Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 08020128
Permit Number 08020128
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2008-04-24 12:16:35*****DENIED*****
  
 01.STRUCTURES UNDERGOING CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, OR
 DEMOLITION OPERATIONS SHALL COMPLY WITH NFPA 241.
  
 02.WHEN THE OLD BUILDING IS TO BE DEMOLISHED, THE
 SPRINKLER SYSTEM SHALL NOT BE RENDERED INOPERABLE
 WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF WEST PALM BEACH FIRE
 PREVENTION.
  
 03.THE SCOPE OF WORK SHALL NOT INTERFERE OR HINDER
 EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACCESS TO THE SAID PROPERTY OR THE
 VICINITY THEREOF (INCLUDING STREETS, ALLEYS, FIRE
 LANES) .
  
 04.ON THE APPROPIATE EXTERIOR ELEVATION WHICH FRONTS
 PALM BEACH LAKES BOULEVARD, DISPLAY/SHOW THE ACTUAL
 ADDRESS NUMBERS ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING.AS
 PER WEST PALM BEACH CODE, THE NUMBERS SHALL BE A
 MINIMUM OF 6" IN HEIGHT AND 1" IN WIDTH/STROKE.IN THE
 EVENT THAT THE ADDRESS IS NOT READILY VISIBLE DUE TO
 THE BUILDING'S SETBACK FROM THE STREET, A MONUMENT
 SIGN/MARKEE WILL BE REQUIRED DEPICTING THE ADDRESS IN
 ADDITION TO THOSE ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING.
  
 05.ILLUSTRATE ANY EXISTING OR NEW FIRE HYDRANTS.
  
 06.KNOX-BOX FOR THE BUILDING SHALL BE REQUIRED.SHOW
 WHERE THIS DEVICE WILL BE INSTALLED IN AN ACCESSIBLE
 LOCATION SO THAT FIRE RESCUE MAY GAIN EMERGENCY ACCESS
 TO THE STRUCTURE.
  
 07.ONLY ONE FIRE DEPARTMENT CONNECTION (FDC) IS
 SHOWN.CONSIDERING THE SIZE OF THIS CLASS A ( MORE
 THAN 30,000 SQUARE FEET) MERCANTILE OCCUPANCY WITHOUT
 THE MENTION OF A FIRE PUMP, WILL THE ONE FDC BE
 ADEQUATE?
  
 08.KNOX LOCKING CAPS SHALL BE REQUIRED ON THE FIRE
 DEPARTMENT CONNECTION(S) .FOR AN APPLICATION, CONTACT
 WEST PALM BEACH FIRE PREVENTION AT 561-804-4724.
  
 09.THE FIRE BARRIER SEPARATING PARKING STRUCTURES
 FROM THE MERCANTILE OCCUPANCY SHALL BE A FIRE BARRIER
 HAVING A FIRE RESISTIVE RATING OF NOT LESS THAN 2
 HOURS.
  
 10.OUTSIDE STAIRS, RAMPS, AND LANDINGS SHALL BE
 DESIGNED TO MINIMIZE WATER ACCUMULATION ON THEIR
 SURFACES.
  
 11.PRESCRIPTIVE STRENGHT REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE NOTED
 FOR ALL HANDRAILS AND GUARDRAILS.
  
 12.HANDRAILS/GUARDRAILS SHALL BE REQUIRED ON BOTH
 SIDES OF THE STAIRS AND RAMPS.
  
 13.FIRE DOORS AND FIRE WINDOWS SHALL COMPLY WITH NFPA
 80.
  
 14.BUILDING PLANS SHALL BE DRAWN TO A MINUMUM OF 1/8
 INCH SCALE.SEVERAL SHEETS (SUCH AS A201, E911, FOR
 EXAMPLE) ARE SHOWN AT 1/16 INCH SCALE.
  
 15.ON SHEET A020 AND A021, IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE
 EXIT DIAGRAM IS THE SAME AS THE LIFE SAFETY PLAN. IF
 THIS ASSUMPTION IS INCORRECT, PROVIDE A LIFE SAFETY
 PLAN DEPICTING TRAVEL DISTANCES TO THE EXITS.
  
