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Autograph job safety inspection report

fireline goes inside the world of the Arvada fire department in this second we ride along with fire inspector Randall s Wiggum to learn how and why the Arvada fire department performs routine inspections of businesses in Arvada we have approximately 2,700 businesses that we inspect Jim Miranda with Arvada fire or just wonder if I might be able to do your fire inspection sir the type of business takes into account you know how in-depth you've got to go under the code when you're doing the fire inspection randall Wiggum is one of two fire inspectors but firehouse crews also do inspections the fire inspectors they complete roughly about 720 inspections and the crews are responsible for about 2,000 inspections restaurants present unique inspection needs to ensure the safety of patrons as well as employees we want to make sure all the exit doors open without a problem that way in case there is an emergency we can evacuate out of the building this restaurant is only required to have one exit which is the the main front door we want to make sure that we got a nice main aisle like we have here to the exit door back behind the bar areas or usually we have we're looking for co2 cylinders compressed gas cylinders make sure that they're there chained up that's so they don't tip over inspector Wiggum would like to see these secured a little better and in this case takes care of it on the spot himself to eliminate a return inspection that would take time and taxpayer money they're pretty well stable not not great but they're not going to be knocked over and that's that's one way easily to correct the fire code violation in the kitchen the inspector looks for grease buildup on the hood or appliances this is what we're looking for how clean this is is what what we like to see you have a fusible link up there for the suppression system that's what will will melt away if there's a grease fire but what you're looking at is the hood ductwork going up to the roof and we want to make sure we don't have a large accumulation of grease he also checks what is called a hood suppression system which is a fire extinguishing system that protects the the cooking appliances to make sure that that's been inspected and tested by an outside company every six months he looks for 28-inch pathways in employee areas and checks out storage areas well you're looking at is making sure that we can get a fire hose in through here and making sure we can hit all of the different areas that we need to without storage blocking our way on the outside he looks for electrical shut offs and accessibility for fire engines he'll also make notes about power lines on the pre-fire plan and a critical part of the inspection is to make sure the address is on the building addresses are extremely important to us because that's where we're going to get the help not so much in a fire situation but for in a medical situation inspectors complete a thorough report on any violations and note whether they need to return for a re-inspection if a business does not comply after repeated inspections the fire department can issue a summons into court but most inspections are routine and inspectors also make notes that responding firefighters might need in an emergency after we we signed the report we go ahead and save it into the computer system so we can pull it back up and print it off or email it and it's off to another inspection we're going to an auto repair facility and a little bit different from your your restaurant atmosphere now we're going to be looking at flammable combustible liquid storage along with exits along with oil and gasoline this particular shop also stores herbicides and other chemicals the inspection begins on the outside when we're out doing inspections we want to make sure that the fire hydrant has three foot of clearance all the way around it that's so the fire hose won't kink and also to give firefighters room to stay clear of the water pressure our pressure in Arvada can get up to you know over well over 100 pounds so we want to make sure that safety the firefighter there behind the hydrant when they open this in case a hose bursts inside the exit signs are checked a little bit different here because this this occupancy is required to have a couple exits out of it we want to make sure that they're up there visible and they're lit porns and strobes very important off of the fire sprinkler fire alarm system in this business if there is an emergency where the fire sprinkler goes off this will sound and then also flash to notify the occupants of the building that they need to evacuate a fire separation wall and door ensure that a fire from the garage side of the building wouldn't spread to the office area and vice versa inside the shop areas just we want to make sure our pathways to our exit doors are clear and unobstructed Wiggum looks to make sure fire extinguishers are near the exits well marked and recently inspected this was January of 2010 when we have businesses that that have two or more exits in them we have what's called emergency route lighting what that does is if the electrical power shut off to the building it'll light up the egress pathways backup batteries keep the lights working for 90 minutes to help occupants navigate their way out of the building this facility also does spray painting spray painting operations are required to be done in an approved spray paint booth and what we're looking in here is we're looking at this one is protected by the fire sprinkler system filters need to be clean if you have glass inside your spray paint booth it's got to be fire rated inspector Wiggum checks ventilation in this for hey booth this is what we want to see when you come in it's doing a cross ventilation of air from the outside up in the end this is a pesticide storage locker and what we got up here is we got what we call an NFPA 704 placard and what this does is it tells the firefighters what type of hazard that we got in here the red is associated with fire blues associated with health hazards like corrosives the yellow is your activity and the white is if its water reactive so what we're looking at here is we have a pretty high fire hazard that's in here and then we got a medium health hazard so we want to make sure that everywhere that there's hazardous materials that we have this in MPA 704 placar a specialty cabinet with doors that close automatically allow some additional safety for highly flammable items such as stains or gasoline cans so every time you get in and out of here that this is going to close and stay closed in case there is a fire this this material is going to be protected or these doors if it happens to happen inside this cabinet these doors will shut and hopefully smother the fire out before it extends anywhere in an automobile repair facility what we're looking for is the storage again of flammable combustible liquids you're looking at how they store their rags after they're done using them the fire code requires that the rags we put in a metal can with the self closing lid you're looking at their housekeeping practices to make sure that there isn't a lot of material on the floors to wear if there was an accident that they can get to their exits without a problem inspections go a long way in educating the public about fire safety as well as protecting the community and they also ensure firefighter safety if something does happen in one of these businesses that they know what's going on in there they know what type of hazards that they're going to face when they go in buildings if I follow me around today you've seen a large portion of what we do in the fire service as far as fire inspections are concerned we're here to educate the business person and also protect the public so they can shop so they can eat and so they conduct their business inside our fire district thank you