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Plan Review Notes For Permit 19020191
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2019-02-25 16:54:05THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
 THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS MAY NOT REPRESENT THE ENTIRETY
 OF COMMENTS AS THE PLANS APPEAR TO BE INSUFFICIENT WITH
 FLORIDA FIRE PRENVENTION CODE REFERENCES.
  
  
 1) SHEET G 100 - THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE BE ANY
 REFERENCE FIRE CODE COMPLAINCE WITH ANY FLORIDA FIRE
 PREVENTION CODE AND/OR NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION CODE.
  
 PROPOSED PROJECTS SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
 6TH EDITION OF FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE WHICH
 INCLUDES THE 2015 EDITION OF NFPA 1, SPECIFICALLY,
 CHAPTER 20.8, HOTELS AND DORMITORIES AND NFPA 101,
 SPECIFICALLY, CHAPTER 28, NEW HOTELS AND DORMITORIES.
 THE BELOW LIST ARE THE MOST COMMON REFERENCED CODES:
 FIRE SPRINKLER WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS
 OF NFPA 13, 2013 EDITION.
 FIRE ALARM WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 NFPA 72, 2013 EDITION.
 CONSTRUCTION WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 NFPA 241, 2013 EDITION.
 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS
 OF NFPA 10, 2013 EDITION.
 ELECTRIC WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH NFPA 70, 2014 EDITION.
 EMERGENCY AND STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS SHALL COMPLY WITH
 NFPA 110, 2013 EDITION.
 AIR CONDITION WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH NFPA 90 A & B,
 2015 EDITION
  
 PLEASE REVIEW, ENSURE COMPLIANCE AND PROVIDE AN
 APPLICABLE REVISION NOTE
  
  
  
 2) SHEET G 101 - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF "NO" UNDER
 DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM . THERE IS NO DEFINITION TO
 THIS SYSTEM.
  
 HOWEVER, PER NFPA 72,
  
 24.5.2* TWO-WAY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS ENHANCEMENT
 SYSTEMS.
 24.5.2.1 GENERAL.
 24.5.2.1.1 NON-INTERFERENCE. NO AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM
 CAPABLE
 OF OPERATING ON FREQUENCIES OR CAUSING INTERFERENCE ON
 FREQUENCIES
 ASSIGNED TO THE JURISDICTION BY THE FCC SHALL BE
 INSTALLED
 WITHOUT PRIOR COORDINATION AND APPROVAL OF THE
 AUTHORITY
 HAVING JURISDICTION. THE BUILDING MANAGER/OWNER SHALL
 SUSPEND AND CORRECT OTHER EQUIPMENT INSTALLATIONS THAT
 DEGRADE
 THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SYSTEM OR
 PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM.
 24.5.2.1.2 APPROVAL AND PERMIT. PLANS SHALL BE
 SUBMITTED FOR
 APPROVAL PRIOR TO INSTALLATION. AT THE CONCLUSION OF
 SUCCESSFUL
 ACCEPTANCE TESTING, A RENEWABLE PERMIT SHALL BE ISSUED
 FOR THE
 PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM WHERE REQUIRED
 BY
 THE AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION.
 24.5.2.2 RADIO COVERAGE. RADIO COVERAGE SHALL BE
 PROVIDED
 THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING AS A PERCENTAGE OF FLOOR AREA
 AS SPECIFIED
 IN 24.5.2.2.1 THROUGH 24.5.2.2.3.
 24.5.2.2.1 CRITICAL AREAS. CRITICAL AREAS, SUCH AS THE
 FIRE COMMAND
 CENTER(S), THE FIRE PUMP ROOM(S), EXIT STAIRS, EXIT
 PASSAGEWAYS,
 ELEVATOR LOBBIES, STANDPIPE CABINETS, SPRINKLER
 SECTIONAL
 VALVE LOCATIONS, AND OTHER AREAS DEEMED CRITICAL BY THE
 AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION, SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH
 99 PERCENT
 FLOOR AREA RADIO COVERAGE.
 24.5.2.2.2 GENERAL BUILDING AREAS. GENERAL BUILDING
 AREAS
 SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH 90 PERCENT FLOOR AREA RADIO
 COVERAGE.
 24.5.2.2.3 AMPLIFICATION COMPONENTS. BUILDINGS AND
 STRUCTURES
 THAT CANNOT SUPPORT THE REQUIRED LEVEL OF RADIO
 COVERAGE
 SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH A RADIATING CABLE SYSTEM OR A
 DISTRIBUTED
 ANTENNA SYSTEM (DAS) WITH FCC-CERTIFIED SIGNAL
 BOOSTERS,
 OR BOTH, OR WITH A SYSTEM THAT IS OTHERWISE APPROVED,
 IN ORDER
 TO ACHIEVE THE REQUIRED ADEQUATE RADIO COVERAGE.
 24.5.2.3 SIGNAL STRENGTH.
 24.5.2.3.1 INBOUND. A MINIMUM INBOUND SIGNAL STRENGTH
 OF
 ?95 DBM, OR OTHER SIGNAL STRENGTH AS REQUIRED BY THE
 AUTHORITY
 HAVING JURISDICTION, SHALL BE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE
 COVERAGE
 AREA.
 24.5.2.3.2 OUTBOUND. A MINIMUM OUTBOUND SIGNAL STRENGTH
 OF ?95 DBM AT THE DONOR SITE, OR OTHER SIGNAL STRENGTH
 AS REQUIRED
 BY THE AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION, SHALL BE PROVIDED
 FROM THE COVERAGE AREA.
  
