Don Smith

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  Battalion Chief Don Smith of the Prevention Divisions, who is also assistant fire marshal and PACE spokesman, just called Newsdesk to say that his unit is not some secret cabal trying to shut the place down.What they have done, he said, is tell owner/operator Albert DeLoach, in advance of the regular six-monthly renewal of the site's temporary usage permit, that there were some serious permit and health and safety issues that need to be dealt with."There wasn't anything scheming," he said.
  
  "It's pretty nice," Smith said about the forest.

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  "Prescribed burning is an important tool in maintaining natural habitats, but it must be done in cooperation with the appropriate professionals," said Don Smith, assistant fire marshal for the City of Austin.

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  By letting them see what kind of damage can be caused, they'll realize the extent of what they're doing when they misuse some of these ignition sources," said Don Smith, AFD assistant fire marshal.
  
  One of the five recent apartment fires happened in Round Rock.
  
  Smith says three of the recent apartment fires were started by improperly extinguished smoking materials.
  
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  Similarly, "If we had known they were planning it, we would have informed them," admits AFD Battalion Chief Don Smith.
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  According to Smith, fire marshals shut down four parties during SXSW, at FactoryPeople, Blue Genie Theatre, Penn Field, and an unnamed Sixth Street location.Most venues, official and otherwise, were already in compliance, but, he says,"if they don't already have a certificate of occupancy as a [place of] public assembly, then we need to go check it out."
  
  Smith says AFD issued nine citations during SXSW: five for overcrowding, three for no public-assembly permit, and one for no occupant load card.Although no SXSW venues were cited or shut down this year, he adds, in years past AFD has done both."They have definitely addressed it," Smith says.

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  "This room is where we would go to handle those types of things," said Asst. Fire Marshal Don Smith."There will always be someone positioned in this room, at any alarm that we respond to in a high rise."
  
  Smith also says AFD has concentrated its staff downtown and spread out the staff in more remote areas of the city, in order to accommodate downtown growth and its corresponding need for more staff.
  
  "As the downtown spreads out, stations are farther apart, so we do have a larger amount of people in downtown to respond," he said.

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  Assistant Fire Marshal Don Smith, on behalf of the members of the Public Assembly Code Enforcement (PACE) task force, would like to make something as clear as possible:
  
  If you are having a party during SXSW at place that does not feature live music the other 51 weeks a year, you need a permit.
  
  Not sure if you need a permit?Look here for a list of permit-related questions.
  
  "I think that was some of the confusion last year," Smith said Wednesday."There has always been a fire code a requirement for a permit for a temporary change of use."
  
  For example, if you are changing from a store or warehouse to public assembly (i.e., a party/day show/ night show/ etc.), you need a temporary change of use permit.
  
  Smith has said the department has received about 50 requests for permits.
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  Complaints can range from a neighbor calling about noise or car blocking a driveway to "The main two objectives are to keep the people safe and maintain the quality of life," Smith said.
  
  A PACE team will be out during the festival as well as a complement of fire inspectors.
  
  Smith said that complaints came from both the neighborhoods and SXSW."South By Southwest were complying with the requirements and other people were not," Smith said.
  
  Lists of day parties are easy to find on the Web including at Austin360.
  
  The bottom line is this: If you are holding a day or night party during SXSW, there is no reason to think that you won't get a visit from PACE or fire marshals.Make sure your permits are in order and that you know what they mean.
  
  If you have any questions, Smith says to email pace@ci.austin.tx.us, where one of 63 city experts on the various codes and laws will give you an answer

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  "We're not going out there right now and enforcing every ordinance because we know it's going to take awhile for people to get compliant," said Don Smith, AFD, asst. fire marshal.

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  Organizers at seven other venues - mainly warehouse spaces on the Eastside - applied for and received the change-of-use permit, said Assistant Fire Marshal Don Smith.In all, says Smith, the AFD issued just nine citations during the week - five to venues that exceeded their occupancy load, one for not having a load card, and three for failing to obtain the public-assembly permit.

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  If you're on the 20th floor of a high rise, it's going to take you quite a while to get out," said Don Smith, AFD assistant fire marshal.
  
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  Smith says all high rises have to have sprinkler systems, fire control centers that identify and locate any problems as well as pressurized stair wells and elevator entrance ways.
  
  "If there was a fire in the building and the sprinkler system went off, the alarm system went off, actually these doors would release, and automatically close," he said.

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  DON SMITH is a 24-year veteran of and a battalion chief in the Austin (TX) Fire Department.He has been assigned to the Emergency Prevention Division for the past 12 years.Following his promotion to battalion chief in 2002, he has served as the assistant fire marshal.
  
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