2019-08-13 15:28:00 | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE |
| MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| 1) THERE APPEARS TO BE A CONFERENCE ROOM WITH AN ENTIRE |
| GLASS WALL WITH SLIDING GLASS DOORS ON EACH END. |
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| PER NFPA 101, CH 12 AND CH 7 HOW WILL THE GLASS BE |
| PROTECTED FROM BEING CONFUSED WITH A DOOR? |
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| 12.2.2.2 DOORS. |
| 12.2.2.2.1 DOORS COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1 SHALL BE |
| PERMITTED. |
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| 7.2.1 DOOR OPENINGS. |
| 7.2.1.1 GENERAL. |
| 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. |
| 7.2.1.1.2 EVERY DOOR OPENING AND EVERY PRINCIPAL |
| ENTRANCE THAT IS |
| REQUIRED TO SERVE AS AN EXIT SHALL BE DESIGNED AND |
| CONSTRUCTED SO |
| THAT THE PATH OF EGRESS TRAVEL IS OBVIOUS AND DIRECT. |
| WINDOWS THAT, |
| BECAUSE OF THEIR PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION OR DESIGN AND |
| THE MATERIALS |
| USED IN THEIR CONSTRUCTION, HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE |
| MISTAKEN FOR |
| DOOR OPENINGS SHALL BE MADE INACCESSIBLE TO THE |
| OCCUPANTS BY |
| BARRIERS OR RAILINGS. |
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| 2) TWO SLIDING GLASS DOORS ARE INDICAED AT THE |
| CONFERENCE ROOM. |
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| THE DOOR SCHEDULE INDICATES HARDWARE AS TBD |
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| PER NFPA 101 CH 7, MEANS OF EGRESS |
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| 7.2.1.4 SWING AND FORCE TO OPEN. |
| 7.2.1.4.1* SWINGING-TYPE DOOR ASSEMBLY REQUIREMENT. ANY |
| DOOR ASSEMBLY IN A 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: |
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| (4) HORIZONTAL-SLIDING DOOR ASSEMBLIES SHALL BE |
| PERMITTED UNDER |
| ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: |
| (A) HORIZONTAL-SLIDING DOOR ASSEMBLIES IN DETENTION AND |
| CORRECTIONAL 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 OCCUPANT 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 MINIMUM REQUIRED WIDTH. |
| IV. THE DOOR ASSEMBLY COMPLIES WITH ANY REQUIRED FIRE |
| PROTECTION 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, STANDARD FOR FIRE |
| DOORS AND OTHER OPENING PROTECTIVES. |
| V. CORRIDOR DOOR ASSEMBLIES REQUIRED TO BE SELFLATCHING |
| HAVE A LATCH OR OTHER MECHANISM THAT |
| ENSURES THAT THE DOOR LEAF WILL NOT REBOUND INTO A |
| PARTIALLY OPEN POSITION IF FORCEFULLY CLOSED. |
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| PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS AND/OR A NOTE OF COMPLIANCE WITH |
| FUTURE SPECIFICATIONS TO BE SUBMITTED IN COMPLIANCE. |
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| 3) THE DOOR SCHEDULE INDICATES HARDWARE AS TBD |
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| PER NFPA 101 CH 7, MEANS OF EGRESS |
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| 7.2.1.5 LOCKS, LATCHES, AND ALARM DEVICES. |
| 7.2.1.5.1 DOOR LEAVES SHALL BE ARRANGED TO BE OPENED |
| READILY FROM |
| THE EGRESS SIDE WHENEVER THE BUILDING IS OCCUPIED. |
| 7.2.1.5.2* THE REQUIREMENT OF 7.2.1.5.1 SHALL NOT APPLY |
| TO DOOR |
| LEAVES OF LISTED FIRE DOOR ASSEMBLIES AFTER EXPOSURE TO |
| ELEVATED |
| TEMPERATURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LISTING, BASED ON |
| LABORATORY |
| FIRE TEST PROCEDURES. |
| 7.2.1.5.3 LOCKS, IF PROVIDED, SHALL NOT REQUIRE THE USE |
| OF A KEY, A |
| TOOL, OR SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OR EFFORT FOR OPERATION FROM |
| THE EGRESS |
| SIDE. |
| 7.2.1.5.4 THE REQUIREMENTS OF 7.2.1.5.1 AND 7.2.1.5.3 |
| SHALL NOT |
| APPLY WHERE OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN CHAPTERS 18 THROUGH |
| 23. |
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| PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS AND/OR A NOTE OF COMPLIANCE WITH |
| FUTURE SPECIFICATIONS TO BE SUBMITTED IN COMPLIANCE. |
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| 4) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET |
| REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE |
| ABOVE. |
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| 5) ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY BE PROVIDED ON THE |
| RE-SUBMITTAL OF THE ABOVE. |
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| PETER LEDUC |
| FIRE MARSHAL |
| 561-804-4709 |
| [email protected] |
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