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Fire alarm systems shall be installed under permit of the City of Everett Building Department. <br />Electrical inspections and approval are required prior to calling for acceptance tests. Call (425) 257- <br />8810 for permit information. <br />The absence of working phone lines for the alarm sy.:tem will be cause for postponing fire <br />department inspection and testing and shall result in denial of occupancy. <br />10. Fire Suppression (Sprinkler) System (Retail Building) - An approved automatic suppression system <br />shall be provided as required by City Ordinance No. 1902-92, Chapter 16.76, of the Everett <br />Municipal Code. The system must include a mechanical water gong bell. <br />Plans for any such system shall be submitted to the Building Department for examination and <br />approval. Such plans shall include plans for the underground mains that will supply the sprinkler <br />system. <br />The type of sprinkler to be installed will be determined by the Building Official. It may be an NFPA <br />13, NFPA 13R, or NFPA 13D system depending upon several factors. Sprinkler installation shall <br />not begin without an approved and stamped set of plans from the Building Department. The <br />Fite Department will also review the plans and shall field inspect the installation based only on <br />approved plans that must be on site. Changes to plans must be approved by both the Building and <br />Fire Departments. <br />Aboveground sprinkler piping shall be hydrostatically tested as established in NFPA Standard 13. <br />Underground piping shall be hydrostatically tested and flushed as established in NFPA Standard 24 <br />for private fire mains. (Below -around piping must be installed by Washington State Patrol <br />Licensed Underground Sprinkler line certified "U" installers. For further information, contact <br />the State Fire Marshal's Office at (360) 570-3134 or contact the Everett Fire Department at <br />(425) 257-8125. All such tests shall be witnessed by a Fire Department inspector. Call (425) 257- <br />8124 to make an appointment for inspection. <br />Contractors' materials and test certificates shall be submitted to the Everett Fire Department prior to <br />issuance of any Certificates of Occupancy. <br />Call (425) 257-8125 for more information. <br />11. Construction and demolition of buildings shall be in compliance with the provisions of the 2003 <br />International Fire Code, Chapter 14. <br />12. Permits are required from the Fire Department for removal and installation of underground fuel <br />tanks. <br />13. Abandoned tanks shall be pumped out and the heel properly disposed of prior to removal. No <br />product or rinse water may be disposed of in such a way that it could enter the storm drains system. <br />14. All fire alarm control panels (FACP) and sprinkler valves shall be in heated rooms or closets with <br />standard man door access. Locations shall be approved by the Fire Marshal's Office. <br />If the man door acce <br />location to be deterrc <br />an-NFPA 13 system. <br />