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| 2019-08-08 13:31:18 | LETTER OF COMPLIANCE WITH NFPA PROVIDED AND ATTACHED TO |
| | THE RECORD. PML 8/16/19 |
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| | 2 REVIEW COMMENTS: |
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| | 1) I CAN NOT READILY SEE NOR IDENTIFY WHERE OF HOW THE |
| | PREVIOUS FIRE COMMENTS WERE ADDERESSED. |
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| | PLEASE ADDRESS EACH FIRE COMMENT WITH EITHER NUMBERED |
| | NARRATIVE AND/OR PLAN SHEET REVISION CLOUDS. |
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| | THE COMMENTS BELOW ARE THE ORIGANL FIRE COMMENTS THAT |
| | HAVE NOT BEEN ADAQUATELY ADDRESSED. |
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| | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE |
| | MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| | 1) THERE IS INSUFFICIENT DETAIL SUBMITTED TO DETERMINE |
| | COMPLIANCE AND INTENT TO COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE |
| | REQUIRMENTS OF NFPA 72, 2013 ED. |
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| | THE PROPOSED PROJECT INSTALLATION SHALL COMPLY WITH |
| | NFPA 72 AND OTHER APPLICABLE CODES. |
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| | 27.7.1 REQUIREMENTS FOR METALLIC AND FIBER-OPTIC |
| | SYSTEMS ? |
| | METALLIC AND FIBER-OPTIC INTERCONNECTIONS. |
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| | 27.7.1.1.1 EXTERIOR METALLIC, FIBER-OPTIC CABLE AND |
| | WIRE SHALL |
| | CONFORM TO INTERNATIONAL MUNICIPAL SIGNAL ASSOCIATION |
| | (IMSA) SPECIFICATIONS OR AN APPROVED EQUIVALENT. |
| | EXCEPTION: WHERE CIRCUIT CONDUCTORS OR FIBER-OPTIC |
| | STRANDS ARE PROVIDED BY |
| | A PUBLIC UTILITY ON A LEASE BASIS, IMSA SPECIFICATIONS |
| | SHALL NOT APPLY. |
| | 27.7.1.1.2 WHERE A PUBLIC BOX IS INSTALLED INSIDE A |
| | BUILDING, |
| | THE CIRCUIT FROM THE POINT OF ENTRANCE TO THE PUBLIC |
| | BOX SHALL |
| | BE INSTALLED IN RIGID METAL CONDUIT, INTERMEDIATE METAL |
| | CONDUIT, |
| | OR ELECTRICAL METALLIC TUBING IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA |
| | 70, |
| | NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE. |
| | EXCEPTION: THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO WIRELESS |
| | BOX SYSTEMS. |
| | 27.7.1.1.3 WIRES AND FIBER-OPTIC STRANDS SHALL BE |
| | TERMINATED |
| | SO AS TO PREVENT BREAKING FROM VIBRATION OR STRESS. |
| | 27.7.1.1.4 CIRCUIT CONDUCTORS AND FIBER-OPTIC CABLES ON |
| | TERMINAL |
| | RACKS SHALL BE IDENTIFIED AND ISOLATED FROM CONDUCTORS |
| | OF |
| | OTHER SYSTEMS WHEREVER POSSIBLE AND SHALL BE PROTECTED |
| | FROM |
| | MECHANICAL INJURY. |
| | 27.7.1.2 CABLES. THE REQUIREMENTS OF 27.7.1.2 SHALL |
