| Date |
Text |
| 2020-09-15 10:51:57 | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY PETER LEDUC, |
| | FIRE MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
| | |
| | PLEASE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING AS PROVISO: |
| | |
| | THESE PROVISO COMMENTS WILL BE VERIFIED AND CONFIRMED |
| | AT THE TIME OF FIRE INSPECTION. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE |
| | PROVISO COMMENTS WILL RESULT IN A FAILED FIRE |
| | INSPECTION. |
| | |
| | |
| | 1) THE BATHROOM DOOR IS INDICATED AS OPENING INTO THE |
| | PATH OF EGRESS. THE BATHROOM DOOR SHALL NOT BLOCK THE |
| | EXTERIOR EXIT DOOR. |
| | |
| | DOES THAT EXTERIOR DOOR HAVE AN EXIT SIGN OVER IT |
| | AND/OR IS IT A REQUIRED EXIT DOOR? SOME BUSINESSES CAN |
| | HAVE A SINGLE EXIT (FRONT DOOR) IF IT MEETS THE CODE |
| | REQUIRMENTS FOR A SINGLE EXIT. |
| | |
| | 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. |
| | |
| | NFPA 101 CH 39 EXISTING BUSINESS |
| | |
| | 39.2.4.2 EXIT ACCESS, AS REQUIRED BY 39.2.4.1(3), SHALL |
| | BE PERMITTED |
| | TO INCLUDE A SINGLE EXIT ACCESS PATH FOR THE DISTANCES |
| | PERMITTED AS |
| | COMMON PATHS OF TRAVEL BY 39.2.5.3. |
| | |
| | 39.2.4.3 A SINGLE EXIT SHALL BE PERMITTED FOR A ROOM OR |
| | AREA WITH A |
| | TOTAL OCCUPANT LOAD OF LESS THAN 100 PERSONS, PROVIDED |
| | THAT ALL OF |
| | THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE MET: |
| | (1) THE EXIT SHALL DISCHARGE DIRECTLY TO THE OUTSIDE AT |
| | THE LEVEL OF |
| | EXIT DISCHARGE FOR THE BUILDING. |
| | (2) THE TOTAL DISTANCE OF TRAVEL FROM ANY POINT, |
| | INCLUDING TRAVEL |
| | WITHIN THE EXIT, SHALL NOT EXCEED 100 FT (30 M). |
| | (3) THE TOTAL DISTANCE OF TRAVEL SPECIFIED IN |
| | 39.2.4.3(2) SHALL BE |
| | ON THE SAME STORY, OR, IF TRAVERSING OF STAIRS IS |
| | NECESSARY, SUCH |
| | STAIRS SHALL NOT EXCEED 15 FT (4570 MM) IN HEIGHT, AND |
| | BOTH OF |
| | THE FOLLOWING ALSO SHALL APPLY: |
| | (A) INTERIOR STAIRS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH COMPLETE |
| | ENCLOSURES TO SEPARATE THEM FROM ANY OTHER PART OF THE |
| | BUILDING, WITH NO DOOR OPENINGS THEREIN. |
| | (B) A SINGLE OUTSIDE STAIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH 7.2.2 |
| | SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED TO SERVE ALL STORIES PERMITTED WITHIN THE 15 |
| | FT |
| | (4570 MM) VERTICAL TRAVEL LIMITATION. |
| | |
| | IF THAT EXIT DOOR IS A REQUIRED EXIT THEN THE BATHROOM |
| | DOOR SHALL NOT OPEN OUT TO BLOCK THE EXIT. THE DOOR |
| | SHALL SWING INTO THE BATHROOM. |
| | |
| | IF THERE IS AN EXIT SIGN OVER THE DOOR BUT IS NOT A |
| | REQUIRED EXIT, REMOVE THE EXIT SIGN AND THE DOOR CAN |
| | REMAIN SWINGING OUT. |
| | |
| | THE FIRE INSPECTOR WITH VERIFY ON INSPECTION. |
| | |
| | PLEASE ENSURE COMPLIANCE. |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | PETER LEDUC |
| | FIRE MARSHAL |
| | 561-804-4709 |
| | [email protected] |
| | |
| | |
