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| 2017-07-28 16:10:39 | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE |
| | MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| | 1) ON REVIEW OF THE SUBMITTED PLANS THERE IS |
| | INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO CONDUCT A THOUROUGH LIFE |
| | SAFETY REVIEW. |
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| | 2) A LIFE SAFETY PLAN WAS NOT FOUND. |
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| | FOR A FACILTIY OF THIS SIZE AND COMPLEXITY A LIFE |
| | SAFETY PLAN SHEET SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO INCLUDE, BUT |
| | NOT LIMITED TO, AREA OR BUILDING OCCUPANCY TYPE, |
| | ILLUSTRATED OCCUPANT LOADS, EXIT PATHS, EXIT WIDTHS, |
| | TRAVEL DISTANCES, COMMON PATHS OF TRAVEL, DEAD-END |
| | CORRIDORS, EXIT SIGNS, EMERGENCY LIGHTING, EXITS |
| | LEADING TO A PUBLIC WAY, FIRE EXTINGUISHER LOCATIONS, |
| | AND ALL FIRE SAFETY FEATURES AND EQUIPMENT. |
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| | 3) PLEASE PROVIDE INFORMATION AND OR A REPORT THAT THIS |
| | PROJECT HAS BEEN REVIEWED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE |
| | REQUIREMENTS OF NFPA? 820, STANDARD FOR FIRE PROTECTION |
| | IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND COLLECTION FACILITIES, 2012 |
| | EDITION |
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| | PLEASE INCLUDE WHAT AREAS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND WHAT |
| | HAS BEEN INSTALLED |
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| | AND IF HAS NOT BEEN REVIEWED - PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILED |
| | JUSTIFICATIONS. |
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| | THE FOLLOWING IS SOME AREAS OF CONCERN FROM NFPA 820 |
| | FOR REVIEW PURPOSES. |
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| | CHAPTER 1 ADMINISTRATION |
| | 1.1 SCOPE. |
| | 1.1.1* GENERAL. THIS STANDARD SHALL ESTABLISH MINIMUM |
| | REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE AND EXPLOSION |
| | HAZARDS IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS AND ASSOCIATED |
| | COLLECTION SYSTEMS, INCLUDING THE HAZARD CLASSIFICATION |
| | OF SPECIFIC AREAS AND PROCESSES. |
| | 1.1.2 THIS STANDARD SHALL APPLY TO THE FOLLOWING: |
| | (1) COLLECTION SEWERS |
| | (2) TRUNK SEWERS |
| | (3) INTERCEPTING SEWERS |
| | (4) COMBINED SEWERS |
| | (5) STORM SEWERS |
| | (6) PUMPING STATIONS |
| | (7) WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS |
| | (8) SLUDGE-HANDLING FACILITIES |
| | (9) CHEMICAL-HANDLING FACILITIES |
| | (10) TREATMENT FACILITIES |
| | (11) ANCILLARY STRUCTURES (SEE 3.3.60.1) |
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| | 7.2 FIRE PROTECTION MEASURES. |
| | 7.2.1 GENERAL. |
| | 7.2.1.1 COLLECTION SYSTEMS, LIQUID STREAM TREATMENT |
| | PROCESSES, AND SOLIDS-HANDLING PROCESSES SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED WITH FIRE PROTECTION FOR THE FIRE HAZARDS, AS |
| | DESCRIBED IN TABLE 4.2, TABLE 5.2, TABLE 6.2(A), AND |
| | TABLE 6.2(B). |
| | 7.2.1.2 ENCLOSED SPACES CLASSIFIED AS EXPLOSION HAZARD |
| | AREAS UNDER THIS DOCUMENT SHALL BE PHYSICALLY SEPARATED |
| | FROM ALL UNCLASSIFIED ENCLOSURES. |
| | 7.2.1.3 IN ADDITION TO THE FIRE PROTECTION SPECIFIED IN |
| | CHAPTER 8, BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, AND PROCESS ELEMENTS, |
| | UNDER SOME CONDITIONS, SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH |
| | AUTOMATIC-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS |
| | CHAPTER. |
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| | 7.4 COMBUSTIBLE GAS DETECTION. |
| | 7.4.1* COMBUSTIBLE GAS DETECTORS SHALL BE LOCATED IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH TABLE 4.2, TABLE 5.2, AND TABLE 6.2(A). |
| | 7.4.2* THE SELECTION OF COMBUSTIBLE GAS DETECTOR TYPES |
| | AND THEIR PLACEMENT SHALL BE DETERMINED BY A QUALIFIED |
| | PERSON AS DEFINED BY NFPA 70. |
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| | 7.5 VENTILATION MONITORING AND SIGNALING SYSTEMS. |
| | 7.5.1 ALL CONTINUOUS VENTILATION SYSTEMS THAT ARE USED |
| | TO DOWNGRADE THE CLASSIFICATION OF A SPACE SHALL BE |
| | FITTED WITH FLOW DETECTION DEVICES CONNECTED TO ALARM |
| | SIGNALING SYSTEMS TO INDICATE VENTILATION SYSTEM |
| | FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED AIR CHANGES. |
| | 7.5.2 LOCAL AND REMOTE ALARMS FOR BOTH VENTILATION |
| | SYSTEM FAILURE AND COMBUSTIBLE GAS DETECTION SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED FOR ALL HAZARDOUS AREAS CLASSIFIED IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING: |
