Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 12110619
Permit Number 12110619
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2012-12-04 08:20:54315 SOUTH FLAGLER DRIVE
 PERMIT #12010646
 TRACKING #12110619
 REVIEW COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT
  
 RECEPTION AREA - GROUND FLOOR: BOTH THE FBC AND NFPA
 101 REQUIRE THE FLOOR-TO-FLOOR "CONVENIENCE OPENING" TO
 BE SEPARATED FROM THE CORRIDORS. THE CURRENT DESIGN
 CREATES A FLOOR/CEILING OPENING FROM THE GROUND FLOOR
 TO THE FIRST FLOOR THAT IS COMPLETELY OPEN
 (NON-SEPARATED) FROM THE CORRIDORS.
  
 FBC
 708.2 SHAFT ENCLOSURE REQUIRED.
 OPENINGS THROUGH A FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLY SHALL BE
 PROTECTED BY A SHAFT ENCLOSURE COMPLYING WITH THIS
 SECTION.
 7.0 IN OTHER THAN GROUPS I-2 AND I-3, A SHAFT ENCLOSURE
 IS NOT REQUIRED FOR A FLOOR OPENING OR AN AIR TRANSFER
 OPENING THAT COMPLIES WITH THE FOLLOWING:
 7.1. DOES NOT CONNECT MORE THAN TWO STORIES.
 7.2. IS NOT PART OF THE REQUIRED MEANS OF EGRESS
 SYSTEM.
 7.3. IS NOT CONCEALED WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WALL
 OR A FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLY.
 7.4 IS NOT OPEN TO A CORRIDOR IN GROUP I AND R
 OCCUPANCIES.
 7.5. IS NOT OPEN TO A CORRIDOR ON NONSPRINKLERED FLOORS
 IN ANY OCCUPANCY.
 7.6 IS SEPARATED FROM FLOOR OPENINGS AND AIR TRANSFER
 OPENINGS SERVING OTHER FLOORS BY CONSTRUCTION
 CONFORMING TO REQUIRED SHAFT ENCLOSURES.
 7.7. IS LIMITED TO THE SAME SMOKE COMPARTMENT.
  
 LIFE SAFETY CODE
 8.6.8 CONVENIENCE OPENINGS.
 8.6.8.1 A VERTICAL OPENING SERVING AS OTHER THAN AN
 EXIT ENCLOSURE, CONNECTING ONLY TWO ADJACENT STORIES
 AND PIERCING ONLY ONE FLOOR, SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE
 OPEN TO ONE OF THE TWO STORIES.
 8.6.8.2 WHERE PERMITTED BY CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43,
 UNENCLOSED VERTICAL OPENINGS NOT CONCEALED WITHIN THE
 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE PERMITTED AS FOLLOWS:
 (1) SUCH OPENINGS SHALL CONNECT NOT MORE THAN TWO
 ADJACENT STORIES (ONE FLOOR PIERCED ONLY).
 (2) SUCH OPENINGS SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM UNPROTECTED
 VERTICAL OPENINGS SERVING OTHER FLOORS BY A BARRIER
 COMPLYING WITH 8.6.5.
 (3) SUCH OPENINGS SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM CORRIDORS.
 (4) IN NEW CONSTRUCTION, THE CONVENIENCE OPENING SHALL
 BE SEPARATED FROM THE CORRIDOR REFERENCED IN 8.6.8.2(3)
 BY A SMOKE PARTITION, UNLESS CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43
 REQUIRE THE CORRIDOR TO HAVE A FIRE RESISTANCE RATING.
 (5) SUCH OPENINGS SHALL NOT SERVE AS A REQUIRED MEANS
 OF EGRESS.
  
 WESLEY JOLIN
 OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL
 WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE
 [email protected]
 (561) 805-6730


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