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Plan Review Notes For Permit 20080364
Permit Number 20080364
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2020-08-26 14:25:52THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1)SHEET A 2.02 & LS 1.02 - THE DOUBLE COMMUNITY ROOM
 DOORS OPEN INTO AN EXIT CORRIDOR:
  
 THERE IS NO DIMENSION INDICATING COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 RESTRICTED EGRESS WIDTH CODE:
  
 PER NFPA 101 CHAPTER 7, MEANS OF EGRESS
  
 7.2.1.4.3 DOOR LEAF ENCROACHMENT
 7.2.1.4.3.1 DURING ITS SWING, ANY DOOR LEAF IN A MEANS
 OF EGRESS SHALL LEAVE NOT LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF THE
 REQUIRED WIDTH OF AN AISLE, A CORRIDOR, A PASSAGEWAY,
 OR A LANDING UNOBSTRUCTED AND SHALL NOT PROJECT NOT
 MORE THAN 7 IN. INTO THE REQUIRED WIDTH OF AN AISLE, A
 CORRIDOR, A PASSAGE WAY, OR A LANDING, WHEN FULLY OPEN,
 UNLESS BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET:
 (1) THE DOOR OPENING PROVIDES ACCESS TO A STAIR IN AN
 EXISTING BUILDING.
 (2) THE DOOR OPENING MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS THAT LIMITS
 PROJECTION TO NOT MORE THAN 7 IN. INTO THE REQUIRED
 WIDTH OF THE STAIR LANDING WHEN THE DOOR
 LEAF IS FULLY OPEN.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE A COMPLIANT WIDTH DIMENSION.
  
  
  
 2) SHEET A 8.00 - UNDER THE NOTE SECTION # 22 THERE IS
 REFERENCE TO ACCESS CONTROL.
  
 ANY PROPOSED ACCESS CONTROL SHALL COMPLY WITH THE
 APPLICABLE SECTION OF NFPA 101 AND BE SUBMITTED UNDER
 SEPARATE PERMIT AND SHOP DRAWINGS.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE A CLOUDED NOTE OF
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
  
  
  
 3) SHEET A 8.00 - UNDER THE NOTE SECTION # 12 THERE IS
 REFERENCE TO NFPA 101 7.2.1.5.7.
  
 THIS REFERENCE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE CORRECT:
  
 7.2.1.5.7 WHERE PERMITTED IN CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43,
 KEY
 OPERATION SHALL BE PERMITTED, PROVIDED THAT THE KEY
 CANNOT BE
 REMOVED WHEN THE DOOR LEAF IS LOCKED FROM THE SIDE FROM
 WHICH
 EGRESS IS TO BE MADE.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE A CLOUDED CORRECTED CODE
 REFERENCE OR REMOVE.
  
  
  
 4) SHEET FA 1.00 & 2.00 - THERE ARE NUMEROUS
 INDICATIONS OF PULL STATIONS AT EACH EXIT.
  
 IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE FALSE ALARMS NFPA 101 ALLOWS THE
 REDUCTION OF PULL STATIONS IN OCCUPANCIES WITH FIRE
 SPRINKLER PROTECTION.
  
 NFPA 101, CH 30, NEW APARTMENT OCCUPANCIES
  
 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.
  
 30.3.4.2 INITIATION.
 30.3.4.2.1 INITIATION OF THE REQUIRED FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
 SHALL BE BY
 MANUAL MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.2, UNLESS THE
 BUILDING
 COMPLIES WITH 30.3.4.2.2.
  
 30.3.4.2.3 IN BUILDINGS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN
 APPROVED,
 SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH 30.3.5,
 REQUIRED FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS SHALL BE INITIATED UPON
 OPERATION OF
 THE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
  
 NFPA 101 CH 9, BUILDING SERVICE AND FIRE PROTECTION
 EQUIPMENT
  
 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.
  
 9.6.2.8 WHERE A SPRINKLER SYSTEM PROVIDES AUTOMATIC
 DETECTION
 AND ALARM SYSTEM INITIATION, IT SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH
 AN APPROVED
 ALARM INITIATION DEVICE THAT OPERATES WHEN THE FLOW OF
 WATER IS
 EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THAT FROM A SINGLE AUTOMATIC
 SPRINKLER.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND, IF DESIRED AND AGREED BY THE EOR,
 PROVIDE A CLOUDED NOTE OF ACKNOWLDGEMENT TO COORDINATE
 PULL STATION LOCATIONS WITH THE OFFICE OF THE FIRE
 MARSHAL
  
  
 5) SHEET FA 1.00 & 2.00 - THERE ARE NUMEROUS
 INDICATIONS OF SMOKE DECTECTORS THROUGHT COMMON AREAS
 AND CERTAIN ROOMS.
  
 IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE FALSE ALARMS NFPA 101 ALLOWS FOR
 THE REDUCTION OF SOKE DETECTION IN OCCUPANCIES WHERE
 TOTAL DETECTION SI NOT REQUIRED.
  
 NFPA 101, CH 30, NEW APARTMENT OCCUPANCIES
  
 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.
  
 30.3.4.2 INITIATION.
 30.3.4.2.1 INITIATION OF THE REQUIRED FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
 SHALL BE BY
 MANUAL MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.2, UNLESS THE
 BUILDING
 COMPLIES WITH 30.3.4.2.2.
  
