Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17010063
Permit Number 17010063
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2017-01-05 13:18:135011 BROADWAY - CITY MARKET
 PERMIT #17010063
 REVIEW COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT
  
 PLAN SHEET 2 OF 2 NOT SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW.
  
 SHEET FP1: PLANS INDICATE 4-INCH UNDERGROUND FIRE MAIN
 IS TO BE INSTALLED BY OTHERS. IS THIS CORRECT? IF YES,
 A SEPARATE UNDERGROUND FIRE LINE PERMIT WILL BE NEEDED.
  
 NO EQUIPMENT CUTSHEETS SUBMITTED FOR BACKFLOW
 PREVENTER, FIRE SPRINKLERS, PIPING, HANGERS, ETC.
  
 FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM SHALL BE MONITORED BY AN APPROVED
 SUPERVISING STATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 72.
  
 PROVIDE LOCKING KNOX CAPS ON FIRE DEPARTMENT
 CONNECTION.
  
 PROVIDE CHAIN WITH LOCK AND TAMPER SWITCHES FOR
 SUPERVISING THE BACKFLOW PREVENTER IN THE OPEN
 POSITION.
  
 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
  
  
 NOTE:
 JOINT RESTRAINT: PER NFPA 13 & 24, SECTION 10.8.1.1,
 ALL TEES, PLUGS, CAPS, BENDS, REDUCERS, VALVES, AND
 HYDRANT BRANCHES SHALL BE RESTRAINED AGAINST MOVEMENT
 BY USING THRUST BLOCKS OR RESTRAINED JOINT SYSTEMS.
  
 CORROSION RESISTANCE: PER NFPA 13 & 24, SECTION
 10.8.3.5, AFTER INSTALLATION, RODS, NUTS, BOLTS,
 WASHERS, CLAMPS, AND OTHER RESTRAINING DEVICES SHALL BE
 CLEANED AND THOROUGHLY COATED WITH A BITUMINOUS OR
 OTHER ACCEPTABLE CORROSION-RETARDING MATERIAL.
  
 ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS: PER NFPA 13 & 24, SECTION
 10.10.2.1.3, UNDERGROUND PIPING, FROM THE WATER SUPPLY
 TO THE SYSTEM RISER, AND LEAD-IN CONNECTIONS TO THE
 SYSTEM RISER SHALL BE COMPLETELY FLUSHED BEFORE
 CONNECTION IS MADE TO DOWNSTREAM FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM
 PIPING. THE MINIMUM RATE OF FLOW SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN
 THE FLOW NECESSARY TO PROVIDE A VELOCITY OF 10 FEET PER
 SECOND.
  
 FLUSHING PAPERS: PER NFPA 13 & 24, SECTION 10.10.1, THE
 INSTALLING CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
 COMPLETING AND SIGNING THE CONTRACTOR?S MATERIAL AND
 TEST CERTIFICATE(S) SHOWN IN FIGURE 10.10.1.
  
 HYDROSTATIC TESTING: PER NFPA 13 & 24, SECTION
 10.10.2.2.1 ALL PIPING AND ATTACHED APPURTENANCES
 SUBJECTED TO SYSTEM WORKING PRESSURE SHALL BE
 HYDROSTATICALLY TESTED AT 200 PSI OR 50 PSI IN EXCESS
 OF THE SYSTEM WORKING PRESSURE, WHICHEVER IS GREATER,
 AND SHALL MAINTAIN THAT PRESSURE +/-5 PSI FOR 2 HOURS.
  
 WESLEY JOLIN
 ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL
 WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE
 [email protected]
  


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