Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 16070946
Permit Number 16070946
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2016-08-10 12:20:54THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) SHEET G 001 - THERE IS AN INCORRECT REFERNCE TO A
 FIRE CODE. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE UNDER "FIRE
 PROTECTION REQUIREMENT" NFPA 101, 2009 EDITION IS
 INDICATED.
  
 IT SHOULD READ "2012". PLEASE CORRECT.
  
  
  
 2) SHEET G 130 - THERE IS NO INDICATION ON THIS LIFE
 SAFETY PLAN OR ANYWHERE ELSE IF THE PROPOSED WING WILL
 BE OCCUPIED DURING ANY CONSTRUCTION PERIOD AND/OR
 PHASE.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE A NOTE OF BRIEF NARRATIVE OF EACH PHASE
 INCLUIDNG SPECIFIC EXITING STRATEGY DETAILS FOR ALL
 PROPOSED OCCUPANTS ANS EXITS.
  
  
  
 3) SHEET A 0.11 & G 130 - THE LIFE SAFETY PLAN
 INDICATES SMOKE BARRIERS AND SMOKE PARTITIONS IN THE
 CORRIDOR OF THE PROPOSE PROJECT. THE DOOR SCHEDULE DOES
 NOT INDICATE AND PROTECTION FOR ALL THE CORRIDOR DOORS.
  
 PER NFPA 1, CHAPTER 12
  
 12.8 SMOKE PARTITIONS.
 12.8.1* GENERAL. WHERE REQUIRED ELSEWHERE IN THIS CODE,
 SMOKE PARTITIONS SHALL BE PROVIDED TO LIMIT THE
 TRANSFER OF SMOKE. [101:8.4.1]
  
 12.8.3 OPENING PROTECTIVES.
 12.8.3.1 DOORS IN SMOKE PARTITIONS SHALL COMPLY WITH
 12.8.3.2 THROUGH 12.8.3.5. [101:8.4.3.1]
 12.8.3.2 DOORS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
 7.2.1 OF NFPA 101. [101:8.4.3.2]
  
 12.9 SMOKE BARRIERS.
 12.9.1* GENERAL. WHERE REQUIRED BY CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH
 43 OF NFPA 101, SMOKE BARRIERS SHALL BE PROVIDED TO
 SUBDIVIDE BUILDING SPACES FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 RESTRICTING THE MOVEMENT OF SMOKE. [101:8.5.1]
  
 12.9.4 OPENING PROTECTIVES.
 12.9.4.1* DOORS IN SMOKE BARRIERS SHALL CLOSE THE
 OPENING, LEAVING ONLY THE MINIMUM CLEARANCE NECESSARY
 FOR PROPER OPERATION, AND SHALL BE WITHOUT LOUVERS OR
 GRILLES. THE CLEARANCE UNDER THE BOTTOM OF A NEW DOOR
 SHALL BE A MAXIMUM OF ? IN. (19 MM). [101:8.5.4.1]
 12.9.4.2 WHERE REQUIRED BY CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43 OF
 NFPA 101, DOORS IN SMOKE BARRIERS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO
 BE SMOKE LEAKAGE?RATED SHALL COMPLY WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF 8.2.2.5 OF NFPA 101. [101:8.5.4.2]
 12.9.4.3 LATCHING HARDWARE SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED ON
 DOORS IN SMOKE BARRIERS UNLESS SPECIFICALLY EXEMPTED BY
 CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43 OF NFPA 101. [101:8.5.4.3]
 12.9.4.4* DOORS IN SMOKE BARRIERS SHALL BE SELF-CLOSING
 OR AUTOMATIC-CLOSING IN ACCORDANCE WITH 14.5.4 AND
 SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF 7.2.1 OF NFPA 101.
 [101:8.5.4.4]
  
