CHECKLIST FOR HVAC RELATED LIFE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
(SEE VA FIRE PROTECTION DESIGN MANUAL, HVAC DESIGN MANUAL FOR HOSPITAL PROJECTS, AND VA STANDARD
DETAILS)
HVAC Design
Manual Ref. and
others
2.13
A.
SMOKE AND FIRE PROTECTION
1.
General:
2.13.1.1
. Meet requirements of NFPA 30, 45, 72E, 90A, 96, 99, and 101.
. Coordinate work with the Electrical trade.
2.
Show all smoke partitions on HVAC floor plans.
2.13.1.2
3.
Show all duct-mounted smoke detectors and dampers, and fire dampers on
2.13.1.3
HVAC floor plans.
4.
Individually number all duct mounted smoke and combination fire/smoke
VA Standard Detail
dampers on HVAC floor plans, and provide a schedule.
15902-2.Dwg
5.
Provide smoke control based on fan shut down. No engineered smoke control
2.13.2
permitted for the building, except for the atrium area.
6.
Provide engineered smoke control for Atrium with capacity as per NFPA 92B,
2.13.2.6
and Uniform Building Code, 1994, sections 402, and 905.
7.
See smoke control flow diagram for air handling units. Note requirements for
2.13.4
unit sizes exceeding 2,000 and 15,000 CFM.
. Unit > 2,000 CFM: Provide a smoke detector in main supply duct
. Unit > 15,000 CFM, and the system serves more than one story: Provide a
smoke detector in each return branch at each floor in addition to a detector in
supply main; Isolate unit by providing smoke dampers in the supply and return
air ducts only if it serves more than one floor.
8.
Show control diagrams for control of smoke dampers with smoke detectors.
VA Standard Details
15902-33.Dwg. and
15902-34.Dwg.
9
No duct mounted smoke detectors or smoke dampers required when crossing
2.13.2.5.1
a smoke barrier in a fully sprinklered building with quick response sprinklers,
10.
Pressurization of stairwells is not required.
2.13.2.5.1
11.
NFPA 45 does not permit fire dampers in Laboratory fume hood exhaust.
2.13.3
Provide a separate fire rated shaft from each fire zone to reach top of the
building.
September 2001
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