| 2020-03-25 11:14:47 | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE |
| | MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| | 1) THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF AN ALF OCCUPANCY. |
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| | PER THE LIFE SAFETY CODE THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL BOARD |
| | AND CARE OCCUPANCY, PER NFPA 101 CHAPTER 32 |
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| | 32.1.1.3 GENERAL. THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 4, GENERAL, |
| | SHALL |
| | APPLY. |
| | 32.1.1.4 RESERVED. |
| | 32.1.1.5 CHAPTER SECTIONS. THIS CHAPTER IS DIVIDED INTO |
| | FIVESECTIONS AS FOLLOWS: |
| | (1) SECTION 32.1 ? GENERAL REQUIREMENTS |
| | (2) SECTION 32.2 ? SMALL FACILITIES (THAT IS, SLEEPING |
| | ACCOMMODATIONS FOR NOT MORE THAN 16 RESIDENTS) |
| | (3) SECTION 32.3 ? LARGE FACILITIES (THAT IS, SLEEPING |
| | ACCOMMODATIONS FOR MORE THAN 16 RESIDENTS) |
| | (4) SECTION 32.4 ? SUITABILITY OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING |
| | TO |
| | HOUSE A BOARD AND CARE OCCUPANCY (SECTIONS 32.5 AND |
| | 32.6 |
| | ARE RESERVED.) |
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| | WHAT IS THE PROPOSED OCCUPANCY SLEEPING ACCOMODATIONS? |
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| | PLEASE PROVIDE AN APPLICABLE NOTE AND ENSURE THAT THIS |
| | OCCUPANCY IS REVIEWED WITH THIS CODE INCLUDING, BUT NOT |
| | LIMITED TO, THE ITEM BELOW. |
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| | 2) THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM |
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| | 32.2.3.4 DETECTION, ALARM, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS. |
| | 32.2.3.4.1 GENERAL. A MANUAL FIRE ALARM SYSTEM SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED |
| | IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.6. |
| | 32.2.3.4.2 OCCUPANT NOTIFICATION. OCCUPANT NOTIFICATION |
| | SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED AUTOMATICALLY, WITHOUT DELAY, IN ACCORDANCE |
| | WITH 9.6.3. |
| | |
| | IF EXISTING, ALL WORK ON THE FIRE ALARM SHALL BE UNDER |
| | SEPARATE PERMIT AND SHOP DRAWINGS. |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR PROVIDE IS A SYSTEM IS |
| | EXISITNG. |
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| | 3) THERE DOES NO APPEAR TO BE AN INDICATION OF FIRE |
| | SPRINKLER SYSTEM |
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| | 32.2.3.5* EXTINGUISHMENT REQUIREMENTS. |
| | 32.2.3.5.1* ALL FACILITIES, OTHER THAN THOSE MEETING |
| | THE |
| | REQUIREMENT OF 32.2.3.5.2, SHALL BE PROTECTED |
| | THROUGHOUT BY AN |
| | APPROVED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM, INSTALLED IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH |
| | 32.2.3.5.3, USING QUICK-RESPONSE OR RESIDENTIAL |
| | SPRINKLERS. |
| | 32.2.3.5.2* IN CONVERSIONS, SPRINKLERS SHALL NOT BE |
| | REQUIRED IN |
| | SMALL BOARD AND CARE HOMES SERVING EIGHT OR FEWER |
| | RESIDENTS WHEN |
| | ALL OCCUPANTS HAVE THE ABILITY AS A GROUP TO MOVE |
| | RELIABLY TO A |
