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• • PAGE 6 Motion to approve as presented made by Delbert Walker Notion seconded: James Sitton Ayes: 9 Nays: 0 FIRE CODE REVISION Artic e - Division 2 - Sec. 3.1.18 was .presented and approved as follows: ARTICLE 31 SPECIAL OCCUPANCIES DIVISION 2 SCEIOOLS AND IDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (EXCLUDING: COLLF~S. UNIVERSITIES, ETC. SEC. Dai y inspection required; general procedures for conducting fire gills . -~ The superintendent, principal, teacher, or person in charge of any public, private or parochial school or any other educational institution shall make a daily inspection of the school building and eliminate any violations of the fire code of the City of La Porte he may discover, immediately. This duty applies during the school term when the school building is occupied by students. (b) The following general procedures shall be used in conducting fire drills in public,private, parochial and other educatiana.l institutions: (1) Drills shall be conducted without warning and should simulate fire conditions. (2) Drills should not be held during weather when the children going outside without their wraps would be unnecessarily exposed to extreme cold, rain or snow. (3) School fire exit drills are an exercise in discipline, not speed, though reasonable prompt emptying of the building is required. (4) No rurming or horseplay shall be tolerated. Children should not be permitted to stop to put an wraps. (5) No teacher or student should be permitted to remain in the building during a fire drill. (6) The drill shall include a rollcall by classes outside the building to make sure that no one is left behind. There shall also be a routine for a complete check of the entire building, including toilet roams, to make sure that no one is left behind. (7) Close all doors to classrooms before leaving. (8) All exits shall be used in drills, but routes should be varied from drill to drill. Occasional drills should be held simulating conditions when one exit cat~mot be used because it is blocked by fire or smoke. All drills shall include provisions to sim.~late calling the fire department. (9) In a very small school (50 students or less) an elaborate fire alarm system is not necessary. A manually operated whistle or bell is sufficient if it can be clearly heard in all parts of the building and is approved by the Fire Marshal. (10) All schools (50 students or more) are required to have a fire alarm system. Said alarm system shall be installed as per N.F.P.A. standards. Fire alarms and fire warning systems protecting areas requiring more than four (4) manual stations shall be provided with zone indicating devices such as annunciator panels for non-coded systems or tape registers for coded-type systems to indicate the zone or area location of the fire as required by the Fire Marshal. EXCEPTIONS: (1) School occupancies of single story construction. Fire alarm systems of the automatic type employing heat-actuated devices to initiate a warning signal shall be provided with zone indicating devices, as required by the Fire P?arshal. All schools shall use the same fire drill signal, (march-cadence-horn), to prevent delays and confusion of students during fire drills.