| | APPLY TO |
| | 27.7.1.3 THROUGH 27.7.1.6. |
| | 27.7.1.2.1 EXTERIOR METALLIC AND FIBER-OPTIC CABLE AND |
| | WIRE SHALL |
| | CONFORM TO IMSA SPECIFICATIONS OR AN APPROVED |
| | EQUIVALENT. |
| | 27.7.1.2.2 OVERHEAD, UNDERGROUND, OR DIRECT BURIAL |
| | CABLES |
| | SHALL BE SPECIFICALLY APPROVED FOR THE PURPOSE. |
| | 27.7.1.2.3 METALLIC AND FIBER-OPTIC CABLES USED IN |
| | INTERIOR INSTALLATIONS |
| | SHALL COMPLY WITH NFPA 70, NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, |
| | AND SHALL BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE |
| | MANUFACTURER?S |
| | INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS AND PRACTICES. |
| | 27.7.1.2.4 CONDUCTORS AND/OR FIBER-OPTIC STRANDS USED |
| | TO |
| | TRANSMIT SIGNALS OF OTHER SYSTEMS THAT ARE UNDER THE |
| | CONTROL OF |
| | A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE |
| | CONTAINED |
| | WITHIN THE SAME MULTI-CONDUCTOR CABLE AS CONDUCTORS |
| | AND/OR |
| | FIBER-OPTIC STRANDS USED TO TRANSMIT SIGNALS OF PUBLIC |
| | EMERGENCY |
| | ALARM REPORTING SYSTEMS. |
| | 27.7.1.2.5 BY SPECIAL PERMISSION AS DEFINED IN NFPA70, |
| | CABLES |
| | NOT UNDER THE CONTROL OF A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED |
| | TO CONTAIN CONDUCTORS AND/OR FIBER-OPTIC STRANDS USED |
| | TO TRANSMIT SIGNALS OF A PUBLIC EMERGENCY ALARM |
| | REPORTING |
| | SYSTEM. |
| | 27.7.1.2.6 SIGNALING WIRE AND FIBER-OPTIC CABLES |
| | CONTAINING |
| | METALLIC PROTECTION OR STRENGTH MEMBERS SHALL COMPLY |
| | WITH |
| | 27.7.1.2.6.1 AND 27.7.1.2.6.2. |
| | 27.7.1.2.6.1 SIGNALING WIRES SUPPLIED BY A POWER SOURCE |
| | HAVING |
| | A VOLTAGE AND/OR CURRENT RATING SUFFICIENT TO INTRODUCE |
| | A |
| | HAZARD SHALL BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 70, |
| | NATIONAL |
| | ELECTRICAL CODE, ARTICLE 760, PART II |
| | 27.7.1.2.6.2 FIBER-OPTIC CABLES CONTAINING METALLIC |
| | PROTECTION |
| | OR STRENGTH MEMBERS SHALL BE GROUNDED AND PROTECTED |
| | IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 70, NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE. |
| | 27.7.1.2.7 ALL METALLIC CABLES, WITH ALL TAPS AND |
| | SPLICES MADE, |
| | SHALL BE TESTED FOR INSULATION RESISTANCE WHEN |
| | INSTALLED BUT BEFORE |
| | CONNECTION TO TERMINALS. SUCH TESTS SHALL INDICATE AN |
| | INSULATION |
| | RESISTANCE OF AT LEAST 200 MEGOHMS PER MILE BETWEEN |
| | ANY ONE CONDUCTOR AND ALL OTHER CONDUCTORS, THE SHEATH, |
| | AND |
| | THE GROUND. |
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| | 27.7.1.3 UNDERGROUND CABLES. |
| | 27.7.1.3.1 UNDERGROUND METALLIC AND FIBER-OPTIC CABLES |
| | IN |
| | DUCT OR DIRECT BURIAL SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE BROUGHT |
| | ABOVEGROUND ONLY AT LOCATIONS APPROVED BY THE AUTHORITY |
