Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 20041058
Permit Number 20041058
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2020-06-09 15:10:20THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) SHEET A 1.0 - AT THE OUSIDE OF THE NEW COOLER THERE
 APPEARS TO BE 2 DOORS # 3A AND # 9.
  
 IS THIS DOOR PROPOSED AS AN EXIT DOOR FROM THE COOLER?
 IF SO, PLEASE PROVIDE FOR COMPLAINCE WITH NFPA 101, CH
 7 MEANS OF EGRESS.
  
 BOTH DOORS OPEN OUT AND THERE APPEARS TO BE A DEADBOLT
 ON DOOR 3A (GENERAL NOTES- DOOR 3A # 2)
  
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 7
  
 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.
  
 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 PROVIDE DETAILS.
  
  
  
 2) SHEET E 1 - THERE IS NO INDICATIONS OF EXIT SIGNAGE
 WITHIN THE NEW COOLERS.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 38 AND CH 7
  
 38.2.10 MARKING OF MEANS OF EGRESS. MEANS OF EGRESS
 SHALL HAVE
 SIGNS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.10.
  
 7.10 MARKING OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 7.10.1 GENERAL.
 7.10.1.1 WHERE REQUIRED. MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE
 MARKED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.10 WHERE REQUIRED IN CHAPTERS
 11
 THROUGH 43.
 7.10.1.2 EXITS.
 7.10.1.2.1* EXITS, OTHER THAN MAIN EXTERIOR EXIT DOORS
 THAT OBVIOUSLY
 AND CLEARLY ARE IDENTIFIABLE AS EXITS, SHALL BE MARKED
 BY AN APPROVED
 SIGN THAT IS READILY VISIBLE FROM ANY DIRECTION OF EXIT
 ACCESS.
 7.10.1.2.2* HORIZONTAL COMPONENTS OF THE EGRESS PATH
 WITHIN AN EXIT
 ENCLOSURE SHALL BE MARKED BY APPROVED EXIT OR
 DIRECTIONAL EXIT SIGNS
 WHERE THE CONTINUATION OF THE EGRESS PATH IS NOT
 OBVIOUS.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE EXIT SIGNS AS APPLICABLE.
  
  
  
  
 3) SHEET E 1 - WITH NO EMERGENCY LIGHTING IN THE NEW
 COOLER, ILLUMINATION OF THE MEANS OF EGRESS IS REQUIRED
 PER NFPA 101, CH 38
  
 WITH NO WINDOWS THE EIXT SIGNS MAY NOT BE SUFFICIENT
 FOR ILLUMINATION PURPOSES.
  
 38.2.8 ILLUMINATION OF MEANS OF EGRESS. MEANS OF EGRESS
 SHALL
 BE ILLUMINATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.8.
  
 7.8.1.2 ILLUMINATION OF MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE
 CONTINUOUS DURING THE
 TIME THAT THE CONDITIONS OF OCCUPANCY REQUIRE THAT THE
 MEANS OF EGRESS
 BE AVAILABLE FOR USE, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN
 7.8.1.2.2.
 7.8.1.2.1 ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING SHALL BE EMPLOYED AT SUCH
 LOCATIONS AND FOR
 SUCH PERIODS OF TIME AS ARE NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE
 ILLUMINATION TO THE
 MINIMUM CRITERIA VALUES HEREIN SPECIFIED.
 7.8.1.2.2* UNLESS PROHIBITED BY CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43,
 AUTOMATIC
 LIGHTING CONTROL DEVICES SHALL BE PERMITTED TO
 TEMPORARILY TURN OFF THE
 ILLUMINATION WITHIN THE MEANS OF EGRESS, PROVIDED THAT
 EACH LIGHTING
 CONTROL DEVICE COMPLIES WITH ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) IN NEW INSTALLATIONS, THE LIGHTING CONTROL DEVICE
 IS LISTED.
 (2) THE LIGHTING CONTROL DEVICE IS EQUIPPED TO
 AUTOMATICALLY ENERGIZE
 THE CONTROLLED LIGHTS UPON LOSS OF NORMAL POWER AND IS
 EVALUATED
 FOR THIS PURPOSE.
 (3) ILLUMINATION TIMERS ARE PROVIDED AND ARE SET FOR A
 MINIMUM 15-
 MINUTE DURATION.
 (4) THE LIGHTING CONTROL DEVICE IS ACTIVATED BY ANY
 OCCUPANT
 MOVEMENT IN THE AREA SERVED BY THE LIGHTING UNITS.
 (5) IN NEW INSTALLATIONS, THE LIGHTING CONTROL DEVICE
 IS ACTIVATED BY
 ACTIVATION OF THE BUILDING FIRE ALARM SYSTEM, IF
 PROVIDED.
 (6) THE LIGHTING CONTROL DEVICE DOES NOT TURN OFF ANY
 LIGHTS RELIED UPON
 FOR ACTIVATION OF PHOTOLUMINESCENT EXIT SIGNS OR PATH
 MARKERS.
 (7) THE LIGHTING CONTROL DEVICE DOES NOT TURN OFF ANY
 BATTERY-EQUIPPED
 EMERGENCY LUMINAIRES, UNIT EQUIPMENT, OR EXIT SIGNS.
 7.8.1.2.3* ENERGY-SAVING SENSORS, SWITCHES, TIMERS, OR
 CONTROLLERS SHALL
 BE APPROVED AND SHALL NOT COMPROMISE THE CONTINUITY OF
 ILLUMINATION OF
 THE MEANS OF EGRESS REQUIRED BY 7.8.1.2.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE.
  
  
  
 4) SHEET E 1 - THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE EXIT SIGNS
 AT THE TWO EXIT DOORS OF THE SEATING AREA.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 38 AND CH 7
  
 38.2.10 MARKING OF MEANS OF EGRESS. MEANS OF EGRESS
 SHALL HAVE
 SIGNS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.10.
  
 7.10 MARKING OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 7.10.1 GENERAL.
 7.10.1.1 WHERE REQUIRED. MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE
 MARKED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.10 WHERE REQUIRED IN CHAPTERS
 11
 THROUGH 43.
 7.10.1.2 EXITS.
 7.10.1.2.1* EXITS, OTHER THAN MAIN EXTERIOR EXIT DOORS
 THAT OBVIOUSLY
 AND CLEARLY ARE IDENTIFIABLE AS EXITS, SHALL BE MARKED
 BY AN APPROVED
 SIGN THAT IS READILY VISIBLE FROM ANY DIRECTION OF EXIT
 ACCESS.
 7.10.1.2.2* HORIZONTAL COMPONENTS OF THE EGRESS PATH
 WITHIN AN EXIT
 ENCLOSURE SHALL BE MARKED BY APPROVED EXIT OR
 DIRECTIONAL EXIT SIGNS
 WHERE THE CONTINUATION OF THE EGRESS PATH IS NOT
 OBVIOUS.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND OR JUSTIFY.
  
  
  
 5) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 6) 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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