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- - TO: Terry Kramer, Assistant City Engineer FROM: Bruce Ryden. Fire Marshal~ SUBJECT: Windsor Farlcy Multiple Family Dwelling ProJ2ct on Snell1ng Avenue I have reviewed the proposed project w1th regard to the f1re protectlon requirements for this co~plex with Fire Chief Floyd l~Cuyer. ~ne following recommendations and require~nts will be applicable to this proposed project: 1. A 121. looped fire main from the existlng 12" on the north side of the project down the center street to the MOst southern property line thence westward and tie back into the 8" stub that is presently on the east side of Snelllng Avenue. 2. An 8" water main extending eastward along the north roadway to the east roadway then due south to the roadway on the south side of the project between the apartment buildings and the garage, then westerly back to the 12" main mentioned in number 1. 3. An 8" extention off the Tee at the northwest corr.er of the project. southerly along t~e frontage road to approx1mately the center line of the proposed seven story apartment bUlldlng. 4. The fire hydrant locations shall be as laid out on the proposed project sheet as submitted by Wlndsor Farley Company. 5. Due to the lack of access to the rear of the southeasterly c~~plex and the set-b~ck distance from roadways for the northeast and northwest complex, we will require that all buildings. with the exception of the garages. be completely protected with automatic sprinkler systems throughout all buildings in addition to the requirements that arc presently set forth in the M1nnesota State Building Code. This automatic sprinkler requirement is an absolute necessity due to the lack of acc~ssibility of the buildings to the fire dep~r~nt and in the event of an emergency. Although the present sub~itted proposal does not lndlcate the bUlld1ng type or the exterior of these buildings lt IS ant1c1pated that 1t will be as others that have been proposed in this area, that 1S type 5 (wood frame construction) buildings wi.h a wood probable rough sawn cedar exterior. These type of build1ngs lend themselves very qUlckly to conflagration hazards and present an extremely difficult sltuation for fire department control and present a ~evere llfe hazard if not properly portected. Chief LeCuyer has lnstructed me to attend t~e plcnnlng commisslon hear1ng on thlS proposed project at which time I will present the flre depar~ment flre protection requlrements to the plannlng commlssion and subsequently to the C1ty Councll so that they may fully understand the 5everlty of the problem and the necesslty in providing the underground fire ~~ln system and the automat1c flre protection requlrements for these buildings. t1arch 8, 1976