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| 2016-06-08 12:51:20 | 111 SOUTH SAPODILLA AVENUE |
| | PERMIT #15120266 |
| | REVIEW COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| | |
| | NOTE: THIS IS A STATE FACILITY; THEREFORE, THE FLORIDA |
| | STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE HAS JURISDICTION AND IS |
| | RESPONSIBLE FOR PLAN APPROVAL AND FIRE INSPECTIONS. WPB |
| | FIRE RESCUE WILL PERFORM A COURTESY FIRE PLAN REVIEW |
| | ONLY. |
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| | CODE: ALL FIRE/LIFE SAFETY REVIEW COMMENTS REFERENCE |
| | NFPA 101-THE LIFE SAFETY CODE (2012 EDITION WITH |
| | FLORIDA AMENDMENTS.) |
| | |
| | NO CIVIL ENGINEERING DRAWINGS SUBMITTED. |
| | |
| | COVER SHEET G-001: THE ADDRESS PROVIDED ON THE PLANS |
| | DOES NOT MATCH THE ADDRESS PROVIDED ON THE PERMIT |
| | APPLICATION. |
| | |
| | GENERAL: LIFE SAFETY PLANS NOTE #1 INDICATES THIS |
| | STRUCTURE IS A PARKING GARAGE. |
| | |
| | GENERAL: DOOR SCHEDULE HARDWARE TYPES CANNOT BE |
| | LOCATED. NOTE: ALL EXIT ACCESS AND EXIT DOORS SHALL BE |
| | RELEASED BY PANIC OR FIRE EXIT HARDWARE IN ASSEMBLY |
| | OCCUPANCIES. THE ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES APPEAR TO BE FIRE |
| | SEPARATED FROM THE BUSINESS OCCUPANCY; HOWEVER, THE |
| | EXIT ACCESS IS SHARED BETWEEN THE TWO OCCUPANCIES. FOR |
| | NON-SEPARATED MIXED USE OCCUPANCIES, THE MOST STRINGENT |
| | FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS OF EACH OCCUPANCY |
| | SHALL APPLY TO THE BUILDING. PER SECTION 6.1.14.1.2, |
| | WHERE EXIT ACCESS FROM AN OCCUPANCY TRAVERSES ANOTHER |
| | OCCUPANCY, THE MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY SHALL BE TREATED AS A |
| | MIXED OCCUPANCY. |
| | |
| | GENERAL: FIRE-RATED DOORS PROTECTING THE 1-HOUR EXIT |
| | STAIRS AND 1-HOUR ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY SEPARATION ROOMS |
| | HAVE ONLY A 20-MINUTE FIRE RATING THROUGHOUT. REFER TO |
| | 101-TABLE 8.3.4.2 FOR CORRECT FIRE RESISTANCE RATINGS |
| | REQUIRED ON OPENINGS. |
| | |
| | SHEET LS-01: THE LIFE SAFETY PLAN AND THE ACCESS |
| | CONTROL PLAN NEED TO BE COORDINATED. SEVERAL CARD |
| | READERS LOCATIONS PROHIBIT REQUIRED FREE EGRESS TO TWO |
| | EXITS AT ALL TIMES. FOR EXAMPLE THE EAST EXIT DOOR FROM |
| | COURTROOM #104 HAS A CARD READER REQUIRING SPECIAL |
| | KNOWLEDGE OR A TOOL TO USE THIS EXIT. OCCUPANTS EXITING |
| | STAIR #100 HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE TRAPPED WITH ALL |
| | THE DOOR CARD READERS. OCCUPANTS DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO |
| | TWO MEANS OF EGRESS ONCE THEY EXIT STAIR #100 AND THE |
| | STAIR HAS A CARD READER THAT WOULD PREVENT RE-ENTRY. |
| | CORRIDOR #122A CREATES A DEAD-END CORRIDOR IN EXCESS OF |
| | 20 FEET. |
| | |
| | SHEET LS-01: MULTIPURPOSE ROOM #137 FEATURES ACCORDIAN |
