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| 2017-06-07 14:23:22 | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE |
| | MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| | 1) SHEET A 1.1 - THE DOOR SWING FROM THE OFFICE/STAFF |
| | ROOM INTO THE HALLWAY CHANGES FROM SHEET A 1.0 & A 1.1. |
| | WHICH ONE IS CORRECT AND CORRECT THE OTHERS. IT IS |
| | IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SHEET A 1.1 SHOWS IT AS NOT |
| | BLOCKING THE HALLWAY. |
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| | PLEASE CLARIFY. |
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| | 2) SHEET A 1.0 - THE OCCUPANCY IS INDICATED AS |
| | BUSINESS; HOWEVER, A STORAGE AREA IS INDICATED. |
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| | PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 6 CLASSIFICATION OF OCCUPANCY AND |
| | HAZARD OF CONTENTS |
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| | 6.1 CLASSIFICATION OF OCCUPANCY. |
| | 6.1.1 GENERAL. |
| | 6.1.1.1 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION. THE OCCUPANCY OF A |
| | BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, OR PORTION OF A BUILDING OR |
| | STRUCTURE, SHALL BE CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 6.1.2 |
| | THROUGH 6.1.13. OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION SHALL BE |
| | SUBJECT TO THE RULING OF THE AUTHORITY HAVING |
| | JURISDICTION WHERE THERE IS A QUESTION OF PROPER |
| | CLASSIFICATION IN ANY INDIVIDUAL CASE. |
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| | 6.1.14 MULTIPLE OCCUPANCIES. |
| | 6.1.14.1 GENERAL. |
| | 6.1.14.1.1 MULTIPLE OCCUPANCIES SHALL COMPLY WITH THE |
| | REQUIREMENTS OF 6.1.14.1 AND ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: |
| | (1) MIXED OCCUPANCIES ? 6.1.14.3 |
| | (2) SEPARATED OCCUPANCIES ? 6.1.14.4 |
| | 6.1.14.1.2 WHERE EXIT ACCESS FROM AN OCCUPANCY |
| | TRAVERSES ANOTHER OCCUPANCY, THE MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY |
| | SHALL BE TREATED AS A MIXED OCCUPANCY. |
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| | 6.1.14.2 DEFINITIONS. |
| | 6.1.14.2.1 MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY. A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE |
| | IN WHICH TWO OR MORE CLASSES OF OCCUPANCY EXIST. |
| | 6.1.14.2.2 MIXED OCCUPANCY. A MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY WHERE |
| | THE OCCUPANCIES ARE INTERMINGLED. |
| | 6.1.14.2.3 SEPARATED OCCUPANCY. A MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY |
| | WHERE THE OCCUPANCIES ARE SEPARATED BY FIRE |
| | RESISTANCE?RATED ASSEMBLIES. |
| | 6.1.14.3 MIXED OCCUPANCIES. |
| | 6.1.14.3.1 EACH PORTION OF THE BUILDING SHALL BE |
| | CLASSIFIED AS TO ITS USE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 6.1 |
| | 6.1.14.3.2* THE BUILDING SHALL COMPLY WITH THE MOST |
| | RESTRICTIVE REQUIREMENTS OF THE OCCUPANCIES INVOLVED, |
| | UNLESS SEPARATE SAFEGUARDS ARE APPROVED. |
| | 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. |
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| | PLEASE CLARIFY YOUR OCCUPANCY. |
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| | 3) SHEET A 1.1 - A BARN DOOR IS INDICATED AT THE |
| | HALLWAY IN THE CENTER OF THE OCCUPANCY AND IN THE EXIT |
| | PATH OF TRAVEL. |
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| | PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 7, MEANS OF EGRESS, |
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| | 7.2.1.14 HORIZONTAL-SLIDING DOOR ASSEMBLIES. |
| | HORIZONTAL-SLIDING DOOR ASSEMBLIES SHALL BE PERMITTED |
| | IN MEANS OF EGRESS, PROVIDED THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING |
| | CRITERIA ARE MET: |
| | (1) THE DOOR LEAF IS READILY OPERABLE FROM EITHER SIDE |
| | WITHOUT SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OR EFFORT. |
| | (2) THE FORCE THAT, WHEN APPLIED TO THE OPERATING |
| | DEVICE IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS, IS REQUIRED TO |
| | OPERATE THE DOOR LEAF IS NOT MORE THAN 15 LBF (67 N). |
| | (3) THE FORCE REQUIRED TO OPERATE THE DOOR LEAF IN THE |
| | DIRECTION OF TRAVEL IS NOT MORE THAN 30 LBF (133 N) TO |
| | SET THE LEAF IN MOTION AND IS NOT MORE THAN 15 LBF (67 |
| | N) TO CLOSE THE LEAF OR OPEN IT TO THE MINIMUM REQUIRED |
| | WIDTH. |
| | (4) THE DOOR LEAF IS OPERABLE USING A FORCE OF NOT MORE |
| | THAN 50 LBF (222 N) WHEN A FORCE OF 250 LBF (1100 N) IS |
| | APPLIED PERPENDICULARLY TO THE LEAF ADJACENT TO THE |
| | OPERATING DEVICE, UNLESS THE DOOR OPENING IS AN |
| | EXISTING HORIZONTAL-SLIDING EXIT ACCESS DOOR ASSEMBLY |
| | SERVING AN AREA WITH AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF FEWER THAN 50. |
| | (5) THE DOOR ASSEMBLY COMPLIES WITH THE FIRE PROTECTION |
