| Date |
Text |
| 2013-06-15 09:26:46 | 1220 ORTEGA ROAD |
| | PERMIT #13050866 |
| | REVIEW COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT |
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| | LOADING DOCK INDOOR STORAGE AREA APPEARS TO ONLY HAVE |
| | ONE EXIT (SIDE SWINGING DOOR). NFPA 101 CHAPTER 40 |
| | (STORAGE OCCUPANCIES) PERMITS A SINGLE MEANS OF EGRESS |
| | WHEN THE STORAGE HAZARD IS "LOW." HOWEVER, MOST STORAGE |
| | OCCUPANCIES ARE DEEMED TO BE ORDINARY HAZARD IF ANY |
| | COMBUSTIBLES ARE PRESENT. IN ORDER TO CLASSIFY AS LOW |
| | HAZARD, BOTH THE COMMODITY AND THE STORAGE METHOD |
| | (METAL RACKS, PILED, ETC.) WOULD HAVE TO BE |
| | NONCOMBUSTIBLE. ANY PALLETIZED, BOXED, ENCAPSULATED |
| | STORAGE WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS ORDINARY HAZARD. SITE |
| | PLAN SHEET INDICATES LOW HAZARD STORAGE. PLEASE |
| | INDICATE WHAT COMMODITIES WILL BE STORED AND HOW THEY |
| | WILL BE STORED TO JUSTIFY THE LOW HAZARD |
| | CLASSIFICATION; OTHERWISE A SECOND SWINGING EXIT DOOR |
| | WILL BE REQUIRED IF THE COMMON PATH OF TRAVEL EXCEEDS |
| | 50 FEET. |
| | |
| | PROVIDE PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. EXTINGUISHERS |
| | SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM RATING OF 2A:10BC AND SHALL BE |
| | TAGGED BY A LICENSED FIRE EXTINGUISHER COMPANY. TRAVEL |
| | DISTANCE TO EXTINGUISHERS SHALL NOT EXCEED 75 FEET. |
| | |
| | NEW 3068 DOOR SWINGS OVER THE STAIR TREAD. |
| | |
| | HANDRAILS ARE REQUIRED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STAIR. |
| | HANDRAILS SHALL BE LOCATED NOT LESS THAN 34 INCHES AND |
| | NOT MORE THAN 38 INCHES ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE TREAD, |
| | MEASURED VERTICALLY TO THE TOP OF THE RAIL FROM THE |
| | LEADING EDGE OF THE TREAD. HANDRAIL ENDS SHALL BE |
| | RETURNED TO THE WALL OR FLOOR OR SHALL TERMINATE AT |
| | NEWEL POSTS. HANDRAIL CROSS SECTION SHALL HAVE A |
| | DIAMETER OF NOT LESS THAN 1.25 INCHES AND NOT MORE THAN |
| | 2 INCHES. PROVIDE DETAIL. |
| | |
| | STAIR RISERS SHALL BE BETWEEN 4 INCHES AND 7 INCHES IN |
| | HEIGHT. STAIRS SHALL BE SLIP RESISTANT AND HAVE A |
| | MINIMUM TREAD DEPTH OF 11 INCHES AND PREVENT THE |
| | ACCUMULATION OF WATER. PROVIDE DETAIL. |
| | |
| | PROVIDE RAMP DETAIL INDICATING ANY HANDRAILS, |
| | GUARDRAILS OR CURBS. |
| | |
| | WESLEY JOLIN |
| | FIRE INVESTIGATOR & INSPECTOR |
| | OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL |
| | WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE |
| | [email protected] |
| | (561) 805-6730 |
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