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| 2018-05-14 17:02:38 | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE |
| | MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| | 1) THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY NOTIFICATION DEVICES |
| | IN THE TENANT SPACES. |
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| | PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 31, EXISTING APARTMENT BUILDINGS. |
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| | 31.3.4.3 NOTIFICATION. |
| | 31.3.4.3.1 OCCUPANT NOTIFICATION SHALL BE PROVIDED |
| | AUTOMATICALLY IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.6, AND ALL OF THE FOLLOWING |
| | SHALL ALSO APPLY: |
| | (1) VISIBLE SIGNALS SHALL BE INSTALLED IN UNITS |
| | DESIGNED FOR THE HEARING |
| | IMPAIRED. |
| | (2) POSITIVE ALARM SEQUENCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.3.4 |
| | SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED. |
| | (3) EXISTING APPROVED PRESIGNAL SYSTEMS SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.3.3. |
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| | 9.6.3 OCCUPANT NOTIFICATION. |
| | 9.6.3.1 OCCUPANT NOTIFICATION SHALL BE PROVIDED TO |
| | ALERT OCCUPANTS |
| | OF A FIRE OR OTHER EMERGENCY WHERE REQUIRED BY OTHER |
| | SECTIONS OF |
| | THIS CODE. |
| | 9.6.3.2 OCCUPANT NOTIFICATION SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE |
| | WITH 9.6.3.3 |
| | THROUGH 9.6.3.10.2, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN |
| | 9.6.3.2.1 THROUGH |
| | 9.6.3.2.4. |
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| | 9.6.3.5 UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN 9.6.3.5.1 THROUGH |
| | 9.6.3.5.8, |
| | NOTIFICATION SIGNALS FOR OCCUPANTS TO EVACUATE SHALL BE |
| | AUDIBLE, AND |
| | VISIBLE SIGNALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 72, NATIONAL |
| | FIRE ALARM |
| | AND SIGNALING CODE. AND ICC/ANSI A117.1, AMERICAN |
| | NATIONAL |
| | STANDARD FOR ACCESSIBLE AND USABLE BUILDINGS AND |
| | FACILITIES, OR |
| | OTHER MEANS OF NOTIFICATION ACCEPTABLE TO THE AUTHORITY |
| | HAVING |
| | JURISDICTION SHALL BE PROVIDED. |
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| | 9.6.3.6 THE GENERAL EVACUATION ALARM SIGNAL SHALL |
| | OPERATE IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH ONE OF THE METHODS PRESCRIBED BY |
| | 9.6.3.6.1 |
| | THROUGH 9.6.3.6.3. |
| | 9.6.3.6.1 THE GENERAL EVACUATION ALARM SIGNAL SHALL |
| | OPERATE |
| | THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BUILDING OTHER THAN THE LOCATIONS |
| | DESCRIBED |
| | IN 9.6.3.6.4 AND 9.6.3.6.5. |
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| | PER NFPA 72 |
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| | 18.4.5 SLEEPING AREA REQUIREMENTS. |
| | 18.4.5.1* WHERE AUDIBLE APPLIANCES ARE INSTALLED TO |
| | PROVIDE |
| | SIGNALS FOR SLEEPING AREAS, THEY SHALL HAVE A SOUND |
| | LEVEL OF AT |
| | LEAST 15 DB ABOVE THE AVERAGE AMBIENT SOUND LEVEL OR 5 |
| | DB |
| | ABOVE THE MAXIMUM SOUND LEVEL HAVING A DURATION OF AT |
| | LEAST |
| | 60 SECONDS OR A SOUND LEVEL OF AT LEAST 75 DBA, |
| | WHICHEVER IS |
| | GREATER, MEASURED AT THE PILLOW LEVEL IN THE AREA |
| | REQUIRED TO BE |
| | SERVED BY THE SYSTEM USING THE A-WEIGHTED SCALE (DBA). |
| | 18.4.5.2 IF ANY BARRIER, SUCH AS A DOOR, CURTAIN, OR |
| | RETRACTABLE |
| | PARTITION, IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE NOTIFICATION |
| | APPLIANCE AND |
| | THE PILLOW, THE SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL SHALL BE MEASURED |
| | WITH THE |
| | BARRIER PLACED BETWEEN THE APPLIANCE AND THE PILLOW. |
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| | 18.4.5.3* EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2014, AUDIBLE APPLIANCES |
| | PROVIDED |
| | FOR THE SLEEPING AREAS TO AWAKEN OCCUPANTS SHALL |
| | PRODUCE A LOW |
| | FREQUENCY ALARM SIGNAL THAT COMPLIES WITH THE |
| | FOLLOWING: |
| | (1) THE ALARM SIGNAL SHALL BE A SQUARE WAVE OR PROVIDE |
| | EQUIVALENT |
| | AWAKENING ABILITY. |
| | (2) THE WAVE SHALL HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY OF 520 |
| | HZ |
| | ? 10 PERCENT. |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR PROVIDE SPECIFIC CODE |
| | JUSTIFICATION FOR NOT PROVIDING VISUAL AND AUDIBLE |
| | NOTIFICATION IN EACH TENANT SPACE. |
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| | 2) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET |
| | REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE |
| | ABOVE. |
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| | 3) 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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