LIFE SAFETY SYSTEM OF TRADITIONS WEST
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Traditions West is an aparment complex basicly dedicated to students or people related to the University of Oklahoma. In the drawing above, we have the typical floor plan of any building of traditions west. This is made of four aparments for four people, and four apartments for two people, so every floor should be equiped with life systems enough to ensure the security and safetyness of 24 people.
LIFE SAFETY SYSTEM OF TRADITIONS WEST - METHODS VI - JAIME SOLANO ZAMORA
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A typical floor plan of traditions west has two main corridors and each of them give access to four aparments, therefore each corridors should serve to twelve people, having this in mind, each of them must be equiped with all the necessary items to guarantee the security of the people living inside the apartment units. You can find the following items are related with the fire protection system and can be find on every corridor in Traditions West, but they can be improved.
FIRE PROOF LIGHTS The the level of light inside the hallway is really great, because we can finde enough lights inside it, and all of these lights are fire proof, this will guarantee that in case of fire or a technical failure the lights will not be a danger for the people living there but instead the system will help save people’s lifes.
FIRE EXTINGUISHER
SPRINKLERS
The corridor is equiped with a mid-size fire extinguisher, this is inside a box with a glass door, the box doesnot have any lock, this can guarantee the acces to the extinguisher. However, I do not think that this only fire extinguisher is enough considering that the number of people living around it is twelve. Perhaps this fact can be improved by simply adding another fire extinguisher, one with similar size to the already existing one.
FIRE ALARM Every corridor in Traditions West is equiped with an alarm trigger, and this comes with its respective alarm siren, both are located on the wall oposite to the stair case. Due the lenght of the corridor and the number of inhabitans I think this only trigger per floor is enough for the life safety system.
The amount of sprinklers the corridor isload with, I think it goes due the amount requiered by the code. There are same number of sprinklers as number of lights in the hallway, in fact these are located above every light.
EMERGENCY EXIT Unfortunately this is the only aspect that is not even strong in what security matter concerns, because on Traditions West hallways there is no sign of an emergency path or something similar, so the installation of some signs couldbe a way to improve this aspect.
LIFE SAFETY SYSTEM OF TRADITIONS WEST - METHODS VI - JAIME SOLANO ZAMORA
Traditions West has two types of apartments, the first one is for four people, ande the second one dedicated tot two people. All of traditions aparments are equiped with fire systems elements such as: fire extinguisher, sprinklers, smoke detectors and fire alarm system, these elements were placed in certain specific spots so they can guarantee the safety of the people living there, but it is curious for me realize that there is no fire equipment insideany bathroom. What could be this for?.
LIFE SAFETY SYSTEM OF TRADITIONS WEST - METHODS VI - JAIME SOLANO ZAMORA
FIRE EXTINGUISHER The fire extinguisher inside the apartment is located in a cabin under the sink, as you can see in the image, the size of this elemente is enough for a little emergency related with common domestical problems. The thing is what if the fire in the apartment is not produce at the kitchen but instead in a room? would not be better to have four of this small ones and one bigger at the kitchen?
FIRE ALARM
SMOKE DETECTOR The smoke detectors are distributed around the apartment, mainly in the spaces where electrical equipment could be being used, basicly common areas and rooms. The smoke detectorsare located high because whenever a fire starts, the smoke that comes from it because it is hot, so it will tend to go up, in this case, against the cieling, this is why the smoke detector are this high, so they can sense if is there any smoke in the room. They are equpied with a siren as well, so they can alert the people who lives inside.
The fire alarm inside the apartment is diferent from the one outside it, because this one I think is trigger by heat. It is located at the hallway entrance of every apartment, and itis very close to the kitchen.
EMERGENCY EXIT Inside the aparment, you can find a typicalplan floor with the emergency path drawn in it, this is the only element related with how you exit you apartment and building, because outside it there is no sign that can guide you in case of an emergency.
SPRINKLERS Basically the sprinklers insidethe apartmet are located by the side if not close to de smoke detectors, so in case of fire these are able to act against the fire.there are a total of 5 sprinkler in common areas and one more for every room.
SECURITY SYSTEM
Unfortunately there is not security system in the building, there is nothing that can contribuite to te safetyness of the residents, and this could be at least inprove by the installation of a number os cameras in the hallways so they can make sure nothing is stolen from the units at least.
LIFE SAFETY SYSTEM OF TRADITIONS WEST - METHODS VI - JAIME SOLANO ZAMORA