tanker trucks, ground drop tanks, elevated water storage tanks, drafting site on either canal or water reservoirs, automatic fire sprinkler systems, or other equivalent methods as approved and permitted by the
. If the proposed
is adjacent to an existing
, the combined total of
shall be computed.
125.19(A)(3) Residential
of ten or more contiguous
units, commercial
, industrial
, or assembly
, which are not within 1,500 feet of a public water system shall provide an equivalent central public water supply. The equivalent central public water supply shall approximate the Fire Flows as indicated in the National Fire Protection
(NFPA) Standard, NFPA-1 “Annex H” (current edition).
125.19(A)(4) Fire protection water mains shall be looped. Taps for looped water mains shall be no closer than 150 feet apart. Alternative methods for looping of fire mains may be permitted as approved by the
. A dead end water main for fire protection may be permitted only if the dead end main is connected to a looped fire main system and does not extend more than 100 feet in length, with only one fire hydrant on that dead end main.
125.19(B) Fire hydrants. Fire hydrants shall be installed as an integral part of the
system for the within the distances described below. Wherever a water line is installed within a Public or Private road
, a fire hydrant shall be installed at intervals measured along the water line, access way or emergency road in accordance with spacing distances specified below. No distance shall be measured across a
Arterial, or
.
125.19(B)(1) Residential
, including, but not limited to, one- and two-family
, or
shall have hydrants installed at intervals not to exceed 500 feet, with a minimum water main size of six inches. In no case shall the distance from any
to a permitted fire hydrant be more than half of the required interval spacing distance indicated above.
125.19(B)(2) Commercial and industrial (non-high hazard)
and multi-family
of three or more
units shall have hydrants installed at intervals not to exceed 350 feet, with a minimum water main size of eight inches. A minimum of two hydrants shall be provided, with at least one hydrant being no more than 175 feet from any
within the
. In the case of redevelopment, existing
with approved water main sizes of less than eight inches, may be permitted to remain, at the discretion of the
, provided the existing design complies with the fire protection flow requirements prescribed in NFPA- 1 “Annex H”, or an approved alternative water supply.
125.19(B)(3)
protected with automatic fire suppression systems or standpipes shall have a fire hydrant installed at an approved location determined by the
. The installed fire hydrant shall be no closer than ten feet and no further than 20 feet from a Fire Department connection.
125.19(B)(4) High hazard commercial and industrial
, such as storage facilities, manufacturing operations, shopping centers, and similar operations, as defined in the Florida Fire Prevention Code, which have large amounts of combustible or flammable products shall be required to install fire hydrants and water main sizes as determined by computing the required
for the proposed
.
125.19(B)(5) All fire hydrants shall deliver the required gallonage with a residual pressure of 20 pounds per square inch.
125.19(C) Fire Department Connections.
125.19(C)(1) When a single, stand-alone, Fire Department connection is utilized, the Fire Department connection shall be located at an approved location outside of the collapse zone of the
, as determined by the
.
125.19(C)(2) When wall mounted Fire Department connections are utilized for a
, there shall be a minimum of two Fire Department connections installed on the exterior of the
. These Fire Department connections shall be installed remotely from each other, at approved locations as determined by the
.
125.19(D) Fire apparatus and facilities.
125.19(D)(1) The fire agency responsible for fire protection service will determine the strategic locations of fire stations and availability and suitability of fire apparatus and equipment within defined response areas for the proposed
. In no case shall any point in a
be more than three miles travel distance from an existing or budgeted fire station which houses the required Fire Department vehicles to serve the response area. Such fire apparatus and facilities shall be under the administrative and operational control of the fire agency responsible for fire protection service.
125.19(D)(2) Determination of the number and type of Fire Rescue Department vehicles and apparatus required to provide adequate fire rescue services and protection for the proposed
and given response area shall be as outlined in the ISO Fire Suppression Rating Schedule (current edition), and as specified by the
.
125.19(E)
Network and System Integrity Requirements.
and shall not interfere with the
network and system. A minimum radio signal strength required for the
network and system, at a level determined by the , shall be provided and maintained within any
or
, to ensure the integrity of the
network and system.
, , and/or , shall be modified, as determined by the , to accommodate the needs of the
network and system, to eliminate any potential interference or disruption to the network and system that a
,
, and/or a would create, or otherwise accommodate the needs of the public safety communication network and system within the proposal.
(Ord. 2010-21, passed 10-4-2010)