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2017-07-28 16:10:39 | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE |
| MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| 1) ON REVIEW OF THE SUBMITTED PLANS THERE IS |
| INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO CONDUCT A THOUROUGH LIFE |
| SAFETY REVIEW. |
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| 2) A LIFE SAFETY PLAN WAS NOT FOUND. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| PLEASE INCLUDE WHAT AREAS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND WHAT |
| HAS BEEN INSTALLED |
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| AND IF HAS NOT BEEN REVIEWED - PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILED |
| JUSTIFICATIONS. |
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| THE FOLLOWING IS SOME AREAS OF CONCERN FROM NFPA 820 |
| FOR REVIEW PURPOSES. |
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| 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) |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 7.7.2 LIGHTNING PROTECTION. LIGHTNING PROTECTION SHALL |
| BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 780. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 4) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET |
| REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE |
| ABOVE. |
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| 5) 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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