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Plan Review Notes For Permit 20030563
Permit Number 20030563
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2020-03-27 16:25:17THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) SHEET FA 2.1 - THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE
 NOTIFICATION DEVICES WITHIN THE SLEEPING ROOMS
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 30
  
 30.3.4 DETECTION, ALARM, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS.
 30.3.4.1 GENERAL.
 30.3.4.1.1 APARTMENT BUILDINGS FOUR OR MORE STORIES IN
 HEIGHT OR
 WITH MORE THAN 11 DWELLING UNITS, OTHER THAN THOSE
 MEETING THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF 30.3.4.1.2, SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A
 FIRE ALARM
 SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.6, EXCEPT AS
 MODIFIED BY
 30.3.4.2 THROUGH 30.3.4.5.
  
 30.3.4.3 NOTIFICATION.
 30.3.4.3.1 OCCUPANT NOTIFICATION SHALL BE PROVIDED
 AUTOMATICALLY
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.6, AND BOTH OF THE
 FOLLOWING SHALL
 ALSO APPLY:
 (1) VISIBLE SIGNALS SHALL BE INSTALLED IN UNITS
 DESIGNED FOR THE
 HEARING IMPAIRED.
 (2) POSITIVE ALARM SEQUENCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.3.4
 SHALL BE
 PERMITTED.
  
 9.6.3.5 UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN 9.6.3.5.1 THROUGH
 9.6.3.5.8,
 NOTIFICATION SIGNALS FOR OCCUPANTS TO EVACUATE SHALL BE
 AUDIBLE, AND
 VISIBLE SIGNALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 72, NATIONAL
 FIRE ALARM
 AND SIGNALING CODE. AND ICC/ANSI A117.1, AMERICAN
 NATIONAL
 STANDARD FOR ACCESSIBLE AND USABLE BUILDINGS AND
 FACILITIES, OR
 OTHER MEANS OF NOTIFICATION ACCEPTABLE TO THE AUTHORITY
 HAVING
 JURISDICTION SHALL BE PROVIDED.
  
 NFPA 72
  
 18.4.5 SLEEPING AREA REQUIREMENTS.
 18.4.5.1* WHERE AUDIBLE APPLIANCES ARE INSTALLED TO
 PROVIDE
 SIGNALS FOR SLEEPING AREAS, THEY SHALL HAVE A SOUND
 LEVEL OF AT
 LEAST 15 DB ABOVE THE AVERAGE AMBIENT SOUND LEVEL OR 5
 DB
 ABOVE THE MAXIMUM SOUND LEVEL HAVING A DURATION OF AT
 LEAST
 60 SECONDS OR A SOUND LEVEL OF AT LEAST 75 DBA,
 WHICHEVER IS
 GREATER, MEASURED AT THE PILLOW LEVEL IN THE AREA
 REQUIRED TO BE
 SERVED BY THE SYSTEM USING THE A-WEIGHTED SCALE (DBA).
 18.4.5.2 IF ANY BARRIER, SUCH AS A DOOR, CURTAIN, OR
 RETRACTABLE
 PARTITION, IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE NOTIFICATION
 APPLIANCE AND
 THE PILLOW, THE SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL SHALL BE MEASURED
 WITH THE
 BARRIER PLACED BETWEEN THE APPLIANCE AND THE PILLOW.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR PROVIDE SPECIFIC CODE
 REFERENCES AND NARRATIVE AS TO WHY NOT.
  
  
  
 1A) FOR INFORMATIONAL AND FALSE ALARM REDUCTION
 PURPOSES THE LOCATION OF MAUNAL PULL STATIONS MAY BE
 REDUCED PER NFPA 101, CH 9
  
 9.6.2.6* FOR FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS USING AUTOMATIC FIRE
 DETECTION OR
 WATERFLOW DETECTION DEVICES TO INITIATE THE FIRE ALARM
 SYSTEM IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43, NOT LESS THAN
 ONE MANUAL
 FIRE ALARM BOX, LOCATED AS REQUIRED BY THE AUTHORITY
 HAVING
 JURISDICTION, SHALL BE PROVIDED TO INITIATE A FIRE
 ALARM SIGNAL.
  
