Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18110241
Permit Number 18110241
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 4
Notes
Date Text
2019-05-28 13:36:266/20/19
  
 ON REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS REVIEWS THE FOLLOWING
 COMMENTS WILL BE PROVISED:
  
 PLEASE ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE BELOW COMMENTS AS
 THEY WILL INSPECTED BY A FIRE ISNPECTOR FOR
 VERIFICATION PURPOSES.
  
 PETER LEDUC
 FIRE MARSHAL
 561-804-4709
 [email protected]
  
  
 5/28/19
  
 THE PREVIOUS FIRE PLAN REVIEWER IS NO LONGER WITH THE
 CITY.
  
 BASED ON MY REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED
 INFORMATION, UNFORTUNATLY, THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ARE
 NEEDED FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES.
  
  
  
 1) BASED ON WHAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED, THIS
 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION PER THE FLORIDA FIRE
 PREVENTION CODE IS LODGING AND ROOMING HOUSE PER NFPA
 101, CH 26.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 3 , DEFINITIONS
  
 3.3.167 LODGING OR ROOMING HOUSE. A BUILDING OR PORTION
 THEREOF
 THAT DOES NOT QUALIFY AS A ONE- OR TWO-FAMILY DWELLING,
 THAT PROVIDES
 SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF 16 OR FEWER
 PEOPLE ON A
 TRANSIENT OR PERMANENT BASIS, WITHOUT PERSONAL CARE
 SERVICES, WITH OR
 WITHOUT MEALS, BUT WITHOUT SEPARATE COOKING FACILITIES
 FOR INDIVIDUAL
 OCCUPANTS
  
 SHOULD YOU DISAGREE PLEASE PROVIDE A DETAILED NARRATIVE
 WITH SPECIFIC CODE REFERENCES.
  
  
 2) THERE ARE NO INDICATION OF A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 26
  
 26.3.4 DETECTION, ALARM, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS.
 26.3.4.1 GENERAL.
 26.3.4.1.1 LODGING AND ROOMING HOUSES, OTHER THAN THOSE
 MEETING
 26.3.4.1.2, SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
 IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION 9.6.
 26.3.4.1.2 A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 9.6 SHALL
 NOT BE REQUIRED IN EXISTING LODGING AND ROOMING HOUSES
 THAT HAVE AN
 EXISTING SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM MEETING OR EXCEEDING
 THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF 26.3.4.5.1 WHERE THAT DETECTION SYSTEM
 INCLUDES NOT
 LESS THAN ONE MANUAL FIRE ALARM BOX PER FLOOR ARRANGED
 TO INITIATE THE
 SMOKE DETECTION ALARM.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS AND/OR A NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
  
  
  
 3) THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF A FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 26
  
 26.3.6 EXTINGUISHMENT REQUIREMENTS.
 26.3.6.1 ALL NEW LODGING OR ROOMING HOUSES SHALL BE
 PROTECTED
 THROUGHOUT BY AN APPROVED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 26.3.6.2.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS AND/OR A NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
  
  
  
  
 4) THERE IS ONLY 1 EXIT INDICATED FRON THE 2ND FLOOR.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 26
  
 26.2.1 NUMBER AND TYPES OF MEANS OF ESCAPE.
 26.2.1.1 PRIMARY MEANS OF ESCAPE.
 26.2.1.1.1 EVERY SLEEPING ROOM AND LIVING AREA SHALL
 HAVE ACCESS
 TO A PRIMARY MEANS OF ESCAPE COMPLYING WITH CHAPTER 24
 AND
 LOCATED TO PROVIDE A SAFE PATH OF TRAVEL TO THE
 OUTSIDE.
 26.2.1.1.2 WHERE THE SLEEPING ROOM IS ABOVE OR BELOW
 THE LEVEL OF
 EXIT DISCHARGE, THE PRIMARY MEANS OF ESCAPE SHALL BE AN
 INTERIOR
 STAIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH 26.2.2, AN EXTERIOR STAIR, A
 HORIZONTAL EXIT
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 7.2.4, OR AN EXISTING FIRE ESCAPE
 STAIR IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 7.2.8.
 26.2.1.2 SECONDARY MEANS OF ESCAPE. IN ADDITION TO THE
 PRIMARY
 ROUTE, EACH SLEEPING ROOM AND LIVING AREA SHALL HAVE A
 SECOND
 MEANS OF ESCAPE IN ACCORDANCE WITH 24.2.2, UNLESS THE
 SLEEPING
 ROOM OR LIVING AREA HAS A DOOR LEADING DIRECTLY OUTSIDE
 THE
 BUILDING WITH ACCESS TO THE FINISHED GROUND LEVEL OR TO
 A STAIRWAY
 THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR EXTERIOR STAIRS IN
 26.2.1.1.2.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE SPECIFIC DETAILS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 6) THE STAIRWAY FROM THE 2ND FLOOR APPEARS TO BE
 UNINCLOSED.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 26
  
 26.2.2 STAIRWAYS.
 26.2.2.1 INTERIOR STAIRWAYS, OTHER THAN THOSE IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH
 26.2.2.2 OR 26.2.2.3, SHALL COMPLY WITH 7.2.2.5.3 AND
 SHALL BE
 ENCLOSED BY FIRE BARRIERS HAVING A MINIMUM ?-HOUR FIRE
 RESISTANCE
 RATING, WITH ALL OPENINGS PROTECTED WITH SMOKE-ACTUATED
 AUTOMATIC-CLOSING OR SELF-CLOSING DOORS HAVING A FIRE
 RESISTANCE
 COMPARABLE TO THAT REQUIRED FOR THE ENCLOSURE.
 26.2.2.2 WHERE AN INTERIOR STAIR CONNECTS THE STREET
 FLOOR WITH THE
 STORY NEXT ABOVE OR BELOW ONLY, BUT NOT WITH BOTH, THE
 INTERIOR
 STAIR SHALL BE REQUIRED TO BE ENCLOSED ONLY ON THE
 STREET FLOOR.
 26.2.2.3 STAIRWAYS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE UNENCLOSED
 IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 26.3.1.1.2 AND 26.3.1.1.3.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE SPECIFIC DETAILS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
  
 7) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 8) 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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