Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z16100010
Project Number Z16100010
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2016-10-31 10:49:50THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
 THOUGH THE PREVENTION BUREAU SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED
 PROJECT, THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ARE SUBMITTED FOR
 CLARIFICATION OR CORRECTION.
  
  
 1) THE 15' WIDTH IN EACH DIRECTION OF THE VEHICLE
 TRAVEL LANES AT THE CORNER APPEAR TO BE TOO NARROW FOR
 A FIRE LANE AND FIRE APPARATUS ACCESS.
  
 THE ACCESS ROAD IS THE ONLY TRAVEL LANE THROUGH THE
 SITE AND IS REQUIRED TO BE A FIRE LANE. PER NFPA 1.
 CHAPTER 18,
 18.2.3 FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS ROADS.
 18.2.3.1 REQUIRED ACCESS.
 18.2.3.4 SPECIFICATIONS.
 18.2.3.4.1 DIMENSIONS.
 18.2.3.4.1.1 FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS ROADS SHALL HAVE AN
 UNOBSTRUCTED WIDTH OF NOT LESS THAN 20 FT (6.1 M).
  
  
 2) THE LOCATION OF THE ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
 TRAVEL LANE APPEARS THAT IT WOULD LIMIT AND INTERFERE
 WITH THE SAFE TURNING RADIUS OF FIRE APAARATUS.
  
  
 3) FOR CONSIDERATION OF BOTH OF THE COMMENTS ABOVE,
 PLEASE PROVIDE AN AUTO-TURN DRAWING OF LARGE FIRE
 APPARATUS INDICATING PROPER CLEARENCES THROUGH BOTH
 TRAVEL LANES.
  
  
 4) 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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