UFC 3-600-01
17 April 2003
with change 16 January 2004
APPENDIX D
PROCEDURE FOR PERFORMANCE BASED FIRE SAFETY
DESIGN
D-1
EQUIVALENT LEVEL OF SAFETY AND PROTECTION. Any
proposed performance-based fire safety design must demonstrate to the
satisfaction of the authority having jurisdiction, a level of safety equivalent to the
minimum applicable prescriptive requirements of this UFC.
D-2
DEFINITIONS
D-2.1
Stakeholders. The stakeholders are a group of identified
individuals or representatives, typically having authoritative control or input,
having a share or interest in the successful completion of a project. A project's
identified stakeholders should include the building's design and construction
team members, security, the authority having jurisdiction, accreditation agencies,
tenants, and emergency responders. The representative of the component AHJ's
office must be the stakeholder responsible for ultimate approval of any
performance-based fire safety design.
D-3
FIRE SAFETY DESIGN DOCUMENTATION. Any facility designed
using performance-based fire safety design methods must have supporting
documentation, including a Fire Protection Engineering Design Brief,
Performance-Based Design Report, Specifications, Drawings, Building Operation
& Maintenance Manuals, and Warrant of Fitness.
D-3.1
Fire Protection Engineering Design Brief. This is a separate
document from the project Basis of Design, prepared by the design team's
responsible fire protection engineer and containing general qualitative project
information that has been agreed upon by the stakeholders. As a minimum, the
design brief includes the project scope, facility and occupant characteristics,
project goals and objectives, performance criteria, design fire scenarios,
technical references and resources, two trial designs, documentation of project
design engineers and their qualifications, and a record of agreement on the
aforementioned components.
D-3.1.1
General Project Information. This section describes the
boundaries of the performance-based design as agreed upon by all stakeholders,
and includes realistic and sustainable design information regarding building use,
design purpose and approach, project constraints, and applicable regulations.
The project budget should be clearly defined, so that the limitations and available
budget for the proposed solutions can be known.
D-3.1.2
Facility and Occupant Characteristics. The facility characteristics
include an accurate and complete description of the building construction,
operations, systems, physical contents and occupants. The occupant
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