| | PARTITION WALLS. IF THE EAST ACCORDIAN WALL IS |
| | UTILIZED, THE WEST PORTION OF THE ROOM WILL HAVE TWO |
| | EXIT ACCESS DOORS THAT DO NOT MEET THE REQUIRED |
| | SEPARATION DISTANCE TO BE CONSIDERED SEPARATE EXIT |
| | DOORS. |
| | |
| | SHEET LS-01: PER SECTION 101-7.7.2 NO MORE THAN 50% OF |
| | THE STAIRS ARE PERMITTED TO TERMINATE IN THE INTERIOR |
| | OF THE BUILDING; HOWERVER, THE CURRENT DESIGN SHOWS |
| | BOTH STAIR ENCLOSURES TERMINATING IN THE INTERIOR OF |
| | THE BUILDING. STAIR #200 TERMINATES CLOSE TO THE |
| | EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING BUT DISCHARGES INTO CORRIDOR |
| | #141B. KITCHEN #136 WILL CONSTANTLY BE IMPEDING UPON |
| | THE EXIT DISCHARGE OF STAIR #200. PER SECTION |
| | 101-7.1.3.2. AN EXIT ENCLOSURE SHALL PROVIDE A |
| | CONTINUOUS PATH OF TRAVEL TO AN EXIT DISCHARGE. AN EXIT |
| | ENCLOSURE SHALL NOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE THAT HAS |
| | THE POTENTIAL TO INTERFERE WITH ITS USE AS AN EXIT. |
| | |
| | SHEET LS-01: THE EAST CONNECTOR DOES NOT INDICATE WHAT |
| | IS BEING CONNECTED. OCCUPANTS ARE BEING ROUTED THROUGH |
| | THIS CONNECTOR FOR EGRESS; IS THE CONNECTOR A |
| | HORIZONTAL EXIT? |
| | |
| | SHEET LS-01: LOBBY #101 HAS EXIT EXIT SIGNS ABOVE THE |
| | EXIT DOORS THAT APPEAR TO BE OBSTRUCTED BY SECURITY |
| | PARTITIONS MAKING THE LOCATIONS OF THE EXITS NOT |
| | OBVIOUS. PROVIDE ADDITIONAL EXIT SIGNAGE. |
| | |
| | SHEET LS-02: THE COURTYARD IS APPROXIMATELY 1,500 |
| | SQ.FT. AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO HOLD 100 OR MORE |
| | OCCUPANTS. THIS SPACE NEEDS TO BE DESIGNED AS AN |
| | ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY. CURRENTLY THE PLANS INDICATE |
| | POSTING A MAXIMUM OCCUPANT LOAD SIGN OF 49 PERSONS. |
| | THIS IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE OPTION. |
| | |
| | GENERAL: CARD READERS AND SECURITY CAMERAS ARE NOT |
| | PERMITTED IN THE STAIRS. PER SECTION 7.1.3.2.1, |
| | PENETRATIONS INTO, AND OPENINGS THROUGH, AN EXIT |
| | ENCLOSURE ASSEMBLY SHALL BE LIMITED TO DOOR ASSEMBLIES |
| | FROM NORMALLY OCCUPIED SPACES AND CORRIDORS, REQUIRED |
| | EXIT DOOR OPENINGS, ELECTRICAL CONDUIT SERVING THE EXIT |
| | ENCLOSURE, DUCTWORK AND EQUIPMENT NECESSARY FOR |
| | INDEPENDENT STAIR PRESSURIZATION, WATER OR STEAM PIPING |
| | NECESSARY FOR THE HEATING OR COOLING OF THE EXIT |
| | ENCLOSURE, SPRINKLER PIPING, STANDPIPES, AND |
| | PENETRATIONS FOR FIRE ALARM CIRCUITS, WHERE THE |
| | CIRCUITS ARE INSTALLED IN METAL CONDUIT AND THE |
| | PENETRATIONS ARE PROTECTED. |
| | |
| | SHEET T201: CARD READERS ARE LOCATED ON SEVERAL EGRESS |
| | DOORS PROHIBITING FREE EGRESS. |
| | |
| | SHEET T201: OCCUPANTS EXITING STAIR #100 HAVE THE |
| | POTENTIAL TO BE TRAPPED WITH ALL THE DOOR CARD READERS. |
| | OCCUPANTS DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO TWO MEANS OF EGRESS |
