2013-09-05 15:32:12 | 616 DATURA STREET |
| PERMIT #13081155 |
| REVIEW COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT |
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| PROVIDE A DETAILED SITE DRAWING INDICATING THE |
| ORIENTATION AND DISTANCE OF THE TRAILER IN REGARDS TO |
| ANY ADJACENT STRUCTURES. |
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| PER NFPA 241- STANDARD FOR SAFEGUARDING CONSTRUCTION, |
| ALTERATION, AND DEMOLITION OPERATIONS, SECTION 4.2 |
| TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION TRAILERS SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM |
| ADJACENT TRAILERS OR STRUCTURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| TABLE 4.2.1. PER TABLE 4.2.1: |
| 1) 20 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM |
| ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 30 FEET |
| 2) 30 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM |
| ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 35 FEET |
| 3) 40 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM |
| ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 40 FEET |
| 4) 50 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM |
| ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 45 FEET |
| 5) 60 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM |
| ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 50 FEET |
| 6) GREATER THAN 60 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE |
| SEPARATED FROM ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 60 FEET |
| **A 75 PERCENT REDUCTION IN SEPARATION DISTANCES SHALL |
| BE PERMITTED TO BE APPLIED, PROVIDED AUTOMATIC |
| SPRINKLER PROTECTION IS USED IN THE EXPOSING STRUCTURE. |
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| PROVIDE PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. EXTINGUISHERS |
| SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM RATING OF 2A:10BC AND SHALL BE |
| TAGGED BY A LICENSED FIRE EXTINGUISHER COMPANY. TRAVEL |
| DISTANCE TO EXTINGUISHERS SHALL NOT EXCEED 75 FEET. |
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| PROVIDE STAIR DETAIL. STAIR RISERS SHALL BE BETWEEN 4 |
| INCHES AND 7 INCHES IN HEIGHT. STAIRS SHALL BE SLIP |
| RESISTANT AND HAVE A MINIMUM TREAD DEPTH OF 11 INCHES |
| AND PREVENT THE ACCUMULATION OF WATER. HANDRAILS ARE |
| REQUIRED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STAIR. HANDRAILS SHALL BE |
| LOCATED NOT LESS THAN 34 INCHES AND NOT MORE THAN 38 |
| INCHES ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE TREAD, MEASURED |
| VERTICALLY TO THE TOP OF THE RAIL FROM THE LEADING EDGE |
| OF THE TREAD. HANDRAIL ENDS SHALL BE RETURNED TO THE |
| WALL OR FLOOR OR SHALL TERMINATE AT NEWEL POSTS. |
| HANDRAIL CROSS SECTION SHALL HAVE A DIAMETER OF NOT |
| LESS THAN 1.25 INCHES AND NOT MORE THAN 2 INCHES. |
| GUARDS, AT LEAST 42-INCHES TALL, SHALL BE PROVIDED AT |
| THE OPEN SIDES OF MEANS OF EGRESS (STAIRS, MEZZANINE, |
| ETC.) THAT EXCEED 30-INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR. OPEN |
| GUARDS SHALL PROHIBIT THE PASSAGE OF A 4-INCH DIAMETER |
| SPHERE UP TO A HEIGHT OF 34-INCHES. THE TRIANGULAR |
| OPENINGS FORMED BY THE RISER, TREAD AND BOTTOM ELEMENT |
| OF THE GUARDRAIL SHALL PROHIBIT THE PASSAGE OF A 6-INCH |
| DIAMETER SPHERE. |
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| WESLEY JOLIN |
| FIRE INVESTIGATOR & INSPECTOR |
| OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL |
| WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE |
| [email protected] |
| (561) 805-6730 |
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