Fire Station FTE

Deborah Morgan

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January 16, 2015

I have a fire station that will have 9 fire fighters working 24-hour shifts. 1. Is the FTE the number of occupants during the peak 8 hours of occupancy (therefore 9) or 9 firefighters x 24 hours/ 8 = 27? 2. My plumbing engineer wants to consider them 9 residents for WEp1 but then I would have FTE = 0. I have read somewhere in posts that if there is less than one FTE, the project is not eligible for EQ credits. Is this true?

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emily reese moody

Sustainability Director, Certifications & Compliance

Jacobs

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Mon, 10/19/2015 - 21:45

I, too, have a 24-hour fire station and would like to know the best way to calculate the occupants. Related, I'm also trying to figure out which of their spaces are considered occupied for LEED purposes. They have bedrooms, but b/c of the nature of their shifts, these spaces often do not have windows so that the occupants can rest at any point in the day without daylight interference. Any place this info may be located?

emily reese moody

Sustainability Director, Certifications & Compliance

Jacobs

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Sun, 04/17/2016 - 20:24

Still working on this...anyone?

Summer Minchew

Managing Partner

Ecoimpact Consulting

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Mon, 04/18/2016 - 20:54

Your rationale for FTE of 27 makes sense to me. USGBC states that FTE is based on a standard 8-hour occupancy period across all shifts including full-time and part-time occupants & that FTE does not include residents. USGBC defines residents in terms of one- or two-bedroom units "unless there is a reason to assume a different occupancy." Because you are including the firefighters (employees) as FTE you would not double count them as residents.