Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 19120804
Permit Number 19120804
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2020-01-15 12:03:27THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) SHEET A 1.0 - WHAT IS THE HAZARD OF CONTENTS &
 CLASSIFICATION OF HAZARD PER NFPA 101, CH 6 OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 42 & CH 6
  
 42.1.5 CLASSIFICATION OF HAZARD OF CONTENTS.
 42.1.5.1 CONTENTS OF STORAGE OCCUPANCIES SHALL BE
 CLASSIFIED AS
 LOW HAZARD, ORDINARY HAZARD, OR HIGH HAZARD IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 6.2, DEPENDING ON THE QUANTITY AND CHARACTER OF
 THE
 MATERIALS STORED, THEIR PACKAGING, AND OTHER FACTORS.
 42.1.5.2 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS THAT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM
 ALLOWABLE
 QUANTITIES (MAQ) AS PERMITTED IN THE FIRE CODE SHALL BE
 CLASSIFIED
 AS HIGH-HAZARD CONTENTS.
  
 6.2 HAZARD OF CONTENTS.
 6.2.1 GENERAL.
 6.2.1.1 FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CODE, THE HAZARD OF
 CONTENTS SHALL
 BE THE RELATIVE DANGER OF THE START AND SPREAD OF FIRE,
 THE DANGER OF
 SMOKE OR GASES GENERATED, AND THE DANGER OF EXPLOSION
 OR OTHER
 OCCURRENCE POTENTIALLY ENDANGERING THE LIVES AND SAFETY
 OF THE
 OCCUPANTS OF THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE.
 6.2.1.2 HAZARD OF CONTENTS SHALL BE CLASSIFIED BY THE
 REGISTERED
 DESIGN PROFESSIONAL (RDP) OR OWNER AND SUBMITTED TO THE
 AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL
 ON THE BASIS
 OF THE CHARACTER OF THE CONTENTS AND THE PROCESSES OR
 OPERATIONS
 CONDUCTED IN THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE.
 6.2.1.3* FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CODE, WHERE DIFFERENT
 DEGREES OF
 HAZARD OF CONTENTS EXIST IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF A
 BUILDING OR STRUCTURE,
 THE MOST HAZARDOUS SHALL GOVERN THE CLASSIFICATION,
 UNLESS
 HAZARDOUS AREAS ARE SEPARATED OR PROTECTED AS SPECIFIED
 IN SECTION
 8.7 AND THE APPLICABLE SECTIONS OF CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH
 43.
  
 6.2.2 CLASSIFICATION OF HAZARD OF CONTENTS.
 6.2.2.1* GENERAL. THE HAZARD OF CONTENTS OF ANY
 BUILDING OR
 STRUCTURE SHALL BE CLASSIFIED AS LOW, ORDINARY, OR HIGH
 IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 6.2.2.2, 6.2.2.3, AND 6.2.2.4.
 6.2.2.2* LOW HAZARD CONTENTS. LOW HAZARD CONTENTS SHALL
 BE
 CLASSIFIED AS THOSE OF SUCH LOW COMBUSTIBILITY THAT NO
 SELFPROPAGATING
 FIRE THEREIN CAN OCCUR.
 6.2.2.3* ORDINARY HAZARD CONTENTS. ORDINARY HAZARD
 CONTENTS SHALL
 BE CLASSIFIED AS THOSE THAT ARE LIKELY TO BURN WITH
 MODERATE RAPIDITY OR
 TO GIVE OFF A CONSIDERABLE VOLUME OF SMOKE.
 6.2.2.4* HIGH HAZARD CONTENTS. HIGH HAZARD CONTENTS
 SHALL BE
 CLASSIFIED AS THOSE THAT ARE LIKELY TO BURN WITH
 EXTREME RAPIDITY OR FROM
 WHICH EXPLOSIONS ARE LIKELY. (FOR MEANS OF EGRESS
 REQUIREMENTS, SEE
 SECTION 7. 11.)
  
  
 2) SHEET A 4.0 - THE 2ND FLOOR EXIT STAIRWAY IS LOCATED
 NEAR AN EXIT DOOR/OPENING AT THE BOTTOM.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 42 AND CH 7
  
 42.2 MEANS OF EGRESS REQUIREMENTS.
 42.2.1 GENERAL.
 42.2.1.1 EACH REQUIRED MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE IN
 ACCORDANCE
 WITH THE APPLICABLE PORTIONS OF CHAPTER 7.
  
