Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 22111242
Permit Number 22111242
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2023-01-19 14:08:14THE ATTACHED RESPNSE COMMENTS APPEAR TO BE ADDRESSING A
 FIRE LINE UNDERGROUND PERMIT AND DO NOT ADDRESS THE
 PREVIOUS FIRE COMMENTS OF THIS PERMIT WHICH ARE
 PROVIDED BELOW.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND ENSURE THE BELOW COMMENTS ARE
 ADDRESSED AS APPLICABLE.
  
  
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 THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) THERE IS AN INDICATION OF A PROPOSED ELECTRIC FIRE
 PUMP.
  
 THERE IS NO INDICATION OF THE BACK-UP POWER SUPPLY TO
 THIS PUMP AS REQUIRED BY 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
 MEET ING 9.2.2 IS INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
 STANDARD.
 9.3.4 WHERE PROVIDED, THE ALTERNATE SOURCE OF POWER
 SHALL BE
 SUPPLIED FROM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SOURCES:
 (1) A GENERATOR INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 9.6
 (2) ONE OF THE SOURCES IDENTIFIED IN 9.2.2(1),
 9.2.2(2), 9.2.2(3),
 OR 9.2.2(5) WHERE THE POWER IS PROVIDED INDEPENDENT OF
 THE
 NORMAL SOURCE OF POWER
 9.3.5 WHERE PROVIDED, THE ALTERNATE SUPPLY SHALL BE
 ARRANGED
 SO THAT THE POWER TO THE FIRE PUMP IS NOT DISRUPTED
 WHEN OVER HEAD LINES ARE DE-ENERGIZED FOR FIRE
 DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE DETAILS OF THE BACK-UP POWER SUPPLY
 TO THIS FIRE PUMP IN COMPLIANCE WITH NFPA.
  
  
  
 2) THERE APPEARS TO BE INDICATIONS OF FIRE SPRINKLER
 HEADS AT ROOF LEVEL AT THE TOP OF THE ELEVATOR SHAFTS
  
 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 AUTO MATIC FIRE DETECTION,
 INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 72.
 (3) THE ELEVATOR MACHINERY SPACE, CONTROL ROOM, CONTROL
 SPACE, OR HOISTWAY OF TRACTION ELEVA TORS 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 TRAC TION ELEVATORS.
 (5) THE ELEVATOR MACHINERY IS NOT OF THE HYDRAULIC TYPE
  
 PLEASE REIVEW AND PROVIDE DETAILED INDICATIONS THAT
 THEY ARE REQUIRED OR NOT REQUIRED AT THE TOP OF THE
 ELEVATOR SHAFTS
  
  
 3) THERE APPEARS TO BE INDICATIONS OF A FIRE SPRINKLER
 HEAD AT THE ROOFTOP ELEV. RM 2.
  
 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 AUTO MATIC FIRE DETECTION,
 INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 72.
 (3) THE ELEVATOR MACHINERY SPACE, CONTROL ROOM, CONTROL
 SPACE, OR HOISTWAY OF TRACTION ELEVA TORS 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 TRAC TION ELEVATORS.
 (5) THE ELEVATOR MACHINERY IS NOT OF THE HYDRAULIC TYPE
  
 PLEASE REIVEW AND PROVIDE DETAILED INDICATIONS THAT
 THEY ARE REQUIRED OR NOT REQUIRED AT THE ROOF TOP
 ELEVATOR RM.
  
  
 4) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
 5) 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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