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| 2017-02-09 10:44:50 | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE |
| | MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| | 1) THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS WERE NOT ADDRESSED. |
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| | PREVIOUS COMMENYS: |
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| | 1) PLEASE PROVIDE THE OCCUPANCY CLASSFICATION PER THE |
| | FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE. |
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| | ONE UNIT, # 5, HAS 6 BEDROOMS, A GAME ROOM, COMMON |
| | WASHER/DRYER ROOM AND APPEARS TO HAVE A POSSIBLE USE |
| | BEYOND A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. |
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| | ADDITIONAL COMMENT: WILL THIS BUILDING BE USED AS A |
| | RECOVERY TYPE RESIDENCE ? IF SO, HOW MANY RESIDENTS ARE |
| | PROPOSED ? IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR THE LIFE SAFETY REVIEW |
| | TO HAVE DEFINITIVE OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION. |
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| | 2) AS SUBMITTED THE CONSTRUCTION SHALL COMPLY WITH THE |
| | FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE, NFPA 101, CHAPTER 30, NEW |
| | APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND ALL APPLICABLE CODES. |
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| | UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED SEPARATLY BY THE CORRECTION |
| | OF # 1 ABOVE, PLEASE PROVIDE AN APPLICABLE NOTE, |
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| | ADDITIONAL COMMENT: IF IT WILL NOT BE A RECOVERY |
| | RESIDENCE AND IT IS NOT CONSIDERED A NEW APARTMENT, YOU |
| | MUST INDICATE AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING |
| | APARTMENT OCCUPANCCIES. |
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| | 3) A FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM IS NOT INDICATED. PER NFPA |
| | 101, CHAPTER 30: |
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| | 30.3.5 EXTINGUISHMENT REQUIREMENTS. |
| | 30.3.5.1 ALL BUILDINGS SHALL BE PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY |
| | AN APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM |
| | INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 30.3.5.2. |
| | 30.3.5.2 WHERE AN AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IS |
| | INSTALLED, EITHER FOR TOTAL OR PARTIAL BUILDING |
| | COVERAGE, THE SYSTEM SHALL BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE |
| | WITH SECTION 9.7, AS MODIFIED BY 30.3.5.3 AND |
| | 30.3.5.4. IN BUILDINGS FOUR OR FEWER STORIES ABOVE |
| | GRADE PLANE, SYSTEMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13R, |
| | STANDARD FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN |
| | LOW-RISE RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCIES, SHALL BE PERMITTED. |
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| | PLEASE PROVIDE FIRE SPRINKLER DRAWINGS OR A NARRATIVE |
| | IN COMPLIANCE WITH FS 61G - PER FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE |
| | CODE SECTION 61G15-32.004, FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERING |
| | DOCUMENTS SHALL INCLUDE THE POINT OF SERVICE FOR THE |
| | WATER SUPPLY, A LIST OF APPLICABLE NFPA STANDARDS |
| | APPLICABLE TO THE PROJECT, CLASSIFICATION OF HAZARD |
| | OCCUPANCY FOR EACH ROOM OR AREA, SUPPRESSION SYSTEM |
| | TYPE, DESIGN DENSITIES, WATER SUPPLY DATA (FIRE PUMP |
| | DATA, HYDRANT FLOW TEST DATA) AND ANY PERFORMANCE BASED |
| | INFORMATION SUCH AS PRE-ENGINEERED SYSTEMS. |
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| | ADDITIONAL COMMENT: BASED ON THE OCCUPANCY |
| | CLASSIFICATION AND OCCUPANCY USE A FIRE SPRINKLER |
| | SYSTEM MAY STILL BE REQUIRED. PLEASE PROVIDE SPECIFIC |
| | INFORMATION AND ANSWERS. |
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| | 4) A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IN NOT INDICATED. PER NFPA 101, |
| | CHAPTER 30 & CHAPTER 9. |
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| | 30.3.5.1 ALL BUILDINGS SHALL BE PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY |
| | AN APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM |
| | INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 30.3.5.2. |
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| | 9.6 FIRE DETECTION, ALARM, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS. |
| | 9.6.1* GENERAL. |
| | 9.6.1.1 THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 9.6 SHALL APPLY ONLY |
| | WHERE SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED BY ANOTHER SECTION OF THIS |
| | CODE OR WHERE SUPERVISION OF A NEW FIRE SPRINKLER |
| | SYSTEM OR NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IS REQUIRED BY THE |
| | FLORIDA BUILDING CODE. |
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| | ADDITIONAL COMMENT: BASED ON THE OCCUPANCY |
| | CLASSIFICATION AND OCCUPANCY USE A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM |
