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| 2016-05-09 15:25:00 | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE |
| | MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| | 1) SHEET LS 101 - STAIR 1 INDICATES ITS EXIT TO THE |
| | INTERIOR OB THE BUILDING. THE EXIT DOES NOT MEET THE |
| | REQUIREMENTS BELOW # 1, 136 OCCUPANTS VS 105 FOR STAIR |
| | # 2. AND # 3 THE EXIT PATH IS READILY VISIBLE AND |
| | IDENTIFIABLE. |
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| | AN EXTERIOR EXIT DOOR IS REQUIRED IN STAIR # 1. |
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| | PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 12, NEW ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES, |
| | 12.2.7 DISCHARGE FROM EXITS. |
| | 12.2.7.1 EXIT DISCHARGE SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION 7.7. |
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| | 7.7 DISCHARGE FROM EXITS. |
| | 7.7.1* EXIT TERMINATION. EXITS SHALL TERMINATE |
| | DIRECTLY, AT A PUBLIC WAY OR AT AN EXTERIOR EXIT |
| | DISCHARGE, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN 7.7.1.2 THROUGH |
| | 7.7.1.4. |
| | 7.7.2 EXIT DISCHARGE THROUGH INTERIOR BUILDING AREAS. |
| | EXITS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO DISCHARGE THROUGH INTERIOR |
| | BUILDING AREAS, PROVIDED THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE |
| | MET: |
| | (1) NOT MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF |
| | EXITS, AND NOT MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE REQUIRED |
| | EGRESS CAPACITY, SHALL DISCHARGE THROUGH AREAS ON ANY |
| | LEVEL OF DISCHARGE, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY |
| | ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: |
| | (A) ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE EXITS SHALL BE PERMITTED |
| | TO DISCHARGE THROUGH AREAS ON ANY LEVEL OF DISCHARGE IN |
| | DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL OCCUPANCIES AS OTHERWISE |
| | PROVIDED IN CHAPTERS 22 AND 23. |
| | (B) IN EXISTING BUILDINGS, THE 50 PERCENT LIMIT ON |
| | EGRESS CAPACITY SHALL NOT APPLY IF THE 50 PERCENT LIMIT |
| | ON THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF EXITS IS MET. |
| | (2) EACH LEVEL OF DISCHARGE SHALL DISCHARGE DIRECTLY |
| | OUTSIDE AT THE FINISHED GROUND LEVEL OR DISCHARGE |
| | DIRECTLY OUTSIDE AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE FINISHED |
| | GROUND LEVEL BY OUTSIDE STAIRS OR OUTSIDE RAMPS. |
| | (3) THE INTERIOR EXIT DISCHARGE SHALL LEAD TO A FREE |
| | AND UNOBSTRUCTED WAY TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, |
| | AND SUCHWAY SHALL BE READILY VISIBLE AND IDENTIFIABLE |
| | FROM THE POINT OF DISCHARGE FROM THE EXIT. |
| | (4) THE INTERIOR EXIT DISCHARGE SHALL BE PROTECTED BY |
| | ONE OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS: |
| | (A) THE LEVEL OF DISCHARGE SHALL BE PROTECTED |
| | THROUGHOUT BY AN APPROVED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.7, OR THE PORTION OF THE |
| | LEVEL OF DISCHARGE USED FOR INTERIOR EXIT DISCHARGE |
| | SHALL BE PROTECTED BY AN APPROVED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER |
| | SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.7 AND SHALL BE |
| | SEPARATED FROM THE NONSPRINKLERED PORTION OF THE FLOOR |
