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| 2017-03-22 11:04:47 | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE |
| | MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| | 1) |
| | SHEET LS 1 - PATHS OF TRAVEL ARE INDICATED; HOWEVER, IS |
| | THERE A PROPOSED FLOOR LAYOUT WITH ISLES AND/OR |
| | SHELVING OR IS THIS JUST A WHITE BOX? |
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| | PLEASE PROVIDE APPLICBALE NOTE OF SHOW CHANGES. |
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| | 2) |
| | SHEET LS 1 - UNDER GENERAL NOTES IT IS UNCLEAR OF THE |
| | TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION AND THE OCCUPANCY. |
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| | PLEASE CLARIFY AND/OR CORRECT. |
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| | 3) |
| | SHEET LS 1 - THERE IS NO OCCUPANCY LOAD INDICATED ON |
| | THIS SHEET. IT IS INDICATED ON A 1 BUT, IT APPEARS TO |
| | BE INCORRECT. IT SHOULD READ 113 AND BE INDICATED ON |
| | THE LS SHEET. |
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| | PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 7, MEANS OF EGRESS |
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| | 7.3.1.2* OCCUPANT LOAD FACTOR. THE OCCUPANT LOAD IN ANY |
| | BUILDING OR PORTION THEREOF SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN THE |
| | NUMBER OF PERSONS DETERMINED BY DIVIDING THE FLOOR AREA |
| | ASSIGNED TO THAT USE BY THE OCCUPANT LOAD FACTOR FOR |
| | THAT USE AS SPECIFIED IN TABLE 7.3.1.2, FIGURE |
| | 7.3.1.2(A), AND FIGURE 7.3.1.2(B). WHERE BOTH GROSS AND |
| | NET AREA FIGURES ARE GIVEN FOR THE SAME OCCUPANCY, |
| | CALCULATIONS SHALL BE MADE BY APPLYING THE GROSS AREA |
| | FIGURE TO THE GROSS AREA OF THE PORTION OF THE BUILDING |
| | DEVOTED TO THE USE FOR WHICH THE GROSS AREA FIGURE IS |
| | SPECIFIED AND BY APPLYING THE NET AREA FIGURE TO THE |
| | NET AREA OF THE PORTION OF THE BUILDING DEVOTED TO THE |
| | USE FOR WHICH THE NET AREA FIGURE IS SPECIFIED. |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW GROSS FLOOR AREA, CORRECT THE COUNT AND |
| | ADD TO LS 1. |
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| | 4) |
| | SHEET A 3 - A DOOR SCHEDULE IS INDICATED; HOWEVER, THE |
| | EXISTING DOORS, DOOR HARDWARE AND LOCKS ARE NOT |
| | INCLUDED. |
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| | 7.2.1.5 LOCKS, LATCHES, AND ALARM DEVICES. |
| | 7.2.1.5.1 DOOR LEAVES SHALL BE ARRANGED TO BE OPENED |
| | READILY FROM THE EGRESS SIDE WHENEVER THE BUILDING IS |
| | OCCUPIED. |
| | 7.2.1.5.2* THE REQUIREMENT OF 7.2.1.5.1 SHALL NOT APPLY |
| | TO DOOR LEAVES OF LISTED FIRE DOOR ASSEMBLIES AFTER |
| | EXPOSURE TO ELEVATED TEMPERATURE INACCORDANCE WITH THE |
| | LISTING, BASED ON LABORATORY FIRE TEST PROCEDURES. |
| | 7.2.1.5.3 LOCKS, IF PROVIDED, SHALL NOT REQUIRE THE USE |
| | OF A KEY, A TOOL, OR SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OR EFFORT FOR |
| | OPERATION FROM THE EGRESS SIDE. |
| | 7.2.1.5.4 THE REQUIREMENTS OF 7.2.1.5.1 AND 7.2.1.5.3 |
| | SHALL NOT APPLY WHERE OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN CHAPTERS 18 |
| | THROUGH 23. |
| | 7.2.1.5.5 KEY-OPERATED LOCKS. |
| | 7.2.1.5.5.1 EXTERIOR DOOR ASSEMBLIES SHALL BE PERMITTED |
| | TO HAVE KEYOPERATED LOCKS FROM THE EGRESS SIDE, |
