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Plan Review Notes For Permit 20061121
Permit Number	20061121
Review Stop	FIRE
Sequence Number	1

Notes

Date	Text
2020-07-02 10:29:21	THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
	MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:


	1) THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF TREATMENT ROOMS.

	FOR A REVIEW OF THE PROPER OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION PER
	NFPA 101, PLEASE PROVIDE A BRIEF DESCIPTION OF WHAT THE
	NATURE OF THE OCCUPANCY. WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THE
	BUSINESS?



	2) COVER SHEET & 1.1A - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF THE
	OCCUPANCY AS BUSINESS, WITH A SQ FT OF 3082, AND AN
	OCCUPANCY LOAD OF 31. BASED ON THAT INFORMATION PER
	NFPA 101 CHAPTER 7, TABLE 7.3.1.2 THE OCCUPANCY LOAD
	FACTOR IS 50SQ FT / PERSON OR 62.

	HOWEVER, THERE ARE INDICATION OF TWO SPACES/ROOMS
	INDICATED AS GYM ON SHEET 1.1A. PER THE SAME TABLE A
	GYM WITH NO EQUIPMENT HAS A FACTOR OF 15 SQ FT/PERSON.

	PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.


	3) SHEET 1.1A - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF THE FRONT
	EXIT PATH LEADING TO A DOOR THAT SWINGS IN. PER NFPA
	101, CH 7, THIS DOOR IS REQUIRED TO SWING IN THE PATH
	OF EGRESS.

	7.2.1.4.2 DOOR LEAF SWING DIRECTION. DOOR LEAVES
	REQUIRED TO BE
	OF THE SIDE-HINGED OR PIVOTED-SWINGING TYPE SHALL SWING
	IN THE
	DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL UNDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
	CONDITIONS:
	(1) WHERE SERVING A ROOM OR AREA WITH AN OCCUPANT LOAD
	OF 50 OR
	MORE, EXCEPT UNDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
	(A) DOOR LEAVES IN HORIZONTAL EXITS SHALL NOT BE
	REQUIRED TO
	SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL WHERE PERMITTED
	BY 7.2.4.3.8.1 OR 7.2.4.3.8.2.
	(B) DOOR LEAVES IN SMOKE BARRIERS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED
	TO
	SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL IN EXISTING
	HEALTH
	CARE OCCUPANCIES, AS PROVIDED IN CHAPTER 19.
	(2) WHERE THE DOOR ASSEMBLY IS USED IN AN EXIT
	ENCLOSURE, UNLESS
	THE DOOR OPENING SERVES AN INDIVIDUAL LIVING UNIT THAT
	OPENS
	DIRECTLY INTO AN EXIT ENCLOSURE
	(3) WHERE THE DOOR OPENING SERVES A HIGH HAZARD
	CONTENTS AREA

	PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.


	4) SHEET 1.1A - THE PLAN SHEET INDICATES A FRONT EXIT
	DOOR BUT IT DOES NOT INDICATE WHERE THAT FRONT EXIT
	LEADS TO OR WHETHER THAT IS A PROTECTED EXIT PATH TO

