Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 16120237
Permit Number 16120237
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2016-12-13 15:31:49THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY PETER LEDUC,
 FIRE MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
 PLEASE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING AS A COMMENT FOR
 CONSIDERATION ONLY:
  
  
 1) PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 7,
  
 7.1.8* GUARDS. GUARDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 7.2.2.4 SHALL
 BE PROVIDED AT THE OPEN SIDES OF MEANS OF EGRESS THAT
 EXCEED 30 IN. (760 MM) ABOVE THE FLOOR OR THE FINISHED
 GROUND LEVEL BELOW.
  
 7.2.2.4.5.3*
  
 7.2.2.4.5.3* OPEN GUARDS, OTHER THAN APPROVED EXISTING
 OPEN GUARDS, SHALL HAVE INTERMEDIATE RAILS OR AN
 ORNAMENTAL PATTERN SUCH THAT A SPHERE 4 IN. (100 MM) IN
 DIAMETER IS NOT ABLE TO PASS THROUGH ANY OPENING UP TO
 A HEIGHT OF 34 IN. (865 MM), AND THE FOLLOWING ALSO
 SHALL APPLY:
 (1) THE TRIANGULAR OPENINGS FORMED BY THE RISER, TREAD,
 AND BOTTOM ELEMENT OF A GUARDRAIL AT THE OPEN SIDE OF A
 STAIR SHALL BE OF SUCH SIZE THAT A SPHERE 6 IN. (150
 MM) IN DIAMETER IS NOT ABLE TO PASS THROUGH THE
 TRIANGULAR OPENING.
  
 * A.7.2.2.4.5.3 VERTICAL INTERMEDIATE RAILS ARE
 PREFERRED TO REDUCE CLIMBABILITY.
  
  
 PLEASE CONSIDER REDUCING CLIMBABILITY BY INSTALLING
 VERTICAL RAILS.
  
  
 PETER LEDUC
 FIRE MARSHAL
 561-804-4709
 [email protected]
  


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