Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 16120051
Permit Number 16120051
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2016-12-16 15:13:37THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) SHEET G-GEN7 - AN AREA FOR CONTRACTOR TRAILERS IN
 INDICATED ON A NOTE.
  
 CONSTRUCTION, DEMOLITION, AND RENOVATION SHALL COMPLY
 WITH NFPA 241. EXTRA ATTENTION SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE
 PERMITTING AND LOCATION OF CONSTRUCTION TRAILERS.
  
 A PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR ANY CONSTRUCTION TRAILER
 RELATED TO THIS PROJECT. SEPARATION DISTANCES FROM MAIN
 STRUCTURES AS WELL AS OTHER TRAILERS SHALL BE CLOSELY
 MONITORED FOR THE REQUIREMENTS OF FIRE SPRINKLER
 PROTECTION.
  
 PER NFPA 241, 4.2 TEMPORARY OFFICES AND SHEDS; TABLE
 4.2.1 SEPARATION DISTANCES, FIRE SPRINKLERS ARE
 REQUIRED IN EACH TRAILER.
 4.2.1* SEPARATION DISTANCES BETWEEN BUILDINGS UNDER
 CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION-RELATED STRUCTURES, SUCH
 AS TEMPORARY OFFICES, TRAILERS, SHEDS, AND OTHER
 FACILITIES FOR THE STORAGE OF TOOLS AND MATERIALS
 HAVING COMBUSTIBLE CONSTRUCTION OR CONTENTS, SHALL BE
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH TABLE 4.2.1.
  
 1) 20 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM
 ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 30 FEET
 2) 30 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM
 ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 35 FEET
 3) 40 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM
 ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 40 FEET
 4) 50 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM
 ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 45 FEET
 5) 60 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM
 ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 50 FEET
 6) GREATER THAN 60 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE
 SEPARATED FROM ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 60 FEET
 **A 75 PERCENT REDUCTION IN SEPARATION DISTANCES SHALL
 BE PERMITTED TO BE APPLIED, PROVIDED AUTOMATIC
 SPRINKLER PROTECTION IS USED IN THE EXPOSING STRUCTURE.
  
 NOTES:
 (1) WHERE THE SEPARATION DISTANCE BETWEEN TEMPORARY
 STRUCTURES IS LESS THAN THE MINIMUM SEPARATION
 DISTANCE, THEN THE EXPOSING WALL LENGTH SHALL BE
 CONSIDERED TO BE THE SUM OF THE INDIVIDUAL EXPOSING
 WALL LENGTHS OF THE TEMPORARY STRUCTURES.
 (2) A 75 PERCENT REDUCTION IN SEPARATION DISTANCES
 SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE APPLIED, PROVIDED AUTOMATIC
 SPRINKLER PROTECTION IS USED IN THE EXPOSING STRUCTURE.
 (3) THE SEPARATION DISTANCES APPLY TO SINGLE-LEVEL
 STRUCTURES ONLY. THIS TABLE DOES NOT APPLY TO
 MULTILEVEL, UNSPRINKLERED STRUCTURES. A LEVEL, WHERE
 APPLYING THIS TABLE, IS 3600 MM (144 IN.).
  
 4.2.2* DETACHMENT BETWEEN TEMPORARY STRUCTURES,
 ADEQUATE TEMPORARY FIXED FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS, AND
 PORTABLE EQUIPMENT SHALL BE PROVIDED AS REQUIRED BY THE
 AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE A NOTE OF COMPLAINCE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
 OR THE ABOVE REQUIRMENTS.
  
  
 2) SHEET A-SCBG1 - THE SCEENING BLDG MAY BE CLASSIFIED
 A U OCCUPANCY WITHIN THE FL BLDG CODE; HOWEVER, IT
 APPEARS TO BE A STORAGE OCCUPANCY UNDER THE FLORIDA
 FIRE PREVENTION CODE.
  
 NFPA 42, STORAGE OCCUPANCY
  
 42.2.8 ILLUMINATION OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 42.2.8.1 MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE ILLUMINATED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.8.
  
  
 7.8 ILLUMINATION OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 7.8.1 GENERAL.
 7.8.1.1* ILLUMINATION OF MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE
 PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.8 FOR EVERY
 BUILDING AND STRUCTURE WHERE REQUIRED IN CHAPTERS 11
 THROUGH 43. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS REQUIREMENT, EXIT
 ACCESS SHALL INCLUDE ONLY DESIGNATED STAIRS, AISLES,
 CORRIDORS, RAMPS, ESCALATORS, AND PASSAGEWAYS LEADING
 TO AN EXIT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS REQUIREMENT, EXIT
 DISCHARGE SHALL INCLUDE ONLY DESIGNATED STAIRS, AISLES,
 CORRIDORS, RAMPS, ESCALATORS, WALKWAYS, AND EXIT
 PASSAGEWAYS LEADING TO A PUBLIC WAY. 7.8.1.2
 ILLUMINATION OF MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE CONTINUOUS
 DURING THE TIME THAT THE CONDITIONS OF OCCUPANCY
 REQUIRE THAT THE MEANS OF EGRESS BE AVAILABLE FOR USE,
 UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN
 7.8.1.2.2.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE ABOVE REQUIREMENT.
  