 A.9.6.2.6 THE MANUAL FIRE ALARM BOX REQUIRED BY 9.6.2.6
 IS INTENDED
 TO PROVIDE A MEANS TO MANUALLY ACTIVATE THE FIRE ALARM
 SYSTEM WHEN THE AUTOMATIC FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM OR
 WATERFLOW DEVICES
 ARE OUT OF SERVICE DUE TO MAINTENANCE OR TESTING, OR
 WHERE
 HUMAN DISCOVERY OF THE FIRE PRECEDES AUTOMATIC
 SPRINKLER SYSTEM
 OR AUTOMATIC DETECTION SYSTEM ACTIVATION. WHERE THE
 FIRE ALARM
 SYSTEM IS CONNECTED TO A MONITORING FACILITY, THE
 MANUAL FIRE
 ALARM BOX REQUIRED BY 9.6.2.6 SHOULD BE CONNECTED TO A
 SEPARATE
 CIRCUIT THAT IS NOT PLACED ?ON TEST? WHEN THE DETECTION
 OR SPRINKLER
 SYSTEM IS PLACED ON TEST. THE MANUAL FIRE ALARM BOX
 SHOULD BE
 LOCATED IN AN AREA THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO OCCUPANTS OF
 THE BUILDING
 AND SHOULD NOT BE LOCKED.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND IF IN AGREEMENT, CONSULT WITH MY
 OFFICE FOR A SUITABLE LOCATION
  
 PROVIDE AN APPLICABLE NOTE.
  
  
 2) SHEET FP 2 - NO FIRE SPRINKLER IN THE ELEVATOR PIT
  
 PER NFPA 13R
  
 6.6.8 ALL SITUATIONS REGARDING SPRINKLER LOCATION AND
 POSITION
 THAT ARE NOT DIRECTLY DISCUSSED IN NFPA 13R SHALL BE IN
 ACCORDANCE
 WITH NFPA 13.
  
 8.15.5 ELEVATOR HOISTWAYS AND MACHINE ROOMS.
 8.15.5.1* SIDEWALL SPRAY SPRINKLERS SHALL BE INSTALLED
 AT THE BOTTOM
 OF EACH ELEVATOR HOISTWAY NOT MORE THAN 2 FT (0.61 M)
 ABOVE THE FLOOR OF THE PIT.
 8.15.5.2 THE SPRINKLER REQUIRED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
 ELEVATOR
 HOISTWAY BY 8.15.5.1 SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR
 ENCLOSED, NONCOMBUSTIBLE
 ELEVATOR SHAFTS THAT DO NOT CONTAIN COMBUSTIBLE
 HYDRAULIC FLUIDS.
 8.15.5.3 AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLERS SHALL NOT BE
 REQUIRED IN ELEVATOR
 MACHINE ROOMS, ELEVATOR MACHINERY SPACES, CONTROL
 SPACES, OR
 HOISTWAYS OF TRACTION ELEVATORS INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH THE
 APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN NFPA 101, OR THE APPLICABLE
 BUILDING
 CODE, WHERE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET:
 (1) THE ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOM, MACHINERY SPACE, CONTROL
 ROOM, CONTROL SPACE, OR HOISTWAY OF TRACTION ELEVATOR
 IS
 DEDICATED TO ELEVATOR EQUIPMENT ONLY.
 (2) THE ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOM, MACHINE ROOM, MACHINERY
 SPACE, CONTROL ROOM, CONTROL SPACE, OR HOISTWAY OF
 TRACTION
 ELEVATORS ARE PROTECTED BY SMOKE DETECTORS, OR OTHER
 AUTOMATIC
 FIRE DETECTION, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA72.
 (3) THE ELEVATOR MACHINERY SPACE, CONTROL ROOM, CONTROL
 SPACE,
 OR HOISTWAY OF TRACTION ELEVATORS IS SEPARATED FROM THE
 REMAINDER
 OF THE BUILDING BY WALLS AND FLOOR/CEILING OR ROOF/
 CEILING ASSEMBLIES HAVING A FIRE RESISTANCE RATING OF
 NOT LESS
 THAN THAT SPECIFIED BY THE APPLICABLE BUILDING CODE.
 (4) NO MATERIALS UNRELATED TO ELEVATOR EQUIPMENT ARE
 PERMITTED
 TO BE STORED IN ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOMS, MACHINERY
 SPACES, CONTROL ROOMS, CONTROL SPACES, OR HOISTWAYS OF
 TRACTION
 ELEVATORS.
 (5) THE ELEVATOR MACHINERY IS NOT OF THE HYDRAULIC
 TYPE.
 8.15.5.4* AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS IN ELEVATOR MACHINE
 ROOMS OR
 AT THE TOPS OF HOISTWAYS SHALL BE OF ORDINARY- OR
 INTERMEDIATETEMPERATURE
 RATING.
 8.15.5.5* UPRIGHT, PENDENT, OR SIDEWALL SPRAY
 SPRINKLERS SHALL
 BE INSTALLED AT THE TOP OF ELEVATOR HOISTWAYS.
 8.15.5.6 THE SPRINKLER REQUIRED AT THE TOP OF THE
 ELEVATOR HOISTWAY
 BY 8.15.5.5 SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED WHERE THE HOISTWAY
 FOR PASSENGER
 ELEVATORS IS NONCOMBUSTIBLE OR LIMITED-COMBUSTIBLE AND
 THE CAR ENCLOSURE MATERIALS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 ASME
 A17.1, SAFETY CODE FOR ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS.
  
