Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17010482
Permit Number 17010482
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2017-01-20 14:28:25THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
 1) SHEET A 1.11 - THERE ARE SEVERAL DOORS THAT ARE
 INDICATED AS OPENING IN THE EGRESS CORRIDORS : 046,
 045, 034, 033, 032, 027, & 028.
  
 PER NFPA 101 CAHPTER 38, NEW BUSINESS OCCUPANCIES.
  
 38.2 MEANS OF EGRESS REQUIREMENTS.
 38.2.1 GENERAL.
 38.2.1.1 ALL MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH CHAPTER 7 AND THIS CHAPTER.
  
 PER NFPA 101 CHAPTER 7 , MEANS OF EGRESS.
  
 7.2.4.3 DOOR LEAF ENCROACHMENT
  
 7.2.4.3.1 DURING ITS SWING, ANY DOOR LEAF IN A MEANS OF
 EGRESS SHALL LEAVE NOT LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF THE
 REQUIRED WIDTH OF AN AISLE, A CORRIDOR, A PASSAGEWAY,
 OR A LANDING UNOBSTRUCTED AND SHALL PROJECT NOT MORE
 THAN 7 IN. (180 MM) INTO THE REQUIREDWIDTH OF AN AISLE,
 A CORRIDOR, A PASSAGEWAY, OR A LANDING UNOBSTRUCTED AND
 SHALL PROJECT NOT MORE THAN 7 IN. (180 MM) INTO THE
 REQUIRED WIDTH OF AN AISLE, A CORRIDOR, A PASSAGEWAY,
 OR A LANDING, WHEN FULLY OPEN, UNLESS BOTH OF THE
 FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET:
 (1) THE DOOR OPENING PROVIDES ACCESS TO A STAIR IN AN
 EXISTING BUILDING.
 (2) THE DOOR OPENING MEETS THE REQUIREMENT THAT LIMITS
 PROJECTION TO NOT MORE THAN 7 IN. (180 MM) INTO THE
 REQUIRED WIDTH OF THE STAIR LANDING WHEN THE DOOR LEAF
 IS FULLY OPEN.
  
 7.2.1.4.3.2 SURFACE-MOUNTED LATCH RELEASE HARDWARE ON
 THE DOOR LEAF SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM BEING INCLUDED IN
 THE MAXIMUM 7 IN. (180 MM) PROJECTION REQUIREMENT OF
 7.2.1.4.3.1, PROVIDED THAT BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING
 CRITERIA ARE MET:
 (1) THE HARDWARE IS MOUNTED TO THE SIDE OF THE DOOR
 LEAF THAT FACES THE AISLE, CORRIDOR, PASSAGEWAY, OR
 LANDING WHEN THE DOOR LEAF IS IN THE OPEN POSITION.
 (2) THE HARDWARE IS MOUNTED NOT LESS THAN 34 IN. (865
 MM), AND NOT MORE THAN 48 IN. (1220 MM), ABOVE THE
 FLOOR.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE FOR THE REQUIREMENTS NOTED ABOVE.
  
  
  
 2) EMERGENCY LIGHTING APPEARS TO BE PROVIDED GENERALLY
 THROUGHOUT THE PROPOSED PROJECT; HOWEVER, SOME AREAS OF
 THE MEANS OF EGRESS APPEAR TO BE UNDERSERVED.
  
 38.2.9 EMERGENCY LIGHTING.
 38.2.9.1 EMERGENCY LIGHTING SHALL BE PROVIDED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.9 IN ANY BUILDING WHERE ANY
 ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS EXISTS:
 (1) THE BUILDING IS THREE OR MORE STORIES IN HEIGHT.
 (2) THE OCCUPANCY IS SUBJECT TO 50 OR MORE OCCUPANTS
 ABOVE OR BELOW THE LEVEL OF EXIT DISCHARGE.
 (3) THE OCCUPANCY IS SUBJECT TO 300 OR MORE TOTAL
 OCCUPANTS.
  
 7.9.2 PERFORMANCE OF SYSTEM.
 7.9.2.1* EMERGENCY ILLUMINATION SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR A
 MINIMUM OF 1? HOURS IN THE EVENT OF FAILURE OF NORMAL
 LIGHTING. EMERGENCY LIGHTING FACILITIES SHALL BE
 ARRANGED TO PROVIDE INITIAL ILLUMINATION THAT IS NOT
 LESS THAN AN AVERAGE OF 1 FT-CANDLE (10.8 LUX) AND, AT
 ANY POINT, NOT LESS THAN 0.1 FT-CANDLE (1.1 LUX),
 MEASURED ALONG THE PATH OF EGRESS AT FLOOR LEVEL.
 ILLUMINATION LEVELS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO DECLINE TO
 NOT LESS THAN AN AVERAGE OF 0.6 FT-CANDLE (6.5 LUX)
 AND, AT ANY POINT, NOT LESS THAN 0.06 FT-CANDLE (0.65
 LUX) AT THE END OF 1? HOURS. A MAXIMUM-TO-MINIMUM
 ILLUMINATION UNIFORMITY RATIO OF 40 TO 1 SHALL NOT BE
 EXCEEDED.
  
 7.9.2.3* THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEM SHALL BE
 ARRANGED TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED ILLUMINATION
 AUTOMATICALLY IN THE EVENT OF ANY INTERRUPTION OF
 NORMAL LIGHTING DUE TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) FAILURE OF A PUBLIC UTILITY OR OTHER OUTSIDE
 ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY
 (2) OPENING OF A CIRCUIT BREAKER OR FUSE
 (3) MANUAL ACT(S), INCLUDING ACCIDENTAL OPENING OF A
 SWITCH CONTROLLING NORMAL LIGHTING FACILITIES
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE AND/OR ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 REQUIRMENTS.
  
  
  
 3) SHEET 0.02 - THERE IS NO INDICATIONS OF FIRE ALARM
 SYSTEM WORK.
  
 ANY AND ALL WORK ON THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM SHALL BE DONE
 UNDER SEPARATE SHOP DRAWINGS AND BY CERTIFIED LIFE
 SAFETY CONTRACTORS.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE AN APPLICABLE NOTE.
  
  
  
 4) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 5) 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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