1) What is the combined square footage of all areas in the building? (Example: )

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1 Pre-Site Audit Questionnaire: Your Name: Building Name: Your Phone Number: Your Address: 1) What is the combined square footage of all areas in the building? (Example: ) 2) How many tenant suites / units are in the building? (Example: 45) 3) Approximate year of construction: (Example: in 1977 with renovations in 1984) 4) If the building contains a daycare center, where is it located? (Example: at the southwest corner of the 2nd Floor) 5) What type of heating system does the building have? (Example: electric baseboard or natural gas or radiant) 6) If the building has underground parking, how do you secure it from the outside air? (Example: Proceed to the parking garage entrance and press the button marked Down on the control panel beside the attendant kiosk.) 7) Where is the fire department key (also known as knox) box located? (Example: on the west wall of the main entrance)

2 8) What keys are in the lock (knox) box, and which areas to they access? (Example: blue key front door entry; red key fire alarm panel; yellow key electrical room) 9) What are the normal operating hours of the building? (Example: hrs. (Mon. - Fri.), hrs. (Sat.)) 10) Are there local smoke alarms in each suite / unit? (Smoke alarms are devices that sound locally only, are not connected to the fire alarm system and are NOT smoke detectors. Will typically only be found in residential and hotel buildings. 11) When the fire alarm system is activated, what occurs? (Example: A continuous general alarm will sound on the floor of activation, the floor above and the floor below. The alarm signals in the rest of the building will ring intermittently until a general alarm is manually actuated or timed in automatically.) 12) Does a general / evacuation alarm ring throughout the entire building upon fire alarm activation? 13) If 12 is answered no, which of the following devices will send the fire alarm into a full general evacuation alarm (click all that apply)? Sprinkler Flow Switch, Pull Station, Smoke Detector, Heat Detector, N/A 14) If 12 is answered no, will activation of a second device (example: Pull Station) send the fire alarm into full general evacuation alarm? 15) If 12 is answered no and the system is not acknowledged, how many minutes will pass before the system automatically sounds a full general evacuation alarm? (Example: 5 Minutes)

3 16) What does the alert sound, sound like? (Example: 60 tones or beats per minute.) 17) What does the full general evacuation alarm sound like? (Example: 120 tones or beats per minute.) 18) On what floors does the alarm ring upon fire alarm activation? (Example: on the floor of activation, the floor above and the floor below.) 19) Do non-fire alarm floors ring in pre-alarm? 20) How are the fire alarm signals (bells or tones) silenced during a fire alarm reset procedure? (Example: pressing the button on the main fire alarm panel marked 'Silence Signals') 21) How is the fire alarm panel reset during a fire alarm reset procedure? (Example: pressing the button on the main fire alarm panel marked 'Reset') 22) Are the stairwell doors locked from the stairwell side? (Details):

4 23) Are the stairwell doors equipped with a stairwell door unlock / lock system? (Details): 24) On alarm activation are the voice paging announcements delivered via automated voice messages? (Details): 25) What type of two-way communications equipment is available to the Building Response Team? (Example: a portable radio or Firefighter's telephone handsets) 26) Who is equipped with two-way communications equipment? (Example: Security and Maintenance) 27) What are the fuel capacities of the generators? (Diesel Generators Only Example: 50 Liters; 250 Gallons; n/a Note: This refers to the total amount of fuel available onsite, not just day tank capacities.) 28) What are the runtimes of the generators? (Diesel Generators Only Example: 30 minutes; n/a Note: This refers to the runtime of the generator before its fuel supply is depleted and would require refueling.) 29) What are the rated outputs of the generators? (Example: 75 kva or 95 kw Note: Must be in kva or kw.)

5 30) Where are the generator manual starting instructions located? (Example: on the north wall of the Parking Level P1 emergency generator room) 31) Which exit and stairwell lights do the generators power? (Example: all exit lights) 32) Which corridor lights do the generators power? (Example: exit pathway lights) 33) Do the generators supply power to certain service rooms? 34) Do the generators supply power to the elevator car lights? 35) Which elevators do the generators power? (Example: all passenger elevators) 36) Is there anything else that is supplied by emergency power in the event of a power failure? List other devices or circuits that you know run on emergency power. (Example: washroom fans; supply fans SF-2 and SF-3; damper motors) 37) What are the weight or person capacities of the elevators? (Example: Elevator # lbs; Elevator #2 to lbs or 20 persons Please breakdown by elevator number)

6 38) Where are the elevator operating instructions located? (Example: on the north wall of the Penthouse elevator machine room) 39) To which floor do the elevators home on fire alarm activation? (Example: the ground floor) 40) To which alternate floor do the elevators home should the alarm be initiated on the primary home floor? (Example: the 2nd Floor) 41) If the elevator is equipped with an emergency phone, where does the emergency phone dial to? (Example: the ground floor security desk or the fire control panel) 42) How many standpipe risers are in the building? (Example: 2 Note: This is the actual riser pipe not the standpipe connections off of the rise) 43) What is the size of the standpipe risers? (Example: 6 inches) 44) How long are the fire hoses? (Example: 75 feet) 45) With what type of nozzles are the fire hoses equipped? (Example: fog or stream) 46) What is the make of the fire pump(s)? (Example: Wilron) 47) What are the fuel capacities of the fire pumps? (Diesel Fire Pumps Only - Example: 50 L; n/a)