 30.3.4.2.3 IN BUILDINGS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN
 APPROVED,
 SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH 30.3.5,
 REQUIRED FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS SHALL BE INITIATED UPON
 OPERATION OF
 THE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
  
 NFPA 101 CH 9, BUILDING SERVICE AND FIRE PROTECTION
 EQUIPMENT
  
 9.6.2.9 WHERE A TOTAL (COMPLETE) COVERAGE SMOKE
 DETECTION
 SYSTEM IS REQUIRED BY ANOTHER SECTION OF THIS CODE,
 AUTOMATIC
 DETECTION OF SMOKE IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 72, NATIONAL
 FIRE
 ALARM AND SIGNALING CODE, SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ALL
 OCCUPIABLE
 AREAS IN ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR PROPER
 SMOKE DETECTOR
 OPERATION.
  
 SMOKE DETECTION IS NOT SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED THROUGHT
 THE BUILDING.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND, IF DESIRED AND AGREED BY THE EOR,
 PROVIDE A CLOUDED NOTE OF ACKNOWLDGEMENT TO COORDINATE
 ONLY REQUIRED SMOKE DETECTIONS LOCATIONS WITH THE
 OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL.
  
  
 6) SHEET 2.00 - UNDER SEQUENCE OF OPERATION # 3 THERE
 IS AN INDICATION OF DUCT DETECTION SENDING A TROUBLE
 SIGNAL.
  
 PER NFPA 90A, 2015 ED.
  
 6.4.3* FUNCTION.
 6.4.3.1 SMOKE DETECTORS PROVIDED AS REQUIRED BY 6.4.2
 SHALL AUTOMATICALLY STOP THEIR RESPECTIVE FAN(S) ON
 DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF SMOKE.
  
 6.4.4.2 IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF 6.4.3, WHERE
 AN APPROVED FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IS INSTALLED IN A
 BUILDING, THE SMOKE DETECTORS REQUIRED BY THE
 PROVISIONS OF SECTION 6.4 SHALL BE CONNECTED TO THE
 FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS
 OF NFPA 72, NATIONAL FIRE ALARM AND SIGNALING
 CODE.
  
 6.4.4.2.1 SMOKE DETECTORS USED SOLELY FOR CLOSING
 DAMPERS OR FOR HEATING, VENTILATING, AND
 AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM SHUTDOWN SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED
 TO ACTIVATE THE BUILDING EVACUATION ALARM.
  
 PER NFPA 72, 2013 ED
  
 23.8.5.4.6 SIGNAL INITIATION ? DUCT SMOKE DETECTORS.
 23.8.5.4.6.1 WHERE DUCT SMOKE DETECTORS ARE REQUIRED TO
 BE MONITORED AND A BUILDING FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IS
 INSTALLED, A DUCT DETECTOR ACTIVATION SIGNAL SHALL MEET
 THE REQUIREMENTS OF 21.7.4.
 21.7.4 SMOKE DETECTORS MOUNTED IN THE AIR DUCTS OF HVAC
 SYSTEMS SHALL INITIATE A SUPERVISORY SIGNAL.
 21.7.4.1 SMOKE DETECTORS MOUNTED IN THE AIR DUCTS OF
 HVAC SYSTEMS IN A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM WITHOUT A
 CONSTANTLY ATTENDED LOCATION OR SUPERVISING STATION
 SHALL BE PERMITTED TO INITIATE AN ALARM SIGNAL.
 21.7.4.2 SMOKE DETECTORS MOUNTED IN THE AIR DUCTS OF
 HVAC SYSTEMS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO INITIATE AN ALARM
 SIGNAL WHERE REQUIRED BY OTHER GOVERNING LAWS, CODES,
 OR STANDARDS.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT WITH AN APPLICABLE CLOUDED
 NOTE.
  
  
 7) SHEET FA 2.00 - THE FIRE ALARM SHALL BE INSTALLED
 UNDER SEPARATE PERMIT AND SHOP DRAWINGS BY A CERTIFIED
 FIRE ALARM CONTRCTOR.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT WITH AN APPLICABLE CLOUDED
 NOTE.
  
  
  
 8) SHEET FA 2.00 - THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM SHALL BE
 INSTALLED UNDER SEPARATE PERMIT AND SHOP DRAWINGS BY A
 CERTIFIED FIRE ALARM CONTRACTOR.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT WITH AN APPLICABLE CLOUDED
 NOTE.
  
  
 9) SHEET FP 1.00 - THE FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM SHALL BE
 INSTALLED UNDER SEPARATE PERMIT AND SHOP DRAWINGS BY A
 CERTIFIED FIRE SPRINKLER CONTRACTOR.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT WITH AN APPLICABLE CLOUDED
 NOTE.
  
  
 10) SHEET FP 1.00 & C 9 - THE FIRE LINE UNDERGROUND
 SYSTEM INCLUDING THE DDCV SHALL BE INSTALLED UNDER
 SEPARATE PERMIT AND SHOP DRAWINGS BY A CERTIFIED FIRE
 LINE UNDERGROUND CONTRACTOR IN COMPLIANCE WITH NFPA 24.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT WITH AN APPLICABLE CLOUDED
 NOTE.
  
  
 11)SHEET A 0.03 - GENERAL INFO - REQUIRED RADIO
 COMMUNICATION 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.
 11.10.2 WHERE REQUIRED BY THE AHJ, TWO-WAY RADIO
 COMMUNICATION
 ENHANCEMENT SYSTEMS SHALL COMPLY WITH NFPA 72.
  
 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.
  
 PLEASE CONTACT MARK FILLA, PALM BEACH COUNTY PUBLIC
 SAFETY RADIO SYSTEMS MANAGER, AS OUR RADIOS OPERATE ON
 THEIR SYSTEM FOR DETAILED RADIO FREQUENCY AND
 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT WITH AN APPLICABLE CLOUDED
 NOTE.
  
  
  
 12) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
 13) 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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