 RADIO COVERAGE IS REQUIRED WITH POSSIBLE DAS. PLEASE
 REVIEW TO SEE IF THE REQUIRED SYSTEM PERTAINS TO THE
 INTENT OF THAT COMMENT.
  
 THIS WORK SHALL BE UNDER SEPARATE SHOP DRAWINGS.
  
  
  
 3) G 101 - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF A STAIR EGRESS
 FACTOR OF .2.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 7 , TABLE 7.3.3.1, THE STAIRWAY
 CAPCAITY FACTOR IS .3
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND MAKE THE APPLICABLE REVISIONS TO THE
 OCCUPANCY CALCULATIONS.
  
  
  
  
 4) SHEET G111 - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF A CALCULATION
 FIGURE AT THE STAIRWELL EXIT DOOR OF [email protected]
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 7 TABLE 7.3.3.1, THE LEVEL COMPENENTS
 OF THE EXIT IS .2
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND MAKE THE APPLICABLE REVISIONS TO THE
 OCCUPANCY CALCULATIONS.
  
  
  
  
 5) SHEET G 111 & 113 - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF TRAVEL
 DISTANCE THAT APPEAR OVER 200' FROM THE SUITE DOOR TO
 THE EXIT. SOME REMOTE SUITES DO NOT SHOW THE TRAVEL
 DISTANCE.
  
 ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS AN INDICATION THAT THE CENTER
 STARIWAY IS NOT AN EXIT.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 28
  
 28.2.6.3.3 TRAVEL DISTANCE FROM THE CORRIDOR DOOR OF
 ANY GUEST
 ROOM OR GUEST SUITE TO THE NEAREST EXIT SHALL COMPLY
 WITH
 28.2.6.3.3.1 AND 28.2.6.3.3.2.
 28.2.6.3.3.1 TRAVEL DISTANCE FROM THE CORRIDOR DOOR OF
 ANY GUEST
 ROOM OR GUEST SUITE TO THE NEAREST EXIT SHALL BE
 MEASURED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.6 AND SHALL NOT EXCEED 200 FT
 (61 M)
 WHERE THE EXIT ACCESS AND ANY PORTION OF THE BUILDING
 THAT IS
 TRIBUTARY TO THE EXIT ACCESS ARE PROTECTED THROUGHOUT
 BY AN
 APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN
 ACCORDANCE
 WITH 28.3.5.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR FURTHER CLARIFY/IDENTIFY
 TRAVLE DISTANCES PER NFPA 101.
  
  
  
 6) SHEET A 441 - THERE ARE INDICATIONS THE STAIRWAY
 WIDTH IS 3'10" (46"). SHEETS G111 - G113 INDICATE THE
 STAIRWAY OCCUPANCY AT THE 34" DOOR AS 224.
  
 THE OCCUPANCY CAPACITY IS THE MOST RESTRICTIVE OF THE
 CAPACITY CALCULATIONS; 46' X .3 (PER NFPA 101 AS NOTED
 ABOVE) = 153
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR JUSTIFY WITH SPECIFIC FFPC
 REFERENCES AND NAARRATIVE.
  
  
  
 7) SHEET FP 002 - UNDER SECTION 1, A. 1) , THERE IS AN
 INDICATION OF AN INCORRECT (2010) REFERENCE TO THE
 CURRENT EDITION OF THE FFPC, 6TH EDITION, WHICH
 INCLUDES NFPA 1 AND 101, 2015.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.
  
  
  
 8) SHEET FP 002 - THERE IS AN INDICATION UNDER PART 3,
 1, F, STANDPIPE TO BE TESTED AT 300 PSI FOR 1 HOUR.
  
