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| 2019-08-13 15:28:00 | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE |
| | MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| | 1) THERE APPEARS TO BE A CONFERENCE ROOM WITH AN ENTIRE |
| | GLASS WALL WITH SLIDING GLASS DOORS ON EACH END. |
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| | PER NFPA 101, CH 12 AND CH 7 HOW WILL THE GLASS BE |
| | PROTECTED FROM BEING CONFUSED WITH A DOOR? |
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| | 12.2.2.2 DOORS. |
| | 12.2.2.2.1 DOORS COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1 SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED. |
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| | 7.2.1 DOOR OPENINGS. |
| | 7.2.1.1 GENERAL. |
| | 7.2.1.1.1 A DOOR ASSEMBLY IN A MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL |
| | CONFORM TO |
| | THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 7.1 AND TO THE |
| | SPECIAL |
| | REQUIREMENTS OF 7.2.1. |
| | 7.2.1.1.2 EVERY DOOR OPENING AND EVERY PRINCIPAL |
| | ENTRANCE THAT IS |
| | REQUIRED TO SERVE AS AN EXIT SHALL BE DESIGNED AND |
| | CONSTRUCTED SO |
| | THAT THE PATH OF EGRESS TRAVEL IS OBVIOUS AND DIRECT. |
| | WINDOWS THAT, |
| | BECAUSE OF THEIR PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION OR DESIGN AND |
| | THE MATERIALS |
| | USED IN THEIR CONSTRUCTION, HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE |
| | MISTAKEN FOR |
| | DOOR OPENINGS SHALL BE MADE INACCESSIBLE TO THE |
| | OCCUPANTS BY |
| | BARRIERS OR RAILINGS. |
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| | 2) TWO SLIDING GLASS DOORS ARE INDICAED AT THE |
| | CONFERENCE ROOM. |
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| | THE DOOR SCHEDULE INDICATES HARDWARE AS TBD |
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| | PER NFPA 101 CH 7, MEANS OF EGRESS |
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| | 7.2.1.4 SWING AND FORCE TO OPEN. |
| | 7.2.1.4.1* SWINGING-TYPE DOOR ASSEMBLY REQUIREMENT. ANY |
| | DOOR ASSEMBLY IN A MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE OF THE |
| | SIDE-HINGED OR |
| | PIVOTED-SWINGING TYPE, AND SHALL BE INSTALLED TO BE |
| | CAPABLE OF |
| | SWINGING FROM ANY POSITION TO THE FULL REQUIRED WIDTH |
| | OF THE |
| | OPENING IN WHICH IT IS INSTALLED, UNLESS OTHERWISE |
| | SPECIFIED AS |
| | FOLLOWS: |
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| | (4) HORIZONTAL-SLIDING DOOR ASSEMBLIES SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED UNDER |
| | ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: |
| | (A) HORIZONTAL-SLIDING DOOR ASSEMBLIES IN DETENTION AND |
| | CORRECTIONAL OCCUPANCIES, AS PROVIDED IN CHAPTERS 22 |
| | AND 23, SHALL BE PERMITTED. |
| | (B) SPECIAL-PURPOSE HORIZONTALLY SLIDING ACCORDION OR |
| | FOLDING DOOR ASSEMBLIES COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1.14 SHALL |
| | BE PERMITTED. |
| | (C) UNLESS PROHIBITED BY CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43, |
| | HORIZONTAL-SLIDING DOOR ASSEMBLIES SERVING A ROOM OR |
| | AREA WITH AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF FEWER THAN 10 SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED, PROVIDED THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA |
| | ARE |
| | MET: |
| | I. THE AREA SERVED BY THE DOOR ASSEMBLY HAS NO HIGH |
| | HAZARD CONTENTS. |
| | II. THE DOOR ASSEMBLY IS READILY OPERABLE FROM EITHER |
| | SIDE WITHOUT SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OR EFFORT. |
| | III. THE FORCE REQUIRED TO OPERATE THE DOOR ASSEMBLY IN |
| | THE DIRECTION OF DOOR LEAF TRAVEL IS NOT MORE THAN 30 |
| | LBF (133 N) TO SET THE DOOR LEAF IN MOTION AND IS NOT |
| | MORE THAN 15 LBF (67 N) TO CLOSE THE DOOR ASSEMBLY |
| | OR OPEN IT TO THE MINIMUM REQUIRED WIDTH. |
| | IV. THE DOOR ASSEMBLY COMPLIES WITH ANY REQUIRED FIRE |
| | PROTECTION RATING, AND, WHERE RATED, IS SELF-CLOSING |
| | OR AUTOMATIC-CLOSING 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. |
| | V. CORRIDOR DOOR ASSEMBLIES REQUIRED TO BE SELFLATCHING |
| | HAVE A LATCH OR OTHER MECHANISM THAT |
| | ENSURES THAT THE DOOR LEAF WILL NOT REBOUND INTO A |
| | PARTIALLY OPEN POSITION IF FORCEFULLY CLOSED. |
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| | PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS AND/OR A NOTE OF COMPLIANCE WITH |
| | FUTURE SPECIFICATIONS TO BE SUBMITTED IN COMPLIANCE. |
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| | 3) THE DOOR SCHEDULE INDICATES HARDWARE AS TBD |
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| | PER NFPA 101 CH 7, MEANS OF EGRESS |
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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. |
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| | PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS AND/OR A NOTE OF COMPLIANCE WITH |
| | FUTURE SPECIFICATIONS TO BE SUBMITTED IN COMPLIANCE. |
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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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