401.4.5.1 Fire and life safety director.
FC § 401.4.5.1
The comprehensive fire safety and emergency action plan shall designate an FLS director and deputy FLS directors who shall hold an FLS director certificate of fitness. The FLS director shall have the following duties and responsibilities and such other duties and responsibilities as the commissioner may prescribe by rule: 1. The FLS director shall be present in the building at all times during regular business hours. When the FLS director is absent during regular business hours, a deputy FLS director shall be present in the building and shall perform the duties of the FLS director. When a building other than a Group R-1 transient residential building or occupancy is occupied, but the number of building occupants falls below the level requiring the presence of an FLS director, the FLS building evacuation supervisor may perform the duties of the FLS director. The FLS director shall endeavor to ensure that adequate FLS staff is present during regular business hours, and, in the absence of designated staff, shall designate interim FLS staff.
2.In the event of a fire, a medical emergency or other non-fire emergency in the building, the FLS director shall report to the fire command center or designated alternative location; implement such fire safety and/or non-fire emergency actions as are warranted by the circumstances, in accordance with the provisions of the comprehensive fire safety and emergency action plan, this code and the rules; notify arriving emergency response personnel of the nature of the emergency and the response thereto; and comply with the directions of the emergency response personnel and/or other lawful authority.
3.The FLS director designated shall be fully familiar with the provisions of the comprehensive fire safety and emergency action plan and shall conduct the FLS staff training and fire and non-fire emergency drills required by FC 401.4.5.2 and 401.7. Exception: FLS staff training and fire and non-fire emergency drills may be conducted by a person holding a certificate of fitness as FEP coordinator or fire drill conductor under the personal supervision of the FLS director.
