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| 2015-04-20 15:20:52 | 3RD REVIEW, FIRE MARSHAL PETER LEDUC. |
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| | THE RESPONSE COMMENTS REGARDING THE SINGLE MEZZANINE |
| | EXIT ARE DUELY NOTED. |
| | |
| | 1) HOWEVER, IN JUSTIFYING THE REDUCED CHANGE OF |
| | OCCUPANY TO LOW HAZARD IS CHALLENGING. STACKING |
| | PRODUCTS ON WOOD PALLETS UP TO 24FT HIGH IS NOT LOW |
| | HAZARD. HAVING A SMALL PARTS WAREHOUSE UNDER THE |
| | MEZZANINE IS NOT LOW HAZARD. A SITE PLAN WAS NOT |
| | PROVIDED INDICATING THE PLACEMENT OF RACKS WITHIN THE |
| | WAREHOUSE. INCLUDED SHALL BE ALL PROPOSED RACK |
| | LOCATIONS, HEIGHT AND WIDTHS, ISLE WIDTHS AND ALL TYPES |
| | OF COMMODITIES LISTED AND STORED AT EACH RACK LOCATION. |
| | UNLESS SOME COMPLEING INFOMATION IS PROVIDED JUSTIFYING |
| | THIS AS A LOW HAZARD STORAGE OCCUPANCY, IN THE |
| | JUDGEMENT OF THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU IT IS AN |
| | ORDINARY HAZARD STORAGE OCCUPANCY AND A SECOND EXIT IS |
| | REQUIRED FROM THE MEZZANINE BECAUSE THE COMMON PATH OF |
| | TRAVEL DOES NOT MEET THE 100FT MAXIMUM AS NOTED BELOW. |
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| | THE DEFINITION OF ORDINARY HAZARD CONTENTS IS NFPA 101 |
| | 6.2.2.3 * ORDINARY HAZARD CONTENTS SHALL BE CLASSIFIED |
| | AS THOSE THAT ARE LIKELY TO BURN WITH MODERATE RAPIDITY |
| | OR TO GIVE OFF A CONSIDERABLE VOLUME OF SMOKE. THE |
| | APPENDIX NARRATIVE STATES THAT ORDINARY HAZARD |
| | CLASSIFICATION REPRESENTS THE CONDITIONS FOUND IN MOST |
| | BUILDINGS AND IS THE BASIS FOR THE GENERAL |
| | REQUIRERMENTS OF THE CODE. THE FEAR OF POISONOUS FUMES |
| | OR EXPLOSIONS IS NECESSARILY A RELATIVE MATTER TO BE |
| | DETERMINED ON A JUDGEMENT BASIS. ALL SMOKE CONTAINS |
| | SOME TOXIC FIRE GASES BUT, UNDER CONDITIONS OF ORDINARY |
| | HAZARD, THERE SHOULD BE NO UNDULY DANGEROUS EXPOSURE |
| | DURING THE PERIOD NECESASRY TO ESCAPE FROM THE FIRE |
| | AREA, ASSUMING THERE ARE PROPER EXITS. |
| | |
| | IN THE APPENDIX NARRATIVE FOR LOW HAZARD IT STATES, |
| | CHAPTER 42 RECOGNIZES STORAGE OF NONCOMBUSTIBLE |
| | MATERIALS AS LOW HAZARD. IN OTHER OCCUPANCIES, IT IS |
| | ASSUMED THAT, EVEN WHERE THE ACTUAL CONTENTS HAZARD IS |
| | NORMALLY LOW, THERE IS SUFFICIENT LIKLIHOOD THAT SOME |
| | COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS OR HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS WILL BE |
| | INTRODUCED IN CONNECTION WITH BUILDING REPAIR OR |
| | MAINTENANCE, OR SOME PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTOR MIGHT CREATE |
| | CONDITIONS CONDUCTIVE TO PANIC, SO THAT THE EGRESS |
| | FACILTIES CANNOT SAFELY BE REDUCED BELOW THOSE |
| | SPECIFIED FOR ORDINARY HAZARD CONTENTS. |
| | |
| | AGAIN, BASED ON REVIEW OF THE ABOVE IN AFTER REVIEW OF |
| | YOUR PROPOSED OCCUPANCY IT IS A ORDINARY HAZARD STORAGE |
| | OCCUPANCY AND SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE |
| | FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE. |
| | |
| | ADDITIONALLY, THE PARTS STORAGE AREA CAN NOT BE |
| | CLASSIFIED AS LOW HAZARD, IT IS A ORDINARY HAZARD AT |
| | BEST, BUT MAY BE HIGH HAZARD DEPENDING ON YOUR |
| | SUBMITTED FLOOR LAYOUT AND COMMODITY STORAGE, THUSLY |
| | PROVIDING FOR A MIXED OCCUPANCY BUILDING AND |
| | REQUIRENING THE MOST STRINGENT CODE PROTECTION; |
| | ORDINARY HAZARD. |
| | |
| | 2) THE COMMON PATH OF TRAVEL OF 98.1FT IS MEASURED IN A |
| | STRAIGHT LINE. IN STORAGE OCCUPANCIES A MEASUREMNET IN |
| | A STRAIGHT LINE IS NOT AN ACCURATE ASSUMPTION. A |
| | PROPOSED FLOOR LAYOUT FOR THE MEZZANINE IS REQUIRED. |
| | TRAVEL DISTANCE SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF NFPA |
| | 7.6.1. IT IS GOOD PRACTICE IN BUILDING DESIGN TO |
| | RECOGNIZE THE INFLUENCE OF CONTENTS AND OCCUPANCY |
| | STORAGE FEATURES THUS REDUCING THE HAZARD OF EXCESSIVE |
| | TRAVEL DISTANCES; AT 98.1FT THERE IS NO ROOM FOR ANY |
| | STORAGE ON THE MEZZANINE. ALLOWING FOR STORAGE AND |
| | PROVIDING A REVISED COMMON PATH OF TRAVEL THAT WOULD |
| | REFLECT A MORE ACCURATE ROUTE WOULD CLEARLY EXCEED THE |
| | 100' DISTANCE. |
| | |
| | THE FFPC IS MORE STRINGENT FOR ORDINARY HAZARD STORAGE, |
| | ADDITIONALLY, NFPA 101 42.2.4.1 (2) , FOR AN ORDINARY |
| | HAZARD STORAGE, IT CLEARLY STATES THAT THE EXIT (NOT |
| | COMMON PATH OF TRAVEL) SHALL BE REACHED WITHIN THE 100' |
| | DISTANCE. THE PLAN INDICATES 123'-11". |
| | |
| | 3) THE PROPOSED EXIT FROM THE BREAKROOM INTO AND |
| | THROUGH THE SMALL PARTS AREA IS NOT APPROVED. AN AREA |
| | OF LESSER HAZARD CAN NOT PASS THROUGH AN AREA OF |
| | GREATER HAZARD. |
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