| 2015-10-28 10:16:49 | PERMIT # 15100130 |
| | REVIEW COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT |
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| | PLAN REVIEW OF THIS EVENT APPROVED. |
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| | CANDLES ARE SAFE PRODUCTS, BUT UNLESS THEY ARE USED |
| | SAFELY AND WATCHED CAREFULLY, THEY CAN LEAD TO AN |
| | ACCIDENTAL FIRE. MOST FIRES INVOLVING CANDLES ARE DUE |
| | TO INATTENTION TO BASIC FIRE SAFETY OR THE MISUSE. THE |
| | WEST PALM BEACH BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION REMINDS THE |
| | COMMUNITY THAT A CANDLE IS AN OPEN FLAME THAT CAN |
| | EASILY IGNITE ANYTHING THAT CAN BURN, AND AS SUCH |
| | STRONGLY ENCOURAGES AND RECOMMENDS THE USE OF |
| | ELECTRONIC CANDLES IN ALL INSTANCES. |
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| | NFPA 1, LIFE SAFETY CODE, 10.1.6, STATES THAT THE AHJ |
| | SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PROHIBIT ANY OR ALL OPEN |
| | FLAMES OR OTHER SOURCE OF IGNITION WHERE CIRCUMSTANCES |
| | MAKE SUCH CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. |
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| | THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS FOR OPEN FLAME CANDLE USE ARE |
| | BEING MADE BY THE BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION. |
| | 1. CANDLE HOLDERS SHALL BE WIDER THAN THE CANDLE, AND |
| | CAPABLE OF COLLECTING ANY AND ALL DRIPPINGS. |
| | 2. TO PREVENT OVERTURNING, THE ASSEMBLY BASE OR CANDLE |
| | HOLDER MUST BE A STABLE DESIGN THAT WILL RETURN TO THE |
| | UPRIGHT POSITION IF TILTED TO AN ANGLE OF 45 DEGREES. |
| | (BOTTOM WEIGHTED AS OPPOSED TO TOP HEAVY) |
| | 3. THE FLAME TIP SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 1 INCH BELOW THE |
| | RIM OF THE ENCLOSURE. WICKS SHALL BE TRIMMED TO ? INCH |
| | OR LESS BEFORE USE. |
| | 4. ARTIFICIAL DECORATIVE FLOWERS AND ARTIFICIAL |
| | DECORATIVE VEGETATION MAY BE PART OF A CANDLE ASSEMBLY |
| | BUT SHALL BE FLAME RESISTANT OR FLAME RETARDANT. SUCH |
| | MATERIALS SHALL NOT BE DIRECTLY ATTACHED TO THE CANDLE |
| | NOR ARRANGED SO THE MATERIAL CAN COME IN CONTACT WITH |
| | THE FLAME. |
| | 5. CANDLE ASSEMBLIES SHALL BE KEPT A MINIMUM OF 12 |
| | INCHES FROM OTHER COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS NEARBY TO |
| | PREVENT ACCIDENTAL CONTACT. |
| | 6. CANDLE ASSEMBLIES SHOULD BE PLACED ONLY WHERE |
| | APPROVED FOR USE. AFTER USE, CANDLES SHALL BE |
| | EXTINGUISHED AND ALLOWED TO COOL AND SHALL BE PROPERLY |
| | STORED OR DISCARDED. |
| | 7. CANDLES SHALL BE A MINIMUM DISTANCE FROM ANOTHER |
| | CANDLE SO THAT THEY DO NOT TOUCH IN THE EVENT THAT THEY |
| | ARE PUSHED / KNOCKED OVER. |
| | 8. NO GEL, OR HOME-MADE CANDLES / NO FLOOR STANDING |
| | CANDELABRAS OR ASSEMBLIES. |
| | 9. NO PLACEMENT OF CANDLE OR CANDLE ASSEMBLIES IN ANY |
| | AISLE, EXIT ACCESS, OR EXIT. |
| | 10. NO DRIED FLOWER OR SIMILAR DRIED VEGETATION SHALL |
| | BE INCORPORATED IN OR NEAR ANY CANDLE ASSEMBLY. |
| | 11. NO PAPER, PLASTIC OR SIMILARLY COMBUSTIBLE TABLE |
| | COVERINGS ARE ALLOWED. |
| | 12. CANDLES SHOULD BE PLACED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT |
| | ACCIDENTAL CONTACT WITH THEM IS PREVENTED. (IE. AWAY |
| | FROM TABLE EDGES, NOT ALONG HEAVY TRAFFIC WALKWAYS, |
| | EASILY REACHED BY CHILDREN, ETC...) |
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| | SUE ELLEN CALDERON |
| | ASST. FIRE MARSHAL |
| | OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL |
| | WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE |
| | [email protected] |
| | (561) 804-4751 |
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