| | PROVIDED THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE MET: |
| | (1) THIS ALTERNATIVE IS PERMITTED IN CHAPTERS 11 |
| | THROUGH 43 FOR THE SPECIFIC OCCUPANCY. |
| | (2) A READILY VISIBLE, DURABLE SIGN IN LETTERS NOT LESS |
| | THAN 1 IN. (25 MM) HIGH ON A CONTRASTING BACKGROUND |
| | THAT READS AS FOLLOWS IS LOCATED ON OR ADJACENT TO THE |
| | DOOR LEAF: THIS DOOR TO REMAIN UNLOCKED WHEN THE |
| | BUILDING IS OCCUPIED. |
| | (3) THE LOCKING DEVICE IS OF A TYPE THAT IS READILY |
| | DISTINGUISHABLE AS LOCKED. |
| | (4) A KEY IS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TO ANY OCCUPANT |
| | INSIDE THE BUILDING WHEN IT IS LOCKED. |
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| | 7.2.1.7 PANIC HARDWARE AND FIRE EXIT HARDWARE. |
| | 7.2.1.7.1 WHERE A DOOR ASSEMBLY IS REQUIRED TO BE |
| | EQUIPPED WITH PANIC OR FIRE EXIT HARDWARE, SUCH |
| | HARDWARE SHALL MEET ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: |
| | (1) IT SHALL CONSIST OF A CROSS BAR OR A PUSH PAD, THE |
| | ACTUATING PORTION OF WHICH EXTENDS ACROSS NOT LESS THAN |
| | ONE-HALF OF THE WIDTH OF THE DOOR LEAF. |
| | (2) IT SHALL BE MOUNTED AS FOLLOWS: |
| | (A) NEW INSTALLATIONS SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 34 IN. |
| | (865 MM), AND NOT MORE THAN 48 IN. (1220 MM), ABOVE THE |
| | FLOOR. |
| | (B) EXISTING INSTALLATIONS SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 30 |
| | IN. (760 MM), AND NOT MORE THAN 48 IN. (1220 MM), ABOVE |
| | THE FLOOR. |
| | (3) IT SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED SO THAT A HORIZONTAL FORCE |
| | NOT TO EXCEED 15 LBF (66 N) ACTUATES THE CROSS BAR OR |
| | PUSH PAD AND LATCHES. 7.2.1.7.2 ONLY APPROVED PANIC |
| | HARDWARE SHALL BE USED ON DOOR ASSEMBLIES THAT ARE NOT |
| | FIRE-RATED DOOR ASSEMBLIES. ONLY APPROVED FIRE EXIT |
| | HARDWARE SHALL BE USED ON FIRE-RATED DOOR ASSEMBLIES. |
| | NEW PANIC HARDWARE AND NEW FIRE EXIT HARDWARE SHALL |
| | COMPLY WITH ANSI/UL 305, STANDARD FOR SAFETY PANIC |
| | HARDWARE, AND ANSI/BHMA A156.3, EXIT DEVICES. |
| | 7.2.1.7.3 REQUIRED PANIC HARDWARE AND FIRE EXIT |
| | HARDWARE, IN OTHER THAN DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL |
| | OCCUPANCIES AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN CHAPTERS 22 AND |
| | 23, SHALL NOT BE EQUIPPED WITH ANY LOCKING DEVICE, SET |
| | SCREW, OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT PREVENTS THE RELEASE |
| | OF THE LATCH WHEN PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE RELEASING |
| | DEVICE. |
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| | PLEASE INCLUDE ALL EXISITN DOOR, HARDWARE AND LOCKS IN |
| | THE SCHEDULE AND ENSURE THEY COMPLY WITH NFPA 101. |
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| | 5) |
| | SHEET A 1 - A RAMP IS INDICATED. RAILING AND/OR GUARDS |
| | ARE NOT INDICATED. |
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| | 7.2.5 RAMPS. |
| | 7.2.5.1 GENERAL. EVERY RAMP USED AS A COMPONENT IN A |
| | MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL CONFORM TO THE GENERAL |
| | REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 7.1 AND TO THE SPECIAL |
| | REQUIREMENTS OF 7.2.5. |
| | 7.2.5.2 DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA. THE FOLLOWING DIMENSIONAL |