 8.15.5.7 COMBUSTIBLE SUSPENSION IN ELEVATORS.
 8.15.5.7.1 SPRINKLERS SHALL BE INSTALLED AT THE TOP AND
 BOTTOM OF
 ELEVATOR HOISTWAYS WHERE ELEVATORS UTILIZE COMBUSTIBLE
 SUSPENSION
 MEANS SUCH AS NONCIRCULAR ELASTOMERIC-COATED OR
 POLYURETHANECOATED
 STEEL BELTS.
 8.15.5.7.2 THE SPRINKLERS IN THE ELEVATOR HOISTWAY
 SHALL NOT BE
 REQUIRED WHEN THE SUSPENSION MEANS PROVIDE NOT LESS
 THAN AN
 FT-1 RATING WHEN TESTED TO THE VERTICAL BURN TEST
 REQUIREMENTS
 OF UL 62, FLEXIBLE CORDS AND CABLES, AND UL 1581,
 REFERENCE STANDARD
 FOR ELECTRICAL WIRES, CABLES, AND FLEXIBLE CORDS.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE DETAILS OR CORRECT
  
  
  
 3) SHEET 2.3 - THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF FIRE LINE
 UNDERGROUND.
  
 ALL FIRE LAINE UNDERGROUND WORK SHALL BE DONE UNDER
 SEPARATE PERMIT AND SHOP DRAWINGS IN COMPLIANCE WITH
 NFPA 24, STANDARD FOR THE
 INSTALLATION OF PRIVATE FIRE SERVICE MAINS AND THEIR
 APPURTENANCES,2013 EDITION
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE AN APPLICABLE NOTE OF
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
  
  
  
 4) SHEET E 7.4 - THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF A BDA SYSTEM.
  
 NFPA 1, CHAPTER 11, BUILDING SERVICES; 11.10 TWO-WAY
 RADIO ENHANCEMENT SERVICES.
 11.10.1 IN ALL NEW AND EXISTING BUILDINGS, MINIMUM
 RADIO SIGNAL STRENGTH FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT
 COMMUNICATIONS SHALL BE MAINTAINED AT A LEVEL
 DETERMINED BY THE AHJ.
 NFPA 72, 24.5.2* TWO-WAY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
 ENHANCEMENT SYSTEMS.
 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
 EMERGENCY 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.
 24.5.2.3 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.
  
 THE SYSTEM SHALL MAINTAIN A MINIMUM RADIO SIGNAL
 STRENGTH OF -95 DBM FOR THE RADIO SYSTEM USED BY WEST
 PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE. TESTING SHALL BE BY AN
 ACCEPTABLE NATIONAL STANDARD DOCUMENTING PERCENTAGES
 NOTED ABOVE AND BY ACTUAL RADIO TESTING BY FIRE
 PERSONNEL. IF THE MINIMUM CANNOT BE MAINTAINED, A
 BI-DIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIED SYSTEM SHALL BE INSTALLED WITH
 A MINIMUM 2-HOUR RUN TIME BATTERY BACK-UP.
  
  
 YOU SHALL MAKE CONTACT AND COORDINATE WITH MARK FILLA,
 PALM BEACH COUNTY, PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SYSTEMS MANAGER,
 FOR ALL RADIO SIGNAL DETAILS, OUTBOUND SIGNAL STRENGTH
 AND ANTENNA DIRECTION, AS OUR RADIOS OPERATE ON THAT
 SYSTEM.
 [email protected] 561-233-0837
  
  
 ALL BDA WORK SHALL BE INSTALLED UNDER SEPARATE PERMIT
 AND SHOP DRAWINGS BY A QUALIFIED FCC LIC CONTRACTOR,
 LISTED EQUIPMENT AND SPEC SHEETS, WITH A COLOR HEAT
 SPECTUM FLOOR PLAN.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE AN APPLICABLE NOTE OF
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
  
  
  
 5) SHEET G 1.2 - THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF A GAZEBO WITH
 A BBQ INSTALLED; HOWEVER, THERE IS NO INDICATION OF
 WHAT TYPE OF GRILL AND IF IT IS OF PERMANENT MOUNTING
 PER MANUFACTURES SPEC.
  
 PLEAE PROVIDE THE TYPE AND MANAFCATURES SPECS.
  
  
 5A) SHEET G 1.2 - THERE IS NO INDICATION OF A FIRE
 EXTINGUISHER AT THE GAZEBO AREA.
  
 PLEASE PROIVDE AT LEAT A 5LB ABC FIRE EXTINGUISHER IN
 THIS AREA THAT IS CERTIFIED AND TAG BY A THRID PARTY FE
 COMPANY.
  
  
  
 6) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 7) 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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