| | (1) ARTICLE 500 OF NFPA 70 |
| | (2) THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTERS 4, 5, AND 6 FOR |
| | PRESSURIZATION OF SPACES |
| | (3) CHAPTER 7 AND NFPA 496 |
| | 7.5.3* THE ALARMS REQUIRED IN 7.5.2 SHALL BE DISPLAYED |
| | IN ACCORDANCE WITH TABLE 7.5.3. |
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| | 7.7.2 LIGHTNING PROTECTION. LIGHTNING PROTECTION SHALL |
| | BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 780. |
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| | CHAPTER 9 VENTILATION |
| | 9.1 GENERAL. |
| | 9.1.1 REQUIREMENT APPLICATIONS. |
| | 9.1.1.1 THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR VENTILATION FOR |
| | PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE AND EXPLOSION OF WASTEWATER |
| | TREATMENT AND PUMPING FACILITIES SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE |
| | WITH CHAPTERS 6, 7, AND 8 FOR THE DESIGNATED ELECTRICAL |
| | CLASSIFICATIONS. |
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| | 9.1.1.2 WHERE THIS STANDARD REQUIRES CERTAIN |
| | VENTILATION PRACTICES, THEY ARE INTENDED TO MINIMIZE |
| | FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARDS; THESE VENTILATION STANDARDS |
| | SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED TO APPLY TO THE PROTECTION OF |
| | PERSONNEL FROM THE TOXIC EFFECTS OF |
| | EXPOSURE TO GASES PRESENT OR THE DEPLETION OF OXYGEN. |
| | 9.1.1.3 THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE |
| | VENTILATION OF ENCLOSED WASTEWATER PUMPING AND |
| | PROCESS-RELATED AREAS AND DOES NOT ESTABLISH CRITERIA |
| | APPLICABLE TO SPACES DEVOTED TO ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS, |
| | LABORATORIES, OR OTHER ANCILLARY SPACES. |
| | CAUTION: BECAUSE OF THE UNPREDICTABLE NATURE OF |
| | MATERIALS AND EVENTS ENCOUNTERED IN THE OPERATION OF |
| | WASTEWATER SYSTEMS, THE VENTILATION CRITERIA |
| | ESTABLISHED IN THIS STANDARD MIGHT NOT BE ADEQUATE FOR |
| | PROTECTION AGAINST ALL HAZARDS THAT MIGHT BE |
| | ENCOUNTERED. |
| | 9.1.1.4 VENTILATION CRITERIA NOT ADDRESSED BY CHAPTERS |
| | 4, 5, AND 6 SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF TABLE |
| | 9.1.1.4. |
| | 9.1.1.5 THIS CHAPTER SHALL NOT APPLY TO AT-GRADE OR |
| | ABOVEGRADE UNROOFED STRUCTURES LESS THAN 0.6 M (2 FT) |
| | DEEP OR 0.6 M (2 FT) TO THE IN-SERVICE WATERLINE OR TO |
| | AT-GRADE OR ABOVEGRADE ROOFED STRUCTURES WHERE THE |
| | FOLLOWING APPLIES: |
| | (1) THE ROOF IS AT LEAST 3M(10 FT) ABOVE SURROUNDING |
| | FINISHED GRADE. |
| | (2) THE STRUCTURE IS OPEN ON AT LEAST THREE SIDES. |
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| | 10.2 MANAGEMENT POLICY AND DIRECTION. |
| | 10.2.1* MANAGEMENT SHALL ESTABLISH A POLICY AND |
| | INSTITUTE A FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION PROGRAM AT |
| | EACH FACILITY. |
| | 10.2.2 COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS SHALL NOT BE STORED IN |
| | AREAS USED FOR THE STORAGE OF TOXIC OR REACTIVE |
| | CHEMICALS. |
| | 10.3* FIRE RISK EVALUATION. A COMPLETE FIRE RISK |
| | EVALUATION SHALL BE PERFORMED DURING THE INITIAL DESIGN |
| | PROCESS. |
| | 10.4 FIRE PREVENTION PROGRAM. EACH PLANT SHALL |
| | ESTABLISH A FIRE PREVENTION PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES ALL |
| | OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: |
| | (1) FIRE SAFETY INFORMATION FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AND |
| | CONTRACTORS THAT INCLUDES, AS A MINIMUM, THE FOLLOWING: |
| | (A) FAMILIARIZATION WITH FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT AND |
| | PROCEDURES |
| | (B) PLANT EMERGENCY ALARMS AND PROCEDURES |
| | (C) PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING A FIRE |
| | (2) DOCUMENTED PLANT INSPECTIONS, INCLUDING PROVISIONS |
| | FOR HANDLING REMEDIAL ACTIONS TO CORRECT CONDITIONS |
| | THAT INCREASE FIRE HAZARDS |
| | (3) DESCRIPTION OF THE GENERAL HOUSEKEEPING PROCEDURES |
| | AND THE CONTROL OF TRANSIENT COMBUSTIBLES, INCLUDING |
| | CONTROL OF SUCH MATERIALS STORED IN AREAS CONTAINING |
| | TOXIC OR REACTIVE CHEMICALS |
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| | 4) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET |
| | REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE |
| | ABOVE. |
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| | 5) ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY BE PROVIDED ON THE |
| | RE-SUBMITTAL OF THE ABOVE. |
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| | PETER LEDUC |
| | FIRE MARSHAL |
| | 561-804-4709 |
| | [email protected] |
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