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which is approximately 20,000 square feet under common roof, type V construction and un- sprinkled, a fire flow calculation of 3750 gpm, (not including the excessive fire load of contents) is required thru 4 hydrants average spaced 350 feet apart with the first no greater than 250 from the road frontage is required. General to structures: Main Building (W/Recently Damaged roof) - Type V Construction of approximately 20,000sgft under common roof. ICC occupancy Class M mercantile market, however common arrangement is more typical of a mall. This building has no certificate of occupancy, and after inspection, and with the number and severity of the fire and life safety violations in this building it should not be allowed to be occupied until all requirements and violations found have been corrected. The following list are the violations found. 1. Square footage of building is too great and not divide by proper fire walls, Fire partitions, and it is not sprinkled to allow the square footage. 2. The construction of this building is poor at best. The individual occupancy spaces are not properly separated, the materials used in the construction vary throughout the building from corrugated tin to cardboard. Many ceilings are covered below the rafters with plastic tarps, sheets or other textiles which would increase the rate of fire spread. These substandard construction and maintenance issues could cause a rapid fire growth, and that possibly and rapidly spread thru the structure faster than the evacuation of its occupants.