| | BY FIRE BARRIERS WITH A FIRE RESISTANCE RATING MEETING |
| | THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ENCLOSURE OF EXITS. (SEE |
| | 7.1.3.2.1.) |
| | (B) THE INTERIOR EXIT DISCHARGE AREA SHALL BE IN A |
| | VESTIBULE OR FOYER THAT MEETS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING |
| | CRITERIA: |
| | I. THE DEPTH FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING SHALL BE |
| | NOT MORE THAN 10 FT (3050 MM), AND THE LENGTH SHALL BE |
| | NOT MORE THAN 30 FT (9.1 M). |
| | II. THE FOYER SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM THE REMAINDER OF |
| | THE LEVEL OF DISCHARGE BY CONSTRUCTION PROVIDING |
| | PROTECTION NOT LESS THAN THE EQUIVALENT OF WIRED GLASS |
| | IN STEEL FRAMES OR 45 MINUTES FIRERESISTIVE |
| | CONSTRUCTION. |
| | III. THE FOYER SHALL SERVE ONLY AS MEANS OF EGRESS AND |
| | SHALL INCLUDE AN EXIT DIRECTLY TO THE OUTSIDE. |
| | (5) THE ENTIRE AREA ON THE LEVEL OF DISCHARGE SHALL BE |
| | SEPARATED FROM AREAS BELOW BY CONSTRUCTION HAVING A |
| | FIRE RESISTANCE RATING NOT LESS THAN THAT REQUIRED FOR |
| | THE EXIT ENCLOSURE, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN |
| | 7.7.2(6). |
| | (6) LEVELS BELOW THE LEVEL OF DISCHARGE IN AN ATRIUM |
| | SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE OPEN TO THE LEVEL OF DISCHARGE |
| | WHERE SUCH LEVEL OF DISCHARGE IS PROTECTED IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH 8.6.7. |
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| | 2) SHEET FA 1.01 - PLEASE PROVIDE A NOTE INDICATING |
| | THAT THE FIRE ALARM WORK SHALL BE SUBMITTED AND |
| | COMPLETED UNDER SEPARATE SHOP DRAWINGS BY CERTIFIED |
| | LIFE SAFETY CONTRACTOR. |
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| | 3) SHEET M 0.02 - DUCT DETECTORS ARE NOT CLEARLY |
| | INDICATED OR COULD BE EASILY LOCATED. PER NFPA CHAPTER |
| | 12, 12.5 BUILDING SERVICES. |
| | 12.5.1 UTILITIES. UTILITIES SHALL COMPLY WITH THE |
| | PROVISIONS OF SECTION 9.1. |
| | 12.5.2 HEATING, VENTILATING, AND AIR-CONDITIONING |
| | EQUIPMENT. HEATING, VENTILATING, AND AIR-CONDITIONING |
| | EQUIPMENT SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION |
| | 9.2. |
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| | 9.2 HEATING, VENTILATING, AND AIR-CONDITIONING. |
| | 9.2.1 AIR-CONDITIONING, HEATING, VENTILATING DUCTWORK, |
| | AND RELATED EQUIPMENT. AIR-CONDITIONING, HEATING, |
| | VENTILATING DUCTWORK, AND RELATED EQUIPMENT SHALL BE IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 90A, STANDARD FOR THE INSTALLATION |
| | OF AIR-CONDITIONING AND |
| | VENTILATING SYSTEMS, OR NFPA 90B, STANDARD FOR THE |
| | INSTALLATION OF WARM AIR HEATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING |
| | SYSTEMS, AS APPLICABLE, UNLESS SUCH INSTALLATIONS ARE |
| | APPROVED EXISTING INSTALLATIONS, WHICH SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED TO BE CONTINUED IN SERVICE. |
| | |
| | PER NFPA 90 A , CHAPTER 6 CONTROLS |
| | 6.4* SMOKE DETECTION FOR AUTOMATIC CONTROL. |
| | 6.4.1 TESTING. ALL AUTOMATIC SHUTDOWN DEVICES SHALL BE |
| | TESTEDAT LEAST ANNUALLY. |
| | 6.4.2* LOCATION. |
| | 6.4.2.1 SMOKE DETECTORS LISTED FOR USE IN AIR |
| | DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS SHALL BE LOCATED AS FOLLOWS: |