| | MAY STILL BE REQUIRED. IF IT IS A EXISTING APARTMENT |
| | OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION UNDER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 31, A |
| | FIRE ALARM IS NOT REQUIRED. PLEASE PROVIDE SPECIFIC |
| | INFORMATION AND ANSWERS. |
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| | 5) 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. |
| | A. STRUCTURES WITH LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS ROOFS SHALL BE |
| | MARKED WITH THE LETTER "R". |
| | B. STRUCTURES WITH LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS FLOOR SYSTEMS |
| | SHALL BE MARKED WITH THE LETTER "F". |
| | C. STRUCTURES WITH LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS FLOOR AND ROOF |
| | SYSTEMS SHALL BE MARKED WITH THE LETTERS "R/F". |
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| | ADDITIONAL COMMENT: COMMENT NOT ADDRESSED. |
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| | 6) THE PROPOSED LAUNDRY ROOM SHALL BE PROTECTED BY 1 - |
| | HOUR SEPARATION AND FIRE SPRINKLERS |
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| | PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 30, |
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| | 30.3.2 PROTECTION FROM HAZARDS. |
| | 30.3.2.1 HAZARDOUS AREAS. ANY HAZARDOUS AREA SHALL BE |
| | PROTECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.7. |
| | 30.3.2.1.1 THE AREAS DESCRIBED IN TABLE 30.3.2.1.1 |
| | SHALL BE PROTECTED AS INDICATED. |
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| | TABLE 30.3.2.1.1 LAUNDRIES 1 HOUR AND SPRINKLERS >100 |
| | FT2 (>9.3 M2) OUTSIDE OF DWELLING UNITS |
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| | ADDITIONAL COMMENT: THE SAME CODE IS APPLICABLE TO |
| | EXISTING APARTMENTS. COMMENT NOT ADDRESSED. SECTION 8.7 |
| | HAS SPECIFIC LANGUAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE USED IN THE |
| | DESIGN OF THE LAUNDRY ROOM, NO WINDOWS, |
| | 8.7 SPECIAL HAZARD PROTECTION. |
| | 8.7.1 GENERAL. |
| | 8.7.1.1* PROTECTION FROM ANY AREA HAVING A DEGREE OF |
| | HAZARD GREATER THAN THAT NORMAL TO THE GENERAL |
| | OCCUPANCY OF THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: |
| | (1) ENCLOSING THE AREA WITH A FIRE BARRIER WITHOUT |
| | WINDOWS THAT HAS A 1-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.3. |
| | (2) PROTECTING THE AREA WITH AUTOMATIC EXTINGUISHING |
| | SYSTEMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.7 |
| | (3) APPLYING BOTH 8.7.1.1(1) AND (2) WHERE THE HAZARD |
| | IS SEVERE OR WHERE OTHERWISE SPECIFIED BY CHAPTERS 11 |
| | THROUGH 43 |
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| | 8.3 FIRE BARRIERS. |
| | 8.3.1 GENERAL. |
| | 8.3.1.1 FIRE BARRIERS USED TO PROVIDE ENCLOSURE, |
| | SUBDIVISION, OR PROTECTION UNDER THIS CODE SHALL BE |
| | CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FIRE |
| | RESISTANCE RATINGS: |
| | (1) 3-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING |
| | (2) 2-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING |
| | (3) 1-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING |
| | (4)* ?-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING |
| | 8.3.1.2* FIRE BARRIERS SHALL COMPLY WITH ONE OF THE |
| | FOLLOWING: |
| | (1) THE FIRE BARRIERS ARE CONTINUOUS FROM OUTSIDE WALL |
| | TO OUTSIDE WALL OR FROM ONE FIRE BARRIER TO ANOTHER, OR |
| | A COMBINATION THEREOF, INCLUDING CONTINUITY THROUGH ALL |
| | CONCEALED SPACES, SUCH AS THOSE FOUND ABOVE A CEILING, |
| | INCLUDING INTERSTITIAL SPACES. |
| | (2) THE FIRE BARRIERS ARE CONTINUOUS FROM OUTSIDE WALL |
| | TO OUTSIDE WALL OR FROM ONE FIRE BARRIER TO ANOTHER, |
| | AND FROM THE FLOOR TO THE BOTTOM OF THE INTERSTITIAL |
| | SPACE, PROVIDED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION ASSEMBLY FORMING |
| | THE BOTTOM OF THE INTERSTITIAL SPACE HAS A FIRE |
| | RESISTANCE RATING NOT LESS THAN THAT OF THE FIRE |
| | BARRIER. |
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| | THE DOORS, O & P, TO THE LAUNDRY ARE NOTED TO HOLLOW |
| | CORE, THERE ARE WINDOWS, AN EXIT STAIRWAY AND A WOOD |
| | WALL ABOVE THE LAUNDRY. ON THE OTHER SIDE THERE IS A |
| | WINDOW WITHIN 10 FT OF THE LAUNDRY THAT IS UNPROTECTED. |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW, CLARIFY AND/OR CORRECT. |
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| | 7) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET |
| | REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE |
| | ABOVE. |
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| | COMMENT REMAINS |
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| | 8) ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY BE PROVIDED ON THE |
| | RE-SUBMITTAL OF THE ABOVE. |
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| | COMMENT REMAINS |
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| | PETER LEDUC |
| | FIRE MARSHAL |
| | 561-804-4709 |
| | [email protected] |
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