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2018-03-01 14:42:23 | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE |
| MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| 1) THERE IS NO INDICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH ANY FIRE |
| CODE. |
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| THE PROPOSED PROJECT SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE |
| 6TH EDITION OF FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE INCLUDING |
| THE 2015 EDITION OF NFPA 1 AND NFPA 101 AND ALL OTHER |
| APPLICABLE CODES OR STANDARDS. |
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| PLEASE INDICATE COMPLAINCE WITH AN APPLICABLE NOTE. |
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| 2) THE OCCUPANCY IS INDICATED AS BUSINESS; HOWEVER, THE |
| ROOM IS AN ASSEMBLY. IS THE OCCUPANCY MIXED OR |
| SEPRATED. |
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| PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 6, |
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| 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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| 6.1.14.2.1 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. (SEE ALSO 6.1.14.1.2.) |
| 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 OR AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY |
| 6.1.14.4.6. |
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| PLEASE PROVIDE THE OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION AND ENSURE |
| THE APPLICABLE SEPARATION OR MIXED REQUIREMENTS. |
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| 3) THERE IS NO INDICATION OF DOOR HARDWARE TO THIS |
| ASSEMBLY SPACE. |
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| PLEAE PROVIDE DETAILS IN COMPLAINCE WITH NFPA 101, |
| CHAPTER 7, MEANS OF EGRESS ON EACH EXIT DOOR. |
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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 IN ACCORDANCE 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 |
| KEY-OPERATED 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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| 4) THERE IS NO INDICATION OF MEASURMENT OF THE EXIT |
| SEPARATION DISTANCE. |
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| 7.5.1.3.2* WHERE TWO EXITS, EXIT ACCESSES, OR EXIT |
| DISCHARGES ARE |
| REQUIRED, THEY SHALL BE LOCATED AT A DISTANCE FROM ONE |
| ANOTHER NOT |
| LESS THAN ONE-HALF THE LENGTH OF THE MAXIMUM OVERALL |
| DIAGONAL |
| DIMENSION OF THE BUILDING OR AREA TO BE SERVED, |
| MEASURED IN A |
| STRAIGHT LINE BETWEEN THE NEAREST EDGE OF THE EXITS, |
| EXIT ACCESSES, OR |
| EXIT DISCHARGES, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN 7.5.1.3.3 |
| THROUGH |
| 7.5.1.3.5. |
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| PLEASE REVIEW AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE. |
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| 5) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET |
| REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE |
| ABOVE. |
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| 6) 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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