Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17040156
Permit Number 17040156
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2017-04-12 16:15:292210 NORTH AUSTRALIAN AVENUE
 PERMIT #17040156
 MASTER #16080543
 REVIEW COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT
  
 PLAN INDICATES EXISTING FIREFIGHTER PHONE JACKS ARE TO
 BE REMOVED. HOW WILL FIRE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS BE
 ACHIEVED? IS THE BUILDING BEING UPGRADED WITH A DAS/BDA
 RADIO SYSTEM?
  
 THE FIRST FLOOR ALF SLEEPING AREAS ARE NOT DIVIDED INTO
 TWO SMOKE COMPARTMENTS.
  
 DESIGN INDICATES THREE ENTIRE FLOORS WILL BE EVACUATED
 DURING GENERAL FIRE ALARM. THIS EVACUATION CONCEPT IS
 NOT SUPPORTED BY THE LIFE SAFETY CODE. THE CODE
 REQUIRES ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED WITH
 AT LEAST TWO SMOKE COMPARTMENTS PER FLOOR TO ALLOW
 "DEFEND IN PLACE" WHEREBY RESIDENTS ARE RELOCATED TO AN
 ADJACENT SMOKE COMPARTMENT ON THE SAME FLOOR DURING A
 FIRE ALARM. FIRE ALARM DEVICES SHOULD ONLY BE ACTIVATED
 IN THE COMPARTMENT OF INCIDENCE AND THE COMPARTMENT
 ABOVE THE FLOOR OF INCIDENCE. FIRE ALARM NOTIFICATION
 DEVICES IN THE COMPARTMENT OF RELOCATION SHOULD NOT BE
 ACTIVATED.
  
 5TH FLOOR EAST WING CORRIDOR NOTIFICATION DEVICES ALL
 HAVE THE SAME ADDRESS.
  
 ALL DEVICES ON THE 6TH FLOOR HAVE THE SAME ADDRESSES AS
 THE 5TH FLOOR DEVICES.
  
 PLAN SEQUENCE OF OPERATION INDICATES ACTIVATION OF ANY
 SMOKE DETECTOR WILL RESULT IN A GENERAL BUILDING FIRE
 ALARM. SMOKE ALARMS/DETECTORS WITHIN THE INDIVIDUAL
 DWELLING UNITS SHALL RESULT IN A LOCAL ALARM ONLY
 (SINGLE DWELLING UNIT).
  
 WESLEY JOLIN
 ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL
 WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE
 [email protected]
  


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