Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17040955
Permit Number 17040955
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2017-04-28 13:28:18THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) SHEET M2 - A/C DUCT PENETRATION ARE INDICATED IN THE
 STAIRWELLS.
  
 7.2.2.5 ENCLOSURE AND PROTECTION OF STAIRS.
 7.2.2.5.1 ENCLOSURES.
 7.2.2.5.1.1 ALL INSIDE STAIRS SERVING AS AN EXIT OR
 EXIT COMPONENT SHALL BE ENCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 7.1.3.2.
  
 7.1.3.2 EXITS.
 7.1.3.2.1 WHERE THIS CODE REQUIRES AN EXIT TO BE
 SEPARATED FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE BUILDING, THE
 SEPARATING CONSTRUCTION SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 SECTION 8.2 AND THE FOLLOWING:
 (1)* THE SEPARATION SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM 1-HOUR FIRE
 RESISTANCE RATING WHERE THE EXIT CONNECTS THREE OR
 FEWER STORIES.
 (2) THE SEPARATION SPECIFIED IN 7.1.3.2.1(1), OTHER
 THAN AN EXISTING SEPARATION, SHALL BE SUPPORTED BY
 CONSTRUCTION HAVING NOT LESS THAN A 1-HOUR FIRE
 RESISTANCE RATING.
  
 (9)* OPENINGS IN EXIT ENCLOSURES SHALL BE LIMITED TO
 DOOR ASSEMBLIES FROM NORMALLY OCCUPIED SPACES AND
 CORRIDORS AND DOOR ASSEMBLIES FOR EGRESS FROM THE
 ENCLOSURE, UNLESS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS
 EXISTS:
 (A) OPENINGS IN EXIT PASSAGEWAYS IN MALL BUILDINGS AS
 PROVIDED IN CHAPTERS 36 AND 37 SHALL BE PERMITTED.
 (B) IN BUILDINGS OF TYPE I OR TYPE II CONSTRUCTION, AS
 DEFINED IN NFPA 220, STANDARD ON TYPES OF BUILDING
 CONSTRUCTION (SEE 8.2.1.2), EXISTING FIRE PROTECTION
 ?RATED DOOR ASSEMBLIES TO INTERSTITIAL SPACES SHALL BE
 PERMITTED, PROVIDED THAT SUCH SPACES MEET ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
 I. THE SPACE IS USED SOLELY FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PIPES,
 DUCTS, AND CONDUITS.
 II. THE SPACE CONTAINS NO STORAGE.
 III. THE SPACE IS SEPARATED FROM THE EXIT ENCLOSURE IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.3.
  
 (10) PENETRATIONS INTO, AND OPENINGS THROUGH, AN EXIT
 ENCLOSURE ASSEMBLY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:
 (A) DOOR ASSEMBLIES PERMITTED BY 7.1.3.2.1(9)
 (B)* ELECTRICAL CONDUIT SERVING THE EXIT ENCLOSURE
 (C) REQUIRED EXIT DOOR OPENINGS
 (D) DUCTWORK AND EQUIPMENT NECESSARY FOR INDEPENDENT
 STAIR PRESSURIZATION
 (E) WATER OR STEAM PIPING NECESSARY FOR THE HEATING OR
 COOLING OF THE EXIT ENCLOSURE
 (F) SPRINKLER PIPING
 (G) STANDPIPES
 (H) EXISTING PENETRATIONS PROTECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 8.3.5
 (I) PENETRATIONS FOR FIRE ALARM CIRCUITS, WHERE THE
 CIRCUITS ARE INSTALLED IN METAL CONDUIT AND THE
 PENETRATIONS ARE PROTECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 8.3.5
  
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE FOR THE COMPLIANCE OF THE REQUIRERMENTS
 TO PROTECT THE EXIT STAIRWELLS.
  
  
  
 PETER LEDUC
 FIRE MARSHAL
 561-804-4709
 [email protected]
  


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