Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18081069
Permit Number 18081069
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Sequence Number 1
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2018-08-29 16:45:57THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) THE SUBMITTED PLANS DO NOT INCLUDE SUFFICIENT DETAIL
 TO COMPLETE A THOROUGH PLAN REVIEW.
  
 PER NFPA 1
 1.14 PLAN REVIEW.
  
 1.14.2 THE APPLICANT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE TO ENSURE
 THAT THE
 FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET:
 (1) THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS INCLUDE ALL OF THE FIRE
 PROTECTION
 REQUIREMENTS.
  
 THE PLAN SHEET PROVIDED ARE FROM AN OLD PLAN SET FROM
 2010.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE CURRENT PLAN SHEETS FOR A CERTIFIED
 DESIGN PROFESSIONAL.
  
  
  
  
 2) THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF REVIEW OR COMPLIANCE
 WITH THE CURRENT FLORIDA LIFE SAFETY CODE.
  
 PER NFPA 101 THIS IS A NEW EDUCATIONAL OCCUPANCY AND
 SHALL COMPLY WITH THE 6TH EDITION OF THE FFPC.
  
 CHAPTER 1 ADMINISTRATION
 1.3 APPLICATION.
 1.3.1* NEW AND EXISTING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES. THE
 CODE SHALL
 APPLY TO BOTH NEW CONSTRUCTION AND EXISTING BUILDINGS
 AND EXISTING
 STRUCTURES.
  
 CHAPTER 14 NEW EDUCATIONAL OCCUPANCIES
 14.1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
 14.1.1 APPLICATION.
 14.1.1.1 THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL APPLY
 TO NEW
 BUILDINGS OR PORTIONS THEREOF USED AS EDUCATIONAL
 OCCUPANCIES.
  
 PLEASE DESCRIBE IN DETAIL THE AGE AND GRADE LEVELS AS
 WELL AS THE HOURS OF OCCUPANCY.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE AND DOCUMENT ALL THE APPLICABLE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THE OCCUPANCY CHAPTER.
  
  
 3) THERE IS NO LIFE SAFETY PLAN FOR THIS OCCUPANCY.
  
 THIS IS A EDUCATIONAL OCCUPANCY AND A LIFE SAFETY PLAN
 IS REQUIRED.
  
 NFPA 101
  
 1.3.1.1 IF DEEMED NECESSARY BY AN AHJ FOR A COMPLETE,
 ACCURATE, AND
 THOROUGH FIRE SAFETY PLANS REVIEW OR INSPECTION, THE
 AHJ MAY REQUEST
 ASSISTANCE FROM THE BUILDING, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING,
 MECHANICAL OR SIMILAR
 SPECIALTY INSPECTOR; HOWEVER, NOTHING IN THIS RULE
 GIVES AUTHORITY OR
 JURISDICTION TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN A FIRE SAFETY
 INSPECTOR CERTIFIED
 UNDER SECTION 633.216, FLORIDA STATUTES, TO PERFORM
 FIRE SAFETY
 INSPECTIONS REQUIRED BY LAW, RULE, ORDINANCE, OR CODE.
  
  
 4) THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS THE CORRIDORS MEET THE
 REQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL OCCUPANCIES.
  
 NFPA 101
  
 14.3.6 CORRIDORS. CORRIDORS SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM
 OTHER PARTS OF
 THE STORY BY WALLS HAVING A 1-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE
 RATING IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.3, UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED
 BY ONE OF
 THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) CORRIDOR PROTECTION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED WHERE ALL
 SPACES
 NORMALLY SUBJECT TO STUDENT OCCUPANCY HAVE NOT LESS
 THAN ONE
 DOOR OPENING DIRECTLY TO THE OUTSIDE OR TO AN EXTERIOR
 EXIT
 ACCESS BALCONY OR CORRIDOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH 7.5.3.
 (2) THE FOLLOWING SHALL APPLY TO BUILDINGS PROTECTED
 THROUGHOUT
 BY AN APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM
 IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.7:
 (A) CORRIDOR WALLS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE RATED,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH WALLS FORM SMOKE PARTITIONS IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.4.
 (B) THE PROVISIONS OF 8.4.3.5 SHALL NOT APPLY TO
 NORMALLY
 OCCUPIED CLASSROOMS.
 (3) WHERE THE CORRIDOR CEILING IS AN ASSEMBLY HAVING A
 1-HOUR
 FIRE RESISTANCE RATING WHERE TESTED AS A WALL, THE
 CORRIDOR
 WALLS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO TERMINATE AT THE CORRIDOR
 CEILING.
 (4) LAVATORIES SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE SEPARATED
 FROM
 CORRIDORS, PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE SEPARATED FROM ALL
 OTHER
 SPACES BY WALLS HAVING NOT LESS THAN A 1-HOUR FIRE
 RESISTANCE
 RATING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.3.
 (5) LAVATORIES SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE SEPARATED
 FROM
 CORRIDORS, PROVIDED THAT BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA
 ARE MET:
 (A) THE BUILDING IS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN
 APPROVED,
 SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION 9.7.
 (B) THE WALLS SEPARATING THE LAVATORY FROM OTHER ROOMS
 FORM SMOKE PARTITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.4.
  