  
  
 3) SHEET A-SCBG1 - THE SCEENING BLDG MAY BE CLASSIFIED
 A U OCCUPANCY WITHIN THE FL BLDG CODE; HOWEVER, IT
 APPEARS TO BE A STORAGE OCCUPANCY UNDER THE FLORIDA
 FIRE PREVENTION CODE.
  
 42.2.9 EMERGENCY LIGHTING. EMERGENCY LIGHTING SHALL BE
 PROVIDED IN NORMALLY OCCUPIED STORAGE OCCUPANCIES IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.9, EXCEPT FOR SPACES OCCUPIED
 ONLY DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS WITH NATURAL ILLUMINATION IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 42.2.8.2.
 42.2.10 MARKING OF MEANS OF EGRESS. MEANS OF EGRESS
 SHALL HAVE SIGNS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.10.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE ABOVE REQUIREMENT.
  
  
 4) SHEET A-SCBG1 - THE SCEENING BLDG MAY BE CLASSIFIED
 A U OCCUPANCY WITHIN THE FL BLDG CODE; HOWEVER, IT
 APPEARS TO BE A STORAGE OCCUPANCY UNDER THE FLORIDA
 FIRE PREVENTION CODE.
  
 7.10 MARKING OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 7.10.1 GENERAL.
 7.10.1.1 WHERE REQUIRED. MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE
 MARKED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.10 WHERE REQUIRED
 IN CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43.
 7.10.1.2 EXITS.
 7.10.1.2.1* EXITS, OTHER THAN MAIN EXTERIOR EXIT DOORS
 THAT OBVIOUSLY AND CLEARLY ARE IDENTIFIABLE AS EXITS,
 SHALL BE MARKED BY AN APPROVED SIGN THAT IS READILY
 VISIBLE FROM ANY DIRECTION OF EXIT ACCESS.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE ABOVE REQUIREMENT.
  
  
 5) THE DOOR SCHEDULE DOES NOT INDICATE THE TYPE OF EXIT
 HARDWARE, LATCH AND/OR HANDLE OPERATION TYPE.
  
 42.2.2.2 DOORS.
 42.2.2.2.1 DOORS COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1 SHALL BE
 PERMITTED.
  
 7.2.1 DOOR OPENINGS.
 7.2.1.1 GENERAL.
 7.2.1.1.1 A DOOR ASSEMBLY IN A MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL
 CONFORM TO THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 7.1 AND
 TO THE SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OF 7.2.1.
  
 7.2.1.5 LOCKS, LATCHES, AND ALARM DEVICES.
 7.2.1.5.1 DOOR LEAVES SHALL BE ARRANGED TO BE OPENED
 READILY FROM THE EGRESS SIDE WHENEVER THE BUILDING IS
 OCCUPIED.
 7.2.1.5.2* THE REQUIREMENT OF 7.2.1.5.1 SHALL NOT APPLY
 TO DOOR LEAVES OF LISTED FIRE DOOR ASSEMBLIES AFTER
 EXPOSURE TO ELEVATED TEMPERATURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 LISTING, BASED ON LABORATORY FIRE TEST PROCEDURES.
 7.2.1.5.3 LOCKS, IF PROVIDED, SHALL NOT REQUIRE THE USE
 OF A KEY, A TOOL, OR SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OR EFFORT FOR
 OPERATION FROM THE EGRESS SIDE.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE FOR THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS.
  
  
  
 6) A LIFE SAFETY PLAN DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PROVIDED
 REGARDING THE GRIT REMOVAL AND PRE-TREATMENT STRUCTURES
 SHOWING PATHS OF TRAVEL THROUGH GRATINGS, STAIRS AND
 GAURDRAIL SYSTEMS.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE A LIFE SAFETY PLAN THAT OUTLINES ALL
 PEDESTRIAN WAYS, EXIT ACCESS, AND EXIT DISCHARGES TO A
 PUBLIC WAY, INCLUDING MARKING OF THE MEANS OF EGRESS,
 ILLUMINATION OF THE EXIT TRAVEL PATHS, AND INCLUDE ANY
 GATES ALONG THE PATH AND DIRECTIONAL INDICATORS.
  
  
 7) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
 8) 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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