The building
A three-unit tenancy inside a two-storey concrete industrial complex on the east side of Fraserwood Way, near the Fraser River in Richmond. The complex was built in 2008 with a flat membrane roof. The tenant uses the space as an overflow storage warehouse: Level 1 holds racked storage, a walk-in freezer and cooler, and washrooms, and Level 2 holds meeting and training rooms. Each unit has a front and back exit plus an overhead door on the north side.
The plan covers the tenancy only. The complex has its own base-building fire safety plan, and the tenant plan has to fit inside it.
What made this plan different
- The tenant has no fire alarm panel and no access to one. The units report to the base building’s single-stage panel in a locked electrical room on the south side of the complex, with the annunciator outside another tenant’s entrance. Staff cannot silence or reset anything. The plan spells out what they do instead: evacuate, call 911, and call building management, whose 24-hour number sits on the first page.
- The sprinklers belong to the landlord. A monitored wet system covers the whole complex, with the main control valve in the base-building mechanical room and a single Siamese fire department connection on the northwest side. The plan documents all of it and names the base-building contacts so the fire department and the tenant both know who owns what.
- A fire hose cabinet inside the unit. A rack-mounted 1½-inch by 100-foot lined hose sits on the southwest side of the tenancy. Most tenants never think about hose cabinets; this plan puts it on the drawings and in the inspection schedule.
- Compressed gas on the floor. Carbon dioxide cylinders are stored on the northeast side of one unit. They are marked on the drawings and listed under hazardous materials so responding crews know where they are before they enter.
- Cold rooms and overhead doors. A walk-in freezer and cooler and three overhead doors change how an evacuation works. The plan names the assembly point away from the truck route on Fraserwood Way and tells staff which door is theirs.
What Richmond Fire-Rescue asks for
Richmond reviews plans against its Fire Protection and Life Safety Bylaw and its own guideline, and submissions go through the department’s online upload with a review fee invoiced by the City. Tenant plans are expected to show the connection to the base building: the panel, the sprinklers, the fire department connection, and the access route. Fire drills are required at least once a year, with the records kept in the plan.
What the plan includes
- Fire department information section with the building description, the access route from Fraserwood Way, the two nearest hydrants, and the fire department connection
- Colour site plan and floor plans for both levels showing exits, overhead doors, extinguishers, the hose cabinet, the gas shut-off, and the cylinder storage
- Fire Safety Director and Deputy appointments, both reachable 24 hours, and instructions to staff
- Inspection, testing, and maintenance schedules split between the tenant (extinguishers, emergency lights, hose) and the base building (alarm, sprinklers)
- Fire drill log, daily, monthly, and annual inspection reports, and a fire watch procedure for when a system is out of service
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