Experience shows that when fire occurs in buildings, fire-fighting
personnel are faced with entry into the structure, locating, confining
and controlling the fire and extinguishment. Entry into the structure,
in some cases, must be made by force, which is time-consuming and
demands extra energy to be exerted by fire-fighting personnel. In
order to expedite entry into the structure and to aid the Fire Department
in its task of extinguishment, the requirements set forth below shall
be considered authorized by the Town Board of the Town of Yorktown
in accordance with the alarm users permit section.
A.
All commercial occupancies served by an internal automatic fire alarm
or suppression system shall have a rapid entry key lock box installed.
B.
The key lock box shall be located at or near the recognized public
entrance. The key lock box shall be located at a height of not less
than eight feet and not more than 12 feet above final grade.
C.
No steps, displays, signs or other fixtures or structural protrusions
shall be located under the key lock box which would allow intruders
unimpeded access to the box.
D.
The key lock box shall be connected to the structure's alarm
system. The telephone connection of the key lock box shall be wired
so as to provide a supervisory alarm signal to the central station
in the event that the key lock box is opened or removed from the wall.
E.
The key lock box shall contain the keys for the following, and the
keys shall be labeled so as to be easily identified in the field:
(1)
The main entrance door. Mixed occupancies and strip shopping center
keys shall be provided only for occupancies where system control valves
or a fire alarm system panel exists.
(2)
The alarm room (if one exists).
(3)
Mechanical rooms and sprinkler control rooms.
(4)
The fire alarm control panel.
(5)
Electrical rooms.
(6)
Resetting of pull stations or other fire-protection devices.
(7)
Elevators.
(8)
Other rooms as specified during the plan review process or as required
during a fire inspection.
F.
There shall be minimum requirements for the key lock box as outlined
below.
(1)
The lock shall be a MEDICO Biaxial Level 7 or equivalent.
(2)
Key vaults shall have the ability to be master keyed.
(3)
Locks shall be designed for high resistance to drilling, picking,
punching or pulling.
(4)
Lock codes and key sections shall be unconditionally restricted by
the manufacturer for use by Yorktown and Lake Mohegan Fire Departments.
(5)
Locks shall be listed under Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., UL No.
437, the standard for safety key locks.
(6)
Rapid-entry systems shall offer key vaults under UL No. 1610, the
standard for central station alarm units for use with UL-listed alarm
systems.
(7)
Rapid-entry systems shall offer key vaults under UL No. 1037, the
standard for antitheft alarms and devices.
(8)
Official Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., listing cards shall be
supplied upon request.
(9)
A fully inserted key shall withstand a minimum of 50 inch-pounds
of torque.
(10)
Key vaults shall have weatherproof gasket seals of neoprene
material or better around openings.
(11)
Key vaults shall have covered lock openings constructed of heavy-gauge
steel designed to resist vandalism.
(12)
Key vaults shall have a minimum wall thickness of 1/4 inch and
a door thickness of 1/2 inch plate steel.
(13)
Cabinet-style vaults for document storage shall have a minimum
wall and door thickness of 1 /8 inch plate steel with an additional
drill-resistant hard plate to protect the lock mechanism.
(14)
Cabinet-style vaults for document storage shall be available
with two separate locks. The key to either lock shall open the vault.
(15)
The Town of Yorktown Fire Inspector shall be in complete control
of rapid-entry system authorization and operation.
(16)
The rapid-entry system shall utilize approved signature(s) from
the Town of Yorktown Fire Inspector and the Chief of the fire department
whose fire department covers the structure. There must be two signatures
on the order form to the manufacturer, one from Fire Inspector and
the other from the Fire Department. In the event that the Fire Chief
is not able to sign the order form, he may designate up to two alternates
for the Fire Department's approval of the order form.
(17)
The manufacturer at its factory shall maintain UL-listed fireproof
cabinets to protect the original records of the order forms and related
records.
(18)
The factory records shall include installation locations, receiving
party signature, Fire Department and Fire Inspector authorized signatures
and the original order form.
(19)
Order records shall be available upon request for inspection
by the Town of Yorktown Fire Inspector or the Yorktown Heights and
Lake Mohegan Fire Departments.
(20)
Neither the Town of Yorktown Fire Inspector nor the Yorktown
Heights and Lake Mohegan Fire Departments shall be required to purchase
or sell rapid-entry system products.
(21)
The Yorktown Heights and Lake Mohegan Fire Departments shall
each have separate master keys for their departments so that each
master key will be unique to each department. The Town of Yorktown
Fire Inspector shall have a set of master keys for each Fire Department
so they can place keys and/or documents in the rapid-entry system
boxes.
The owner or operator of any facility which is required to prepare
or have available a material safety data sheet or an emergency and
hazardous chemical inventory form under Subtitle B, Sections 311 and
312 of Tide III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
of 1986 (SARA Title III), shall provide a repository container (lock
box) at the facility site as set forth below.
A.
The information contained in the repository (lock box) shall include
the following information for emergency response personnel:
(1)
A current list of the key facility personnel knowledgeable about
safety procedures of the materials on site, complete with the telephone
numbers for each person.
(2)
A current emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form and a binder
containing the material safety data sheets (MSDS) or, in the event
that the volume of MSDS sheets is too great to keep practically in
the repository container, the location of the on-site MSDS sheets,
and the MSDS sheets shall be readily available for use by emergency
response personnel.
(3)
A facility site plan, which shall include the following:
(a)
The location of storage and use of hazardous materials on site.
(b)
The location of on-site emergency fire-fighting and spill cleanup
equipment.
(c)
A diagram of the complete sewer system and water system showing
fire hydrant and water main locations and sizes.
(d)
Any building floor plan deemed necessary by the Fire Inspector
and Fire Department officials.
B.
All keying shall be in accordance with the above requirements of
the minimum standards for key lock boxes.