| | RATING, IF REQUIRED, AND, WHERE RATED, IS SELF-CLOSING |
| | OR AUTOMATICCLOSING BY MEANS OF SMOKE DETECTION IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH 7.2.1.8 AND IS INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE |
| | WITH NFPA 80, STANDARD FOR FIRE DOORS AND OTHER OPENING |
| | PROTECTIVES. |
| | (6) THE DOOR SHALL BE POWER OPERATED AND SHALL BE |
| | CAPABLE OF BEING OPERATED MANUALLY IN THE EVENT OF |
| | POWER FAILURE. |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW FOR COMPLIANCE AND PROVIDE DETAILS. |
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| | 4) SHEET A 1.2 - THERE IS NO EXIT SIGN IN THE HALLWAY |
| | LEADING TO THE FRONT EXIT. IN THE EVENT THAT THE DOES |
| | COMPLY WITH ABOVE AND THEY ARE CLOSED THERE IS NO EXIT |
| | INDICATORS. |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT. |
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| | 5) SHEET A 1.2 - THERE IS EXITING INDICATED FROM A |
| | BUSINESS AREA THROUGH A STORAGE OCCUPANCY. EXITING |
| | CANNOT PASS THROUGH AN AREA FORM A LOWER HAZARD |
| | (BUSINESS) THROUGH A HIGHER HAZARD (STORAGE. |
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| | PER NFPA CHAPTER 7, 7.5.1.6 EXIT ACCESS FROM ROOMS OR |
| | SPACES SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE THROUGH ADJOINING OR |
| | INTERVENING ROOMS OR AREAS, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ROOMS OR |
| | AREAS ARE ACCESSORY TO THE AREA SERVED. FOYERS, |
| | LOBBIES, AND RECEPTION ROOMS CONSTRUCTED AS REQUIRED |
| | FOR CORRIDORS SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS INTERVENING |
| | ROOMS. EXIT ACCESS SHALL BE ARRANGED SOTHAT IT IS NOT |
| | NECESSARY TO PASS THROUGH ANY AREA IDENTIFIED UNDER |
| | PROTECTION FROM HAZARDS IN CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43. |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT. |
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| | 6) ALL SHEETS - THERE IS A PLATFORM WITH TWO STEPS |
| | INDICATED. THERE IS LITTLE TO NO DETAIL ON THESE STEPS. |
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| | PEOPLE MUST EGRESS DOWN THESE STEPS TO EXIT THE |
| | OCCUPANCY. PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 7, 7.2.2.4 GUARDS AND |
| | HANDRAILS. |
| | 7.2.2.4.1 HANDRAILS. |
| | 7.2.2.4.1.1 STAIRS AND RAMPS SHALL HAVE HANDRAILS ON |
| | BOTH SIDES, UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED IN 7.2.2.4.1.5 |
| | OR 7.2.2.4.1.6. |
| | 7.2.2.4.1.2 IN ADDITION TO THE HANDRAILS REQUIRED AT |
| | THE SIDES OF STAIRS BY 7.2.2.4.1.1, BOTH OF THE |
| | FOLLOWING PROVISIONS SHALL APPLY: |
| | (1) FOR NEW STAIRS, HANDRAILS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITHIN |
| | 30 IN. (760 MM) OF ALL PORTIONS OF THE REQUIRED EGRESS |
| | WIDTH. |
| | (2) FOR EXISTING STAIRS, HANDRAILS SHALL MEET THE |
| | FOLLOWING CRITERIA: |
| | (A) THEY SHALL BE PROVIDED WITHIN 44 IN. (1120 MM) OF |
| | ALL PORTIONS OF THE REQUIRED EGRESS WIDTH. |
| | (B) SUCH STAIRS SHALL NOT HAVE THEIR EGRESS CAPACITY |
| | ADJUSTED TO A HIGHER OCCUPANT LOAD THAN PERMITTED BY |
| | THE CAPACITY FACTOR IN TABLE 7.3.3.1 IF THE STAIR?S |
| | CLEAR WIDTH BETWEEN HANDRAILS EXCEEDS 60 IN. (1525 MM). |
| | 7.2.2.4.1.3 WHERE NEW INTERMEDIATE HANDRAILS ARE |
| | PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 7.2.2.4.1.2, THE MINIMUM |
| | CLEAR WIDTH BETWEEN HANDRAILS SHALL BE 20 IN. (510 MM). |
| | 7.2.2.4.1.4* THE REQUIRED EGRESS WIDTH SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED ALONG THE NATURAL PATH OF TRAVEL. |
| | 7.2.2.4.1.5 IF A SINGLE STEP OR A RAMP IS PART OF A |
| | CURB THAT SEPARATES A SIDEWALK FROM A VEHICULAR WAY, IT |
| | SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A HANDRAIL. |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW, CLARIFY OR CORRECT. |
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| | 7) SHEET A 1.2 - THERE IS NO DOOR SCHEDULE INDICATING |
| | SIZE, LOCKS OR LATCHES, OR HARDWARE. |
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| | PLEASE PROVIDE. |
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| | 8) SHEET A 1.2 - THERE IS AN EXIT DOOR INDICATED AT THE |
| | REAR OF THE OCCUPANCY; HOWEVER, IT IS NO CLEAR IF THIS |
| | EXIT LEADS TO A PUBLIC WAY. |
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| | PLEAASE PROVIDE A PROPERTY SITE PLAN INCLUDING ANY |
| | FENCING OR WALL DETAILS THAT MAY RESTRICT ACCESS TO A |
| | PUBLIC WAY. |
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| | 9) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET |
| | REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE |
| | ABOVE. |
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| | 10) 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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