Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 13081155
Permit Number 13081155
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2013-09-05 15:32:12616 DATURA STREET
 PERMIT #13081155
 REVIEW COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT
  
 PROVIDE A DETAILED SITE DRAWING INDICATING THE
 ORIENTATION AND DISTANCE OF THE TRAILER IN REGARDS TO
 ANY ADJACENT STRUCTURES.
  
 PER NFPA 241- STANDARD FOR SAFEGUARDING CONSTRUCTION,
 ALTERATION, AND DEMOLITION OPERATIONS, SECTION 4.2
 TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION TRAILERS SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM
 ADJACENT TRAILERS OR STRUCTURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 TABLE 4.2.1. PER TABLE 4.2.1:
 1) 20 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM
 ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 30 FEET
 2) 30 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM
 ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 35 FEET
 3) 40 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM
 ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 40 FEET
 4) 50 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM
 ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 45 FEET
 5) 60 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM
 ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 50 FEET
 6) GREATER THAN 60 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE
 SEPARATED FROM ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 60 FEET
 **A 75 PERCENT REDUCTION IN SEPARATION DISTANCES SHALL
 BE PERMITTED TO BE APPLIED, PROVIDED AUTOMATIC
 SPRINKLER PROTECTION IS USED IN THE EXPOSING STRUCTURE.
  
 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.
  
 PROVIDE STAIR 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. 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.
 GUARDS, AT LEAST 42-INCHES TALL, SHALL BE PROVIDED AT
 THE OPEN SIDES OF MEANS OF EGRESS (STAIRS, MEZZANINE,
 ETC.) THAT EXCEED 30-INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR. OPEN
 GUARDS SHALL PROHIBIT THE PASSAGE OF A 4-INCH DIAMETER
 SPHERE UP TO A HEIGHT OF 34-INCHES. THE TRIANGULAR
 OPENINGS FORMED BY THE RISER, TREAD AND BOTTOM ELEMENT
 OF THE GUARDRAIL SHALL PROHIBIT THE PASSAGE OF A 6-INCH
 DIAMETER SPHERE.
  
 WESLEY JOLIN
 FIRE INVESTIGATOR & INSPECTOR
 OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL
 WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE
 [email protected]
 (561) 805-6730
  


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