	PER NFPA 101 CH 7

	7.7 DISCHARGE FROM EXITS.
	7.7.1* EXIT TERMINATION. EXITS SHALL TERMINATE
	DIRECTLY, AT A PUBLIC
	WAY OR AT AN EXTERIOR EXIT DISCHARGE, UNLESS OTHERWISE
	PROVIDED IN
	7.7.1.2 THROUGH 7.7.1.4.
	7.7.1.1 YARDS, COURTS, OPEN SPACES, OR OTHER PORTIONS
	OF THE EXIT
	DISCHARGE SHALL BE OF THE REQUIRED WIDTH AND SIZE TO
	PROVIDE ALL
	OCCUPANTS WITH A SAFE ACCESS TO A PUBLIC WAY.
	7.7.1.2 THE REQUIREMENT OF 7.7.1 SHALL NOT APPLY TO
	INTERIOR EXIT
	DISCHARGE AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN 7.7.2.
	7.7.2 EXIT DISCHARGE THROUGH INTERIOR BUILDING AREAS.
	EXITS SHALL
	BE PERMITTED TO DISCHARGE THROUGH INTERIOR BUILDING
	AREAS, PROVIDED
	THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE MET:
	(1) NOT MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF
	EXIT STAIRS
	SERVING NORMALLY OCCUPIED AREAS OF EACH FLOOR, AND NOT
	MORE
	THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE EXIT STAIR CAPACITY REQUIRED FOR
	NORMALLY
	OCCUPIED AREAS OF EACH FLOOR, SHALL DISCHARGE THROUGH
	AREAS ON
	ANY LEVEL OF DISCHARGE, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED
	BY ONE OF
	THE FOLLOWING:
	(A) ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE EXITS SHALL BE PERMITTED
	TO
	DISCHARGE THROUGH AREAS ON ANY LEVEL OF DISCHARGE IN
	DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL OCCUPANCIES AS OTHERWISE
	PROVIDED IN CHAPTERS 22 AND 23.
	(B) IN EXISTING BUILDINGS, THE 50 PERCENT LIMIT ON
	EGRESS
	CAPACITY SHALL NOT APPLY IF THE 50 PERCENT LIMIT ON THE
	REQUIRED NUMBER OF EXITS IS MET.
	(2) EACH LEVEL OF DISCHARGE SHALL DISCHARGE DIRECTLY
	OUTSIDE AT THE
	FINISHED GROUND LEVEL OR DISCHARGE DIRECTLY OUTSIDE AND
	PROVIDE
	ACCESS TO THE FINISHED GROUND LEVEL BY OUTSIDE STAIRS
	OR OUTSIDE
	RAMPS.
	(3) THE INTERIOR EXIT DISCHARGE SHALL LEAD TO A FREE
	AND UNOBSTRUCTED
	WAY TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, AND SUCH WAY SHALL
	BE READILY
	VISIBLE AND IDENTIFIABLE FROM THE POINT OF DISCHARGE
	FROM THE EXIT
	(4) THE INTERIOR EXIT DISCHARGE SHALL BE PROTECTED BY
	ONE OF THE
	FOLLOWING METHODS:
	(A) THE LEVEL OF DISCHARGE SHALL BE PROTECTED
	THROUGHOUT BY AN
	APPROVED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH
	SECTION 9.7, OR THE PORTION OF THE LEVEL OF DISCHARGE
	USED FOR
	INTERIOR EXIT DISCHARGE SHALL BE PROTECTED BY AN
	APPROVED
	AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
	9.7
	AND SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM THE NONSPRINKLERED PORTION
	OF
	THE FLOOR BY FIRE BARRIERS WITH A FIRE RESISTANCE
	RATING
	MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ENCLOSURE OF EXITS.
	(SEE
	7.1.3.2.1.)
	(B) THE INTERIOR EXIT DISCHARGE AREA SHALL BE IN A
	VESTIBULE OR
	FOYER THAT MEETS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
	I. THE DEPTH FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING SHALL BE
	NOT MORE THAN 10 FT (3050 MM), AND THE LENGTH SHALL
	BE NOT MORE THAN 30 FT (9.1 M).
	II. THE FOYER SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM THE REMAINDER OF
	THE
	LEVEL OF DISCHARGE BY FIRE BARRIERS WITH A MINIMUM 1-
	HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING, AND EXISTING INSTALLATIONS
	OF
	WIRED GLASS IN STEEL FRAMES SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE
	CONTINUED IN USE.
	III. THE FOYER SHALL SERVE ONLY AS MEANS OF EGRESS AND
	SHALL INCLUDE AN EXIT DIRECTLY TO THE OUTSIDE.
	(5) THE ENTIRE AREA ON THE LEVEL OF DISCHARGE SHALL BE
	SEPARATED FROM
	AREAS BELOW BY CONSTRUCTION HAVING A FIRE RESISTANCE
	RATING NOT
	LESS THAN THAT REQUIRED FOR THE EXIT ENCLOSURE, UNLESS
	OTHERWISE
	PROVIDED IN 7.7.2(6).
	(6) LEVELS BELOW THE LEVEL OF DISCHARGE IN AN ATRIUM
	SHALL BE
	PERMITTED TO BE OPEN TO THE LEVEL OF DISCHARGE WHERE
	SUCH LEVEL
	OF DISCHARGE IS PROTECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 8.6.7.


	PLEASE REVIEW, SHOW THE ENTIRE EXIT PATH ON THE PLAN
	SHEET AND PROVIDE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS.



	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]