| | ONCE THEY EXIT STAIR #100 AND THE STAIR HAS A CARD |
| | READER THAT WOULD PREVENT RE-ENTRY. CORRIDOR #122A |
| | CREATES A DEAD-END CORRIDOR IN EXCESS OF 20 FEET. |
| | |
| | SHEET T202: CARD READERS ARE LOCATED ON THE EGRESS SIDE |
| | OF THE DOOR PROHIBITING FREE EGRESS IN OPEN SPACE #257. |
| | |
| | SHEET F-001: HYDRANT FLOW TEST DATA IS MORE THAN 1-YEAR |
| | OLD. |
| | |
| | FIRE SPRINKLER: ARE FIRE DEPARTMENT HOSE VALVES BEING |
| | PROVIDED ON THE ROOF? NO ROOF PLAN COULD BE LOCATED. |
| | |
| | SHEET E-501: PROVIDE TAMPER SWITCHES ON FIRELINE |
| | BACKFLOW PREVENTER. |
| | |
| | GENERAL: PROVIDE AN EXTERIOR KEY SAFE TO ALLOW |
| | EMERGENCY RESPONDERS NON-FORCIBLE ENTRY INTO THE |
| | BUILDING DURING NON-BUSINESS HOURS. A KEY SAFE CAN BE |
| | ORDERED FROM WWW.KNOXBOX.COM. |
| | |
| | CONSTRUCTION TRAILERS: TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION TRAILERS |
| | OR MODULAR BUILDINGS WILL REQUIRE A PERMIT AND |
| | COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING: |
| | PER NFPA 241- STANDARD FOR SAFEGUARDING CONSTRUCTION, |
| | ALTERATION, AND DEMOLITION OPERATIONS, SECTION 4.2: |
| | TEMPORARY OFFICES, TRAILERS, AND OTHER FACILITIES OF |
| | COMBUSTIBLE CONSTRUCTION OR HOUSING COMBUSTIBLE |
| | CONTENTS SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM ADJACENT BUILDINGS, |
| | 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. |
| | |
| | GENERAL: PROVIDE DRAWING NOTE INDICATING ALL |
| | CONSTRUCTION WORK SHALL CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF |
| | NFPA 241. TRASH AND CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS SHALL BE |
| | REMOVED FROM THE SITE DAILY. SMOKING SHALL BE |
| | PROHIBITED EXCEPT IN DESIGNATED EXTERIOR AREAS. ALL |
| | OTHER DEMOLITION OR CONSTRUCTION AREAS SHALL HAVE "NO |
| | SMOKING" SIGNS POSTED. WHERE SMOKING IS PERMITTED, SAFE |
| | RECEPTACLES FOR SMOKING MATERIALS SHALL BE PROVIDED. |
| | |
| | DISCLAIMER: REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE AHJ SHALL NOT |
| | RELIEVE THE OWNER, CONTRACTOR, ETC. OF THE |
| | RESPONSIBILITY OF COMPLIANCE WITH CODE (NFPA 1, SECTION |
| | 1.14.4). FBC SECTION 105.4.1 PERMIT INTENT: A PERMIT |
| | ISSUED SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO BE A LICENSE TO PROCEED |
| | WITH THE WORK AND NOT AS AUTHORITY TO VIOLATE, CANCEL, |
| | ALTER OR SET ASIDE ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE |
| | TECHNICAL CODES, NOR SHALL ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT PREVENT |
| | THE BUILDING OFFICIAL FROM THEREAFTER REQUIRING A |
| | CORRECTION OF ERRORS IN PLANS, CONSTRUCTION OR |
| | VIOLATIONS OF THIS CODE. |
| | |
| | WESLEY JOLIN |
| | ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL |
| | WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE |
| | [email protected] |
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