Fire Department Inspection
I was hoping someone has had experience with a fire department inspection for the oil burner? I received a notice for an inspection to be set up and of course am nervous whenever I hear the word “inspection” which sounds invasive and accusatory right off the bat, even though I know everything is fine. Does…
I was hoping someone has had experience with a fire department inspection for the oil burner? I received a notice for an inspection to be set up and of course am nervous whenever I hear the word “inspection” which sounds invasive and accusatory right off the bat, even though I know everything is fine. Does anyone know what they look for and/or fine? Thanks so much in advance.
OP here: I don’t have storage lockers for tenants in the basement. Just my own stuff.
where do you put storage lockers for tenants?
we only have a boiler room that is separated by a low wall- would we not be able to store stuff in there?
OP here: Thank you all for your helpful input. A number of years ago (I believe about ten) an inspector had come and signed off on everything, but I hadn’t heard anything since then. Everything you all said they check for I have, so I guess there is nothing to worry about. I just hate the word “inspection”! I was scared they’d fine me for storing things in the basement (not the closed off boiler room, I mean the open part of the basement areas). Again, much thanks!
Assuming the boiler room is built to code. Make sure there is no storage of any sort in the room. Ensure that the door to the room is closed. Make sure that there is a clearly labeled emergency shut off switch outside of the boiler room. Also just to keep the inspector happy, make sure all lights are on and working, and make sure there is a clear easily navigable path to the boiler room.
They come by every year and say nothing to us. We get a bill for $13 or $30, can’t remember which.
How do you know everything is fine if you don’t even know what they are looking for.
Another thing is you have to have the boiler sealed off from the rest of the basement.
They look for a lot of things… another thing would be to make sure there is a boiler shut-off switch outside the boiler room. Are the vents partially blocked. A lot also depends on the inspector, his attitude, your attitude, and so on. I wouldn’t feel an inspection is a horrible thing, as 6:02 points out, there are actually life saving issues at stake that I’m sure you’d like to see dealt with appropriately.
I’m surprised that your insurance co is not also doing annual inspections. They too can point out various things.
They made us remove junk people had stored (stupidly) in the boiler room – there isn’t supposed to be anything flammable in there. They gave the coop a violation, and then you have to sign that it has been corrected, and if I remember correctly, get it notarized, and send it in. Then you don’t hear from them again. Another year, they made us have somebody fill in some holes (around the dryer exahust vent) that existed between the boiler room and the rest of the basement. Same deal with the violation.