Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 20101431
Permit Number 20101431
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
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Date Text
2020-12-02 14:18:06THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) SHEET ALS 6.1 - IT IS NOT CLEAR WHERE THE 2ND EXIT
 OFF THE RECREATIONAL DECK IS LOCATED.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CLEARLY INDICATE AND ACCOUNTING FOR
 THE REQUIRED SEPARATION DISTANCE AND OCCUPANT LOAD.
  
  
 2) SHEET ALS 1.1 - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF AN EGRESS
 PASSAGEWAY AT STAIR # 3. THERE ARE 3 DOORS WITHIN THIS
 EXIT PASSAGEWAY, ONLY 2 ARE ALLOWED.
  
 PER NFPA 101 CH 7 MEANS OF EGRESS
  
 7.2.3.5 DISCHARGE.
 7.2.3.5.1 EVERY SMOKEPROOF ENCLOSURE SHALL DISCHARGE
 INTO A PUBLIC
 WAY, INTO A YARD OR COURT HAVING DIRECT ACCESS TO A
 PUBLIC WAY, OR
 INTO AN EXIT PASSAGEWAY. SUCH EXIT PASSAGEWAYS SHALL BE
 WITHOUT
 OPENINGS, OTHER THAN THE ENTRANCE TO THE SMOKEPROOF
 ENCLOSURE AND
 THE DOOR OPENING TO THE OUTSIDE YARD, COURT, OR PUBLIC
 WAY. THE EXIT
 PASSAGEWAY SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE
 BUILDING
 BY A 2-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR JUSTIFY WITH SPECIFIC CODE
 REFERENCES AND NAARRATIVE.
  
  
 3) SHEETS P 1.0.1.A & 1.01.B - THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF
 UNDERGROUND FIRE LINES.
  
 ALL UNDERGROUND FIRE LINES SHALL SUBMITTED UNDER
 SEPARATE PERMIT AND SHOP DRAWINGS AND PER NFPA 24
 REQUIREMENTS
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE AN APPLICABLE NOTE OF
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
  
  
  
 4) SHEET # 6.0.3 - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF A BDA
 SYSTEM.
  
 THE BDA SYSTEM SHALL SUBMITTED UNDER SEPARATE PERMIT
 AND SHOP DRAWINGS AND PER NFPA 72 REQUIREMENTS
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE AN APPLICABLE NOTE OF
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
  
  
 5) FIRE ALARM SHEETS - THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF PULL
 STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE OCCUPANCY.
  
 FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND TO REDUCE FALSE ALARMS,
 PER NFPA 101, CH 30 & 9 , PULL STATIONS MAY BE
 ELIMINATED OR REDUCED PER THE AHJ.
  
 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.
  
 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.
  
 BELOW IS THE APPENDIX NARRATIVE FOR INFORMATIONAL
 PURPOSES.
  
 A.9.6.2.6 THE MANUAL FIRE ALARM BOX REQUIRED BY 9.6.2.6
 IS INTENDED
 TO PROVIDE A MEANS TO MANUALLY ACTIVATE THE FIRE ALARM
 SYSTEM WHEN THE AUTOMATIC FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM OR
 WATERFLOW DEVICES
 ARE OUT OF SERVICE DUE TO MAINTENANCE OR TESTING, OR
 WHERE
 HUMAN DISCOVERY OF THE FIRE PRECEDES AUTOMATIC
 SPRINKLER SYSTEM
 OR AUTOMATIC DETECTION SYSTEM ACTIVATION. WHERE THE
 FIRE ALARM
 SYSTEM IS CONNECTED TO A MONITORING FACILITY, THE
 MANUAL FIRE
 ALARM BOX REQUIRED BY 9.6.2.6 SHOULD BE CONNECTED TO A
 SEPARATE
 CIRCUIT THAT IS NOT PLACED ?ON TEST? WHEN THE DETECTION
 OR SPRINKLER
 SYSTEM IS PLACED ON TEST. THE MANUAL FIRE ALARM BOX
 SHOULD BE
 LOCATED IN AN AREA THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO OCCUPANTS OF
 THE BUILDING
 AND SHOULD NOT BE LOCKED.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE AN APPLICABLE NOTE TO
 COORDINATE LOCATIONS WITH THE OFFICE OF THE FIRE
 MARSHAL.
  
 SHOULD THE EOR OR OWNER NOT WNAT TO REDUCE LOCATIONS,
 PROVIDE THAT APPLICABLE NOTE.
  
  
 6) FIRE ALARM SHEETS - THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF SMOKE
 DETECTION THROUGHOUT THE OCCUPANCY.
  
 FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND TO REDUCE FALSE ALARMS,
 PER NFPA 101, CH 30 & 9 , COMPLETE SMOKE DETECTION IS
 NOT REQUIRED MAY BE ELIMINATED OR REDUCED.
  
 30.3.4.4 DETECTION. (RESERVED)
 30.3.4.5* SMOKE ALARMS. SMOKE ALARMS SHALL BE INSTALLED
 IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.2.10 IN EVERY SLEEPING AREA,
 OUTSIDE EVERY
 SLEEPING AREA IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE
 BEDROOMS, AND ON
 ALL LEVELS OF THE DWELLING UNIT, INCLUDING BASEMENTS.
  
 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
  
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE AN APPLICABLE NOTE TO
 COORDINATE LOCATIONS WITH THE OFFICE OF THE FIRE
 MARSHAL.
  
 SHOULD THE EOR OR OWNER NOT WNAT TO REDUCE LOCATIONS,
 PROVIDE THAT APPLICABLE NOTE.
  
  
  
 7) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
 8) 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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