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| 2020-09-15 14:07:53 | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE |
| | MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
| | |
| | 1) THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS AND CODE SECTIONS ARE BEING |
| | SUBMITED IN AN EFFORT TO HELP REDUCE FALSE/NUISANCE |
| | FIRE ALARMS, ESPECIALLY WITH DEVICES LOCATED WHERE THEY |
| | ARE NOT REQUIRED. |
| | |
| | THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF SMOKE DETECTORS AND PULL |
| | STATIONS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE OCCUPANCIES. |
| | |
| | SMOKE DETECTORS AND PULLS STATIONS MAY NOT BE REQUIRED |
| | AS PROPOSED. |
| | |
| | PER NFPA 101, CH 42 STORAGE OCCUPANCIES |
| | |
| | 42.8 SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR PARKING STRUCTURES. |
| | |
| | 42.8.3.4 DETECTION, ALARM, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS. |
| | 42.8.3.4.1 GENERAL. A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM SHALL BE |
| | REQUIRED IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.6 FOR PARKING STRUCTURES, |
| | EXCEPT AS |
| | MODIFIED BY 42.3.4.1.1, 42.3.4.1.2, AND 42.3.4.1.3. |
| | 42.8.3.4.1.1 PARKING STRUCTURES NOT EXCEEDING AN |
| | AGGREGATE FLOOR |
| | AREA OF 100,000 FT2 (9300 M2) SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO |
| | HAVE A FIRE |
| | ALARM SYSTEM. |
| | 42.8.3.4.1.2 OPEN PARKING STRUCTURES SHALL NOT BE |
| | REQUIRED TO HAVE |
| | A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM. |
| | 42.8.3.4.1.3 PARKING STRUCTURES PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY |
| | AN |
| | APPROVED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| | SECTION |
| | 9.7 SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM. |
| | |
| | 42.8.3.4.2 INITIATION. INITIATION OF THE REQUIRED FIRE |
| | ALARM SYSTEM |
| | SHALL BE BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: |
| | (1) MANUAL MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.2.1(1) |
| | (2) APPROVED AUTOMATIC FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH |
| | 9.6.2.1(2) THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING, PLUS A MINIMUM OF |
| | ONE |
| | MANUAL FIRE ALARM BOX IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.2.6 |
| | |
| | (3) APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.2.1(3) THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING, |
| | PLUS A |
| | MINIMUM OF ONE MANUAL FIRE ALARM BOX IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| | 9.6.2.6 |
| | |
| | NFPA 101, CH 9 |
| | |
| | 9.6.2 SIGNAL INITIATION. |
| | 9.6.2.1 WHERE REQUIRED BY OTHER SECTIONS OF THIS CODE, |
| | ACTUATION |
| | OF THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM SHALL OCCUR BY ANY OR ALL OF |
| | THE FOLLOWING |
| | MEANS OF INITIATION BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO SUCH |
| | MEANS: |
| | (1) MANUAL FIRE ALARM INITIATION |
| | (2) AUTOMATIC DETECTION |
| | (3) EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM OPERATION |
| | |
| | 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. |
| | |
| | NFPA 101, CH 13 EXISTING ASSEMBLY |
| | |
| | 13.3.4.2 INITIATION. |
| | 13.3.4.2.1 INITIATION OF THE REQUIRED FIRE ALARM SYSTEM |
| | SHALL BE BY |
| | BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS, AND THE SYSTEM SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED |
| | WITH AN EMERGENCY POWER SOURCE: |
| | (1) MANUAL MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.2.1(1), UNLESS |
| | OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: |
| | (A) THE REQUIREMENT OF 13.3.4.2.1(1) SHALL NOT APPLY |
| | WHERE |
| | INITIATION IS BY MEANS OF AN APPROVED AUTOMATIC FIRE |
| | DETECTION SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.2.1(2) THAT |
| | PROVIDES FIRE DETECTION THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. |
| | (B) THE REQUIREMENT OF 13.3.4.2.1(1) SHALL NOT APPLY |
| | WHERE |
| | INITIATION IS BY MEANS OF AN APPROVED AUTOMATIC |
| | SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.2.1(3) THAT |
| | PROVIDES FIRE DETECTION AND PROTECTION THROUGHOUT THE |
| | BUILDING. |
| | (2) WHERE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS ARE PROVIDED, INITIATION |
| | OF THE |
| | FIRE ALARM SYSTEM BY SPRINKLER SYSTEM WATERFLOW, EVEN |
| | WHERE |
| | MANUAL FIRE ALARM BOXES ARE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| | 13.3.4.2.1(1) |
| | 13.3.4.2.2 THE INITIATING DEVICE SHALL BE CAPABLE OF |
| | TRANSMITTING AN |
| | ALARM TO A RECEIVING STATION, LOCATED WITHIN THE |
| | BUILDING, THAT IS |
| | CONSTANTLY ATTENDED WHEN THE ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY IS |
| | OCCUPIED. |
| | 13.3.4.2.3* IN ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES WITH OCCUPANT LOADS |
| | OF MORE |
| | THAN 300, AUTOMATIC DETECTION SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ALL |
| | HAZARDOUS |
| | AREAS THAT ARE NOT NORMALLY OCCUPIED, UNLESS SUCH AREAS |
| | ARE |
| | PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN APPROVED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER |
| | SYSTEM |
| | IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.7. |
| | |
| | THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE SMOKE DETECTOR PROTECTION |
| | REQUIRED WITHIN THE CODE AS LONG AS THERE IS FIRE |
| | SPRINKLER PROTECTION IN THOSE AREAS. |
| | |
| | THE NUMBER OF PULL STATIONS CAN BE REDUCED TO ONE IN |
| | EACH AREA AS LONG AS THE FIRE SPRINKLER ACTIVATION |
| | ACTIVATES THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM. |
| | |
| | PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT AS REQUIRED BY CODE OR |
| | PROVIDE A DETAILED NARRATIVE ANALYSIS OF YOUR POSITION. |
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| | 2) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET |
| | REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE |
| | ABOVE. |
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| | |
| | |
| | 3) ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY BE PROVIDED ON THE |
| | RE-SUBMITTAL OF THE ABOVE. |
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| | |
| | PETER LEDUC |
| | FIRE MARSHAL |
| | 561-804-4709 |
| | [email protected] |
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