  
 5) A FIRE ALARM SHEET IS INDICATED; HOWEVER, PLEASE
 PROVIDE DETAILS THAT IT MEETS ALL THE REQUIRMENTS OF
 EDUCATIONAL OCCUPANCIES , INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
  
 14.3.4.3 NOTIFICATION.
 14.3.4.3.1 OCCUPANT NOTIFICATION.
 14.3.4.3.1.1 OCCUPANT NOTIFICATION SHALL BE
 ACCOMPLISHED
 AUTOMATICALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.3.
 14.3.4.3.1.2 THE OCCUPANT NOTIFICATION REQUIRED BY
 14.3.4.3.1.1
 SHALL UTILIZE AN EMERGENCY VOICE/ALARM COMMUNICATION
 SYSTEM IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.3 WHERE THE BUILDING HAS AN
 OCCUPANT LOAD OF
 MORE THAN 100.
 14.3.4.3.1.3 POSITIVE ALARM SEQUENCE SHALL BE PERMITTED
 IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.3.4.
 14.3.4.3.1.4 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.3.10.2 THE
 EMERGENCY
 VOICE/ALARM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SHALL BE PERMITTED TO
 BE USED
 FOR OTHER EMERGENCY SIGNALING OR FOR CLASS CHANGES.
 14.3.4.3.1.5 TO PREVENT STUDENTS FROM BEING RETURNED TO
 A BUILDING
 THAT IS BURNING, THE RECALL SIGNAL SHALL BE SEPARATE
 AND DISTINCT FROM
 ANY OTHER SIGNALS, AND SUCH SIGNAL SHALL BE PERMITTED
 TO BE GIVEN
 BY USE OF DISTINCTIVELY COLORED FLAGS OR BANNERS.
 14.3.4.3.1.6 IF THE RECALL SIGNAL REQUIRED BY
 14.3.4.3.1.5 IS ELECTRIC,
 THE PUSH BUTTONS OR OTHER CONTROLS SHALL BE KEPT UNDER
 LOCK, THE
 KEY FOR WHICH SHALL BE IN THE POSSESSION OF THE
 PRINCIPAL OR ANOTHER DESIGNATED PERSON IN ORDER TO
 PREVENT A RECALL AT A TIME
 WHEN THERE IS AN ACTUAL FIRE.
 14.3.4.3.1.7 REGARDLESS OF THE METHOD OF RECALL SIGNAL,
 THE MEANS
 OF GIVING THE RECALL SIGNAL SHALL BE KEPT UNDER LOCK.
  
  
  
 6) THERE IS NO INDICATIONS THAT WINDOWS COMPLY WITH THE
 FOLLOWING REQUIREMENT.
  
 14.2.11 SPECIAL MEANS OF EGRESS FEATURES.
 14.2.11.1* WINDOWS FOR RESCUE.
 14.2.11.1.1 EVERY ROOM OR SPACE GREATER THAN 250 FT2
 (23.2 M2)
 AND USED FOR CLASSROOM OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OR
 NORMALLY
 SUBJECT TO STUDENT OCCUPANCY SHALL HAVE NOT LESS THAN
 ONE OUTSIDE
 WINDOW FOR EMERGENCY RESCUE THAT COMPLIES WITH ALL OF
 THE
 FOLLOWING, UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY 14.2.11.1.2:
 (1) SUCH WINDOWS SHALL BE OPENABLE FROM THE INSIDE
 WITHOUT THE
 USE OF TOOLS AND SHALL PROVIDE A CLEAR OPENING OF NOT
 LESS THAN
 20 IN. (510 MM) IN WIDTH, 24 IN. (610 MM) IN HEIGHT,
 AND 5.7
 FT2 (0.5 M2) IN AREA.
 (2) THE BOTTOM OF THE OPENING SHALL BE NOT MORE THAN 44
 IN.
 (1120 MM) ABOVE THE FLOOR, AND ANY LATCHING DEVICE
 SHALL BE
 CAPABLE OF BEING OPERATED FROM NOT MORE THAN 54 IN.
 (1370
 MM) ABOVE THE FINISHED FLOOR.
 (3) THE CLEAR OPENING SHALL ALLOW A RECTANGULAR SOLID,
 WITH A
 WIDTH AND HEIGHT THAT PROVIDES NOT LESS THAN THE
 REQUIRED 5.7
 FT2 (0.5 M2) OPENING AND A DEPTH OF NOT LESS THAN 20
 IN. (510
 MM), TO PASS FULLY THROUGH THE OPENING.
 (4) SUCH WINDOWS SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE BY THE FIRE
 DEPARTMENT AND
 SHALL OPEN INTO AN AREA HAVING ACCESS TO A PUBLIC WAY.
 14.2.11.1.2 THE REQUIREMENTS OF 14.2.11.1.1 SHALL NOT
 APPLY TO ANY
 OF THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) BUILDINGS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN APPROVED,
 SUPERVISED
 AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 9.7
 (2) WHERE THE ROOM OR SPACE HAS A DOOR LEADING DIRECTLY
 TO AN
 EXIT OR DIRECTLY TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING
 (3) RESERVED
 (4) ROOMS LOCATED FOUR OR MORE STORIES ABOVE THE
 FINISHED
 GROUND LEVEL
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS OR JUSTIFY.
  
  
  
  
 7) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 8) 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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