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Council modifies approach to Appendix L firefighter air‑replenishment code; votes to raise size threshold to 500,000 sq ft while staff completes review
Summary
Following months of staff work and developer concerns about costs, the council voted to amend the city's Appendix L enforcement threshold from 250,000 to 500,000 square feet while staff and the fire marshal complete a more detailed review of the ordinance language and options for firewalls or other mitigations.
The Spanish Fork City Council on March 18 directed staff to revise the city's Appendix L firefighter air‑replenishment requirement and voted to raise the square‑foot threshold that triggers the system from 250,000 to 500,000 square feet while staff prepares clarified ordinance language for a future council hearing.
Council members and fire officials discussed the safety rationale for firefighter air replenishment systems (FARS) — a device that allows firefighters to quickly refill self‑contained breathing apparatus during interior operations — and developers' concerns about installation costs and market capacity for vendors. Fire staff explained that the International Fire Code originally focused on vertical high‑rise applications (five…
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