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| 2021-03-15 14:56:13 | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY PETER LEDUC, |
| | FIRE MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| | PLEASE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING AS PROVISO: |
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| | 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. |
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| | 1) THERE ARE HORIZONTAL SLIDING DOORS INDICATED AT |
| | NUMEROUS OFFICES. |
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| | PER NFPA 101 CH 38 AND 7 |
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| | 38.2.2.2 DOORS. |
| | 38.2.2.2.1 DOORS COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1 SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED. |
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| | 7.2.1.4 SWING AND FORCE TO OPEN. |
| | 7.2.1.4.1* SWINGING-TYPE DOOR ASSEMBLY REQUIREMENT. ANY |
| | DOOR ASSEMBLY IN A MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE OF THE |
| | SIDE-HINGED OR |
| | PIVOTED-SWINGING TYPE, AND SHALL BE INSTALLED TO BE |
| | CAPABLE OF |
| | SWINGING FROM ANY POSITION TO THE FULL REQUIRED WIDTH |
| | OF THE |
| | OPENING IN WHICH IT IS INSTALLED, UNLESS OTHERWISE |
| | SPECIFIED AS |
| | FOLLOWS: |
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| | (4) HORIZONTAL-SLIDING DOOR ASSEMBLIES SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED UNDER |
| | ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: |
| | (A) HORIZONTAL-SLIDING DOOR ASSEMBLIES IN DETENTION AND |
| | CORRECTIONAL OCCUPANCIES, AS PROVIDED IN CHAPTERS 22 |
| | AND 23, SHALL BE PERMITTED. |
| | (B) SPECIAL-PURPOSE HORIZONTALLY SLIDING ACCORDION OR |
| | FOLDING DOOR ASSEMBLIES COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1.14 SHALL |
| | BE PERMITTED. |
| | (C) UNLESS PROHIBITED BY CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43, |
| | HORIZONTAL-SLIDING DOOR ASSEMBLIES SERVING A ROOM OR |
| | AREA WITH AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF FEWER THAN 10 SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED, PROVIDED THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA |
| | ARE |
| | MET: |
| | I. THE AREA SERVED BY THE DOOR ASSEMBLY HAS NO HIGH |
| | HAZARD CONTENTS. |
| | II. THE DOOR ASSEMBLY IS READILY OPERABLE FROM EITHER |
| | SIDE WITHOUT SPECIAL KNO |
| | WLEDGE OR EFFORT. |
| | III. THE FORCE REQUIRED TO OPERATE THE DOOR ASSEMBLY IN |
| | THE DIRECTION OF DOOR LEAF TRAVEL IS NOT MORE THAN 30 |
| | LBF (133 N) TO SET THE DOOR LEAF IN MOTION AND IS NOT |
| | MORE THAN 15 LBF (67 N) TO CLOSE THE DOOR ASSEMBLY |
| | OR OPEN IT TO THE MINIMUM REQUIRED WIDTH. |
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| | IV. THE DOOR ASSEMBLY COMPLIES WITH ANY REQUIRED FIRE |
| | PROTECTION RATING, AND, WHERE RATED, IS SELF-CLOSING |
| | OR AUTOMATIC-CLOSING BY MEANS OF SMOKE DETECTION |
| | IN ACCORDANCE WITH 7.2.1.8 AND IS INSTALLED IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 80, STANDARD FOR FIRE |
| | DOORS AND OTHER OPENING PROTECTIVES. |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE FOR FIRE INSPECTION |
| | PURPOSES. |
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| | PETER LEDUC |
| | FIRE MARSHAL |
| | 561-804-4709 |
| | [email protected] |
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