Sandpoint City Fire Inspection Announcement

On behalf of the City of Sandpoint and the Sandpoint Fire Department, we want to thank you in advance for your cooperation and collaboration with our department to ensure a safe business environment for the Sandpoint community.  Together, we can work to correct the most common fire hazards found in commercial occupancies.  In order to achieve this goal, it’s important to inform you, our community partners about the fire inspections the Fire Department provides to make your business safer.  
 

The Sandpoint Fire Department conducts fire inspections to mitigate any fire hazard within your business.  Throughout the year, members of the Fire Department will make a visit to inspect your building.  Inspections will be pre-scheduled either by phone or in person.  The firefighters who conduct the inspections are on duty, and their schedules are frequently interrupted by answering emergency calls.  The visits usually occur between 10am and 5pm.  The general areas of concerns that the inspections focus on are:

•          Fire alarm systems:  If there is one is it functional and working, with an absence of trouble signals?
•          Fire sprinkler systems: If there is one has it been serviced, tagged and tested?
•          Kitchen hood systems: Has it been recently serviced and tagged?
•          Exits: Is there more than one exit? If so, are the exit corridors and hallways unobstructed? Are there exit signs and emergency lighting if so do they function?
•          Fire extinguishers: Do you have one? If so, is it mounted and has it been serviced and tagged in the last twelve months?
•          General cleanliness: Is there combustible trash building up in a common hallway or on the exterior around the trash bin or dumpster?
•          Walls and ceilings: Are there breaches in the walls or ceilings that will allow fire to travel into hidden spaces?
•          Knox box:  Do you have a Knox Box?  If you do; are all of the contents up to date with accurate door keys, fire alarm panel keys and contact information?

The Sandpoint Fire Department would like to thank you for your participation in our fire prevention program.  We believe by working together, we can keep your business as safe as possible.  For additional information, please contact the Fire Department at 208-263-3533 or 263-3502.