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Fire department and property maintenance describe joint inspections, interior-exit schedule and life-safety prioritization
Summary
Fire marshal and property maintenance staff told the committee they plan annual inspections for 216 interior-exit apartment buildings, triage exterior-exit buildings every three years, cross-train inspectors, and prioritize life-safety violations for fast administrative and prosecutorial follow-up.
The Topeka Public Health & Safety Committee heard detailed operational updates on the city’s joint inspections program on Wednesday, including inspection counts, a shared inspection model with property maintenance, and a new life-safety prioritization for code enforcement.
Fire Marshal Alan Stahl told the committee, “last year, we did, 216 buildings with interior exits,” which the department intends to inspect annually because those structures present higher egress and fire-safety risk. Stahl added the department inspected 89 apartment buildings with exterior exits last year and plans to inspect those roughly once every three years because of lower risk.
Stahl described the joint first inspection practice: the fire inspectors focus on…
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