| | HAVING JURISDICTION. |
| | 27.7.1.3.1.1 PROTECTION FROM PHYSICAL DAMAGE OR HEAT |
| | INCIDENTAL |
| | TO FIRES IN ADJACENT BUILDINGS SHALL BE PROVIDED. |
| | 27.7.1.3.2 ONLY FIBER-OPTIC AND POWER-LIMITED CABLES |
| | AND CONDUCTORS |
| | SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE LOCATED IN DUCT SYSTEMS AND |
| | MANHOLES THAT CONTAIN POWER-LIMITED PUBLIC EMERGENCY |
| | ALARM |
| | REPORTING SYSTEM CONDUCTORS. |
| | 27.7.1.3.3 WHERE LOCATED IN DUCT SYSTEMS OR MANHOLES |
| | THAT |
| | CONTAIN POWER CIRCUIT CONDUCTORS OVER 250 VOLTS TO |
| | GROUND, |
| | METALLIC AND FIBER-OPTIC EMERGENCY ALARM CABLES SHALL |
| | BE LOCATED |
| | AS FAR AS POSSIBLE FROM SUCH POWER CABLES AND SHALL BE |
| | SEPARATED FROM THEM BY A NONCOMBUSTIBLE BARRIER OR |
| | OTHER |
| | MEANS APPROVED BY THE AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION TO |
| | PROTECT |
| | THE EMERGENCY ALARM CABLES FROM PHYSICAL DAMAGE. |
| | 27.7.1.3.4 ALL CABLES INSTALLED IN MANHOLES SHALL BE |
| | RACKED |
| | AND MARKED FOR IDENTIFICATION. |
| | 27.7.1.3.5 RACEWAYS OR DUCTS ENTERING BUILDINGS FROM |
| | UNDERGROUND |
| | DUCT SYSTEMS SHALL BE EFFECTIVELY SEALED WITH AN |
| | IDENTIFIED |
| | SEALING COMPOUND OR OTHER MEANS ACCEPTABLE TO THE |
| | AUTHORITY |
| | HAVING JURISDICTION TO PREVENT THE ENTRANCE OF MOISTURE |
| | OR GASES FROM THE UNDERGROUND DUCT SYSTEM. |
| | 27.7.1.3.6 ALL CABLE JOINTS SHALL BE LOCATED IN |
| | MANHOLES, EMERGENCY |
| | RESPONSE FACILITIES, OR OTHER ACCESSIBLE LOCATIONS |
| | ACCEPTABLE |
| | TO THE AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION WHERE EQUIVALENT |
| | PROTECTION |
| | IS PROVIDED TO MINIMIZE PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO THE CABLE. |
| | 27.7.1.3.6.1 CABLE JOINTS SHALL BE MADE TO PROVIDE AND |
| | MAINTAIN |
| | CONDUCTIVITY, OPTICAL CONTINUITY FOR FIBER-OPTIC CABLE, |
| | INSULATION, |
| | AND PROTECTION AT LEAST EQUAL TO THAT AFFORDED BY THE |
| | CABLES THAT ARE JOINED. |
| | 27.7.1.3.6.2 OPEN CABLE ENDS SHALL BE SEALED AGAINST |
| | MOISTURE. |
| | 27.7.1.3.7 DIRECT-BURIAL CABLE, WITHOUT ENCLOSURE IN |
| | DUCTS, |
| | SHALL BE LAID IN GRASS PLOTS, UNDER SIDEWALKS, OR IN |
| | OTHER PLACES |
| | WHERE THE GROUND IS NOT LIKELY TO BE OPENED FOR OTHER |
| | UNDERGROUND |
| | CONSTRUCTION. |
| | 27.7.1.3.7.1 WHERE SPLICES ARE MADE, SUCH SPLICES SHALL |
| | BE ACCESSIBLE |
| | FOR INSPECTION AND TESTS. |
| | 27.7.1.3.7.2 SUCH CABLES SHALL BE BURIED AT LEAST 18 |
| | IN. |
| | (500 MM) DEEP AND, WHERE CROSSING STREETS OR OTHER |
| | AREAS |
| | LIKELY TO BE OPENED FOR OTHER UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION, |
| | SHALL |
| | BE IN DUCT OR CONDUIT. |
| | 27.7.1.6 WIRING INSIDE BUILDINGS. |
