Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17071006
Permit Number 17071006
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Sequence Number 1
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2017-07-28 16:10:39THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
  
 1) ON REVIEW OF THE SUBMITTED PLANS THERE IS
 INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO CONDUCT A THOUROUGH LIFE
 SAFETY REVIEW.
  
  
  
  
 2) A LIFE SAFETY PLAN WAS NOT FOUND.
  
 FOR A FACILTIY OF THIS SIZE AND COMPLEXITY A LIFE
 SAFETY PLAN SHEET SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO INCLUDE, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO, AREA OR BUILDING OCCUPANCY TYPE,
 ILLUSTRATED OCCUPANT LOADS, EXIT PATHS, EXIT WIDTHS,
 TRAVEL DISTANCES, COMMON PATHS OF TRAVEL, DEAD-END
 CORRIDORS, EXIT SIGNS, EMERGENCY LIGHTING, EXITS
 LEADING TO A PUBLIC WAY, FIRE EXTINGUISHER LOCATIONS,
 AND ALL FIRE SAFETY FEATURES AND EQUIPMENT.
  
  
  
  
  
 3) PLEASE PROVIDE INFORMATION AND OR A REPORT THAT THIS
 PROJECT HAS BEEN REVIEWED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF NFPA? 820, STANDARD FOR FIRE PROTECTION
 IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND COLLECTION FACILITIES, 2012
 EDITION
  
 PLEASE INCLUDE WHAT AREAS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND WHAT
 HAS BEEN INSTALLED
  
 AND IF HAS NOT BEEN REVIEWED - PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILED
 JUSTIFICATIONS.
  
 THE FOLLOWING IS SOME AREAS OF CONCERN FROM NFPA 820
 FOR REVIEW PURPOSES.
  
 CHAPTER 1 ADMINISTRATION
 1.1 SCOPE.
 1.1.1* GENERAL. THIS STANDARD SHALL ESTABLISH MINIMUM
 REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE AND EXPLOSION
 HAZARDS IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS AND ASSOCIATED
 COLLECTION SYSTEMS, INCLUDING THE HAZARD CLASSIFICATION
 OF SPECIFIC AREAS AND PROCESSES.
 1.1.2 THIS STANDARD SHALL APPLY TO THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) COLLECTION SEWERS
 (2) TRUNK SEWERS
 (3) INTERCEPTING SEWERS
 (4) COMBINED SEWERS
 (5) STORM SEWERS
 (6) PUMPING STATIONS
 (7) WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS
 (8) SLUDGE-HANDLING FACILITIES
 (9) CHEMICAL-HANDLING FACILITIES
 (10) TREATMENT FACILITIES
 (11) ANCILLARY STRUCTURES (SEE 3.3.60.1)
  
  
 7.2 FIRE PROTECTION MEASURES.
 7.2.1 GENERAL.
 7.2.1.1 COLLECTION SYSTEMS, LIQUID STREAM TREATMENT
 PROCESSES, AND SOLIDS-HANDLING PROCESSES SHALL BE
 PROVIDED WITH FIRE PROTECTION FOR THE FIRE HAZARDS, AS
 DESCRIBED IN TABLE 4.2, TABLE 5.2, TABLE 6.2(A), AND
 TABLE 6.2(B).
 7.2.1.2 ENCLOSED SPACES CLASSIFIED AS EXPLOSION HAZARD
 AREAS UNDER THIS DOCUMENT SHALL BE PHYSICALLY SEPARATED
 FROM ALL UNCLASSIFIED ENCLOSURES.
 7.2.1.3 IN ADDITION TO THE FIRE PROTECTION SPECIFIED IN
 CHAPTER 8, BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, AND PROCESS ELEMENTS,
 UNDER SOME CONDITIONS, SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH
 AUTOMATIC-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
 CHAPTER.
  
  
 7.4 COMBUSTIBLE GAS DETECTION.
 7.4.1* COMBUSTIBLE GAS DETECTORS SHALL BE LOCATED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH TABLE 4.2, TABLE 5.2, AND TABLE 6.2(A).
 7.4.2* THE SELECTION OF COMBUSTIBLE GAS DETECTOR TYPES
 AND THEIR PLACEMENT SHALL BE DETERMINED BY A QUALIFIED
 PERSON AS DEFINED BY NFPA 70.
  
  
 7.5 VENTILATION MONITORING AND SIGNALING SYSTEMS.
 7.5.1 ALL CONTINUOUS VENTILATION SYSTEMS THAT ARE USED
 TO DOWNGRADE THE CLASSIFICATION OF A SPACE SHALL BE
 FITTED WITH FLOW DETECTION DEVICES CONNECTED TO ALARM
 SIGNALING SYSTEMS TO INDICATE VENTILATION SYSTEM
 FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED AIR CHANGES.
 7.5.2 LOCAL AND REMOTE ALARMS FOR BOTH VENTILATION
 SYSTEM FAILURE AND COMBUSTIBLE GAS DETECTION SHALL BE
 PROVIDED FOR ALL HAZARDOUS AREAS CLASSIFIED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) ARTICLE 500 OF NFPA 70
 (2) THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTERS 4, 5, AND 6 FOR
 PRESSURIZATION OF SPACES
 (3) CHAPTER 7 AND NFPA 496
 7.5.3* THE ALARMS REQUIRED IN 7.5.2 SHALL BE DISPLAYED
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH TABLE 7.5.3.
  
