Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 16090903
Permit Number 16090903
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2016-10-03 13:00:37PERMIT # 16090903
 REVIEW COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT
  
 FAILED COMMENTS:
 1) ENGINEERED FIRE ALARM AND FIRE SPRINKLER
 CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS ARE REQUIRED FOR A GENERAL
 BUILDING PERMIT. AFTER THE BUILDING PERMIT HAS BEEN
 ISSUED, THE SUBCONTRACTORS CAN THEN SUBMIT SHOP
 DRAWINGS (CONFORMING TO THE ENGINEERED CONSTRUCTION
 DOCUMENTS) FOR A SUB-PERMIT.
  
 2) ALL PARKING STRUCTURES SHALL COMPLY WITH NFPA 88A,
 PARKING STRUCTURES AND NFPA 101, THE LIFE SAFETY CODE,
 INCLUDING MORE SPECIFICALLY, CHAPTER 42 STORAGE
 OCCUPANCIES (PARKING STRUCTURES). THIS STANDARD SHALL
 COVER THE CONSTRUCTION AND PROTECTION OF, AS WELL AS
 THE CONTROL OF THE HAZARDS IN, OPEN AND ENCLOSED
 PARKING STRUCTURES.
  
 3) PER NFPA 88A, SECTION 5.3.2: ALL ENCLOSED PARKING
 STRUCTURES SHALL BE VENTILATED BY A MECHANICAL SYSTEM
 CAPABLE OF PROVIDING A MINIMUM OF 1FT3/MIN PER FT2 OF
 FLOOR AREA. MECHANICAL VENTILATING SYSTEMS SHALL BE
 INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 90A. DUCTWORK SHALL
 BE CONSTRUCTED OF NONCOMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL.
  
 4) THE BUILDING ADDRESS SHALL BE CLEARLY VISIBLE FROM
 ALL ACCESS ROADWAYS, INCLUDING DURING CONSTRUCTION.
 ADDRESS NUMBERS SHALL CONTRAST WITH THEIR BACKGROUND
 AND SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN SIX (6) INCHES IN HEIGHT
 WITH A ONE (1) INCH STROKE FOR ALL BUILDINGS.
  
 5) ALL PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS LOCATIONS SHALL BE
 CLEARLY IDENTIFIED AND INDICATED ON THE PLAN.
  
 6) ALL ELEVATORS SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH A REGION 7
 KEYWAY SYSTEM.
  
 7) ANY BUILDING THAT IS MORE THAN THREE STORIES HIGH OR
 IN WHICH THE VERTICAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BOTTOM
 TERMINAL LANDING AND THE TOP TERMINAL LANDING EXCEEDS
 25 FEET MUST BE CONSTRUCTED TO CONTAIN AT LEAST ONE
 PASSENGER ELEVATOR THAT IS OPERATIONAL AND WILL
 ACCOMMODATE AN AMBULANCE STRETCHER 76 INCHES LONG AND
 24 INCHES WIDE IN THE HORIZONTAL POSITION.
  
  
 SUE ELLEN CALDERON
 ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL
 FIRE INVESTIGATOR & INSPECTOR
 OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL
 WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE
 [email protected]
 (561) 804-4751
  


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