 PER NFPA 14:
  
 11.4 HYDROSTATIC TESTS.
 11.4.1* GENERAL. ALL NEW SYSTEMS, INCLUDING YARD PIPING
 AND
 FIRE DEPARTMENT CONNECTIONS, SHALL BE TESTED
 HYDROSTATICALLY AT
 NOT LESS THAN 200 PSI (13.8 BAR) OF PRESSURE FOR 2
 HOURS, OR AT
 50 PSI (3.5 BAR) IN EXCESS OF THE MAXIMUM PRESSURE
 WHERE THE
 MAXIMUM PRESSURE IS IN EXCESS OF 150 PSI (10.3 BAR).
 11.4.2 THE HYDROSTATIC TEST PRESSURE SHALL BE MEASURED
 AT THE
 LOW ELEVATION POINT OF THE INDIVIDUAL SYSTEM OR ZONE
 BEING TESTED.
 11.4.3 THE STANDPIPE SYSTEM PIPING SHALL SHOW NO
 LEAKAGE
 OTHER THAN AS PERMITTED BY NFPA24, STANDARD FOR THE
 INSTALLATION
 OF PRIVATE FIRE SERVICE MAINS AND THEIR APPURTENANCES.
  
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.
  
  
  
 8) SHEET FP 002 - PLEASE REVIEW ALL SPECIFIC CALL-OUTS
 WITHIN THE SHEET TO ENSURE THEY DO NOT CONFLICT WITH
 CURRENT CODE REQUIREMENTS AS THEY ARE TOO NUMEROUS FOR
 THIS REVIEW.
  
 FIRE INSPECTIONS WILL REVIEW COMPLIANCE WITH CURRENT
 CODE AND ANY REFERENCE WITHIN THE CURRENT CODE WILL BE
 ENFORCED WHEN MORE STRINGANT.
  
  
  
 9) SHEET C 41 - THERE IS AN INDCIATION OF THE DDCV
 WITHIN THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING.
  
 PER NFPA 24, STANDARD FOR THE INSTALLATION OF PRIVATE
 FIRE SERVICE MAINS AND THEIR APPURTENANCES, 2013
 EDITION
  
 6.2.11 ALL CONNECTIONS TO PRIVATE FIRE SERVICE MAINS
 FOR FIRE
 PROTECTION SYSTEMS SHALL BE ARRANGED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 ONE
 OF THE FOLLOWING SO THAT THEY CAN BE ISOLATED:
 (1)*A POST INDICATOR VALVE INSTALLED NOT LESS THAN 40
 FT (12 M)
 FROM THE BUILDING
 (A) FOR BUILDINGS LESS THAN 40 FT (12 M) IN HEIGHT, A
 POST
 INDICATOR VALVE SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE INSTALLED
 CLOSER THAN 40 FT (12 M) BUT AT LEAST AS FAR FROM THE
 BUILDING AS THE HEIGHT OF THE WALL FACING THE POST
 INDICATOR
 VALVE.
 (2) A WALL POST INDICATOR VALVE
 (3) AN INDICATING VALVE IN A PIT, INSTALLED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 6.4
 (4)*A BACKFLOW PREVENTER WITH AT LEAST ONE INDICATING
 VALVE NOT
 LESS THAN 40 FT (12 M) FROM THE BUILDING
 (A) FOR BUILDINGS LESS THAN 40 FT (12 M) IN HEIGHT, A
 BACKFLOW
 PREVENTER WITH AT LEAST ONE INDICATING VALVE SHALL
 BE PERMITTED TO BE INSTALLED CLOSER THAN 40 FT (12 M)
 BUT AT LEAST AS FAR FROM THE BUILDING AS THE HEIGHT OF
 THE WALL FACING THE BACKFLOW PREVENTER.
 (5)*A NONINDICATING VALVE, SUCH AS AN UNDERGROUND GATE
 VALVE
 WITH AN APPROVED ROADWAY BOX, COMPLETE WITH T-WRENCH,
 LOCATED NOT LESS THAN 40 FT (12 M) FROM THE BUILDING
 (A) FOR BUILDINGS LESS THAN 40 FT (12 M) IN HEIGHT, A
 NONINDICATING
 VALVE, SUCH AS AN UNDERGROUND GATE VALVE WITH AN
 APPROVED ROADWAY BOX, COMPLETE WITH T-WRENCH, SHALL
 BE PERMITTED TO BE INSTALLED CLOSER THAN 40 FT (12 M)
 BUT
 AT LEAST AS FAR FROM THE BUILDING AS THE HEIGHT OF THE
 WALL
 FACING THE BACKFLOW PREVENTER.
 (6) CONTROL VALVES INSTALLED IN A FIRE-RATED ROOM
 ACCESSIBLE
 FROM THE EXTERIOR
 (7) CONTROL VALVES IN A FIRE-RATED STAIR ENCLOSURE
 ACCESSIBLE
 FROM THE EXTERIOR AS PERMITTED BY THE AUTHORITY HAVING
 JURISDICTION
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND COMPLY WITH ONE OF THE APPLICABLE
 REQUIREMENT.
  
