Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 15100130
Permit Number 15100130
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2015-10-28 10:16:49PERMIT # 15100130
 REVIEW COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT
  
 PLAN REVIEW OF THIS EVENT APPROVED.
  
 CANDLES ARE SAFE PRODUCTS, BUT UNLESS THEY ARE USED
 SAFELY AND WATCHED CAREFULLY, THEY CAN LEAD TO AN
 ACCIDENTAL FIRE. MOST FIRES INVOLVING CANDLES ARE DUE
 TO INATTENTION TO BASIC FIRE SAFETY OR THE MISUSE. THE
 WEST PALM BEACH BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION REMINDS THE
 COMMUNITY THAT A CANDLE IS AN OPEN FLAME THAT CAN
 EASILY IGNITE ANYTHING THAT CAN BURN, AND AS SUCH
 STRONGLY ENCOURAGES AND RECOMMENDS THE USE OF
 ELECTRONIC CANDLES IN ALL INSTANCES.
  
 NFPA 1, LIFE SAFETY CODE, 10.1.6, STATES THAT THE AHJ
 SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PROHIBIT ANY OR ALL OPEN
 FLAMES OR OTHER SOURCE OF IGNITION WHERE CIRCUMSTANCES
 MAKE SUCH CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS.
  
 THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS FOR OPEN FLAME CANDLE USE ARE
 BEING MADE BY THE BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION.
 1. CANDLE HOLDERS SHALL BE WIDER THAN THE CANDLE, AND
 CAPABLE OF COLLECTING ANY AND ALL DRIPPINGS.
 2. TO PREVENT OVERTURNING, THE ASSEMBLY BASE OR CANDLE
 HOLDER MUST BE A STABLE DESIGN THAT WILL RETURN TO THE
 UPRIGHT POSITION IF TILTED TO AN ANGLE OF 45 DEGREES.
 (BOTTOM WEIGHTED AS OPPOSED TO TOP HEAVY)
 3. THE FLAME TIP SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 1 INCH BELOW THE
 RIM OF THE ENCLOSURE. WICKS SHALL BE TRIMMED TO ? INCH
 OR LESS BEFORE USE.
 4. ARTIFICIAL DECORATIVE FLOWERS AND ARTIFICIAL
 DECORATIVE VEGETATION MAY BE PART OF A CANDLE ASSEMBLY
 BUT SHALL BE FLAME RESISTANT OR FLAME RETARDANT. SUCH
 MATERIALS SHALL NOT BE DIRECTLY ATTACHED TO THE CANDLE
 NOR ARRANGED SO THE MATERIAL CAN COME IN CONTACT WITH
 THE FLAME.
 5. CANDLE ASSEMBLIES SHALL BE KEPT A MINIMUM OF 12
 INCHES FROM OTHER COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS NEARBY TO
 PREVENT ACCIDENTAL CONTACT.
 6. CANDLE ASSEMBLIES SHOULD BE PLACED ONLY WHERE
 APPROVED FOR USE. AFTER USE, CANDLES SHALL BE
 EXTINGUISHED AND ALLOWED TO COOL AND SHALL BE PROPERLY
 STORED OR DISCARDED.
 7. CANDLES SHALL BE A MINIMUM DISTANCE FROM ANOTHER
 CANDLE SO THAT THEY DO NOT TOUCH IN THE EVENT THAT THEY
 ARE PUSHED / KNOCKED OVER.
 8. NO GEL, OR HOME-MADE CANDLES / NO FLOOR STANDING
 CANDELABRAS OR ASSEMBLIES.
 9. NO PLACEMENT OF CANDLE OR CANDLE ASSEMBLIES IN ANY
 AISLE, EXIT ACCESS, OR EXIT.
 10. NO DRIED FLOWER OR SIMILAR DRIED VEGETATION SHALL
 BE INCORPORATED IN OR NEAR ANY CANDLE ASSEMBLY.
 11. NO PAPER, PLASTIC OR SIMILARLY COMBUSTIBLE TABLE
 COVERINGS ARE ALLOWED.
 12. CANDLES SHOULD BE PLACED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT
 ACCIDENTAL CONTACT WITH THEM IS PREVENTED. (IE. AWAY
 FROM TABLE EDGES, NOT ALONG HEAVY TRAFFIC WALKWAYS,
 EASILY REACHED BY CHILDREN, ETC...)
  
  
 SUE ELLEN CALDERON
 ASST. FIRE MARSHAL
 OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL
 WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE
 [email protected]
 (561) 804-4751
  


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