Date |
Text |
2016-07-08 10:58:15 | 1517 CAMERON SAMUEL LANE - CLUBHOUSE |
| TRACKING #16061589 |
| MASTER #14071105 |
| REVIEW COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| |
| SHEETS ID-03 AND ID-11 INDICATE, "DESIGN DEVELOPMENT |
| ONLY - NOT INTENDED FOR CONSTRUCTION." WHY ARE |
| CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTSNOT BEING SUBMITTED? |
| |
| SHEET ID-03: GENERAL NOTE #4 STATES, "USE FIRE RATED, |
| FIRE PROOFED, FIRE RETARDANT MATERIALS, ASSEMBLIES AND |
| FINISHES WHICH MEET APPLICABLE CODES." WHAT MATERIALS |
| ARE BEING UTILIZED? WHAT IS THE FLAME SPREAD AND SMOKE |
| DEVELOPMENT RATINGS? WHERE ARE THESE MATERIALS BEING |
| APPLIED (WALLS, CEILINGS, BOTH)? WHAT TESTS AND |
| STANDARDS ARE BEING USED TO JUSTIFY THE USE OF THE |
| POTENTIAL WALL AND CEILING COVERINGS? |
| |
| THE FOAM SOUND BOARD WITH FABRIC TEXTILE FABRIC NEEDS |
| TO BE TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 286 - STANDARD |
| METHODS OF FIRETESTS FOR EVALUATING CONTRIBUTION OF |
| WALL AND CEILING INTERIOR FINISH TO ROOM FIRE GROWTH OR |
| NFPA 265, STANDARD METHODS OF FIRE TESTS FOR EVALUATING |
| ROOM FIRE GROWTH CONTRIBUTION OF TEXTILE OR EXPANDED |
| VINYL WALL COVERINGS ON FULL HEIGHT PANELS AND WALLS. |
| PER NFPA 101 SECTION 10.2.4.3.1 CELLULAR OR FOAMED |
| PLASTIC MATERIALS SHALL BE PERMITTED WHERE SUBJECTED TO |
| LARGE-SCALE FIRE TESTS THAT SUBSTANTIATE THEIR |
| COMBUSTIBILITY AND SMOKE RELEASE CHARACTERISTICS FOR |
| THE USE INTENDED UNDER ACTUAL FIRE CONDITIONS. THE |
| TESTS SHALL BE PERFORMED ON A FINISHED FOAMED PLASTIC |
| ASSEMBLY RELATED TO THE ACTUAL END-USE CONFIGURATION, |
| INCLUDING ANY COVER OR FACING, AND AT THE MAXIMUM |
| THICKNESS INTENDED FOR USE. |
| |
| THE PROHIBITION OF 10.2.4.3 ON THE USE OF FOAMED |
| PLASTICS WITHIN BUILDINGS IS BASED ON ACTUAL FIRE |
| EXPERIENCE IN WHICH FOAMED PLASTICS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO |
| VERY RAPID FIRE DEVELOPMENT.24 IT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES |
| THAT TUNNEL TESTING PER ASTM E 84, STANDARD TEST METHOD |
| FOR SURFACE BURNING CHARACTERISTICS OF BUILDING |
| MATERIALS, OR ANSI/UL 723, STANDARD FOR TEST FOR |
| SURFACE BURNING |
| CHARACTERISTICS OF BUILDING MATERIALS (SEE 10.2.3.4), |
| MIGHT NOT ACCURATELY ASSESS THE POTENTIAL HAZARD OF |
| PLASTICS IN GENERAL. THEREFORE, IF CELLULAR OR FOAMED |
| PLASTICS ARE TO BE USED WITHIN A BUILDING, THEIR USE |
| NEEDS TO BE SUBSTANTIATED ON THE BASIS OF LARGE-SCALE |
| FIRE TESTS THAT SIMULATE CONDITIONS OF ACTUAL USE. |
| |
| WESLEY JOLIN |
| ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL |
| WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE |
| [email protected] |
| |
| |