406.2 Emergency Preparedness in Apartment Buildings

Fire and emergency preparedness guide and notices in accordance with FC401.6 and the rules shall be prepared, and periodically reviewed and amended, for a Group R-2 building or occupancy.

The department shall promulgate rules establishing requirements for the electronic submission of floor numbering lists to the department by owners of Group R-2 buildings or occupancies that are 125 feet (38 100 mm) or more in height, and such other occupancies as the department may designate by rule. Such rules shall provide that each owner of a building with non-sequential or non-standard floor numbering, as defined by rule, shall submit to the department a floor numbering list indicating the floor numbers assigned to each floor, and submit an amended floor numbering list within 2 business days of a change in any floor numbering designation.

The owner of any Group R-2 building or occupancy within a hurricane evacuation zone, as designated by the commissioner of the office of emergency management, shall cause a hurricane evacuation notice to be posted within the building or occupancy. Such notice shall serve to inform building occupants of the current hurricane evacuation zone designation for that building and the methodology for determining their closest hurricane evacuation centers, through 311 or the online Hurricane Evacuation Zone finder. Such notice shall be in such form as prescribed by the commissioner by rule and shall be posted within a common area of the building and such other locations as set forth in the rules.

A fire and emergency preparedness plan in accordance with FC401.5 shall be prepared for Group R-2 high-rise megastructure buildings and occupancies, in addition to compliance with the requirements of FC401.6. There shall be present during regular business hours one or more members of the FEP staff required pursuant to FC401.5.5 who hold a certificate of fitness for emergency announcements and other fire safety duties.