Date |
Text |
2013-10-05 18:14:42 | 300 COURTNEY LAKES CIRLCE |
| (PREVIOUSLY: O LAMBERTON DRIVE) |
| PERMIT #13051012 |
| REVIEW COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| WESLEY JOLIN |
| FIRE INVESTIGATOR & INSPECTOR |
| OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL |
| WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE |
| [email protected] |
| (561) 805-6730 |