Fire Safety, Annual Fire Inspections, and Certificates of Occupancy

Fire Safety Report

New Annual Fire Inspection Report Process

1. The SED fire safety system has been updated to reflect online technologies. The updated system was launched in July 2015. The updated system will save school districts and BOCES significant time mailing large quantities of paper to the SED Office of Facilities Planning. Effective July 1, 2015, fire inspection data will be entered into SED’s Application Business Portal; after which school districts and BOCES will print their own annual certificates of occupancy. Please see the links below for additional information:
   • Follow-up Memo - New Fire Inspection Process
   • New Fire Inspection Report Memo
   • Fire Safety Process Powerpoint Presentation
2. Fire Safety Report
3. Procedures for Filing a Fire Inspection Report
4. Pre-Inspection Checklist -  a helpful reminder to give to school authorities prior to the Fire Safety Inspection. Thank you to Lou Mira, Lieutenant/CEO, of Garden City FD for developing this document. 
5. Prove It! - an annotated look at the non-conformance items of the NYSED Fire Safety Report.  Thank you to Lew Ford, Assistant Health & Safety Coordinator for Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego BOCES for developing this document.

School Fires

• History of School Fires
• Greece CSD Fire - Preface
• Greece CSD Fire - Slide Presentation
• Fire Incident Report Form

Life Safety

• Alert!: Evening Assembly Events
• Certificate of Occupancy
• Emergency Evacuation of Non-ambulatory Disabled Individuals
• Fire Alarms, The Fire Department, and Building Jurisdiction
• Fire Drill Frequency
• Fire Safety in School Buildings
• Ice and Snow Load Warning
• Important Access Control / Electric Lock Advisory
• Instruction in Arson and Fire Prevention
• Report of Observed Non-Conformances With Fire Code of New York State
• Section 808 of Education Law now requires instruction in injury prevention and life safety education
• Structural Inspections & Fire Inspection

Mechanical Articles

• Electric Booster Water Heaters
• Important Access Control / Electric Lock Advisory
• Injection Wells
• Metal Halide Lamps
• Safety requirements for electrically operated partitions
• Ventilation Standards

Operation and Maintenance

• Bleacher Inspections
• Decorating for the Holiday Season
• Recycling Solid Wastes
• Use of Indoor Pyrotechnics (Fireworks)

Related Articles

• Education Law 408-b Guidance
• Definitions Of Capital Construction Projects
• Policy Memos
• Rescue Aid and 155 Regulations
• SED Numbers and What They Mean
• The Project Management System