  
 NFPA 101, CHAPTER 18
  
 18.3.6.3* CORRIDOR DOORS.
 18.3.6.3.1* DOORS PROTECTING CORRIDOR OPENINGS SHALL BE
 CONSTRUCTED TO RESIST THE PASSAGE OF SMOKE, AND THE
 FOLLOWING ALSO SHALL APPLY:
 (1) COMPLIANCE WITH NFPA 80, STANDARD FOR FIRE DOORS
 AND OTHER OPENING PROTECTIVES, SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED.
 (2) A CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR AND THE
 FLOOR COVERING NOT EXCEEDING 1 IN. (25 MM) SHALL BE
 PERMITTED FOR CORRIDOR DOORS.
 (3) DOORS TO TOILET ROOMS, BATHROOMS, SHOWER ROOMS,
 SINK CLOSETS, AND SIMILAR AUXILIARY SPACES THAT DO NOT
 CONTAIN FLAMMABLE OR COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL SHALL NOT BE
 REQUIRED TO BE CONSTRUCTED TO RESIST THE PASSAGE OF
 SMOKE.
  
 18.3.7.3 ANY REQUIRED SMOKE BARRIER SHALL BE
 CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.5 AND SHALL
 HAVE A MINIMUM 1-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING, UNLESS
 OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
  
 18.3.7.6* DOORS IN SMOKE BARRIERS SHALL BE SUBSTANTIAL
 DOORS, SUCH AS 1? IN. (44 MM) THICK, SOLID-BONDED
 WOOD-CORE DOORS, OR SHALL BE OF CONSTRUCTION THAT
 RESISTS FIRE FOR A MINIMUM OF 20 MINUTES, AND SHALL
 MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
 (1) NONRATED FACTORY- OR FIELD-APPLIED PROTECTIVE
 PLATES, UNLIMITED IN HEIGHT, SHALL BE PERMITTED.
 (2) CROSS-CORRIDOR OPENINGS IN SMOKE BARRIERS SHALL BE
 PROTECTED BY A PAIR OF SWINGING DOORS OR A
 HORIZONTALSLIDING DOOR COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1.14, UNLESS
 OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY 18.3.7.7.
 (3) THE SWINGING DOORS ADDRESSED BY 18.3.7.6(2) SHALL
 BE ARRANGED SO THAT EACH DOOR SWINGS IN A DIRECTION
 OPPOSITE FROM THE OTHER.
 (4) THE MINIMUM CLEAR WIDTH FOR SWINGING DOORS SHALL BE
 AS FOLLOWS:
 (A) HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES ? 41? IN. (1055 MM)
 (B) PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND LIMITED CARE FACILITIES ?
 32 IN. (810 MM)
 (5) THE MINIMUM CLEAR WIDTH OPENING FOR
 HORIZONTAL-SLIDING DOORS SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:
 (A) HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES ? 6 FT 11 IN. (2110 MM)
 (B) PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND LIMITED CARE FACILITIES ?
 64 IN. (1625 MM)
 (6) THE CLEARANCE UNDER THE BOTTOM OF SMOKE BARRIER
 DOORS SHALL NOT EXCEED ? IN. (19 MM).
  
 18.3.7.8* DOORS IN SMOKE BARRIERS SHALL COMPLY WITH
 8.5.4 AND ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) THE DOORS SHALL BE SELF-CLOSING OR
 AUTOMATIC-CLOSING IN ACCORDANCE WITH 18.2.2.2.7.
 (2) LATCHING HARDWARE SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED.
 (3) STOPS SHALL BE REQUIRED AT THE HEAD AND SIDES OF
 DOOR FRAMES.
 (4) RABBETS, BEVELS, OR ASTRAGALS SHALL BE REQUIRED AT
 THE MEETING EDGES OF PAIRS OF DOORS.
  
