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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFire/Safety Drills - FIR Letters / Memos - 10/27/2021 Central Mason Fire and EMS {p} ' Fire Marshal's Office 10/27/2021 Chad Collins North Mason High School Principal 150 E North Mason School Rd Belfair, WA 98528 Dear Principal Collins, This letter is to inform you that you are in violation of the following RCW and Fire Codes: • RCW 28A.320.125—Schools Shall conduct at least one safety-related drill per month, including summer months when school is in session with students. • International Fire Code 2018 Section 403.5.1 —The first emergency drill of each school year shall be conducted within 10 days of the beginning of classes. • International Fire Code 2018 Section 405.2—Group E Occupancies shall have a emergency evacuation drill Monthly with all occupants. You were notified of these and other requirements on 9/27/21 via a letter sent by e-mail as well. You will have 7 business days from the date of this letter to have a fire drill, or Washington State Fire Marshals office and Washington Office of Superintended of Public Instruction will be notified for further action. Please contact me by phone or e-mail to schedule your fire drill. U )�er Keith Reitz Deputy Fire Marshal Central Mason Fire and EMS Direct- 360-462-5020 Cell - 360-490-9060 kreitz(�,)cmfe.org CC: Dana Rosenbach, Superintendent; Mike Six, Mason County Fire Marshal MISSION STATEMENT "The protection of life, health, property and the environment." PO BOX 1910 360-275-2889 www.cmfe.org SHELTON WA 98584 360-426-5533 360-427-9438 Fax • P.11ERGENCY PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS announcement shall be made not more than 10 minutes ings containing both a Group E occupancy and an atrium. prior to the start of each program to notify the occupants Group E occupancies shall comply with Sections 403.5.1 k of the location of the exits to be used in the event of a fire through 403.5.3. or other emergency. 403.5.1 First emergency evacuation drill. The first Exception: In motion picture theaters, the announce- emergency evacuation drill of each school year shall be ment is allowed to be projected on the screen in a man- conducted within 10 days of the beginning of classes. ner approved by the fire code official. 403.5.2 Time of day. Emergency evacuation drills shall 403.2.3 Fire watch personnel.Fire watch personnel shall be conducted at different hours of the day or evening, be provided where required by Section 403.12.1. during the changing of classes, when the school is at 403.2.4 Crowd managers.Crowd managers shall be pro- assembly, during the recess or gymnastic periods, or vided where required by Section 403.12.3. during other times to avoid distinction between drills and actual fires. 403.3 Ambulatory care facilities.Ambulatory care facilities shall comply with the requirements of Sections 401,403.3.1 403.5.3 Assembly points. Outdoor assembly areas shall through 403.3.4 and 404 through 406. be designated and shall be located a safe distance from the 403.3.1 Fire evacuation plan.The fire safety and evacua- building being evacuated so as to avoid interference with p y fire department operations. The assembly areas shall be tion plan required by Section 404 shall include a descrip- arranged to keep each class separate to provide account- tion of special staff actions. This shall include procedures ability of all individuals. for stabilizing patients in a defend-in-place response, staged evacuation, or full evacuation in conjunction with 403.6 Group F occupancies. An approved fire safety and the entire building if part of a multitenant facility. evacuation plan in accordance with Section 404 shall be pre- pared and maintained for buildings containing a Group F 403.3.2 Fire safety plan. A copy of the plan shall be occupancy where any of the following conditions apply: maintained at the facility at all times. The plan shall include all of the following in addition to the requirements 1. The Group F occupancy has an occupant load of 500 or of Section 404: more persons. 1. Locations of patients who are rendered incapable of 2. The Group F occupancy has an occupant load of more self-preservation. than 100 persons above or below the lowest level of exit 2. Maximum number of patients rendered incapable of discharge. self-preservation. 3. Group F pallet manufacturing and recycling facilities as required by Section 2810. 3. Area and extent of each ambulatory care facility. 403.7 Group H occupancies. An approved fire safety and 4. Location of adjacent smoke compartments or refuge evacuation plan in accordance with Section 404 shall be pre- areas,where required. pared and maintained for Group H occupancies. 5. Path of travel to adjacent smoke compartments. 403.7.1 Group H-5 occupancies.Group H-5 occupancies 6. Location of any special locking, delayed egress or shall comply with Sections 403.7.1.1 through 403.7.1.4. access control arrangements. 403.7.1.1 Plans and diagrams. In addition to the 403.3.3 Staff training. Employees shall be periodically requirements of Section 404 and Section 407.6, plans instructed and kept informed of their duties and responsi- and diagrams shall be maintained in approved locations bilities under the plan. Records of instruction shall be indicating the approximate plan for each area, the maintained.Such instruction shall be reviewed by the staff amount and type of HPM stored, handled and used, not less than every two months.A copy of the plan shall be locations of shutoff valves for HPM supply piping, readily available at all times within the facility. emergency telephone locations and locations of exits. 403.3.4 Emergency evacuation drills.Emergency evacu- 403.7.1.2 Plan updating. The plans and diagrams ation drills shall comply with Section 405. required by Sections 404, 403.7.1.1 and 407.6 shall be Exception: The movement of patients to safe areas or maintained up to date and the fire code official and fire to the exterior of the building is not required. department shall be informed of major changes. 