| | POINT OF SAFETY WITHIN 3 MINUTES. |
| | 32.2.3.5.3 WHERE AN AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IS |
| | INSTALLED, FOR |
| | EITHER TOTAL OR PARTIAL BUILDING COVERAGE, ALL OF THE |
| | FOLLOWING |
| | REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE MET: |
| | (1) THE SYSTEM SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13, |
| | STANDARD |
| | FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, AND SHALL |
| | INITIATE THE |
| | FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH 32.2.3.4.1. |
| | (2) THE ADEQUACY OF THE WATER SUPPLY SHALL BE |
| | DOCUMENTED TO THE |
| | AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION. |
| | 32.2.3.5.3.1 IN BUILDINGS FOUR OR FEWER STORIES ABOVE |
| | GRADE PLANE, |
| | SYSTEMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13R, STANDARD FOR THE |
| | INSTALLATION OF SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN LOW-RISE |
| | RESIDENTIAL |
| | OCCUPANCIES, SHALL BE PERMITTED. ALL HABITABLE AREAS, |
| | CLOSETS, |
| | ROOFED PORCHES, ROOFED DECKS, AND ROOFED BALCONIES |
| | SHALL BE |
| | SPRINKLERED. |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE SIGNED AND SEALED, 61G |
| | COMPLIANT FIRE SPRINKLER PLANS WITH THIS PERMIT. |
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| | 4) THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE SECONDARY ESCAPE WINDOWS |
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| | 32.2.2.3 SECONDARY MEANS OF ESCAPE. |
| | 32.2.2.3.1 SLEEPING ROOMS, OTHER THAN THOSE COMPLYING |
| | WITH |
| | 32.2.2.3.2 OR 32.2.2.3.3, AND LIVING AREAS IN |
| | FACILITIES WITHOUT A |
| | SPRINKLER SYSTEM INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 32.2.3.5 |
| | SHALL HAVE A |
| | SECOND MEANS OF ESCAPE CONSISTING OF ONE OF THE |
| | FOLLOWING: |
| | (1) DOOR, STAIRWAY, PASSAGE, OR HALL PROVIDING A WAY OF |
| | UNOBSTRUCTED TRAVEL TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE DWELLING AT |
| | STREET OR |
| | THE FINISHED GROUND LEVEL THAT IS INDEPENDENT OF, AND |
| | REMOTELY LOCATED FROM, THE PRIMARY MEANS OF ESCAPE |
| | (2) PASSAGE THROUGH AN ADJACENT NONLOCKABLE SPACE |
| | INDEPENDENT |
| | OF, AND REMOTELY LOCATED FROM, THE PRIMARY MEANS OF |
| | ESCAPE |
| | TO ANY APPROVED MEANS OF ESCAPE |
| | (3) *OUTSIDE WINDOW OR DOOR OPERABLE FROM THE INSIDE, |
| | WITHOUT |
| | THE USE OF TOOLS, KEYS, OR SPECIAL EFFORT, THAT |
| | PROVIDES A CLEAR |
| | OPENING OF NOT LESS THAN 5.7 FT2 (0.53 M2), WITH THE |
| | WIDTH NOT |
| | LESS THAN 20 IN. (510 MM), THE HEIGHT NOT LESS THAN 24 |
| | IN. (610 |
| | MM), AND THE BOTTOM OF THE OPENING NOT MORE THAN 44 IN. |
| | (1120 MM) ABOVE THE FLOOR, WITH SUCH MEANS OF ESCAPE |
| | ACCEPTABLE, PROVIDED THAT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA |
| | IS MET: |
| | (A) THE WINDOW IS WITHIN 20 FT (6100 MM) OF THE |
| | FINISHED |
| | GROUND LEVEL. |
| | (B) THE WINDOW IS DIRECTLY ACCESSIBLE TO FIRE |
| | DEPARTMENT |
| | RESCUE APPARATUS, AS APPROVED BY THE AHJ. |
| | (C) THE WINDOW OR DOOR OPENS ONTO AN EXTERIOR BALCONY. |
| | (4) WINDOWS HAVING A SILL HEIGHT BELOW THE ADJACENT |
| | FINISHED |
