Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 16061589
Permit Number 16061589
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2016-07-08 10:58:151517 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]
  
  


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