 7.2.2.6.3 SEPARATION AND PROTECTION OF OUTSIDE STAIRS.
 7.2.2.6.3.1* OUTSIDE STAIRS SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM THE
 INTERIOR OF THE
 BUILDING BY CONSTRUCTION WITH THE FIRE RESISTANCE
 RATING REQUIRED FOR
 ENCLOSED STAIRS WITH FIXED OR SELF-CLOSING OPENING
 PROTECTIVES,
 EXCEPT AS FOLLOWS:
 (1) OUTSIDE STAIRS SERVING AN EXTERIOR EXIT ACCESS
 BALCONY THAT HAS
 TWO REMOTE OUTSIDE STAIRWAYS OR RAMPS SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO BE
 UNPROTECTED.
 (2) OUTSIDE STAIRS SERVING TWO OR FEWER ADJACENT
 STORIES, INCLUDING
 THE STORY WHERE THE EXIT DISCHARGES, SHALL BE PERMITTED
 TO BE
 UNPROTECTED WHERE THERE IS A REMOTELY LOCATED SECOND
 EXIT.
 (3) IN EXISTING BUILDINGS, EXISTING OUTSIDE STAIRS
 SERVING THREE OR
 FEWER ADJACENT STORIES, INCLUDING THE STORY WHERE THE
 EXIT
 DISCHARGES, SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE UNPROTECTED WHERE
 THERE IS
 A REMOTELY LOCATED SECOND EXIT.
 (4) THE FIRE RESISTANCE RATING OF A SEPARATION
 EXTENDING 10 FT (3050
 MM) FROM THE STAIRS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO EXCEED 1
 HOUR
 WHERE OPENINGS HAVE A MINIMUM ?-HOUR FIRE PROTECTION
 RATING.
 (5) OUTSIDE STAIRS IN EXISTING BUILDINGS PROTECTED
 THROUGHOUT BY AN
 APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.7 SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE
 UNPROTECTED.
 7.2.2.6.3.2 WALL CONSTRUCTION REQUIRED BY 7.2.2.6.3.1
 SHALL EXTEND AS
 FOLLOWS:
 (1) VERTICALLY FROM THE FINISHED GROUND LEVEL TO A
 POINT 10 FT (3050
 MM) ABOVE THE TOPMOST LANDING OF THE STAIRS OR TO THE
 ROOFLINE,
 WHICHEVER IS LOWER
 (2) HORIZONTALLY FOR NOT LESS THAN 10 FT (3050 MM)
  
 THE DOOR IS WITHIN THE 10FT.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.
  
  
  
 3) SHEET A 4.0 - THERE IS ONLY ONE EXIT INDICATED FORM
 THE 2ND FLOOR
  
 PER NFPA 101 CH 42 AND CH 7
  
 42.2.4 NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS. THE NUMBER OF MEANS
 OF
 EGRESS SHALL COMPLY WITH 42.2.4.1 THROUGH 42.2.4.3.
 (SEE ALSO
 SECTION 7.4.)
 42.2.4.1 THE NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL COMPLY
 WITH ANY OF
 THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) IN LOW HAZARD STORAGE OCCUPANCIES, A SINGLE MEANS
 OF EGRESS
 SHALL BE PERMITTED FROM ANY STORY OR SECTION.
 (2) IN ORDINARY HAZARD STORAGE OCCUPANCIES, A SINGLE
 MEANS OF
 EGRESS SHALL BE PERMITTED FROM ANY STORY OR SECTION,
 PROVIDED
 THAT THE EXIT CAN BE REACHED WITHIN THE DISTANCE
 PERMITTED AS A
 COMMON PATH OF TRAVEL.
 (3) ALL BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES NOT COMPLYING WITH
 42.2.4.1(1) OR
 42.2.4.1(2) AND USED FOR STORAGE, AND EVERY SECTION
 THEREOF
 CONSIDERED SEPARATELY, SHALL HAVE NOT LESS THAN TWO
 SEPARATE
 MEANS OF EGRESS AS REMOTELY LOCATED FROM EACH OTHER AS
 PRACTICABLE.
  
 42.2.6* TRAVEL DISTANCE TO EXITS. TRAVEL DISTANCE,
 MEASURED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.6, SHALL NOT EXCEED THAT
 PROVIDED BY
 TABLE 42.2.6.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE DETAILS OF LOW HAZARD OR
 INDICATE THE TRAVEL DISTANCES AS LESS THAN 50 FT
  
  
  
 4) SHEET A 4.0 - THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF HOW THE
 STORAGE WILL BE STORED OR IF RACKS WILL BE PROVIDED.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE ALL APPLICABLE DETAILS RELATED TO HOW
 THE COMMODITY WILL BE STORED AISL;E/FLOOR LAYOUTS FOR
 EACH ROOM, AND RACK INFORMATION, INCLUDING PALLET
 TYPES, COMMODITY TYPE, WRAPPING TYPES, SHELLVING TYPES,
 HEIGHTS, WEIGHT LIMITS, ETC, FOR REVIEW PURPOSES.
  
 RACKS SHALL BE INSTALLED UNDER SEPARATE PERMIT AND SHOP
 DRAWINGS.
  
  
  
 5) SHEET 4.0 - THERE ARE INDICATION OF DEAD STORAGE,
 WITH NO DEFINITION, ADDITIONALLY, WHAT IS THE PROPOSED
 WEIGHT LIMIT OF THE FLOORING OF THE 2ND FLOOR AND HOW
 WILL IT BE MONITORED?
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE DEAD STORAGE DEFINITION AND ALL
 APPLICABLE DETAILS RELATED TO STORAGE INCULDING THE 2ND
 FLOOR.
  
 ANY PROPOSED RACKS IN THE STORAGE AREA SHALL BE
 INSTALLED UNDER SEPARATE PERMIT AND SHOP DRAWINGS.
  
  
  
 6) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
  
 7) 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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