  
  
 10) SHEET FP 404 - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF AN
 ELECTRIC FIRE PUMP, WHAT IS THE SECONDARY POWER SUPPLY?
  
 PER NFPA 20
  
 9.3 ALTERNATE POWER.
 9.3.1 EXCEPT FOR AN ARRANGEMENT DESCRIBED IN 9.3.3, AT
 LEAST
 ONE ALTERNATE SOURCE OF POWER SHALL BE PROVIDED WHERE
 THE
 HEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE IS BEYOND THE PUMPING CAPACITY
 OF THE
 FIRE DEPARTMENT APPARATUS.
 9.3.2* OTHER SOURCES. EXCEPT FOR AN ARRANGEMENT
 DESCRIBED IN
 9.3.3, AT LEAST ONE ALTERNATE SOURCE OF POWER SHALL BE
 PROVIDED
 WHERE THE NORMAL SOURCE IS NOT RELIABLE.
 9.3.3 AN ALTERNATE SOURCE OF POWER FOR THE PRIMARY FIRE
 PUMP
 SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED WHERE A BACKUP ENGINE-DRIVEN FIRE
 PUMP,
 BACKUP STEAM TURBINE-DRIVEN FIRE PUMP, OR BACKUP
 ELECTRIC
 MOTOR?DRIVEN FIRE PUMP WITH INDEPENDENT POWER SOURCE
 MEETING
 9.2.2 IS INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS STANDARD.
 9.3.4 WHERE PROVIDED, THE ALTERNATE SOURCE OF POWER
 SHALL BE
 SUPPLIED FROM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SOURCES:
 (1) A GENERATOR INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 9.6
 (2) ONE OF THE SOURCES IDENTIFIED IN 9.2.2(1),
 9.2.2(2), 9.2.2(3),
 OR 9.2.2(5) WHERE THE POWER IS PROVIDED INDEPENDENT OF
 THE
 NORMAL SOURCE OF POWER
 9.3.5 WHERE PROVIDED, THE ALTERNATE SUPPLY SHALL BE
 ARRANGED
 SO THAT THE POWER TO THE FIRE PUMP IS NOT DISRUPTED
 WHEN OVERHEAD
 LINES ARE DE-ENERGIZED FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE FOR THE REQUIREMENT.
  
  
  
  
 11) SHEET G111, A111B, & 005 - ON G111 THERE IS A
 INDICATION, AT THE REAR OF THE EMERGENCY ELECTRIC ROOM,
 OF A A 2 HR WALL TYPE, ON SHEET A111B THERE IS WALL
 CALL-OUT, C17, AT THE SAME LOCATION.
  
 SHEET A005, UNDER THE PARTITION SCHEDULE, C17 THERE IS
 NO FIRE RATING INDICATED.
  
 ADDITIONALLY, PER NFPA 110, STANDARD FOR EMERGENCY AND
 STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS, 2013 EDITION
  
  
 7.2 LOCATION.
 7.2.1 INDOOR EPS INSTALLATIONS. THE EPS SHALL BE
 INSTALLED IN A
 SEPARATE ROOM FOR LEVEL 1 INSTALLATIONS.
 7.2.1.1 THE EPS ROOM SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM THE REST
 OF THE
 BUILDING BY CONSTRUCTION WITH A 2-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE
 RATING.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.
  
  
  
  
 12) SHEET E 111 B - AN ELECTRIC EMERGENCY GENERATOR IS
 INDICATED.
  
 THE EMERGENCY GENERATOR SHALL BE INSTALLED UNDER
 SEPARATE SHOP DRAWINGS AND COMPLY WITH THE REQUIRMENTS
 OF NFPA 110, STANDARD FOR EMERGENCY AND STANDBY POWER
 SYSTEMS, 2013 EDITION.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE A NOTE FOR THE PROPER LEVEL AND
 CLASSIFICATION, THE ALTERNATE FUEL SOURCE AND FUTURE
 SUBMITTAL OF SHOP DRAWINGS.
  
  
  
  
 13) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
  
 14) ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY BE PROVIDED ON THE
 RE-SUBMITTAL OF THE ABOVE AS WELL AS IN ADDITION TO
 FUTHER REVIEW.
  
  
  
 PETER LEDUC
 FIRE MARSHAL
 561-804-4709
 [email protected]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


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