Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 21040530
Permit Number 21040530
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2021-04-15 14:44:30THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) SHEET FP 00 - THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF FIRE LINE
 UNDERGROUND.
  
 ALL FIRE LINE UNDERGROUND SHALL BE INSTALLED UNDER
 SEPARATE PERMIT, SHOP DRAWINGS AND PRODUCT
 MANUFACTURER'S SPEC SHEETS.
  
 PLEASE ENSURE COMPLIANCE AND PROVIDE A NOTE OF
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
  
  
  
 2) SHEET FP 01 - WITHIN STAIR # 4 THERE IS AN
 INDICATION AT THE EXIT DOOR OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE A
 HOSE VALVE THAT WILL OBSTRUCT THE EXIT.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR PROVIDE SPECIFIC
 JUSTIFICATION.
  
  
  
 3) ALL FLOOR PLAN SHEETS - THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF
 SIDEWALL SPRINKLERS IN SMALL BEDROOMS WITH CEILING FANS
 THAT MAY CAUSE AN OSTRUCTION TO THE SPRAY PATTERN.
  
 PER NFPA 13 REGARDING THE CEILING FAN BASE:
  
 8.10.7.2.1.3* UNLESS THE REQUIREMENTS OF 8.10.7.2.1.4
 THROUGH 8.10.7.2.1.7 ARE MET,
 SPRINKLERS SHALL BE POSITIONED AWAY FROM OBSTRUCTIONS A
 MINIMUM DISTANCE OF FOUR TIMES THE
 MAXIMUM DIMENSION OF THE OBSTRUCTION (E.G., TRUSS WEBS
 AND CHORDS, PIPE, COLUMNS, AND
 FIXTURES).
 (A) THE MAXIMUM CLEAR DISTANCE REQUIRED FROM
 OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE HORIZONTAL ORIENTATION
 (E.G., LIGHT FIXTURES AND TRUSS CHORDS) SHALL BE 36 IN.
 (900 MM).
 (B) THE MAXIMUM CLEAR DISTANCE SHALL NOT BE APPLIED TO
 OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE VERTICAL ORIENTATION
 (E.G., COLUMNS).
  
 REGARDING THE CEILING FAN BLADES:
  
 8.10.7.2.1.7* SPRINKLERS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE
 PLACED WITHOUT REGARD TO THE BLADES OF A CEILING
 FAN, PROVIDED THE PLAN VIEW OF THE FAN IS AT LEAST 50
 PERCENT OPEN.
  
  
 FOR THE SMALL BEDROOMS, PLEASE PROVIDE SPECIFIC FAN
 BALDE DIMENSIONS AND ADDITIONAL DIMESIONS IN COMPLIANCE
 WITH THE ABOVE
  
  
 4) SHEET FP 07 A & B - THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF FIRE
 SPRINKLER HEADS WITHIN THE ELEVATOR SHAFT.
  
 PER NFPA 13
  
 8.15.5.3 AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLERS SHALL NOT BE
 REQUIRED IN ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOMS, ELEVATOR
 MACHINERY SPACES, CONTROL SPACES, OR HOISTWAYS OF
 TRACTION ELEVATORS INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN NFPA 101, OR THE
 APPLICABLE BUILDING CODE, WHERE ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET:
 (1) THE ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOM, MACHINERY SPACE, CONTROL
 ROOM, CONTROL SPACE, OR HOISTWAY OF
 TRACTION ELEVATOR IS DEDICATED TO ELEVATOR EQUIPMENT
 ONLY.
 (2) THE ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOM, MACHINE ROOM, MACHINERY
 SPACE, CONTROL ROOM, CONTROL
 SPACE, OR HOISTWAY OF TRACTION ELEVATORS ARE PROTECTED
 BY SMOKE DETECTORS, OR OTHER AUTOMATIC
 FIRE DETECTION, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 72.
 (3) THE ELEVATOR MACHINERY SPACE, CONTROL ROOM, CONTROL
 SPACE, OR HOISTWAY OF TRACTION ELEVATORS
 IS SEPARATED FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE BUILDING BY
 WALLS AND FLOOR/CEILING OR ROOF/
 CEILING ASSEMBLIES HAVING A FIRE RESISTANCE RATING OF
 NOT LESS THAN THAT SPECIFIED BY THE
 APPLICABLE BUILDING CODE.
 (4) NO MATERIALS UNRELATED TO ELEVATOR EQUIPMENT ARE
 PERMITTED TO BE STORED IN ELEVATOR
 MACHINE ROOMS, MACHINERY SPACES, CONTROL ROOMS, CONTROL
 SPACES, OR HOISTWAYS OF TRACTION
 ELEVATORS.
 (5) THE ELEVATOR MACHINERY IS NOT OF THE HYDRAULIC
 TYPE.
 8.15.5.4* AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS IN ELEVATOR MACHINE
 ROOMS OR AT THE TOPS OF HOISTWAYS SHALL BE
 OF ORDINARY- OR INTERMEDIATE-TEMPERATURE RATING.
  
 8.15.5.5* UPRIGHT, PENDENT, OR SIDEWALL SPRAY
 SPRINKLERS SHALL BE INSTALLED AT THE TOP OF ELEVATOR
 HOISTWAYS.
  
 8.15.5.6 THE SPRINKLER REQUIRED AT THE TOP OF THE
 ELEVATOR HOISTWAY BY 8.15.5.5 SHALL NOT BE
 REQUIRED WHERE THE HOISTWAY FOR PASSENGER ELEVATORS IS
 NONCOMBUSTIBLE OR LIMITED-COMBUSTIBLE
 AND THE CAR ENCLOSURE MATERIALS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS
 OF ASME A17.1, SAFETY CODE FOR ELEVATORS
 AND ESCALATORS.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR PROVIDE SPECIFIC
 JUSTIFICATION.
  
  
  
 5) TRASH CHUTE - THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF A TRASH ROOM
 AND TRASH CHUTE; HOWEVER, THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF
 FIRE PROTECTION OF THE TRASH CHUTE.
  
 PER NFPA 13
  
 22.15.2.2* WASTE AND LINEN CHUTES AND TRANSPORT
 SYSTEMS. [
  
 22.15.2.2.1 GRAVITY WASTE OR LINEN CHUTES. [82:6.2]
 22.15.2.2.1.1 LINED METAL CHUTES SHALL BE PROTECTED
 INTERNALLY BY AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS UNLESS
 THEY ARE LINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 6.2.2.6.1 IN NFPA 82.
 [82:6.2.2.6.2]
 22.15.2.2.1.2 THIS PROTECTION REQUIRES THAT A SPRINKLER
 BE INSTALLED AT OR ABOVE THE TOP SERVICE
 OPENING OF THE CHUTE.
 22.15.2.2.1.3 CHUTE SPRINKLER PROTECTION. AUTOMATIC
 SPRINKLERS INSTALLED IN GRAVITY CHUTE
 SERVICE OPENINGS SHALL BE RECESSED OUT OF THE CHUTE
 AREA THROUGH WHICH THE MATERIAL TRAVELS.
 [82:6.2.6.1.3]
 22.15.2.2.1.4 IN ADDITION, A SPRINKLER SHALL BE
 INSTALLED WITHIN THE CHUTE AT ALTERNATE FLOOR LEVELS
 IN BUILDINGS OVER TWO STORIES IN HEIGHT, WITH A
 MANDATORY SPRINKLER LOCATED AT THE LOWEST
 SERVICE LEVEL
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR PROVIDE SPECIFIC
 JUSTIFICATION.
  
  
  
 6) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
 7) 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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