Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18050003
Permit Number 18050003
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2018-08-20 14:44:08THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY PETER LEDUC,
 FIRE MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
 PLEASE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING AS PROVISO:
  
 THESE PROVISO COMMENTS WILL BE VERIFIED AND CONFIRMED
 AT THE TIME OF FIRE INSPECTION. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE
 PROVISO COMMENTS WILL RESULT IN A FAILED FIRE
 INSPECTION.
  
  
 1) SHEET FP 0 - THERE IS A NOTE INDICATING AN
 ELECTRICAL AUDIO ALARM BELL.
  
 THE FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM IS REQUIRED TO BE MONITORED
 PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 30, NEW APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
  
 30.3.4.2.3 IN BUILDINGS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN
 APPROVED,
 SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH 30.3.5,
 REQUIRED FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS SHALL BE INITIATED UPON
 OPERATION OF
 THE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
  
 PLEASE ENSURE COMPLAINCE.
  
  
  
 2) SHEET FP 02 - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF A CEILING
 FAN IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF A SIDE WALL SPRINKLER HEAD.
  
 PLEASE ENSURE THAT THE CEILING FAN DOES NOT CREATE AN
 OBSTRUCTION PER NFPA 13
  
 8.7.5.2.1.6* SPRINKLERS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE PLACED
 WITHOUT
 REGARD TO THE BLADES OF CEILING FANS LESS THAN 60 IN.
 (1.5 M) IN
 DIAMETER, PROVIDED THE PLAN VIEW OF THE FAN IS AT LEAST
 50 PERCENT
 OPEN.
  
  
  
 3) SHEET FP 5 - A SPRINKLER HEAD IS INDICATED AT THE
 TOP OF THE ELEVATOR SHAFT.
  
 8.15.5.3 AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLERS SHALL NOT BE
 REQUIRED IN ELEVATOR
 MACHINE ROOMS, ELEVATOR MACHINERY SPACES, CONTROL
 SPACES, OR
 HOISTWAYS OF TRACTION ELEVATORS INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH THE
 APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN NFPA 101, OR THE APPLICABLE
 BUILDING
 CODE, WHERE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET:
 (1) THE ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOM, MACHINERY SPACE, CONTROL
 ROOM, CONTROL SPACE, OR HOISTWAY OF TRACTION ELEVATOR
 IS
 DEDICATED TO ELEVATOR EQUIPMENT ONLY.
 (2) THE ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOM, MACHINE ROOM, MACHINERY
 SPACE, CONTROL ROOM, CONTROL SPACE, OR HOISTWAY OF
 TRACTION
 ELEVATORS ARE PROTECTED BY SMOKE DETECTORS, OR OTHER
 AUTOMATIC
 FIRE DETECTION, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA72.
 (3) THE ELEVATOR MACHINERY SPACE, CONTROL ROOM, CONTROL
 SPACE,
 OR HOISTWAY OF TRACTION ELEVATORS IS SEPARATED FROM THE
 REMAINDER
 OF THE BUILDING BY WALLS AND FLOOR/CEILING OR ROOF/
 CEILING ASSEMBLIES HAVING A FIRE RESISTANCE RATING OF
 NOT LESS
 THAN THAT SPECIFIED BY THE APPLICABLE BUILDING CODE.
 (4) NO MATERIALS UNRELATED TO ELEVATOR EQUIPMENT ARE
 PERMITTED
 TO BE STORED IN ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOMS, MACHINERY
 SPACES, CONTROL ROOMS, CONTROL SPACES, OR HOISTWAYS OF
 TRACTION
 ELEVATORS.
 (5) THE ELEVATOR MACHINERY IS NOT OF THE HYDRAULIC
 TYPE.
  
 8.15.5.4* AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS IN ELEVATOR MACHINE
 ROOMS OR
 AT THE TOPS OF HOISTWAYS SHALL BE OF ORDINARY- OR
 INTERMEDIATETEMPERATURE
 RATING.
 8.15.5.5* UPRIGHT, PENDENT, OR SIDEWALL SPRAY
 SPRINKLERS SHALL
 BE INSTALLED AT THE TOP OF ELEVATOR HOISTWAYS.
 8.15.5.6 THE SPRINKLER REQUIRED AT THE TOP OF THE
 ELEVATOR HOISTWAY
 BY 8.15.5.5 SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED WHERE THE HOISTWAY
 FOR PASSENGER
 ELEVATORS IS NONCOMBUSTIBLE OR LIMITED-COMBUSTIBLE AND
 THE CAR ENCLOSURE MATERIALS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 ASME
 A17.1, SAFETY CODE FOR ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS.
  
 PLEASE ENSURE THAT THE SPRINKLER HEAD IS REQUIRED AT
 THIS LOCATION.
  
  
  
 PETER LEDUC
 FIRE MARSHAL
 561-804-4709
 [email protected]
  


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