CEMP-E
28 February 1997
Annex B, AEI for BUP
First Edition
Bob Fite, HQUSACE (CEMP-ET), (202)-761-8626 or DSN 763-8626.
e. Energy Monitoring and Control System. The standard design for the BUP must include
Energy Monitoring and Control System (EMCS) for those installations where they have an
existing base-wide EMCS. The Utility Monitoring Center of Expertise in Huntsville should be
contacted in the review process and development of contract requirements using simplified
methods.
f. Fire Protection.
(1) General Requirements. The criteria document for fire protection is Military Handbook
(MIL-HDBK) 1008B, Fire Protection for Facilities. MIL-HDBK 1008B requires compliance to
the NFPA 101, Life Safety Code (LSC).
(a) Projects in this program will meet the requirements of the LSC for existing
occupancies. The applicable occupancy chapter of the LSC for existing barracks is Chapter 17,
Existing Hotels and Dormitories.
(b) At least one operable window for each living area that meets the requirement of a
secondary means of escape as prescribed in Paragraphs 17-2.1 and 21-2.2.3 of the LSC. This
provision requires a clear opening not less than 20 inches in width, 24 inches in height and 5.7
square feet in area.
(2) Lyles, Bissett, Carlisle, and Wolfe Barracks.
(a) Barracks of the LBC&W design are three-story barracks that provide occupants
with a single exit. Paragraph 17-2.4 of the Life Safety Code (LSC) requires not less than two
exits. An exception is that a single exit is allowed, if the building is equipped with an automatic
sprinkler system, fire separation of exit and exit access, and fire separation between units. The
LSC allows an equivalent level of protection as an alternative to requirements prescribed by the
code. Equivalent protection must be approved by the authority having jurisdiction, which in this
case is HQUSACE. In lieu of the required sprinkler protection as required by Paragraph 17-2.4
of the LSC, the following is approved as an equivalent level of protection.
(b) LBC&W Barracks With Open Vestibules (Breezeways). In this arrangement, the
access vestibules to the exit stairs are open on two sides in the form of a breezeway. The exit
stair is also open to the exterior. This arrangement is per the standard design. Fire protection will
be provided as follows:
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