 8.5.4 OPENING PROTECTIVES.
 8.5.4.1* DOORS IN SMOKE BARRIERS SHALL CLOSE THE
 OPENING, LEAVING ONLY THE MINIMUM CLEARANCE NECESSARY
 FOR PROPER OPERATION, AND SHALL BE WITHOUT LOUVERS OR
 GRILLES. THE CLEARANCE UNDER THE BOTTOM OF A NEW DOOR
 SHALL BE A MAXIMUM OF ? IN. (19 MM).
 8.5.4.2 WHERE REQUIRED BY CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43, DOORS
 IN SMOKE BARRIERS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE SMOKE
 LEAKAGE?RATED SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 8.2.2.4.
 8.5.4.3 LATCHING HARDWARE SHALL BE REQUIRED ON DOORS IN
 SMOKE BARRIERS, UNLESS SPECIFICALLY EXEMPTED BY
 CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43.
 8.5.4.4* DOORS IN SMOKE BARRIERS SHALL BE SELF-CLOSING
 OR AUTOMATIC-CLOSING IN ACCORDANCE WITH 7.2.1.8 AND
 SHALL COMPLYWITH THE PROVISIONS OF 7.2.1.
 (5) CENTER MULLIONS SHALL BE PROHIBITED.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE FOR THE PROPER RATING WITHIN THE DOOR
 SCHEDULE AND CONSTRUCTION FOR CORRIDIOR DOORS.
  
  
  
 4) SHEET A 0.11- THE DOOR SCHEDULE INDICATES NUMBERED
 HARDWARE SETS; HOWEVER, NOT HARDWARE SET DETAIL IS
 PROVIDE ( OR WAS NOT CLEARLY FOUND/IDENTIFIED)
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS OR DIRECT TO APPLICABLE SHEET.
  
  
  
 5) SHEET A 130 & A 131 - THE TLT DOOR OPENS INTO THE
 EGRESS HALLWAY POTENTIONALLY BLOCKING ACCESS TO THE
 ROOM EXIT.
  
 PER SECTION NFPA 101, DOOR SWING DIRECTION, 7.2.1.4.2,
 DOOR IS REQUIRED TO SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS
 TRAVEL FOR AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF 50 OR GREATER PERSONS.
 PER NFPA 101 CHAPTER 7, MEANS OF EGRESS
 7.2.1.4.3 DOOR LEAF ENCROACHMENT
 7.2.1.4.3.1 DURING ITS SWING, ANY DOOR LEAF IN A MEANS
 OF EGRESS SHALL LEAVE NOT LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF THE
 REQUIRED WIDTH OF AN AISLE, A CORRIDOR, A PASSAGEWAY,
 OR A LANDING UNOBSTRUCTED AND SHALL NOT PROJECT NOT
 MORE THAN 7 IN. INTO THE REQUIRED WIDTH OF AN AISLE, A
 CORRIDOR, A PASSAGE WAY, OR A LANDING, WHEN FULLY OPEN,
 UNLESS BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET:
 (1) THE DOOR OPENING PROVIDES ACCESS TO A STAIR IN AN
 EXISTING BUILDING.
 (2) THE DOOR OPENING MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS THAT LIMITS
 PROJECTION TO NOT MORE THAN 7 IN. INTO THE REQUIRED
 WIDTH OF THE STAIR LANDING WHEN THE DOOR LEAF IS FULLY
 OPEN.
  
  
 PLEASE CORRECT AND/OR PROVIDE JUSTIFICATION OR DOOR
 HARWARE TO ENSURE DOOR REMAINS CLOSED.
  
  
 6) SHEET E 001, 332 & 531 - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF A
 FIRE LARM; HOWEVER, THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE
 FIRE ALARM SHALL REMAIN ACTIVE DURING CONSTRUCTION AND
 ALL WORK SHALL BE DONE BY CERTIFIED LIFE SAFETY
 CONTRACTORS UNDER SEPARATE SHOP DRAWINGS.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE A NOTE OR NARRATIVE.
  
  
  
 7) ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY BE PROVIDED ON THE
 RE-SUBMITTAL OF THE ABOVE.
  
  
  
 PETER LEDUC
 FIRE MARSHAL
 561-804-4709
 [email protected]
  
  


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