Title: BD1 Comprehensive Safety Inspection Report

Recommendation:

I recommend the School Board approve the Comprehensive Safety Inspection Reports for FY 2007.

Description:

·     The annual Comprehensive Safety Inspections were performed by District Fire and Safety Inspectors as required by Florida Statute 1013.12(1). All educational, auxiliary and ancillary facilities were included in these inspections, using (SREF) for casualty and sanitation, and Florida Legislative Chapter 69A-58 for fire safety. In addition, the district Charter schools were inspected for fire safety using (NFPA 101). District Fire and Safety Inspectors worked in conjunction with the local fire marshals for each facility.

·     The District successfully reduced the number of citations for Public Schools, Alternative Schools, Charter Schools and Ancillary Facilities from 10,432 in 2006 to 7,579 in 2007. This represents a 27% reduction over one year and an 84% reduction since 2000.   All conditions considered by the inspector to be hazardous or posing an imminent danger were reported to Maintenance at the time of discovery for immediate action.

·     A summary of the number of citations for each school and ancillary facility is included with this report. Individual school reports are on file with the Building Department.

·      According to SREF, Chapter 5, “The inspection reports shall be approved by the Board, and the Board shall adopt a plan and a schedule for the correction of each deficiency.” The corrective action plans for each citation were developed in conjunction with the local fire authorities and are included on each report.

·     Upon the board approving the inspection reports, copies of the reports will be submitted to the State Fire Marshal as required by Florida Statute 1013.12(1). These reports must be delivered to the State Fire Marshal by June 30, 2007.

Financial Impact:
N/A

For Additional Information, contact:

Joseph M. Moore (moorej@palmbeach.k12.fl.us <mailto:moorej@palmbeach.k12.fl.us>)
Joseph M. Sanches

Attachments (list):
2007 CSIR Charts.pdf
2007 Facility Summary.pdf