| | (1) DOWNSTREAM OF THE AIR FILTERS AND AHEAD OF ANY |
| | BRANCH CONNECTIONS IN AIR SUPPLY SYSTEMS HAVING A |
| | CAPACITY GREATER THAN 944 L/SEC (2000 FT3/MIN) |
| | (2) AT EACH STORY PRIOR TO THE CONNECTION TO A COMMON |
| | RETURN AND PRIOR TO ANY RECIRCULATION OR FRESH AIR |
| | INLET CONNECTION IN AIR RETURN SYSTEMS HAVING A |
| | CAPACITY GREATER THAN 7080 L/SEC (15,000 FT3/MIN) AND |
| | SERVING MORE THAN ONE STORY |
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| | 3) SHEET AE701 - THE DOOR & FRAME SCHEDULE DOES NOT |
| | INDICATE ANY DOOR HARDWARE SPECIFCALLY, EXIT DOOR |
| | HARDWARE AND PANIC DEVICES. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAIL |
| | HARDWARE DEVICES FOR EACH DOOR PER NFPA 101 CHAPTER 12, |
| | 12.2.2.2 DOORS |
| | 12.2.2.2.3 ANY DOOR IN A REQUIRED MEANS OF EGRESS FROM |
| | AN AREA HAVING AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF 100 OR MORE PERSONS |
| | SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE PROVIDED WITH A LATCH OR LOCK |
| | ONLY IF THE LATCH OR LOCK IS PANIC HARDWARE OR FIRE |
| | EXIT HARDWARE COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1.7, UNLESS OTHERWISE |
| | PERMITTED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: |
| | (1) THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO DELAYED-EGRESS |
| | LOCKS AS PERMITTED IN 12.2.2.2.5. |
| | (2) THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO |
| | ACCESS-CONTROLLED EGRESS DOORS AS PERMITTED IN |
| | 12.2.2.2.6. |
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| | 4) SHEET AE 210 - THERE IS NO INDICATION OF A LIGHT |
| | WEIGHT ROOF AND/OR FLOOR SIGN PLEASE PROVIDE FOR A |
| | LIGHTWEIGHT SIGN PER FLORIDA 69A-60.0081; NOTICE |
| | SIGNAGE IS REQUIRED FOR STRUCTURES WITH LIGHT-FRAME |
| | TRUSS-TYPE CONSTRUCTION. ANY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OR |
| | ANY MULTIUNIT RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE OF THREE UNITS OR |
| | MORE WHICH USES HORIZONTAL OR VERTICAL LIGHT-FRAME |
| | TRUSS-TYPE CONSTRUCTION IN ANY PORTION SHALL BE MARKED |
| | WITH A MALTESE CROSS SIGN MEASURING 8 INCHES |
| | HORIZONTALLY AND 8 INCHES VERTICALLY, OF A BRIGHT RED |
| | REFLECTIVE COLOR. THE APPROVED SYMBOL SHALL BE PLACED |
| | WITHIN 24 INCHES TO THE LEFT OF THE MAIN ENTRY DOOR. |
| | 1. STRUCTURES WITH LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS ROOFS SHALL BE |
| | MARKED WITH THE LETTER "R". |
| | 2. STRUCTURES WITH LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS FLOOR SYSTEMS |
| | SHALL BE MARKED WITH THE LETTER "F". |
| | 3. STRUCTURES WITH LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS FLOOR AND ROOF |
| | SYSTEMS SHALL BE MARKED WITH THE LETTERS "R/F". |
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| | 5) SHEET AE 112 - THERE IS NO INDICATION OF THE |
| | DIMENSIONS OF CORRIDORS 130 AND 133. PLEASE PROVIE THE |
| | DIMENSIONS COMPLY WITH NFPA 101, CHAPTER 12, 12.2.3.8 |
| | MINIMUM CORRIDOR WIDTH. THE WIDTH OF ANY EXIT ACCESS |
| | CORRIDOR SERVING 50 OR MORE PERSONS SHALL BE NOT LESS |
| | THAN 44 IN. (1120 MM). |
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| | PETER LEDUC |
| | FIRE MARSHAL |
| | 561-804-4709 |
| | [email protected] |
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