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Fire Protection and Life Safety

at the Library of Congress

October 2013

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Background

AOC, Library Buildings and Grounds

LBG Jurisdiction at a Glance-

• Culture of Safety Focus with 160 employees.

• Facility Operations and Tennant Services Divisions providing Year Round Care.

• Preventative Maintenance Programs

• Annual Space Renovation Program of approximately 100,000 square feet

• Capital Improvement program budget of $40M Annual.

• Annual Operating budget $27M.

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Public Law 108-447 Security Review Pending For Official Use Only

Public Law 108-447 Security Review Pending

AOC, Library Buildings and Grounds-

Responsibilities

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The AOC led by its Superintendents, is responsible for the day-to- day structural, mechanical, and

electrical care for the Library facilities and surrounding grounds. Services include maintaining air

conditioning, electrical, fire protection, and elevator systems; grounds care; machine work, masonry,

painting and refinishing, plumbing, sheet metal, and wood crafting.

Thomas Jefferson Building (1897)

John Adams Building (1938)

James Madison Memorial Building (1980)

The LBG also cares for off-site facilities:

Congressional Campus, Fort Meade, Maryland (1993)

Packard Campus

of

Audio-Visual Conservation,

Culpeper, Virginia (2007)

Little Scholars Child Development Center

Book Storage Modules at Ft. Meade Maryland

National Audio Visual Conservatory- Culpepper VA.

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Legal Framework

The 2012 AOC Design Guidelines establishes codes and regulatory

requirements for design and construction-

• Adopts the 2009 International Building Code

• Currently adopting the 2009 International Fire Code

• Referenced NFPA Standards

Congressional Accountability Act of 1995

• Act requires Legislative Branch to follow many of the employment

and work place safety laws applied to private businesses and the

rest of the Federal Government.

• Established the Office of Compliance (OOC) to administer and

enforce the Act.

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Fire Protection at AOC

Protecting People, Historic Assets and Mission of

Congress and the Supreme Court is a group effort!

• LBG Jurisdiction

• Design Services

• Programs and Project Management

• Fire Marshal Division

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Library Buildings and Grounds

Fire Protection Overview

Fire Protection Systems

• Wet, Deluge and Dry Sprinkler Systems

• FM-200 Systems

• Low Expansion Foam Systems

• Smoke Detection Systems

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Library Buildings and Grounds

Fire Protection Overview

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Protected Items within the Main Campus

• Book Stacks

• Rare Collections

• Data Centers

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Library Buildings and Grounds

Fire Protection Overview

Protected Items within the Packard Campus

(Culpeper, VA) Hazards

• Nitrate Vaults

• Contain Cellulous Nitrate Film

• 4-hour construction

• Each vault is protected by a deluge

valve

• Sprinkler operation on a single smoke

detector activation

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Fire Protection Overview

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Library Buildings and Grounds

Fire Protection Overview

Ft. Meade Hazards

• Storage Modules

• 30-feet high rack shelving

• Almost 7 Million Collections

• Diesel Fuel Storage

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Life Safety Improvement Program

Main Campus Buildings

• Major issues include:

– Unprotected penetrations in fire barriers. (IT, Utilities, Book Conveyor system)

– Non-rated doors/ Fire doors being improperly held open.

– Unprotected vertical openings in book stacks

– Inadequate egress for Thomas Jefferson Building

• Conducted studies and initiated projects involving improvements to

automatic sprinkler systems, fire alarm systems, passive fire

protection, smoke control systems and means of egress features.

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Outline of Completed, On-going, and

Planned Life Safety Improvement Projects

AOC has initiated/executed the a number of projects including:

– Projects in Construction/Planned Projects

Sprinkler Upgrades continued

Finish sprinkler upgrades in the TJB to provide automatic sprinkler protection thoughout.

Smoke Control Systems

– Completed Projects

Smoke Detector Upgrades

TJB, JAB JMMB provided with automatic smoke detection throughout each building

Sprinkler Upgrades

JAB and JMMB protected by automatic sprinklers throughout. 98% of TJB protected by automatic sprinklers.

Egress Improvements

Correcting excessive common paths of travel, provided two new exits out the north side of the JAB, re-swung

doors to swing in the direction of egress travel, widened doors in stairwells to account for convergence.

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Public Law 108-447 Security Review Pending

Egress Improvements

Exit Stair Installation

Fours new exit stairs are being constructed as part of the abatement of this citation. The construction order

has been agreed to by the Library Buildings and Grounds Superintendent and the Fire Marshal Division:

Construction Order:

1. North Exit Stair 2. West Main Pavilion Exit Stair 3. Southwest Exit Stair 4. South Exit Stair

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Smoke Control

Great Hall and Main Reading Room

Thomas Jefferson Building

Main Reading Room Smoke Control Project

Great Hall Smoke Control Project

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Public Law 108-447 Security Review Pending

Do Not Disseminate as Document May Contain Security Sensitive Information

Fire Door Improvements

UL has inspected and applied a “Fire door assemblies that are found deficient

by UL will be replaced with a fire rated products. The AOC has grouped these

deficiencies into three phases:

– Repair/Replacement by In-House Forces (Phase I)

• This group is comprised of non-historical doors located in areas not typically

viewed by the general public.

(Total of 85 Openings)

– Design and Construction Utilizing an A/E Firm (Phases II + III)

• These groups are comprised of historically significant, ornate door assemblies

which require a greater level of planning prior to executing the remedial work.

Phase II consists of ornate wood doors located on all spiral stairs. Phase III

consists of brass clad metal doors on Stairs 5 and 6 in the TJB and stair doors

located on stairs 2, 3, 6, and 7 on the 5

th

floor of the JAB.

(Phase II = 77 Openings, Phase III = 8 Openings)

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