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Text |
2014-09-09 17:41:15 | 900 FLORIDA AVENUE - TRAILERS |
| PERMIT #14080108 |
| MASTER #14060484 |
| REVIEW COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT |
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| REPEAT COMMENT: PROVIDE WATER SUPPLY/HYDRANT FLOW TEST |
| INFORMATION ON THE PLANS. |
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| REPEAT COMMENT: NO PRODUCT DATA SUBMITTED FOR PIPE, |
| HANGERS, BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES, FLOW SWITCHES, |
| ETC. |
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| COVER SHEET AND FIRST SHEET ARE BOTH TITLED FP-1. COVER |
| SHEET LABELED FP-1 IS NOT SIGNED OR SEALED BY THE |
| ENGINEER OF RECORD. |
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| COVER SHEET INDICATES THE AHJ IS THE TOWN OF HIGHLAND |
| BEACH. |
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| INDICATE UNDERGROUND PIPE MATERIAL. INDICATE THE |
| UNDERGROUND RESTRAINING METHOD. |
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| COVER SHEET LAYOUT NEEDS TO BE COORDINATED WITH OTHER |
| SHEETS. FOR EXAMPLE: |
| 1) COVER SHEET INDICATES A FREE STANDING FIRE |
| DEPARTMENT CONNECTION, WHILE SHEETS FP-1 AND FP-2 SHOW |
| FIRE DEPARTMENT CONNECTIONS ATTACHED TO THE SPRINKLER |
| RISER. WHERE IS THE PERIMETER SECURITY FENCE LOCATED? |
| 2) COVER SHEET INDICATES THE WATER SUPPLY IS LOCATED TO |
| THE NORTHWEST OF THE DOUBLE-WIDE TRAILER, WHILE SHEET |
| FP-1 INDICATES THE WATER SUPPLY IS LOCATED TO THE |
| SOUTHWEST OF THE DOUBLE-WIDE TRAILER. |
| 3) COVER SHEET INDICATES FIRE LINE BEGINS DOWNSTREAM OF |
| DOMESTIC WATER, WHILE THE OTHER SHEETS INDICATE THE |
| FIRE LINE BEGINS UPSTREAM OF THE DOMESTIC BACKFLOW |
| PREVENTER. |
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| SUPPLYING A FIRE MAIN DIRECTLY FROM A FIRE HYDRANT WILL |
| NOT BE ACCEPTED AS THIS CONFIGURATION IS NOT SECURED |
| FROM DISASSEMBLY AND COULD AFFECT FIRE RESCUE |
| SUPPRESSION TACTICS. PROVIDE AN UNDERGROUND TAP TO THE |
| CITY WATER MAIN OR PROVIDE A LISTED WATER TANK. CITY |
| WATER MAIN INFORMATION (LOOP/DEAD-END, SIZE, ETC.) NOT |
| PROVIDED ON THE PLANS. ADDITIONALLY, THIS PROPOSED |
| INSTALLATION DOES NOT ALLOW THE PIPING TO BE |
| HYDROSTATICALLY PRESSURE TESTED BETWEEN THE BACKFLOW |
| PREVENTER AND HYDRANT CONNECTION PER NFPA 13 AND NFPA |
| 24. |
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| PER NFPA 24 SECTION 8.7 DOMESTIC SERVICE USE |
| PROHIBITED. THE USE OF HYDRANTS FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN |
| FIRE-RELATED SERVICES SHALL BE PROHIBITED. |
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| IF A SINGLE FIRE/DOMESTIC WATER MAIN TAP IS UTILIZED, |
| THE DOMESTIC WATER DEMAND WILL NEED TO BE ADDED TO THE |
| HYDRAULIC CALCULATIONS FOR PIPING SMALLER THAN |
| 4-INCHES. |
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| WESLEY JOLIN |
| ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL |
| FIRE INVESTIGATOR & INSPECTOR |
| OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL |
| WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE |
| [email protected] |
| (561) 805-6730 |