| | 27.7.1.6.1 AT THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, ALL |
| | CONDUCTORS, |
| | CABLES, AND FIBER-OPTIC CABLES SHALL EXTEND AS DIRECTLY |
| | AS POSSIBLE |
| | TO THE OPERATIONS CENTER IN CONDUITS, DUCTS, SHAFTS, |
| | RACEWAYS, |
| | OR OVERHEAD RACKS AND TROUGHS LISTED OR IDENTIFIED AS |
| | SUITABLE |
| | TO PROVIDE PROTECTION AGAINST PHYSICAL DAMAGE. |
| | 27.7.1.6.2* WHERE INSTALLED IN BUILDINGS, CONDUCTORS |
| | AND |
| | FIBER-OPTIC CABLES SHALL BE INSTALLED IN ANY OF THE |
| | FOLLOWING WIRING |
| | METHODS: |
| | (1) ELECTRICAL METALLIC TUBING |
| | (2) INTERMEDIATE METAL CONDUIT |
| | (3) RIGID METAL CONDUIT |
| | EXCEPTION: RIGID NONMETALLIC CONDUIT SHALL BE PERMITTED |
| | WHERE APPROVED |
| | BY THE AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION. |
| | 27.7.1.6.3 CONDUCTORS AND FIBER-OPTIC CABLES SHALL HAVE |
| | AN |
| | APPROVED INSULATION. THE INSULATION OR OTHER OUTER |
| | COVERING |
| | SHALL BE FLAME-RETARDANT AND MOISTURE RESISTANT. |
| | 27.7.1.6.4 CONDUCTORS AND FIBER-OPTIC CABLES SHALL BE |
| | INSTALLED |
| | AS FAR AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT SPLICES OR JOINTS. SPLICES |
| | OR |
| | JOINTS SHALL BE PERMITTED ONLY IN LISTED JUNCTION OR |
| | TERMINAL |
| | BOXES. |
| | 27.7.1.6.4.1 ENCLOSURES CONTAINING PUBLIC EMERGENCY |
| | ALARM |
| | REPORTING SYSTEM CIRCUITS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH RED |
| | COVERS OR |
| | DOORS. THE WORDS ?PUBLIC EMERGENCY ALARM REPORTING |
| | SYSTEM |
| | CIRCUIT? SHALL BE CLEARLY MARKED ON ALL TERMINAL AND |
| | JUNCTION |
| | LOCATIONS TO PREVENT UNINTENTIONAL INTERFERENCE. |
| | 27.7.1.6.4.2 WIRE AND FIBER-OPTIC TERMINALS, TERMINAL |
| | BOXES, |
| | SPLICES, AND JOINTS SHALL CONFORM TO NFPA 70, NATIONAL |
| | ELECTRICAL |
| | CODE. |
| | 27.7.1.6.5 METALLIC AND FIBER-OPTIC CABLES AND WIRING |
| | EXPOSED |
| | TO A HAZARD SHALL BE PROTECTED IN AN APPROVED MANNER. |
| | 27.7.1.6.6 METALLIC AND FIBER-OPTIC CABLE TERMINALS AND |
| | CROSS-CONNECTING FACILITIES SHALL BE LOCATED IN OR |
| | ADJACENT TO |
| | THE OPERATIONS ROOM. |
| | 27.7.1.6.7 WHERE SIGNAL CONDUCTORS, NON-DIELECTRIC |
| | FIBER-OPTIC |
| | CABLES, AND ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER WIRES ARE RUN IN |
| | THE SAME |
| | SHAFT, THEY SHALL BE SEPARATED BY AT LEAST 2 IN. (51 |
| | MM), OR EITHER |
| | SYSTEM SHALL BE ENCASED IN A NONCOMBUSTIBLE ENCLOSURE. |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE SPECIDIC DETAILS AND/OR |
| | PROVIDE AN EOR REVIEW OF COMPLIANCE. |
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| | PETER LEDUC |
| | FIRE MARSHAL |
| | 561-804-4709 |
| | [email protected] |
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