Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 21071625
Permit Number 21071625
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2021-12-27 13:50:05THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) SHEET LS1 - 102 - THE OUTDOOR AMENITY DECK INDICATES
 A SET OF DOUBLE DOORS OUTSWINGING ALONG THE EGRESS
 ROUTE. THESE DOUBLE DOORS ARE REQUIRED TO SWING IN THE
 DIRECTION OF EGRESS.
  
 NFPA 101, CH 7 MEANS OF EGRESS
  
 7.2.1.4.2* DOOR LEAF SWING DIRECTION. DOOR LEAVES
 REQUIRED TO BE OF
 THE SIDE-HINGED OR PIVOTED-SWINGING TYPE SHALL SWING IN
 THE DIRECTION
 OF EGRESS TRAVEL UNDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
 (1) WHERE SERVING A ROOM OR AREA WITH AN OCCUPANT LOAD
 OF 50 OR MORE,
 EXCEPT UNDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
 (A) DOOR LEAVES IN HORIZONTAL EXITS SHALL NOT BE
 REQUIRED TO SWING
 IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL WHERE PERMITTED BY
 7.2.4.3.8.1
 OR 7.2.4.3.8.2.
 (B) DOOR LEAVES IN SMOKE BARRIERS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED
 TO SWING
 IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL IN EXISTING HEALTH
 CARE OCCUPANCIES,
 AS PROVIDED IN CHAPTER 19.
 (2) WHERE THE DOOR ASSEMBLY IS USED IN AN EXIT
 ENCLOSURE, UNLESS THE
 DOOR OPENING SERVES AN INDIVIDUAL LIVING UNIT THAT
 OPENS DIRECTLY
 INTO AN EXIT ENCLOSURE
 (3) WHERE THE DOOR OPENING SERVES A HIGH-HAZARD
 CONTENTS AREA
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.
  
  
  
  
 2) THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF AN ELECTIRC FIRE PUMP AND A
 GENERATOR; HOWEVER, THERE IS NO INDICATON THAT THE
 ELECTRIC FIRE PUMP WILL BE POWERED BY THE GENERATOR IN
 THE EVENT OF LOSS OF POWER.
  
 PER NFPA 20
  
 9.3 ALTERNATE POWER.
 9.3.1 EXCEPT FOR AN ARRANGEMENT DESCRIBED IN 9.3.3, AT
 LEAST
 ONE ALTERNATE SOURCE OF POWER SHALL BE PROVIDED WHERE
 THE
 HEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE IS BEYOND THE PUMPING CAPACITY
 OF THE
 FIRE DEPARTMENT APPARATUS.
 9.3.2* OTHER SOURCES. EXCEPT FOR AN ARRANGEMENT
 DESCRIBED IN
 9.3.3, AT LEAST ONE ALTERNATE SOURCE OF POWER SHALL BE
 PROVIDED
 WHERE THE NORMAL SOURCE IS NOT RELIABLE.
 9.3.3 AN ALTERNATE SOURCE OF POWER FOR THE PRIMARY FIRE
 PUMP
 SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED WHERE A BACKUP ENGINE-DRIVEN FIRE
 PUMP,
 BACKUP STEAM TURBINE-DRIVEN FIRE PUMP, OR BACKUP
 ELECTRIC
 MOTOR?DRIVEN FIRE PUMP WITH INDEPENDENT POWER SOURCE
 MEETING
 9.2.2 IS INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS STANDARD.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE A NOTE OF ACKOWLEDGEMENT TO
 COMPLY ON SHEET FP 11.
  
  
  
 3) THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF A BDA SYSTEM
  
 NFPA 1, CHAPTER 11, BUILDING SERVICES; 11.10 TWO-WAY
 RADIO ENHANCEMENT SERVICES.
  
 11.10.1 IN ALL NEW AND EXISTING BUILDINGS, MINIMUM
 RADIO SIGNAL STRENGTH FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT
 COMMUNICATIONS SHALL BE MAINTAINED AT A LEVEL
 DETERMINED BY THE AHJ.
  
 PLEASE CONTACT MARK FILLA, PALM BEACH COUNTY PUBLIC
 SAFETY RADIO SYSTEMS MANAGER, AS OUR RADIOS OPERATE ON
 THEIR SYSTEM FOR DETAILED RADIO FREQUENCY AND
 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS.
  
 THERE IS NO WAY TO DETERMINE IF YOUR BUILDING WOULD
 NEED IT OR NOT WITHOUT PROPER TESTING.
  
 SHOULD YOUR BUILDING NOT PASS THE TESTING/SURVEY, AN
 AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM WOULD BE REQUIRED.
  
 SHOULD YOUR BUILDING PASS THE TESTING/SURVEY I WOULD
 COME IN WITH OUR PORTABLE RADIOS AND CONDUCT AN
 OPERATIONAL TEST TO CONFIRM. IF THE PORTABLE RADIO TEST
 FAILS AN AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM IS REQUIRED.
  
 THE OWNER/CONTRACTOR WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO CONDUCT
 THE TESTING/SURVEY BY A QUALIFIED THIRD PARTY.
  
 A BDA PERMIT IS REQUIRED SEPARATE FROM ANY OTHER
 PERMIT.
  
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE A NOTE OF ACKOWLEDGEMENT TO
 COMPLY ON SHEET LS 100.
  
  
  
 4) THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF FIRE ALARM DEVICES ON THE
 ELECTRICAL PLAN SHEETS.
  
