Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 19070526
Permit Number 19070526
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2019-07-15 13:38:33PASSED FIRE
  
 FIRE COMMENTS ADDRESSED 7/17/19
  
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 THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) THERE ARE NO FLOOR/DOOR PLAN SHEETS INDCIATING EXACT
 LOCATION OF THE DEVICES.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE GREATER LOCATION DETAIL AND FLOOR/ DOOR
 PLAN SHEETS .
  
  
  
 2) FOR THE MAG LOCKS AND CYLINDER LOCKS, THERE IS NO
 INDICATION IF THEY ARE ON EXIT DOORS NOR COMPLIANCE
 WITH THE FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE.
  
 ANY LOCKS ON EXIT DOORS SHALL NOT RESTRICT EGRESS AND
 COMPLY WITH NFPA 101, CH 7 MEANS OF EGRESS.
  
 7.2.1.5 LOCKS, LATCHES, AND ALARM DEVICES.
 7.2.1.5.1 DOOR LEAVES SHALL BE ARRANGED TO BE OPENED
 READILY FROM
 THE EGRESS SIDE WHENEVER THE BUILDING IS OCCUPIED.
 7.2.1.5.2* THE REQUIREMENT OF 7.2.1.5.1 SHALL NOT APPLY
 TO DOOR
 LEAVES OF LISTED FIRE DOOR ASSEMBLIES AFTER EXPOSURE TO
 ELEVATED
 TEMPERATURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LISTING, BASED ON
 LABORATORY
 FIRE TEST PROCEDURES.
 7.2.1.5.3 LOCKS, IF PROVIDED, SHALL NOT REQUIRE THE USE
 OF A KEY, A
 TOOL, OR SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OR EFFORT FOR OPERATION FROM
 THE EGRESS
 SIDE.
 7.2.1.5.4 THE REQUIREMENTS OF 7.2.1.5.1 AND 7.2.1.5.3
 SHALL NOT
 APPLY WHERE OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN CHAPTERS 18 THROUGH
 23.
 7.2.1.5.5 KEY-OPERATED LOCKS.
 7.2.1.5.5.1* EXTERIOR DOOR ASSEMBLIES SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO HAVE
 KEY-OPERATED LOCKS FROM THE EGRESS SIDE, PROVIDED THAT
 ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE MET:
 (1) THIS ALTERNATIVE IS PERMITTED IN CHAPTERS 11
 THROUGH 43 FOR
 THE SPECIFIC OCCUPANCY.
 (2) A READILY VISIBLE, DURABLE SIGN IN LETTERS NOT LESS
 THAN 1 IN.
 (25 MM) HIGH ON A CONTRASTING BACKGROUND THAT READS AS
 FOLLOWS IS LOCATED ON OR ADJACENT TO THE DOOR LEAF:
 THIS
 DOOR TO REMAIN UNLOCKED WHEN THE
 BUILDING IS OCCUPIED.
 (3) THE LOCKING DEVICE IS OF A TYPE THAT IS READILY
 DISTINGUISHABLE
 AS LOCKED.
 (4) A KEY IS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TO ANY OCCUPANT
 INSIDE THE
 BUILDING WHEN IT IS LOCKED.
 (4) STAIR ENCLOSURES SERVING A BUILDING PERMITTED TO
 HAVE A SINGLE
 EXIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43
 (5) STAIR ENCLOSURES IN HEALTH CARE OCCUPANCIES WHERE
 OTHERWISE
 PROVIDED IN CHAPTER 18
 (6) STAIR ENCLOSURES IN DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL
 OCCUPANCIES
 WHERE OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN CHAPTER 22
  
 7.2.1.5.10* A LATCH OR OTHER FASTENING DEVICE ON A DOOR
 LEAF SHALL
 BE PROVIDED WITH A RELEASING DEVICE THAT HAS AN OBVIOUS
 METHOD OF
 OPERATION AND THAT IS READILY OPERATED UNDER ALL
 LIGHTING CONDITIONS.
 7.2.1.5.10.1 THE RELEASING MECHANISM FOR ANY LATCH
 SHALL BE
 LOCATED AS FOLLOWS:
 (1) NOT LESS THAN 34 IN. (865 MM) ABOVE THE FINISHED
 FLOOR FOR
 OTHER THAN EXISTING INSTALLATIONS
 (2) NOT MORE THAN 48 IN. (1220 MM) ABOVE THE FINISHED
 FLOOR
 7.2.1.5.10.2 THE RELEASING MECHANISM SHALL OPEN THE
 DOOR LEAF
 WITH NOT MORE THAN ONE RELEASING OPERATION, UNLESS
 OTHERWISE
 SPECIFIED IN 7.2.1.5.10.3, 7.2.1.5.10.4, OR
 7.2.1.5.10.6.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE. PROVIDE A NOTE OF
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ON THE RESUBMITTED PLANS PER # 1 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 2A) PLEASE INCLUDE A SITE PLAN IF THERE ARE SEPARATE
 BUILDINGS AND THE BUILDING NUMBERS.
  
  
  
 3) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 4) 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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