403.4 Group B occupancies. An approved fire safety and 403.7.1.3 Emergency response team. Responsible evacuation plan in accordance with Section 404 shall be pre- persons shall be designated as an on-site emergency pared and maintained for buildings containing a Group B response team and trained to be liaison personnel for occupancy where the Group B occupancy has an occupant the fire department. These persons shall aid the fire load of 500 or more persons or more than 100 persons above department in preplanning emergency responses, iden- or below the lowest level of exit discharge and for buildings tifying locations where HPM is stored, handled and having an ambulatory care facility. used, and be familiar with the chemical nature of such material. An adequate number of personnel for each I 403.5 Group E occupancies. An approved fire safety and work shift shall be designated. evacuation plan in accordance with Section 404 shall be pre- 403.7.1.4 Emergency drills. Emergency drills of the pared and maintained for Group E occupancies and for build- on-site emergency response team shall be conducted on 64 2018 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE® Randy Collins l aaa8-go' -Uowo From: Randy Collins Sent: Monday, September 26, 2022 12:34 PM To: 'Hull, Dannette' Subject: RE: Scheduled Drills for the Year Dannette, I greatly appreciate you sharing this email with me as well as your Emergency Plans and other documents you provided in your previous emails. Please also extend to Principal Collins and the rest of the staff who were in the meeting, my thanks for taking the time to meet with me today. Respectfully, ��G�!✓��.yG C���S ����� emu// Randy Collins, �Gii����+uPti/ c%scS T�/w S�u✓� jf'¢��`'�^� � Fire Marshal CG ��� y �S- ��✓ /�oh1�cG From: Hull, Dannette<d hull @northmasonschools.org> ' ] �L "r ` 'r 7V &e^trsl Sent: Monday, September 26, 2022 10:08 AM To: Randy Collins<RCollins@masoncountywa.gov> �`'� �'�� `"/�� ZZ• Subject: Fw: Scheduled Drills for the Year Caution: External Email Warning!This email has originated from outside of the Mason County Network. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender, are expecting the email, and know the content is safe. If a link sends you to a website where you are asked to validate using your Account and Password, DO NOT DO SO! Instead, report the incident. This year drills Dannette Hull NMHS, Office Coordinator 150 E North Mason School Rd Belfair, WA. 98528 dhull@northmasonschools.org 360.277.2166 360.277.2322 Fax From: Hull, Dannette Sent: Friday,August 26, 2022 12:39 PM To: Keenom, Nichole<nkeenom@northmasonschools.org>;Young,Jackie<jyoung@ north masonschools.org>; Rosenbach, Dana<d rose nbach@northmasonschools.org>; Hadfield, Alexia<ahadfield@northmasonschools.org> Cc: Keith Reitz<KReitz@cmfe.org> Subject:Scheduled Drills for the Year Below are the Drills that we have scheduled for the year: 1 9/22 @ 2:00 Fire/Evacuation 10/20 @ 9:30 Earthquake (The Great American Shakeout) 11121 @ 9:45 Shelter in Place 12/7 @ 12:45 Lockdown 1/24 @ 2:00 Fire/Evacuation 2/10 @ 8:30 Earthquake 3/9 @ 9:45 Lockdown 4/18 @ 12:45 Shelter in Place 5/30 @ 8:30 Fire/Evacuation 6/8 @ 12:25 Lockdown Dannette Hull NMHS, Office Coordinator 150 E North Mason School Rd Belfair, WA. 98528 dhull@northmasonschools.or 360.277.2166 360.277.2322 Fax 2 8/JL- eta► ( Drills (Required) Second Substitute House Bill (2SHB) 1216 (2019-20) Session Law(link is external) changed the configuration of required emergency drills, which all schools are required n 2 HB 2 1 -2 recognizes h t to conduct. S 1216 ( 0 9 0) ecog es that, due o geographic location, schools have unique safety challenges. It is the responsibility of school principals and administrators to assess the threats and p Y P P hazards most likely to impact their school. Schools are required to have at least one drill per month, including summer sessions with students. Drills must practice four basic functional threat or hazard responses: 1 . Shelter-in-Place—To limit the exposure of students and staff to hazardous materials, such as chemical, biological, or radiological contaminants, released into the environment by isolating the inside environment from the outside 2. Lockdown—To isolate students and staff from threats of violence, such as suspicious trespassers or armed intruders, that may occur in a school or in the vicinity of a school o Substitute House Bill (SHB) 1941 (21-2022) Session Law(link is external) adds the following language: "Lockdown drills may not include live simulations of or reenactments of active shooter scenarios that are not trauma-informed and age and developmentally appropriate." 3. Evacuation—To move students and staff away from threats, such as fires, oil train spills, or tsunamis o In addition, a pedestrian evacuation drill must be included for schools in either a mapped tsunami or lahar hazard zone 4. Earthquake—To practice the "drop, cover, and hold" protocol o The annual October Great Washington ShakeOut(link is external) provides an excellent opportunity to practice drop, cover and hold on To ensure that schools practice at least one drill per month, and to allow for response to locally identified threats and hazards, schools may practice basic selected drills more than once. At a minimum, schools shall document the date, time, and type (shelter-in-place, lockdown, evacuation, or earthquake) of each required drill, and shall maintain the documentation in the school office. Districts and schools may also determine additional documentation sites and methods. Schools must document each drill. Adapt this Sample Drill Reporting Form as needed for local use. Coordination with local fire and emergency responders is strongly encouraged. Defining Emergency Terms for Schools(link is external) is a 5-minute video tutorial (YouTube) for Washington schools to assist them in their preparedness efforts.