Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 19030940
Permit Number 19030940
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
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2019-03-26 11:25:13THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
  
 1) SHEET A 0.0 - THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF A 30%
 REDUCTION FOR FUNITURE IN THE OCCUPANCY LOAD
 CALCULATIONS.
  
 UNDER WHAT FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE REFERNECE ARE
 YOU CITING FOR THIS REDUCTION?
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE SPECIFIC CODE(S) OR CORRECT/REMOVE.
  
  
  
 2) SHEET A 0.0 - THERE IS ONLY ONE EXIT FROM THE
 PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN. THE EXIT LEADING INTO THE EXISTING
 SPACE DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIRMENT OF A SEPARATE EXIT.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 16, NEW DAYCARE
  
 16.2.4 NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 16.2.4.1 THE NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE IN
 ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION 7.4.
 16.2.4.2 NOT LESS THAN TWO SEPARATE EXITS SHALL BE IN
 ACCORDANCE
 WITH BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
 (1) THEY SHALL BE PROVIDED ON EVERY STORY.
 (2) THEY SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE FROM EVERY PART OF EVERY
 STORY AND
 MEZZANINE; HOWEVER, EXIT ACCESS TRAVEL SHALL BE
 PERMITTED
 TO BE COMMON FOR THE DISTANCE PERMITTED AS COMMON PATH
 OF TRAVEL BY 16.2.5.3.
  
 16.2.5 ARRANGEMENT OF MEANS OF EGRESS. SEE ALSO
 16.1.6.2.
 16.2.5.1 MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE ARRANGED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 7.5.
  
 7.5.1.3 REMOTENESS SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 7.5.1.3.1
 THROUGH 7.5.1.3.7.
 7.5.1.3.1 WHERE MORE THAN ONE EXIT, EXIT ACCESS, OR
 EXIT DISCHARGE IS
 REQUIRED FROM A BUILDING OR PORTION THEREOF, SUCH
 EXITS, EXIT ACCESSES,
 OR EXIT DISCHARGES SHALL BE REMOTELY LOCATED FROM EACH
 OTHER AND BE
 ARRANGED TO MINIMIZE THE POSSIBILITY THAT MORE THAN ONE
 HAS THE
 POTENTIAL TO BE BLOCKED BY ANY ONE FIRE OR OTHER
 EMERGENCY
 CONDITION.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.
  
  
  
 3) SHEET A 0.0 - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF A DEAD END
 CORRIDOR THAT APPEARS TO EXCEED THE REQUIREMENT.
  
 16.2.5.2 NO DEAD-END CORRIDOR SHALL EXCEED 20 FT (6100
 MM),
 OTHER THAN IN BUILDINGS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN
 APPROVED,
 SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH
 SECTION 9.7, IN WHICH CASE DEAD-END CORRIDORS SHALL NOT
 EXCEED
 50 FT (15 M).
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR JUSTIFY/CLARIFY.
  
  
  
 4) SHEET A 0.0 - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF A CORRIDOR
 LLEADING TO AN EXIT THAT DOES NOT APPEAR TO MEET THE
 REQUIRMENT.
  
 16.3.6 CORRIDORS. EVERY INTERIOR CORRIDOR SHALL BE
 CONSTRUCTED OF
 WALLS HAVING NOT LESS THAN A 1-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE
 RATING IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.3, UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED
 BY ANY OF
 THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) CORRIDOR PROTECTION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED WHERE ALL
 SPACES
 NORMALLY SUBJECT TO CLIENT OCCUPANCY HAVE NOT LESS THAN
 ONE
 DOOR OPENING DIRECTLY TO THE OUTSIDE OR TO AN EXTERIOR
 EXIT
 ACCESS BALCONY OR CORRIDOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH 7.5.3.
 (2) IN BUILDINGS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN APPROVED,
 SUPERVISED
 AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 9.7,
 CORRIDOR WALLS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE RATED,
 PROVIDED THAT
 SUCH WALLS FORM SMOKE PARTITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION
 8.4.
 (3) WHERE THE CORRIDOR CEILING IS AN ASSEMBLY HAVING A
 1-HOUR FIRE
 RESISTANCE RATING WHERE TESTED AS A WALL, THE CORRIDOR
 WALLS
 SHALL BE PERMITTED TO TERMINATE AT THE CORRIDOR
 CEILING.
 (4) LAVATORIES SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE SEPARATED
 FROM CORRIDORS,
 PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE SEPARATED FROM ALL OTHER SPACES
 BY WALLS
 HAVING NOT LESS THAN A 1-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.3.
 (5) LAVATORIES SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE SEPARATED
 FROM CORRIDORS,
 PROVIDED THAT BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE MET:
 (A) THE BUILDING IS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN
 APPROVED,
 SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH
 SECTION 9.7.
 (B) THE WALLS SEPARATING THE LAVATORY FROM OTHER ROOMS
 FORM
 SMOKE PARTITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.4.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR JUSTIFY.
  
