1.14 High Risk Fire Inspections

<div><p style='box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5rem;'>The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) standards provide criteria for defining High Risk Occupancy that can be tailored to the needs of the community. High risk occupancies have a:</p><ul><li><p style='box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5rem;'>higher than average probability of a fire or other emergency occurring due to the type and/or quantity of materials stored, used, or handled on site related to the processes performed in business operations;</p></li></ul><ul><li><p style='box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5rem;'>higher than average risk for injury or death to occupants due to age, physical or mental abilities of the occupants, the number of occupants (occupant load), or size and complexity of the structure.</p></li></ul><p style='box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5rem;'>Examples may include elder care facilities, buildings with flammable liquids, and high rises where many individuals can become trapped. Both CFAI and NFPA recommend that High Risk Occupancies be inspected annually.</p><p style='box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5rem;'><br /></p><p style='box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 1.5rem;'><span style='font-size: 16px;'>This page provides information for the High Risk Fire Inspections performance measure.</span><br /></p></div><div><br /></div>DO NOT DELETE OR MODIFY THIS ITEM. This item is managed by the ArcGIS Hub application. To make changes to this page, please visit https://tempegov.hub.arcgis.com:/overview/edit.