| | CRITERIA SHALL APPLY TO RAMPS: |
| | (1) NEW RAMPS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH TABLE |
| | 7.2.5.2(A), UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY THE |
| | FOLLOWING: |
| | (A) TABLE 7.2.5.2(A) SHALL NOT APPLY TO INDUSTRIAL |
| | EQUIPMENT ACCESS AREAS AS PROVIDED IN 40.2.5.2. |
| | (B) THE MAXIMUM SLOPE REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO |
| | RAMPS IN ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES AS PROVIDED IN CHAPTER |
| | 12. |
| | (C) THE MAXIMUM SLOPE OR MAXIMUM RISE FOR A SINGLE RAMP |
| | RUN SHALL NOT APPLY TO RAMPS PROVIDING ACCESS TO |
| | VEHICLES, VESSELS, MOBILE STRUCTURES, AND AIRCRAFT. |
| | (2) EXISTING RAMPS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO REMAIN IN USE |
| | OR BE REBUILT, PROVIDED THAT THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS |
| | SHOWN IN TABLE 7.2.5.2(B), UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED |
| | BY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: |
| | (A) THE REQUIREMENTS OF TABLE 7.2.5.2(B) SHALL NOT |
| | APPLY TO INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT ACCESS AREAS AS PROVIDED |
| | IN 40.2.5.2. |
| | (B) THE MAXIMUM SLOPE OR MAXIMUM HEIGHT BETWEEN |
| | LANDINGS FOR A SINGLE RAMP RUN SHALL NOT APPLY TO RAMPS |
| | PROVIDING ACCESS TO VEHICLES, VESSELS, MOBILE |
| | STRUCTURES, AND AIRCRAFT. |
| | (C) APPROVED EXISTING RAMPS WITH SLOPES NOT STEEPER |
| | THAN 1 IN 6 SHALL BE PERMITTED TO REMAIN IN USE. |
| | (D) EXISTING RAMPS WITH SLOPES NOT STEEPER THAN 1 IN 10 |
| | SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED WITH LANDINGS. |
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| | 7.2.5.4 GUARDS AND HANDRAILS. |
| | 7.2.5.4.1 GUARDS COMPLYING WITH 7.2.2.4 SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED FOR RAMPS, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN |
| | 7.2.5.4.4. |
| | 7.2.5.4.2 HANDRAILS COMPLYING WITH 7.2.2.4 SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED ALONG BOTH SIDES OF A RAMP RUN WITH A RISE |
| | GREATER THAN 6 IN. (150 MM), UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED |
| | IN 7.2.5.4.4. |
| | 7.2.5.4.3 THE HEIGHT OF HANDRAILS AND GUARDS SHALL BE |
| | MEASURED VERTICALLY TO THE TOP OF THE GUARD OR RAIL |
| | FROM THE WALKING SURFACE ADJACENT THERETO. |
| | 7.2.5.4.4 THE REQUIREMENTS OF 7.2.5.4.1 AND 7.2.5.4.2 |
| | SHALL NOT APPLY TO GUARDS AND HANDRAILS PROVIDED FOR |
| | RAMPED AISLES IN ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES AS OTHERWISE |
| | PROVIDED IN CHAPTERS 12 AND 13. |
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| | PLEASE CLARIFY IF ANY RALINGS OR GUARD SHALL BE |
| | INSTALLED AND/OR CORRECT. |
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| | 6) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET |
| | REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE |
| | ABOVE. |
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| | 7) ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY BE PROVIDED ON THE |
| | RE-SUBMITTAL OF THE ABOVE. |
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| | PETER LEDUC |
| | FIRE MARSHAL |
| | 561-804-4709 |
| | [email protected] |
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