 ALL FIRE ALARM WORK SHALL BE INSTALLED UNDER SEPARATE
 PERMIT AND SHOP DRAWINGS.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE A NOTE OF ACKOWLEDGEMENT TO
 COMPLY ON SHEETS E0 .001 & LS 100.
  
  
  
  
 5) THERE ARE INDICATIONS ON THE CIVIL SHEETS OF
 UNDEGROUND FIRE LINES, INCLUDING THE FDC & DDCV.
  
 ALL FIRE LINE UNDERGROUND WORK INCLUDING THE FDC & DDCV
 SHALL INSTALLED PER NFPA 24 AND UNDER SEPARATE PERMIT
 AND SHOP DRAWINGS .
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE A NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF
 SHEET C.
  
  
  
 6) THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF ELEVATOR FOYERS/LOBBIES TO
 INDIVIDUAL UNITS WITH NO CLEAR EXIT ACCESS TO AN EXIT.
  
 PER NFPA 101
  
 7.2.1.6.3 ELEVATOR LOBBY EXIT ACCESS DOOR ASSEMBLIES
 LOCKING.
 WHERE PERMITTED IN CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43, DOOR
 ASSEMBLIES SEPARATING
 THE ELEVATOR LOBBY FROM THE EXIT ACCESS REQUIRED BY
 7.4.1.6.1 SHALL BE PERMITTED
 TO BE ELECTRICALLY LOCKED, PROVIDED THAT ALL THE
 FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE MET:
 (1) THE ELECTRICAL LOCKING HARDWARE IS LISTED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH
 ANSI/UL 294, STANDARD FOR ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM UNITS.
 (2) THE BUILDING IS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY A FIRE
 ALARM SYSTEM IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.6.
 (3) THE BUILDING IS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN
 APPROVED, SUPERVISED
 AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 9.7.
 (4) WATERFLOW IN THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM REQUIRED BY
 7.2.1.6.3(3) IS
 ARRANGED TO INITIATE THE BUILDING FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.
 (5) THE ELEVATOR LOBBY IS PROTECTED BY AN APPROVED,
 SUPERVISED SMOKE
 DETECTION SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.6.
 (6) DETECTION OF SMOKE BY THE DETECTION SYSTEM REQUIRED
 BY
 7.2.1.6.3(5) IS ARRANGED TO INITIATE THE BUILDING FIRE
 ALARM SYSTEM
 AND NOTIFY BUILDING OCCUPANTS.
 (7) INITIATION OF THE BUILDING FIRE ALARM SYSTEM BY
 OTHER THAN MANUAL
 FIRE ALARM BOXES UNLOCKS THE ELECTRICAL LOCKS ON THE
 ELEVATOR LOBBY
 DOOR ASSEMBLY.
 (8) LOSS OF POWER TO THE ELEVATOR LOBBY ELECTRICAL LOCK
 SYSTEM UNLOCKS
 THE ELECTRICAL LOCKS ON THE ELEVATOR LOBBY DOOR
 ASSEMBLIES.
 (9) ONCE UNLOCKED, THE ELEVATOR LOBBY DOOR ASSEMBLIES
 REMAIN ELECTRICALLY
 UNLOCKED UNTIL THE BUILDING FIRE ALARM SYSTEM HAS BEEN
 MANUALLY RESET.
 (10) WHERE THE ELEVATOR LOBBY DOOR ASSEMBLIES REMAIN
 MECHANICALLY
 LATCHED AFTER BEING ELECTRICALLY UNLOCKED,
 LATCH-RELEASING HARDWARE
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 7.2.1.5.10 IS AFFIXED TO THE DOOR
 LEAVES.
 (11) A TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IS PROVIDED FOR
 COMMUNICATION
 BETWEEN THE ELEVATOR LOBBY AND A CENTRAL CONTROL POINT
 THAT
 IS CONSTANTLY STAFFED.
 (12) THE CENTRAL CONTROL POINT STAFF REQUIRED BY
 7.2.1.6.3 IS CAPABLE,
 TRAINED, AND AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY
 ASSISTANCE.
 (13) THE PROVISIONS OF 7.2.1.6.1 FOR DELAYED-EGRESS
 ELECTRICAL LOCKING
 SYSTEMS ARE NOT APPLIED TO THE ELEVATOR LOBBY DOOR
 ASSEMBLIES.
 (14)* THE PROVISIONS OF 7.2.1.6.2 FOR SENSOR-RELEASE OF
 ELECTRICAL LOCKING
 SYSTEMS ARE NOT APPLIED TO THE ELEVATOR LOBBY DOOR
 ASSEMBLIES.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE A DETAILED SEQUENCE OF
 OPERATION/USE FOR EACH OF THE VARIOUS FOYER/SECONDARY
 VESTIBULE FLOOR PLANS THAT COMPLIES WITH THE ABOVE
 CODE.
  
  
 7) THERE IS NO RATIONAL ANALYSIS DOCUMENT THAT COULD BE
 REVIEWED FOR THE SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEM(S) APPLICABLE
 SEQUENCE OF OPERATION.
  
 SHEET M 8 WAS REVIEWED; HOWEVER, THE INFORMATION
 PROVIDED ON THAT SHEET DOES NOT PROVIDE CLEAR
 INDICATIONS IN A LOGICAL ORDER.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE A DETAILED DOCUMENT FOR
 REVIEW.
  
  
  
 8) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
 9) 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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