Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 16100588
Permit Number 16100588
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2016-10-25 16:32:40THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
  
  
  
 1) SHEET A201 - A WAREHOUSE AREA IS INDICATED.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 42 STORAGE OCCUPANCIES:
  
 42.1.5 CLASSIFICATION OF HAZARD OF CONTENTS. CONTENTS
 OF STORAGE OCCUPANCIES SHALL BE CLASSIFIED AS LOW
 HAZARD, ORDINARY HAZARD, OR HIGH HAZARD IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION 6.2, DEPENDING ON THE CHARACTER OF THE
 MATERIALS STORED, THEIR PACKAGING, AND OTHER FACTORS.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE APPLICBALE DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED
 STORAGE HAZARD CONTENTS AND CLASSIFICATION.
  
  
  
 2) SHEET A201 - A FIRE WALL IS INDICATED AS EXISTING;
 HOWEVER, THE RATING OF THE WALL IS NOT INDICATED.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 8, FEATURES OF FIRE PROTECTION:
  
 8.3 FIRE BARRIERS.
 8.3.1 GENERAL.
 8.3.1.1 FIRE BARRIERS USED TO PROVIDE ENCLOSURE,
 SUBDIVISION, OR PROTECTION UNDER THIS CODE SHALL BE
 CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FIRE
 RESISTANCE RATINGS:
 (1) 3-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING
 (2) 2-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING
 (3) 1-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING
 (4)* ?-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING
 8.3.1.2* FIRE BARRIERS SHALL COMPLY WITH ONE OF THE
 FOLLOWING:
 (1) THE FIRE BARRIERS ARE CONTINUOUS FROM OUTSIDE WALL
 TO OUTSIDE WALL OR FROM ONE FIRE BARRIER TO ANOTHER, OR
 A COMBINATION THEREOF, INCLUDING CONTINUITY THROUGH
 ALLCONCEALED SPACES, SUCH AS THOSE FOUND ABOVE A
 CEILING, INCLUDING INTERSTITIAL SPACES.
 (2) THE FIRE BARRIERS ARE CONTINUOUS FROM OUTSIDE WALL
 TO OUTSIDE WALL OR FROM ONE FIRE BARRIER TO ANOTHER,
 AND FROM THE FLOOR TO THE BOTTOM OF THE INTERSTITIAL
 SPACE, PROVIDED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION ASSEMBLY FORMING
 THE BOTTOM OF THE INTERSTITIAL SPACE HAS A FIRE
 RESISTANCE RATING NOT LESS THAN THAT OF THE FIRE
 BARRIER.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE RATING OF THE FIRE WALL AND
 APPLICABLE DETAIL.
  
  
 3) SHEET A500 - DOORS ER1, EX12, E6 ARE INDICATED ON
 THE DOOR SCHEDULE WITH NOT RATING LABEL, BUT ARE
 LOCATED WITHIN A FIRE RATED WALL.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 8 FEATURES OF FIRE PROTECTION:
  
 8.3.3 FIRE DOORS AND WINDOWS.
 8.3.3.1 OPENINGS REQUIRED TO HAVE A FIRE PROTECTION
 RATING BY TABLE 8.3.4.2 SHALL BE PROTECTED BY APPROVED,
 LISTED, LABELED FIRE DOOR ASSEMBLIES AND FIRE WINDOW
 ASSEMBLIES AND THEIR ACCOMPANYING HARDWARE, INCLUDING
 ALL FRAMES, CLOSING DEVICES, ANCHORAGE, AND SILLS IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF NFPA 80, STANDARD
 FOR FIRE DOORS AND OTHER OPENING PROTECTIVES, EXCEPT AS
 OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN THIS CODE.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE AND ENSURE THE APPLICABLE FIRE RATING.
  
  
 4) SHEET A201 - THE TRAINING ROOM WALL IS SHOWN AS A
 NON-RATED WALL, BUT IS REQUIRED TO BE RATED PER THE
 OCCUPANY SEPARATION REQUIRERMENTS.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 6, OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION:
  
 6.1.14.4 SEPARATED OCCUPANCIES.
 6.1.14.4.1 WHERE SEPARATED OCCUPANCIES ARE PROVIDED,
 EACH PART OF THE BUILDING COMPRISING A DISTINCT
 OCCUPANCY, AS DESCRIBED IN THIS CHAPTER, SHALL BE
 COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM OTHER OCCUPANCIES BY
 FIRE-RESISTIVE ASSEMBLIES, AS SPECIFIED IN 6.1.14.4.2,
 6.1.14.4.3, TABLE 6.1.14.4.1(A), AND TABLE
 6.1.14.4.1(B), UNLESS SEPARATION IS PROVIDED BY
 APPROVED EXISTING SEPARATIONS.
 6.1.14.4.2 OCCUPANCY SEPARATIONS SHALL BE CLASSIFIED AS
 3-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE?RATED, 2-HOUR FIRE
 RESISTANCE?RATED, OR 1-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE?RATED AND
 SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 8.
 6.1.14.4.3 THE MINIMUM FIRE RESISTANCE RATING SPECIFIED
 IN TABLE
 6.1.14.4.1(A) AND TABLE 6.1.14.4.1(B) SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO BE REDUCED BY 1 HOUR, BUT IN NO CASE SHALL
 IT BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1 HOUR, WHERE THE BUILDING
 IS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN APPROVED AUTOMATIC
 SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.7.1.1(1) AND
 SUPERVISED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.7.2, UNLESS PROHIBITED
 BY THE DOUBLE-DAGGER FOOTNOTE ENTRIES IN THE TABLES.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE FOR THE APPLICABLE FIRE RATED WALL
 SEPARATION.
  
  
  
 5) PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET REVISION CLOUDS OR
 NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE ABOVE.
  
  
 6) ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY BE PROVIDED ON THE
 RE-SUBMITTAL OF THE ABOVE.
  
  
 PETER LEDUC
 FIRE MARSHAL
 561-804-4709
 [email protected]
  
  
  


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