  
  
 5) SHEET A 4.0 - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF DOOR # 2 AS
 NOT HAVING A FIRE RESISTIVE RATING. THIS DOOR IS
 LOCATED IN A 2 HOUR WALL.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT/PROVIDE A 2 HOUR RATING FOR
 THIS DOOR.
  
  
  
 6) SHEET A 4.0 - THE DOORS ALONG THE CORRIDOR ARE
 REQUIRED TO HAVE AN 1 HOUR FIRE RESISTIVE RATING PER #
 4 ABOVE.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.
  
  
 7) SHEET A 0.0 - THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF WINDOWS FOR
 RESCUE FROM THE ROOMS.
  
 THE FLOOR PLAN INDICATES ONLY ONE EXIT AND IT IS AN
 INDIRECT PATH AS IT PASSES THRU THE FRONT ROOM AREA.
  
 16.2.11.1 WINDOWS FOR RESCUE.
 16.2.11.1.1 EVERY ROOM OR SPACE NORMALLY SUBJECT TO
 CLIENT
 OCCUPANCY, OTHER THAN BATHROOMS, SHALL HAVE NOT LESS
 THAN ONE
 OUTSIDE WINDOW FOR EMERGENCY RESCUE THAT COMPLIES WITH
 ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING, UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY 16.2.11.1.2:
 (1) SUCH WINDOWS SHALL BE OPENABLE FROM THE INSIDE
 WITHOUT THE
 USE OF TOOLS AND SHALL PROVIDE A CLEAR OPENING OF NOT
 LESS THAN
 20 IN. (510 MM) IN WIDTH, 24 IN. (610 MM) IN HEIGHT,
 AND 5.7
 FT2 (0.5 M2) IN AREA.
 (2) THE BOTTOM OF THE OPENING SHALL BE NOT MORE THAN 44
 IN. (1120
 MM) ABOVE THE FLOOR.
 (3) THE CLEAR OPENING SHALL ALLOW A RECTANGULAR SOLID,
 WITH A WIDTH
 AND HEIGHT THAT PROVIDES NOT LESS THAN THE REQUIRED 5.7
 FT2 (0.5
 M2) OPENING AND A DEPTH OF NOT LESS THAN 20 IN. (510
 MM), TO
 PASS FULLY THROUGH THE OPENING.
 16.2.11.1.2 THE REQUIREMENTS OF 16.2.11.1.1 SHALL NOT
 APPLY TO
 EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) BUILDINGS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN APPROVED,
 SUPERVISED
 AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 9.7
 (2) WHERE THE ROOM OR SPACE HAS A DOOR LEADING DIRECTLY
 TO AN EXIT
 OR DIRECTLY TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING
  
  
  
 8) SHEET A 1.0 - DOOR E AT THE FRONT ROOM/CORRIDOR
 LOCATION IS NOT INDICATED WITH ANY EXIT HARWARE ON THE
 DOOR SCHEDULE
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE HARDWARE AND LOCK/LATCH TYPE FOR
 THIS DOOR IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE.
  
  
  
 9) SHEET A 4.0 - NOTE # 2 INDICATES DOOR STOPS ON ALL
 DOORS.
  
 THERE SHALL NOT BE DOOR STOPS ON ANY FIRE RATED DOOR.
  
 FIRE RATED DOORS SHALL HAVE DOOR CLOSERS.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.
  
  
  
 10) SHEET A 4.0 - BATHROOM DOORS 7 & 8 ARE INDICATED AS
 HAVING PRIVACY LOCKS
  
 16.2.2.2.5 BATHROOM DOORS. EVERY BATHROOM DOOR LOCK
 SHALL BE
 DESIGNED TO ALLOW OPENING OF THE LOCKED DOOR FROM THE
 OUTSIDE
 BY AN OPENING DEVICE THAT SHALL BE READILY ACCESSIBLE
 TO THE STAFF.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR JUSTIFY WITH SPECIFIC
 NARRATIVE OF COMPLIANCE.
  
  
  
 11) SHEET E 1 - THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF A FIRE
 ALARM. MORE THAN ONE ROOM IS INDICATED AND A FIRE ALARM
 IS REQUIRED.
  
 16.3.4 DETECTION, ALARM, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS.
 16.3.4.1 GENERAL. DAY-CARE OCCUPANCIES, OTHER THAN
 DAY-CARE
 OCCUPANCIES HOUSED IN ONE ROOM HAVING AT LEAST ONE DOOR
 OPENING DIRECTLY TO THE OUTSIDE AT GRADE PLANE OR TO AN
 EXTERIOR
 EXIT ACCESS BALCONY IN ACCORDANCE WITH 7.5.3, SHALL BE
 PROVIDED
 WITH A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 9.6.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR JUSTIFY.
  
  
  
 12) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 13) 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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