| Date |
Text |
| 2013-02-02 18:03:13 | 222 LAKEVIEW AVENUE - SUITE #200 |
| | TRACKING #13010548 |
| | PERMIT #12100536 |
| | REVIEW COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| | |
| | SHEET A1.1: THE EXISTING COMMON CORRIDOR (LEADING TO |
| | THE STAIR) IS SHOWN AS BEING ELIMINATED. INDICATE THE |
| | PATHS OF TRAVEL TO THE STAIR AND THE LOCATIONS OF EXIT |
| | SIGNS FOR OCCUPANTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF SUITE #200. |
| | |
| | SHEET A1.1: HORIZONTAL WINDOW MULLIONS ARE NOT |
| | PERMITTED AS THEY WILL PREVENT THE ENTIRE OF SURFACE OF |
| | THE GLASS FROM BEING EVENLY WET BY AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER |
| | DISCHARGE. DOORS SHALL BE SUCH THAT RESIST THE PASSAGE |
| | OF SMOKE AND ARE SELF-CLOSING OR AUTOMATIC CLOSING. |
| | |
| | A PORTION OF FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE SECTION 8.6.7 |
| | (ATRIUMS) READS AS FOLLOWS: |
| | GLASS WALLS AND INOPERABLE WINDOWS SHALL BE PERMITTED |
| | IN LIEU OF THE FIRE BARRIERS WHERE ALL THE FOLLOWING |
| | ARE MET: |
| | I. AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS ARE SPACED ALONG BOTH SIDES OF |
| | THE GLASS WALL AND THE INOPERABLE WINDOWS AT INTERVALS |
| | NOT TO EXCEED 6 FEET. |
| | II. THE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS SPECIFIED IN |
| | 8.6.7(1)(C)(I) ARE LOCATED AT A DISTANCE FROM THE GLASS |
| | WALL NOT TO EXCEED 12 INCHES AND ARRANGED SO THAT THE |
| | ENTIRE SURFACE OF THE GLASS IS WET UPON OPERATION OF |
| | THE SPRINKLERS. |
| | III.THE GLASS WALL IS OF TEMPERED, WIRED, OR LAMINATED |
| | GLASS HELD IN PLACE BY A GASKET SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS THE |
| | GLASS FRAMING SYSTEM TO DEFLECT WITHOUT BREAKING |
| | (LOADING) THE GLASS BEFORE THE SPRINKLERS OPERATE. |
| | IV. THE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS REQUIRED BY 8.6.7(1)(C)(I) |
| | ARE NOT REQUIRED ON THE ATRIUM SIDE OF THE GLASS WALL |
| | AND THE INOPERABLE WINDOW WHERE THERE IS NO WALKWAY OR |
| | OTHER FLOOR AREA ON THE ATRIUM SIDE ABOVE THE MAIN |
| | FLOOR LEVEL. |
| | V. DOORS IN THE GLASS WALLS ARE OF GLASS OR OTHER |
| | MATERIAL THAT RESISTS THE PASSAGE OF SMOKE. |
| | VI. DOORS IN THE GLASS WALLS ARE SELF-CLOSING OR |
| | AUTOMATIC-CLOSING UPON DETECTION OF SMOKE. |
| | VII. THE GLASS IS CONTINUOUS VERTICALLY, WITHOUT |
| | HORIZONTAL MULLIONS, WINDOW TREATMENTS, OR OTHER |
| | OBSTRUCTIONS THAT WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE WETTING OF |
| | THE ENTIRE GLASS SURFACE. |
| | |
| | SHEET E.2: INDICATE IF THE USE OF THE NEW SMOKE |
| | DETECTORS ARE FOR AUTOMATIC DOOR RELEASE. |
| | |
| | SHEET E.2: CONFIRM THAT OPERATION OF THE AUTOMATIC |
| | SPRINKLER SYSTEM WILL ACTIVATE THE ATRIUM'S ENGINEERED |
| | SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEM. |
| | |
| | SHEET FP1: THE PROPOSED STOREFRONT GLAZING SYSTEM |
| | APPEARS TO INCORPORATE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL MULLIONS |
| | THAT WILL PREVENT THE ENTIRE GLASS SURFACES TO BE WET |
| | UPON SPRINKLER ACTIVATION. |
| | |
| | WESLEY JOLIN |
| | FIRE INVESTIGATOR & INSPECTOR |
| | OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL |
| | WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE |
| | [email protected] |
| | (561) 805-6730 |
| | |
