Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18050397
Permit Number 18050397
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2018-05-15 14:17:17THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
  
 1) THE SEPARATION DISTANCE OF THE TWO PROPOSED TRAILERS
 DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIRMENTS OF NFPA 241.
  
 THE PROPOSED TRAILERS ARE INDICATEDED AS 60 WIDE ON THE
 EXPOSED SIDES. THE SEPARATION IS INDICATED AS 31'. THE
 CODE REQUIRES 50'.
  
 FIRE SPRINKLER PROTECTION WOULD BE REQUIRED TO REDUCE
 THE 50' BY 75%.
  
 ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS NO INDICATION OF THE SEPARATION
 DISTANCE FROM THE NEAREST NEW BUILDING STRUCTURE.
  
  
 CONSTRUCTION TRAILERS
  
 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 REVIEW AND CORRECT OR JUSTIFY WITH SPECIFIC CODE
 REFERENCES.
  
  
  
  
 2) PLEASE PROVIDE THE DETAILS OF ANY PROPOSED RAMPS,
 STEPS, DECKING, WALKWAYS, ETC, ASSOCIATED WITH THESE
 TRAILERS.
  
  
  
 3) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
  
 4)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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