 16.ON SHEET A020 AND A021, THE PATH OF EGRESS IS
 SHOWN TO PASS THROUGH OBSTRUCTIONS.THE PATH OF EGRESS
 (TRAVEL DISTANCE ROUTE) SHALL NOT BE THROUGH AN
 OBSTRUCTION OR POSSIBLE OBSTRUCTION.
  
 17.SPECIFYTHE INTERIOR WALL AND CEILING FINISH
 MATERIAL IN TERMS OF CLASS A OR CLASS B.SPECIFY
 INTERIOR FLOOR FINISH IN TERMS OF CLASS I OR CLASS II.
  
 18.ALL NEW ELEVATORS SHALL CONFORM TO THE FIRE
 FIGHTERS' EMERGENCY OPERATIONS OF ASME A17.1;AND
 SHALL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE PARAMEDICAL EQUIPMENT.
  
 19.ON SHEET A130, NO EXIT LIGHTS AND EMERGENCY
 LIGHTING IS SHOWN.
  
 20.ON SHEET A131, NO EMERGENCY LIGHTING IS SHOWN AND
 MORE EXIT LIGHTS MAY BE REQUIRED.VERIFY THAT SIGN
 PLACEMENT SHALLBE SUCH THAT NO POINT IN AN EXIT
 ACCESS CORRIDOR IS IN EXCESS OF 100 FEET FROM THE
 NEAREST SIGN.
  
 21.THERE IS AN EXIT LIGHT THAT DIRECTS PATRONS TO
 AREA/ROOM 174 BUT NO EXIT DOOR IS SHOWN.
  
 22. THERE IS NO SHEET A200 IN THE PLAN SET AS INDICATED
 IN THE SHEET INDEX (SHEET G001) .
  
 23. IN ADDITION TO THE ELECTRONIC SWITCHES, CHAIN AND
 LOCK WILL BE REQUIRED ON THE FIRE LINE BACKFLOW
 DEVICE.
  
 24.NFPA 13 - 2002 EDITION - SHALL BE REFERENCED FOR
 THE INSTALLATION OF THE BUILDING'S SPRINKLER SYSTEM. IT
 IS INDICATED ON SHEET F300 REFERENCING THE 2004
 EDITION.
  
 25.PROVIDE A LAYOUT OF THE BUILDING'S FIRE SPRINKLER
 SYSTEM TO BE INSTALLED.PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT
 SPECIFICATIONS AND OTHER RELATED MATERIALS ARE NOT
 NEEDED AT THIS TIME.
  
 26.FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM SHALL BE MONITORED.
  
 27.ALTHOUGH IN PLAN SET, NO SHEETS F111, F300 ARE NOT
 SHOWN IN THE SHEET INDEX (SHEET G001) .
  
 28.SHEETS R111, R141, R401, R411, R421, R501, R601,
 R621, AND R901 ARE NOT SHOWN IN THE SHEET INDEX (SHEET
 G001) .
  
 29.COULD NOT LOCATE THE FLOWS AND TAMPERS ON THE
 SPRINKLER AND/OR FIRE ALARM DRAWINGS.
  
 30.PLEASE EXPLAIN THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE
 SPRINKLER SUPERVISORY INITIATING DEVICE PLAN ( E901 FOR
 EXAMPLE) AND A FIRE ALARM PLAN.
  
 31.INDICATE THE FLOOR LEVAL ON THE FIRE ALARM
 SHEETS.
  
 32.IT IS SHOWN ON SHEET E912,THE ELECTRICAL
 DISTRIBUTION CENTER/ROOM 116.HOW DOES ONE ACCESS THIS
 SPACE?IS THIS AREA FIRE PROTECTED (SPRINKLERED, FIRE
 RESISTIVE SEPARATED, ETC.)
  
 33.HOW IS THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING IN THE STAIRWELLS
 ATTAINED?
  
 34.PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT IS AN INTRUSION SYSTEM.
  
  
 TO EXPEDITE THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS, INCLUDE A RESPONSE
 LETTER INDICATING WHERE ON THE APPROPIATE PLAN SHEET
 EACH ITEM WAS ADDRESSED
  
  
 CAPT. MICHAEL A. WILLIAMS
 FIRE PLAN REVIEW
 561-805-6722


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