| Date |
Text |
| 2015-09-24 15:41:56 | 600 OKEECHOBEE BOULEVARD |
| | PERMIT #Z15090018 |
| | MASTER #14050111 |
| | REVIEW COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT |
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| | THE EXIT DISCHARGE AND PUBLIC WAY HAVE BEEN MODIFIED |
| | FROM THE ORIGINAL PERMITTED DESIGN; THEREFORE, A |
| | SIGNED/SEALED REVISED LIFE SAFETY PLAN IS NEEDED FROM |
| | THE ARCHITECT. THE LIFE SAFETY PLAN (SHEET A2.02 FROM |
| | PERMIT #14050111) INDICATES A POTENTIAL EXITING |
| | OCCUPANT LOAD OF 1060 PERSONS (320 POOL, 400 JR |
| | BALLROOM, 340 SERVICE CORRIDOR) ADJACENT TO THE NEWLY |
| | PROPOSED EXTERIOR STAIR. THE PLAN INDICATES THE STAIR |
| | IS 15'-3" WIDE; HOWEVER, TO ACCOMMODATE AN OCCUPANT |
| | LOAD OF 1060 PERSONS, THE STAIRS WOULD NEED TO BE |
| | 26'-6" WIDE (1060 X 0.3 INCHES PER PERSON = 318 INCHES) |
| | TO AVOID EGRESS STALL. ADDITIONALLY, A POTENTIAL |
| | EXITING OCCUPANT LOAD OF 1093 PERSONS (652 & 441 |
| | BALLROOMS) EXISTS AT THE 3 SETS OF EXIT DOORS ADJACENT |
| | (WEST) OF THE LOADING DOCK. DUE TO THE PROPOSED |
| | LANDSCAPING AND 11 FOOT-HIGH PERIMETER WALL LOCATION, |
| | THESE 1093 OCCUPANTS WOULD BE FORCED TO TRAVEL THROUGH |
| | AN UNFAMILIAR HIGHER HAZARD OCCUPANCY (LOADING |
| | DOCK/STORAGE) TO REACH THE PUBLIC WAY POINT OF SAFETY. |
| | TRAVEL THROUGH A HIGHER HAZARD OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION |
| | (ASSEMBLY TO STORAGE) IS NOT PERMITTED BY SECTION |
| | 7.5.1.6 OF THE FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE (NFPA 101). |
| | |
| | THE ROAD AND SIDEWALK (AKA "PUBLIC WAY") BETWEEN THE |
| | CONVENTION CENTER, CONVENTION CENTER GARAGE "TO BE" AND |
| | THE HILTON HOTEL IS CURRENTLY A DIRT CONSTRUCTION SITE |
| | ENVELOPED BY CONSTRUCTION FENCING. FIRE EXIT DISCHARGE |
| | IS REQUIRED TO LEAD TO A PUBLIC WAY; THEREFORE, THE |
| | PUBLIC WAY NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED TO ALLOW OCCUPANCY OF |
| | THE HILTON BUILDING. |
| | |
| | THE CONVENTION CENTER CULDESAC AND ROAD LEADING FROM |
| | FLORIDA AVENUE IS A FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS ROAD AND |
| | NEEDS "NO PARKING - FIRE LANE" SIGNAGE AND ROAD |
| | MARKINGS AS INDICATED ON SHEET C3.03 OF PERMIT |
| | #14050111. |
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| | WESLEY JOLIN |
| | ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL |
| | WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE |
| | [email protected] |
| | (561) 805-6730 |
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