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| 2013-05-11 15:39:04 | 1555 PALM BEACH LAKES BOULEVARD - SUITE #100 |
| | PERMIT #13020602 |
| | REVIEW #3 COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| | |
| | SHEET FP-1: ENGINEERED FIRE SPRINKLER DRAWINGS THAT |
| | WERE SUBMITTED ARE NOT SIGNED/SEALED BY A PROFESSIONAL |
| | ENGINEER. THE DESIGN OR ALTERATION OF 50 OR MORE |
| | SPRINKLERS REQUIRES SIGNED/SEALED PLANS. PLANS TO BE |
| | SEALED BEFORE PERMIT IS ISSUED. |
| | |
| | AN ON-SITE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED SATURDAY |
| | (05/11/13). THE MAIN LOBBY ENTRANCE CONNECTS THE GROUND |
| | FLOOR WITH TWO OTHER FLOORS. NO SPRINKLER WATER CURTAIN |
| | (CLOSELY SPACED SPRINKLERS) WERE OBSERVED ON THE LOWER |
| | LEVEL ON EITHER SIDE OF THE EXISTING GLASS CURTAIN |
| | WALLS.THE EXISTING LOBBY AREA APPEARS TO BE A |
| | "COMMUNICATING SPACE" IN LIEU OF AN "ATRIUM." ARCHITECT |
| | TO PROVIDE LETTER INDICATING IF EXISTING SPACE IS A |
| | "COMMUNICATING SPACE" OR AN "ATRIUM." |
| | |
| | PER NFPA 101: |
| | 8.6.6 COMMUNICATING SPACE. UNENCLOSED FLOOR OPENINGS |
| | FORMING A COMMUNICATING SPACE BETWEEN FLOOR LEVELS |
| | SHALL BE PERMITTED, PROVIDED THAT THE FOLLOWING |
| | CONDITIONS ARE MET: |
| | (1) THE COMMUNICATING SPACE DOES NOT CONNECT MORE THAN |
| | THREE CONTIGUOUS STORIES. |
| | (2) THE LOWEST OR NEXT-TO-LOWEST STORY WITHIN THE |
| | COMMUNICATING SPACE IS A STREET FLOOR. |
| | (3) THE ENTIRE FLOOR AREA OF THE COMMUNICATING SPACE IS |
| | OPEN AND UNOBSTRUCTED, SUCH THAT A FIRE IN ANY PART OF |
| | THE SPACE WILL BE READILY OBVIOUS TO THE OCCUPANTS OF |
| | THE SPACE PRIOR TO THE TIME IT BECOMES AN OCCUPANT |
| | HAZARD. |
| | (4) THE COMMUNICATING SPACE IS SEPARATED FROM THE |
| | REMAINDER OF THE BUILDING BY FIRE BARRIERS WITH NOT |
| | LESS THAN A 1-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING, UNLESS ONE |
| | OF THE FOLLOWING IS MET: |
| | (A) IN BUILDINGS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN APPROVED |
| | AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION |
| | 9.7, A SMOKE BARRIER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.5 |
| | SHALL BE PERMITTED TO SERVE AS THE SEPARATION REQUIRED |
| | BY 8.6.6(4). |
| | (B) THE REQUIREMENT OF 8.6.6(4) SHALL NOT APPLY TO |
| | FULLY SPRINKLERED RESIDENTIAL HOUSING UNITS OF |
| | DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL OCCUPANCIES IN ACCORDANCE |
| | WITH 22.3.1(2) AND 23.3.1.1(2). |
| | (5) THE COMMUNICATING SPACE HAS ORDINARY HAZARD |
| | CONTENTS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN APPROVED AUTOMATIC |
| | SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.7 OR HAS |
| | ONLY LOW HAZARD CONTENTS. (SEE 6.2.2.) |
| | (6) EGRESS CAPACITY IS SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW ALL THE |
| | OCCUPANTS OF ALL LEVELS WITHIN THE COMMUNICATING SPACE |
| | TO SIMULTANEOUSLY EGRESS THE COMMUNICATING SPACE BY |
| | CONSIDERING IT AS A SINGLE FLOOR AREA IN DETERMINING |
| | THE REQUIRED EGRESS CAPACITY. |
| | (7) EACH OCCUPANT WITHIN THE COMMUNICATING SPACE HAS |
| | ACCESS TO NOT LESS THAN ONE EXIT WITHOUT HAVING TO |
| | TRAVERSE ANOTHER STORY WITHIN THE COMMUNICATING SPACE. |
| | (8) EACH OCCUPANT NOT IN THE COMMUNICATING SPACE HAS |
| | ACCESS TO NOT LESS THAN ONE EXIT WITHOUT HAVING TO |
| | ENTER THE COMMUNICATING SPACE. |
| | |
| | 8.6.7 ATRIUMS. AN ATRIUM SHALL BE PERMITTED, PROVIDED |
| | THAT THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET: |
| | (1) THE ATRIUM IS SEPARATED FROM THE ADJACENT SPACES BY |
| | FIRE BARRIERS WITH NOT LESS THAN A 1-HOUR FIRE |
| | RESISTANCE RATING WITH OPENING PROTECTIVES FOR CORRIDOR |
| | WALLS, UNLESS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS MET: |
| | (A) THE REQUIREMENT OF 8.6.7(1) SHALL NOT APPLY TO |
| | EXISTING, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ATRIUMS. |
| | (B) ANY NUMBER OF LEVELS OF THE BUILDING SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED TO OPEN DIRECTLY TO THE ATRIUM WITHOUT |
| | ENCLOSURE BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE ENGINEERING |
| | ANALYSIS REQUIRED IN 8.6.7(5). |
| | (C)*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 FT (1830 MM). |
| | 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 IN. (305 MM) 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. |
| | |
| | WESLEY JOLIN |
| | FIRE INVESTIGATOR & INSPECTOR |
| | OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL |
| | WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE |
| | [email protected] |
| | (561) 805-6730 |
