Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 20040725
Permit Number 20040725
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2020-04-29 09:15:35THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) SHEET A 1.1 & A 4.1 - THERE IS AN INDICATION THAT
 DOOR 103 IS AN EXIT DOOR; HOWEVER, IT SWINGS AGAINST
 EGRESS.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 7, MEANS OF EGRESS
  
 7.2.1.4.2 DOOR LEAF SWING DIRECTION. DOOR LEAVES
 REQUIRED TO BE
 OF THE SIDE-HINGED OR PIVOTED-SWINGING TYPE SHALL SWING
 IN THE
 DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL UNDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
 CONDITIONS:
 (1) WHERE SERVING A ROOM OR AREA WITH AN OCCUPANT LOAD
 OF 50 OR
 MORE, EXCEPT UNDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
 (A) DOOR LEAVES IN HORIZONTAL EXITS SHALL NOT BE
 REQUIRED TO
 SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL WHERE PERMITTED
 BY 7.2.4.3.8.1 OR 7.2.4.3.8.2.
 (B) DOOR LEAVES IN SMOKE BARRIERS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED
 TO
 SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL IN EXISTING
 HEALTH
 CARE OCCUPANCIES, AS PROVIDED IN CHAPTER 19.
 (2) WHERE THE DOOR ASSEMBLY IS USED IN AN EXIT
 ENCLOSURE, UNLESS
 THE DOOR OPENING SERVES AN INDIVIDUAL LIVING UNIT THAT
 OPENS
 DIRECTLY INTO AN EXIT ENCLOSURE
 (3) WHERE THE DOOR OPENING SERVES A HIGH HAZARD
 CONTENTS AREA
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR REMOVE THE EXIT SIGN ABOVE
 IT AS IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A REQUIRED EXIT.
  
  
 2) SHEET A 4.1 - THE DOOR SCHEDULE INDICATES THAT DOORS
 101 THROUGH104 DO NOT HAVE PANIC HARDWARE.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 13, EXISTING ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES & CH
 7, MEANS OF EGRESS
  
 13.2.2.2.3 ANY DOOR IN A REQUIRED MEANS OF EGRESS FROM
 AN AREA
 HAVING AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF 100 OR MORE PERSONS SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO BE PROVIDED WITH A LATCH OR LOCK ONLY IF
 THE LATCH OR
 LOCK IS PANIC HARDWARE OR FIRE EXIT HARDWARE COMPLYING
 WITH
 7.2.1.7, UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY ONE OF THE
 FOLLOWING:
 (1) THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO DELAYED-EGRESS
 LOCKS AS
 PERMITTED IN 13.2.2.2.5.
 (2) THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO
 ACCESS-CONTROLLED EGRESS
 DOORS AS PERMITTED IN 13.2.2.2.6.
  
  
 7.2.1.7 PANIC HARDWARE AND FIRE EXIT HARDWARE.
 7.2.1.7.1 WHERE A DOOR ASSEMBLY IS REQUIRED TO BE
 EQUIPPED WITH
 PANIC OR FIRE EXIT HARDWARE, SUCH HARDWARE SHALL MEET
 ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
 (1) IT SHALL CONSIST OF A CROSS BAR OR A PUSH PAD, THE
 ACTUATING
 PORTION OF WHICH EXTENDS ACROSS NOT LESS THAN ONE-HALF
 OF THE
 WIDTH OF THE DOOR LEAF.
 (2) IT SHALL BE MOUNTED AS FOLLOWS:
 (A) NEW INSTALLATIONS SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 34 IN.
 (865 MM),
 AND NOT MORE THAN 48 IN. (1220 MM), ABOVE THE FLOOR.
 (B) EXISTING INSTALLATIONS SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 30
 IN. (760 MM),
 AND NOT MORE THAN 48 IN. (1220 MM), ABOVE THE FLOOR.
 (3) IT SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED SO THAT A HORIZONTAL FORCE
 NOT TO EXCEED
 15 LBF (66 N) ACTUATES THE CROSS BAR OR PUSH PAD AND
 LATCHES.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT
  
  
  
 3) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 4) 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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