| | GROUND LEVEL THAT ARE PROVIDED WITH A WINDOW WELL |
| | MEETING |
| | THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: |
| | (A) THE WINDOW WELL HAS HORIZONTAL DIMENSIONS THAT |
| | ALLOW |
| | THE WINDOW TO BE FULLY OPENED. |
| | (B) THE WINDOW WELL HAS AN ACCESSIBLE NET CLEAR OPENING |
| | OF |
| | NOT LESS THAN 9 FT2 (0.84 M2), WITH A LENGTH AND WIDTH |
| | OF |
| | NOT LESS THAN 36 IN. (915 MM). |
| | (C) A WINDOW WELL WITH A VERTICAL DEPTH OF MORE THAN 44 |
| | IN. |
| | (1120 MM) IS EQUIPPED WITH AN APPROVED PERMANENTLY |
| | AFFIXED LADDER OR WITH STEPS MEETING THE FOLLOWING |
| | CRITERIA: |
| | I. THE LADDER OR STEPS DO NOT ENCROACH MORE THAN 6 IN. |
| | (150 MM) INTO THE REQUIRED DIMENSIONS OF THE |
| | WINDOW WELL. |
| | II. THE LADDER OR STEPS ARE NOT OBSTRUCTED BY THE |
| | WINDOW. |
| | 32.2.2.3.2 SLEEPING ROOMS THAT HAVE A DOOR LEADING |
| | DIRECTLY TO THE |
| | OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING WITH ACCESS TO THE FINISHED |
| | GROUND LEVEL OR |
| | TO AN EXTERIOR STAIRWAY MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF |
| | 32.2.2.6.3 |
| | SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS MEETING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR |
| | A SECOND |
| | MEANS OF ESCAPE. |
| | 32.2.2.3.3 SLEEPING ROOMS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO HAVE |
| | A |
| | SECONDARY MEANS OF ESCAPE WHERE THE CLINICAL NEEDS OF |
| | THE |
| | RESIDENTS REQUIRE SPECIAL SECURITY MEASURES, PROVIDED |
| | ALL OF THE |
| | FOLLOWING ARE MET: |
| | (1) THE BUILDING IS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN APPROVED |
| | AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH 32.3.3.5. |
| | (2) A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| | 32.3.3.4.1 THROUGH 32.3.3.4.3 AND 32.3.3.4.6. |
| | (3) SMOKE DETECTORS ARE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| | 32.3.3.4.8. |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE AS APPLICABLE. |
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| | 5) THE DOOR SCEDULE DOES NO INDICATE COMPLIANCE WITH |
| | THE FOLLOWING: |
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| | 32.2.2.5.3 EVERY CLOSET DOOR LATCH SHALL BE READILY |
| | OPENED FROM |
| | THE INSIDE. |
| | 32.2.2.5.4 EVERY BATHROOM DOOR SHALL BE DESIGNED TO |
| | ALLOW |
| | OPENING FROM THE OUTSIDE DURING AN EMERGENCY WHEN |
| | LOCKED. |
| | 32.2.2.5.5 NO DOOR IN ANY MEANS OF ESCAPE, OTHER THAN |
| | THOSE |
| | MEETING THE REQUIREMENT OF 32.2.2.5.5.1, 32.2.2.5.5.2, |
| | OR |
| | 32.2.2.5.5.3, SHALL BE LOCKED AGAINST EGRESS WHEN THE |
| | BUILDING IS |
| | OCCUPIED. |
| | 32.2.2.5.5.1 DELAYED-EGRESS LOCKS COMPLYING WITH |
| | 7.2.1.6.1 SHALL |
| | BE PERMITTED ON EXTERIOR DOORS ONLY. |
| | 32.2.2.5.5.2 ACCESS-CONTROLLED EGRESS DOOR ASSEMBLIES |
| | COMPLYING |
| | WITH 7.2.1.6.2 SHALL BE PERMITTED. |
| | 32.2.2.5.5.3 DOOR-LOCKING ARRANGEMENTS SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED WHERE |
| | THE CLINICAL NEEDS OF RESIDENTS REQUIRE SPECIALIZED |
| | SECURITY |
| | MEASURES OR WHERE RESIDENTS POSE A SECURITY THREAT, |
| | PROVIDED ALL OF |
| | THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET: |
| | (1) STAFF CAN READILY UNLOCK DOORS AT ALL TIMES IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH |
| | 32.2.2.5.5.4. |
| | (2) THE BUILDING IS PROTECTED BY AN APPROVED AUTOMATIC |
| | SPRINKLER |
| | SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH 32.2.3.5. |
| | (3) THE PROVISION OF 32.2.3.5.2 FOR CONVERSIONS IS NOT |
| | BE |
| | PERMITTED TO BE USED. |
| | 32.2.2.5.5.4 DOORS LOCATED IN THE MEANS OF EGRESS AND |
| | PERMITTED TO |
| | BE LOCKED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 32.2.2.5.5.3 SHALL COMPLY |
| | WITH ALL OF |
| | THE FOLLOWING: |
| | (1) PROVISIONS SHALL BE MADE FOR THE RAPID REMOVAL OF |
| | OCCUPANTS |
| | BY MEANS OF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: |
| | (A) REMOTE CONTROL OF LOCKS FROM WITHIN THE LOCKED |
| | BUILDING |
| | (B) KEYING OF ALL LOCKS TO KEYS CARRIED BY STAFF AT ALL |
| | TIMES |
| | (C) OTHER SUCH RELIABLE MEANS AVAILABLE TO STAFF AT ALL |
| | TIMES |
| | (2) ONLY ONE LOCKING DEVICE SHALL BE PERMITTED ON EACH |
| | DOOR. |
| | 32.2.2.5.6 FORCES TO OPEN DOORS SHALL COMPLY WITH |
| | 7.2.1.4.5. |
| | 32.2.2.5.7 DOOR-LATCHING DEVICES SHALL COMPLY WITH |
| | 7.2.1.5.10. |
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| | PLEAE PROVIDE DETAILS IN COMPLIANCE. |
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| | 6) THE CORRIDOR WALLS DO NOT INDICATE THE FOLLOWING: |
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| | 32.2.3.6 CONSTRUCTION OF CORRIDOR WALLS. |
| | 32.2.3.6.1 CORRIDOR WALLS, OTHER THAN THOSE MEETING THE |
| | PROVISIONS |
| | OF 32.2.3.6.2, SHALL MEET ALL OF THE FOLLOWING |
| | REQUIREMENTS: |
| | (1) WALLS SEPARATING SLEEPING ROOMS SHALL HAVE A |
| | MINIMUM ?- |
| | HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING. THE MINIMUM ?-HOUR FIRE |
| | RESISTANCE RATING SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE ACHIEVED IF |
| | THE |
| | PARTITIONING IS FINISHED ON BOTH SIDES WITH LATH AND |
| | PLASTER OR |
| | MATERIALS PROVIDING A 15-MINUTE THERMAL BARRIER. |
| | (2) SLEEPING ROOM DOORS SHALL BE SUBSTANTIAL DOORS, |
| | SUCH AS THOSE |
| | OF 1? IN. (44 MM) THICK, SOLID-BONDED WOOD-CORE |
| | CONSTRUCTION |
| | OR OF OTHER CONSTRUCTION OF EQUAL OR GREATER STABILITY |
| | AND FIRE |
| | INTEGRITY. |
| | (3) ANY VISION PANELS SHALL BE FIXED FIRE WINDOW |
| | ASSEMBLIES IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH 8.3.4 OR SHALL BE WIRED GLASS NOT |
| | EXCEEDING 9 |
| | FT2 (0.84 M2) EACH IN AREA AND INSTALLED IN APPROVED |
| | FRAMES. |
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| | 7) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET |
| | REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE |
| | ABOVE. |
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| | 8) ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY BE PROVIDED ON THE |
| | RE-SUBMITTAL OF THE ABOVE. |
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| | PETER LEDUC |
| | FIRE MARSHAL |
| | 561-804-4709 |
| | [email protected] |
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