Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 13051012
Permit Number 13051012
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2013-10-05 18:14:42300 COURTNEY LAKES CIRLCE
 (PREVIOUSLY: O LAMBERTON DRIVE)
 PERMIT #13051012
 REVIEW COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT
  
 NEW COMMENT: THE PLANS INDICATE AN ADDRESS OF 344
 COURTNEY LAKES CIRCLE; HOWEVER, NONE OF THE SITE
 DRAWINGS SHOW A ROAD NAMED COURTNEY LAKES CIRCLE.
  
 FD RESPONSE: CITY PROJECT #E13040012 IS A COMPLETELY
 SEPARATE DEPARTMENT (ENGINEERING). BECAUSE THIS IS
 PRIVATE PROPERTY, THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DRAWINGS WILL
 ALSO NEED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IF
 A PERMIT IS TO BE ISSUED. THE MAIN ENTRANCE ROAD INTO
 THE COMPLEX IS A FIRE LANE AND NEEDS TO MARKED.
 ADDITIONALLY AREAS NEAR FIRE HYDRANTS AND FIRE
 DEPARTMENT CONNECTIONS NEED TO BE MARKED AS WELL.
 ORIGINAL COMMENT: NO FIRE FLOW CALCULATIONS OR CIVIL
 ENGINEERING PLANS SUBMITTED SHOWING FIRE WATER, FIRE
 HYDRANTS, FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS ROADS (FIRE LANES),
 ETC. PER SECTION 18.3.4.1 (NFPA 1), FIRE HYDRANTS AND
 FIRE DEPARTMENT CONNECTIONS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH
 CLEARANCES OF 7'-6" TO THE FRONT AND SIDES AND 4' TO
 THE BACKSIDE. PER SECTION 18.2.3.4.1.1 (NFPA 1), FIRE
 DEPARTMENT ACCESS ROADS SHALL HAVE A SURFACE DESIGNED
 TO ACCOMMODATE FIRE APPARATUS WEIGHING AT LEAST 32
 TONS. ACCESS ROADS SHALL HAVE AN UNOBSTRUCTED WIDTH OF
 NOT LESS THAN 20 FEET AND AN UNOBSTRUCTED VERTICAL
 CLEARANCE OF NOT LESS THAN 13 FEET 6 INCHES. PER
 SECTION 18.2.3.5.3 (NFPA 1), FIRE LANES SHALL BE MARKED
 WITH FREESTANDING SIGNS READING, "FIRE LANE - NO
 PARKING BY ORDER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT." SIGNS SHALL
 BE 12" X 18" WITH A WHITE BACKGROUND AND RED LETTERS
 AND SHALL BE A MAXIMUM OF SEVEN FEET IN HEIGHT TO THE
 BOTTOM OF THE SIGN. SIGNS SHALL BE WITHIN SIGHT OF THE
 TRAFFIC FLOW AND BE SPACED A MAXIMUM OF 60 FEET APART.
  
 FD RESPONSE: EMERGENCY VEHICLES MAY USE THE ENTIRE
 DEAD-END LENGTH FOR STAGING OR FIRE AND RESCUE
 OPERATIONS; THEREFORE PROVISIONS TO TURN AROUND ARE
 REQUIRED.
 ORIGINAL COMMENT: SHEET A0.10 - BUILDING #4: DEAD-END
 FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS ROADS IN EXCESS OF 150 FEET IN
 LENGTH SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH APPROVED PROVISIONS FOR
 THE FIRE APPARATUS TO TURN AROUND.
  
 FD RESPONSE: PER NFPA 1 SECTION 18.3.3, FIRE HYDRANTS
 SHALL BE PROVIDED AT LOCATIONS APPROVED BY THE AHJ.
 ORIGINAL COMMENT: NO FIRE HYDRANTS PROVIDED ON SOUTH
 SIDE OF BUILDINGS #10 AND #11.
  
 WESLEY JOLIN
 FIRE INVESTIGATOR & INSPECTOR
 OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL
 WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE
 [email protected]
 (561) 805-6730


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