Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 16111217
Permit Number 16111217
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2016-12-20 13:47:102000 CONTINENTAL DRIVE
 PERMIT #16111217
 REVIEW COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT
  
 TITLE SHEET: PLANS INDICATE THIS OCCUPANCY TO BE A
 BUSINESS OCCUPANCY; HOWEVER, THIS APPEARS TO BE AN
 AMBULATORY HEALTHCARE OCCUPANCY PER NFPA 101 SECTION
 3.3.188.1 AMBULATORY HEALTH CARE OCCUPANCY. AN
 OCCUPANCY USED TO PROVIDE SERVICES OR TREATMENT
 SIMULTANEOUSLY TO FOUR OR MORE PATIENTS THAT PROVIDES,
 ON AN OUTPATIENT BASIS, ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS THAT RENDERS THE PATIENTS
 INCAPABLE OF TAKING ACTION FOR SELFPRESERVATION UNDER
 EMERGENCY CONDITIONS WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF OTHERS;
 (2) ANESTHESIA THAT RENDERS THE PATIENTS INCAPABLE OF
 TAKING ACTION FOR SELF-PRESERVATION UNDER EMERGENCY
 CONDITIONS WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF OTHERS; (3)
 EMERGENCY OR URGENT CARE FOR PATIENTS WHO, DUE TO THE
 NATURE OF THEIR INJURY OR ILLNESS, ARE INCAPABLE OF
 TAKING ACTION FOR SELF-PRESERVATION UNDER EMERGENCY
 CONDITIONS WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF OTHERS.
  
 TITLE SHEET: PLANS INDICATE THE APPLICABLE CODE AS
 "2000 NFPA 101 LIFE SAFETY CODE - CHAPTER 21." PLEASE
 JUSTIFY THE USE OF THIS CODE IN LIEU OF THE 5TH EDITION
 OF THE FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE WHICH CONTAINS THE
 2012 EDITION OF BOTH NFPA 1 AND NFPA 101 WITH FLORIDA
 AMENDMENTS.
  
 CIVIL SHEET 1: PLAN INDICATES A NEW UNDERGROUND
 FIRELINE FOR A NEW FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM; HOWEVER, THE
 TITLE SHEET MAKES NO MENTION OF THE INTENT TO PROTECT
 THE BUILDING WITH AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS. PER NFPA 24
 SECTION 6.2.1, ALL CONNECTIONS TO PRIVATE FIRE SERVICE
 MAINS FOR FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS SHALL BE ARRANGED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SO THAT THEY CAN
 BE ISOLATED:
 (1)A POST INDICATOR VALVE INSTALLED NOT LESS THAN 40
 FEET FROM THE BUILDING.
 (A) FOR BUILDINGS LESS THAN 40 FEET IN HEIGHT, A POST
 INDICATOR VALVE SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE INSTALLED
 CLOSER THAN 40 FEET BUT AT LEAST AS FAR FROM THE
 BUILDING AS THE HEIGHT OF THE WALL FACING THE POST
 INDICATOR VALVE.
 (2) A WALL POST INDICATOR VALVE
 (3) AN INDICATING VALVE IN A PIT, INSTALLED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 6.4
 (4) A BACKFLOW PREVENTER WITH AT LEAST ONE INDICATING
 VALVE NOT LESS THAN 40 FEET FROM THE BUILDING.
 (A) FOR BUILDINGS LESS THAN 40 FEET IN HEIGHT, A
 BACKFLOW PREVENTER WITH AT LEAST ONE INDICATING VALVE
 SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE INSTALLED CLOSER THAN 40 FEET
 BUT AT LEAST AS FAR FROM THE BUILDING AS THE HEIGHT OF
 THE WALL FACING THE BACKFLOW PREVENTER.
 (5) CONTROL VALVES INSTALLED IN A FIRE-RATED ROOM
 ACCESSIBLE FROM THE EXTERIOR
 (6) CONTROL VALVES IN A FIRE-RATED STAIR ENCLOSURE
 ACCESSIBLE FROM THE EXTERIOR AS PERMITTED BY THE
 AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION
  
 FIRE SPRINKLER DESIGN: ENGINEERED 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. PER SECTION 105.3.1.2(2)
 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE REQUIRES SEALED FIRE
 PROTECTION CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR THE DESIGN OR
 ALTERATION OF 50 OR MORE AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLERS. 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.
  
 SHEET LS2.0: MEZZANINE SIZE APPEARS TO BE A SECOND
 FLOOR. PER NFPA 101 SECTION 8.6.10.2 AREA LIMITATIONS.
 THE AGGREGATE AREA OF MEZZANINES LOCATED WITHIN A ROOM
 SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE-THIRD THE OPEN AREA OF THE ROOM IN
 WHICH THE MEZZANINES ARE LOCATED. ENCLOSED SPACE SHALL
 NOT BE INCLUDED IN A DETERMINATION OF THE SIZE OF THE
 ROOM IN WHICH THE MEZZANINE IS LOCATED.
  
 NOTE: A SEPARATE PERMIT (UG FIRELINE) IS NEEDED FOR THE
 INSTALLATION OF A PRIVATE FIRE MAIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 NFPA 24.
  
 WESLEY JOLIN
 ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL
 WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE
 [email protected]
  


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