| Date |
Text |
| 2012-12-04 08:20:54 | 315 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 |