 7.7.2 LIGHTNING PROTECTION. LIGHTNING PROTECTION SHALL
 BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 780.
  
 CHAPTER 9 VENTILATION
 9.1 GENERAL.
 9.1.1 REQUIREMENT APPLICATIONS.
 9.1.1.1 THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR VENTILATION FOR
 PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE AND EXPLOSION OF WASTEWATER
 TREATMENT AND PUMPING FACILITIES SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH CHAPTERS 6, 7, AND 8 FOR THE DESIGNATED ELECTRICAL
 CLASSIFICATIONS.
  
 9.1.1.2 WHERE THIS STANDARD REQUIRES CERTAIN
 VENTILATION PRACTICES, THEY ARE INTENDED TO MINIMIZE
 FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARDS; THESE VENTILATION STANDARDS
 SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED TO APPLY TO THE PROTECTION OF
 PERSONNEL FROM THE TOXIC EFFECTS OF
 EXPOSURE TO GASES PRESENT OR THE DEPLETION OF OXYGEN.
 9.1.1.3 THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE
 VENTILATION OF ENCLOSED WASTEWATER PUMPING AND
 PROCESS-RELATED AREAS AND DOES NOT ESTABLISH CRITERIA
 APPLICABLE TO SPACES DEVOTED TO ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS,
 LABORATORIES, OR OTHER ANCILLARY SPACES.
 CAUTION: BECAUSE OF THE UNPREDICTABLE NATURE OF
 MATERIALS AND EVENTS ENCOUNTERED IN THE OPERATION OF
 WASTEWATER SYSTEMS, THE VENTILATION CRITERIA
 ESTABLISHED IN THIS STANDARD MIGHT NOT BE ADEQUATE FOR
 PROTECTION AGAINST ALL HAZARDS THAT MIGHT BE
 ENCOUNTERED.
 9.1.1.4 VENTILATION CRITERIA NOT ADDRESSED BY CHAPTERS
 4, 5, AND 6 SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF TABLE
 9.1.1.4.
 9.1.1.5 THIS CHAPTER SHALL NOT APPLY TO AT-GRADE OR
 ABOVEGRADE UNROOFED STRUCTURES LESS THAN 0.6 M (2 FT)
 DEEP OR 0.6 M (2 FT) TO THE IN-SERVICE WATERLINE OR TO
 AT-GRADE OR ABOVEGRADE ROOFED STRUCTURES WHERE THE
 FOLLOWING APPLIES:
 (1) THE ROOF IS AT LEAST 3M(10 FT) ABOVE SURROUNDING
 FINISHED GRADE.
 (2) THE STRUCTURE IS OPEN ON AT LEAST THREE SIDES.
  
 10.2 MANAGEMENT POLICY AND DIRECTION.
 10.2.1* MANAGEMENT SHALL ESTABLISH A POLICY AND
 INSTITUTE A FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION PROGRAM AT
 EACH FACILITY.
 10.2.2 COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS SHALL NOT BE STORED IN
 AREAS USED FOR THE STORAGE OF TOXIC OR REACTIVE
 CHEMICALS.
 10.3* FIRE RISK EVALUATION. A COMPLETE FIRE RISK
 EVALUATION SHALL BE PERFORMED DURING THE INITIAL DESIGN
 PROCESS.
 10.4 FIRE PREVENTION PROGRAM. EACH PLANT SHALL
 ESTABLISH A FIRE PREVENTION PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES ALL
 OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
 (1) FIRE SAFETY INFORMATION FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AND
 CONTRACTORS THAT INCLUDES, AS A MINIMUM, THE FOLLOWING:
 (A) FAMILIARIZATION WITH FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT AND
 PROCEDURES
 (B) PLANT EMERGENCY ALARMS AND PROCEDURES
 (C) PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING A FIRE
 (2) DOCUMENTED PLANT INSPECTIONS, INCLUDING PROVISIONS
 FOR HANDLING REMEDIAL ACTIONS TO CORRECT CONDITIONS
 THAT INCREASE FIRE HAZARDS
 (3) DESCRIPTION OF THE GENERAL HOUSEKEEPING PROCEDURES
 AND THE CONTROL OF TRANSIENT COMBUSTIBLES, INCLUDING
 CONTROL OF SUCH MATERIALS STORED IN AREAS CONTAINING
 TOXIC OR REACTIVE CHEMICALS
  
  
  
  
 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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