7 48) Where are the manual operating instructions for the fire pumps located? (Example: on the west wall of the north basement sprinkler room) 49) How many smoke shafts are present within the building? (Example: 1) 50) Which stairwells are mechanically pressurized upon alarm activation? (Examples: Stairwells A and B or all below-grade stairwells) 51) Which elevator shafts are mechanically pressurized upon alarm activation? (Example: the service elevator shaft or all elevator shafts) 52) Which building air-handling units shut down automatically on a fire alarm? (Example: air handling fans AH-1 and AH-2 (main air conditioners) and parking supply fan SF-3) 53) Which pressurization and exhaust fans start up automatically on a fire alarm? (Example: parking exhaust fan EF-2, elevator shaft pressurization fans SF-1 and SF-2, and stairwell pressurization fan SF-3) 54) Which smoke dampers open upon alarm activation? (Example: the smoke damper on the floor of alarm activation (by auto detection device) and the damper at the top of the smoke shaft) 55) Describe how you would manually shut down the building air-handling units. (Example: Proceed to the basement mechanical room, approach the panel on the west wall marked Fan Control and turn the switches marked SF-1 and SF-2 to the Off position.)

8 56) Fire & Life Safety Director position and information required. The Fire & Life Safety Director will be responsible for the administration and maintenance of the program. The program shall be reviewed and updated annually, or whenever building changes occur (further details on this role are explained in the manual). Name Normal Title Normal Location Office Phone Number Residence Number Pager Number Cellular Phone Number Address 57) Deputy Fire & Life Safety Director position and information required. The Deputy Fire & Life Safety Director acts as the backup to the Fire & Life Safety Director should that person be absent for an extended period of time. Name Normal Title Normal Location Office Phone Number Residence Number Pager Number Cellular Phone Number Address 58) On-Site Fire Safety Director (Fire Safety Program) position and all information. The On-Site Fire Safety Director is responsible for the coordination of fire response activities from a strictly management position (this position will normally name the most senior on-site staff and if there is no on-site personnel please indicate that in the name section below. Name Normal Title Office Phone Number Pager Number Cellular Phone Number Address

9 59) Building Incident Commander (Emergency Response Program) position and all information. The Building Incident Commander is responsible for the coordination of all response activities from a strictly management position (this position will normally name the most senior on-site staff and if there is no on-site personnel please indicate that in the name section below. Name Normal Title Office Phone Number Pager Number Cellular Phone Number Address 60) Deputy On-Site Fire Safety Director (Fire Safety Program) position and all information. The Deputy On-Site Fire Safety Director assists the Deputy Fire & Life Safety Director during an emergency by assuming the role of the On-Site Fire Safety Director should the On-Site Fire Safety Director be absent. Name Normal Title Office Phone Number Pager Number Cellular Phone Number Address 61) Alternate Building Incident Commander (Emergency Response Program) position and all information. The Alternate Building Incident Commander assists the Building Incident Commander during an emergency by assuming the role of the Building Incident Commander should the Building Incident Commander be absent. Name Normal Title Office Phone Number Pager Number Cellular Phone Number Address 62) Are there security officers present within the building during normal business hours?

10 63) How many building staff members are in the building during normal operating hours? (Break it down into groups.) (Example: Property Management Office 2; Security 3; Engineers 4; and Maintenance 2) 64) How many building staff members are in the building outside of normal operating hours? (Break it down into groups.) (Example: Security 2; and Maintenance 4) 65) Approximately how many building occupants are in the building during normal operating hours? (Example: 2000) 66) Approximately how many building occupants are in the building outside of normal operating hours? (Example: 20) 67) Name of building owner: (Example: Henry Henderson Holdings Inc.) 68) Full mailing address of building owner: (Example: Suite #40, 435 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, V4A 1Z6) 69) Office telephone number of building owner: (Example: ) 70) Home telephone / 24-hour contact number for building owner: (Example: ) 71) Name of Property Management company or any other form of management for the building: (Example: GWL Realty Advisors Inc.)

11 72) Full mailing address of property management company: (Example: Suite #40, 435 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, V4A 1Z6) 73) Telephone number of property management company: (Example: ) 74) Fax number of property management company: (Example: ) 75) Name of individual who is property manager: (Example: John Doe) 76) Office telephone number of property manager: (Example: ) 77) Fire Department Non-Emergency: (Example: ) 78) Police Department Non-Emergency: (Example: ) 79) Poison Control: (Example: ) 80) Fire Alarm Monitoring Station (include account number if known): (Example: (Chubb #1234) ) 81) Electrical Utility: (Example: (BC Hydro) ) 82) Gas Utility: (Example: (Terasen Gas) ) 83) Water Utility: (Example: (Vancouver Waterworks) )

12 84) Steam Utility: (Example: (Baldwin) ) 85) Sewer Utility: (Example: (Sewer Operations) ) 86) Fire Alarm Service: (Example: (Firetronic System Services Ltd.) ) 87) Sprinkler Service: (Example: (Firetronic System Services Ltd.) ) 88) Kitchen Suppression System Service: (Example: (Firetronic System Services Ltd.) ) 89) Alternative Fire Suppression System Service: (Example: (Firetronic System Services Ltd.) ) 90) Emergency Generator Service: (Example: (Firetronic System Services Ltd.) ) 91) Fire Extinguisher Service: (Example: (Firetronic System Services Ltd.) ) Elevator Company: (Example: (Firetronic System Services Ltd.) ) 93) Building Security Company: (Example: (Western Protection Services) ) 94) After-hours emergency contact number: (Example: (John Smith) )

13 95) Additional Phone Numbers: (List here any additional phone numbers that the client requests to have included in the plan; separate entries with semicolons.)