Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 23010061
Permit Number 23010061
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2023-01-06 11:52:12THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF EXIT NO. 1 & EXIT NO. 3.,
 HOWEVER, THE EXITS DOORS APPEAR TO BE "BIFOLD" TYPE AND
 DO NOT APPEAR TO COMPLY WITH NFPA 101, CH 7, MEANS OF
 EGRESS.
  
 7.2.1.1.1 A DOOR ASSEMBLY IN A MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL
 CONFORM TO THE
 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 7.1 AND TO THE SPECIAL
 REQUIREMENTS
 OF 7.2.1
  
 7.2.1.4 SWING AND FORCE TO OPEN
  
 7.2.1.4.1* SWINGING-TYPE DOOR ASSEMBLY REQUIREMENT. ANY
 DOOR
 ASSEMBLY INA 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:
 (1) DOOR ASSEMBLIES IN DWELLING UNITS, AS PROVIDED IN
 CHAPTER 24, SHALL
 BE PERMITTED.
 (2) DOOR ASSEMBLIES IN RESIDENTIAL BOARD AND CARE
 OCCUPANCIES, AS
 PROVIDED IN CHAPTERS 32 AND 33, SHALL BE PERMITTED.
 (3) WHERE PERMITTED IN CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43,
 HORIZONTAL-SLIDING OR
 VERTICAL-ROLLING SECURITY GRILLES OR DOOR ASSEMBLIES
 THAT ARE PART OF
 THE REQUIRED MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE PERMITTED,
 PROVIDED THAT ALL
 OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE MET:
 (A) SUCH GRILLES OR DOOR ASSEMBLIES SHALL REMAIN
 SECURED IN THE
 FULLY OPEN POSITION DURING THE PERIOD OF OCCUPANCY BY
 THE
 GENERAL PUBLIC
  
 (B) ON OR ADJACENT TO THE GRILLE OR DOOR OPENING, THERE
 SHALL BE A
 READILY VISIBLE, DURABLE SIGN IN LETTERS NOT LESS THAN
 1 IN.
 (25 MM) HIGH ON A CONTRASTING BACKGROUND THAT READS AS
 FOL LOWS: THIS DOOR TO REMAIN OPEN WHEN THE SPACE
 IS OCCUPIED.
 (C) DOOR LEAVES OR GRILLES SHALL NOT BE BROUGHT TO THE
 CLOSED POSI TION WHEN THE SPACE IS OCCUPIED.
 (D) DOOR LEAVES OR GRILLES SHALL BE OPERABLE FROM
 WITHIN THE SPACE
 WITHOUT THE USE OF ANY SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OR EFFORT.
 (E) WHERE TWO OR MORE MEANS OF EGRESS ARE REQUIRED, NOT
 MORE
 THAN HALF OF THE MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH
 HORI ZONTAL-SLIDING OR VERTICAL-ROLLING GRILLES OR DOOR
 ASSEMBLIES.
 (4) HORIZONTAL-SLIDING DOOR ASSEMBLIES SHALL BE
 PERMITTED UNDER ANY
 OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
 (A) HORIZONTAL-SLIDING DOOR ASSEMBLIES IN DETENTION AND
 CORREC TIONAL 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 OCCU PANT 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 KNOWLEDGE 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
 MINI MUM REQUIRED WIDTH.
 IV. THE DOOR ASSEMBLY COMPLIES WITH ANY REQUIRED FIRE
 PROTEC TION 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.
 V. CORRIDOR DOOR ASSEMBLIES REQUIRED TO BE
 SELF-LATCHING HAVE
 A LATCH OR OTHER MECHANISM THAT ENSURES THAT THE DOOR
 LEAF
 WILL NOT REBOUND INTO A PARTIALLY OPEN POSITION IF
 FORCEFULLY
 CLOSED.
 (D) WHERE PRIVATE GARAGES, BUSINESS AREAS, INDUSTRIAL
 AREAS, AND
 STORAGE AREAS WITH AN OCCUPANT LOAD NOT EXCEEDING 10
 CONTAIN
 ONLY LOW OR ORDINARY HAZARD CONTENTS, DOOR OPENINGS TO
 SUCH
 AREAS AND PRIVATE GARAGES SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE
 HORIZONTAL SLIDING DOOR ASSEMBLIES.
 (5) WHERE PRIVATE GARAGES, BUSINESS AREAS, INDUSTRIAL
 AREAS, AND STORAGE
 AREAS WITH AN OCCUPANT LOAD NOT EXCEEDING 10 CONTAIN
 ONLY LOW OR
 ORDINARY HAZARD CONTENTS, DOOR OPENINGS TO SUCH AREAS
 AND PRIVATE
 GARAGES SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE VERTICAL-ROLLING DOOR
 ASSEMBLIES.
 (6) REVOLVING DOOR ASSEMBLIES COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1.10
 SHALL BE
 PERMITTED.
 (7) EXISTING FUSIBLE LINK???OPERATED HORIZONTAL-SLIDING
 OR VERTICAL-ROLLING
 FIRE DOOR ASSEMBLIES SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE USED AS
 PROVIDED IN
 CHAPTERS 39, 40, AND 42.
  
 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 OCCUPAN CIES, 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 OR PROVIDE JUSTIFICATION WITH
 SPECIFIC CODE REFERENECES AND DETAILS
  
  
  
 1A) THE EXIT DOORS NOTED ABOVE ARE INDICATED WITH EXIT
 SIGNS OVER THEM.
  
 SHOULD THOSE DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIRMENTS OF EXIT
 DOORS, THOSE EXIT SIGNS SHALL BE REMOVED PER NFPA 101
 CH 7, MEANS OF EGRESS.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND COMPLY AS APPLICABLE.
  
  
  
 2) THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT THE BUILDING HAS A FIRE
 SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
  
 THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF FIRE SPRINKLER WORK ON THE
 LIFE SAFETY, DEMO, NOR FLOOR PLAN SHEETS.
  
 THE FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM SHALL BE MAINTAINED
 THROUGHOUT DEMO & CONSTRUCTION PERIODS.
  
 ANY WORK ON THE FIRE SPRINKLER, INCLUDING DEMO, SHALL
 BE DONE UNDER SEPARATE PERMITS & SHOP DRAWINGS PER NFPA
 13.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW, ENSURE COMPLIANCE AND PROVIDE A NOTE OF
 ACKNOWLDGMENT ON THOSE PLAN SHEETS.
  
  
  
 3) THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT THE BUILDING HAS A FIRE
 ALRM SYSTEM.
  
 THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF FIRE ALARM WORK ON FIRE ALARM
 PLAN SHEETS.
  
 THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM SHALL BE MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT
 DEMO & CONSTRUCTION PERIODS
  
 ANY WORK ON THE FIRE ALARM, INCLUDING DEMO, SHALL BE
 DONE UNDER SEPARATE PERMITS & SHOP DRAWINGS PER NFPA
 72.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW, ENSURE COMPLIANCE AND PROVIDE A NOTE OF
 ACKNOWLDGMENT ON THOSE PLAN SHEETS.
  
  
  
 4) THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF A MECHANICAL HOOD SYSTEM IN
 THE KITCHEN.
  
 THE HOOD AND FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS SHALL BE
 SUBMITTED & INSTALLED UNDER SEPARATE PERMITS & SHOP
 DRAWINGS PER NFPA 96
  
 PLEASE REVIEW, ENSURE COMPLIANCE AND PROVIDE A NOTE OF
 ACKNOWLDGMENT ON THAT PLAN SHEETS.
  
  
  
  
 5) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
 6) 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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