Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 20050571
Permit Number 20050571
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2020-05-27 11:37:07THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF SPRINKLER HEADS AT THE
 BOTTOM OF THE ELEVATORS.
  
 SHEET FS 5.2 OF THE MASTER PERMIT INDICATES A SPRINKLER
 HEAD IN THE ELEVATOR PIT.
  
 PER NFPA 13
  
 8.15.5 ELEVATOR HOISTWAYS AND MACHINE ROOMS.
 8.15.5.1* SIDEWALL SPRAY SPRINKLERS SHALL BE INSTALLED
 AT THE BOTTOM
 OF EACH ELEVATOR HOISTWAY NOT MORE THAN 2 FT (0.61 M)
 ABOVE THE FLOOR OF THE PIT.
 8.15.5.2 THE SPRINKLER REQUIRED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
 ELEVATOR
 HOISTWAY BY 8.15.5.1 SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR
 ENCLOSED, NONCOMBUSTIBLE
 ELEVATOR SHAFTS THAT DO NOT CONTAIN COMBUSTIBLE
 HYDRAULIC FLUIDS.
  
 8.15.5.3 AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLERS SHALL NOT BE
 REQUIRED IN ELEVATOR
 MACHINE ROOMS, ELEVATOR MACHINERY SPACES, CONTROL
 SPACES, OR
 HOISTWAYS OF TRACTION ELEVATORS INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH THE
 APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN NFPA 101, OR THE APPLICABLE
 BUILDING
 CODE, WHERE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET:
 (1) THE ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOM, MACHINERY SPACE, CONTROL
 ROOM, CONTROL SPACE, OR HOISTWAY OF TRACTION ELEVATOR
 IS
 DEDICATED TO ELEVATOR EQUIPMENT ONLY.
 (2) THE ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOM, MACHINE ROOM, MACHINERY
 SPACE, CONTROL ROOM, CONTROL SPACE, OR HOISTWAY OF
 TRACTION
 ELEVATORS ARE PROTECTED BY SMOKE DETECTORS, OR OTHER
 AUTOMATIC
 FIRE DETECTION, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA72.
 (3) THE ELEVATOR MACHINERY SPACE, CONTROL ROOM, CONTROL
 SPACE,
 OR HOISTWAY OF TRACTION ELEVATORS IS SEPARATED FROM THE
 REMAINDER
 OF THE BUILDING BY WALLS AND FLOOR/CEILING OR ROOF/
 CEILING ASSEMBLIES HAVING A FIRE RESISTANCE RATING OF
 NOT LESS
 THAN THAT SPECIFIED BY THE APPLICABLE BUILDING CODE.
 (4) NO MATERIALS UNRELATED TO ELEVATOR EQUIPMENT ARE
 PERMITTED
 TO BE STORED IN ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOMS, MACHINERY
 SPACES, CONTROL ROOMS, CONTROL SPACES, OR HOISTWAYS OF
 TRACTION
 ELEVATORS.
 (5) THE ELEVATOR MACHINERY IS NOT OF THE HYDRAULIC
 TYPE.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR JUSTIFY WITH ELEVATOR
 INFORMATION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE.
  
  
  
 2) SHEET FS -THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A SPRINKLER
 HEAD AT THE TOP OF STAIRWAY # 1
  
 IT MAY BE THAT THE STAIRWAY GOES UP TO THE ROOF BUT IT
 IS NOT INDICATED WITH A PLAN SHEET; SEE 2A BELOW.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR JUSTIFY
  
  
  
 2A) SHEET FS 2.5 OF THE MASTER PERMIT INDICATES THE
 STAIRWAY # 1 GOING TO THE ROOF WITH A SPRINKER HEADS
 LOCATED AT THE TOP.
  
 YOU DO NOT HAVE A PLAN SHEET WHERE THE ROOF PLAN IS
 APPLICABLE.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR JUSTIFY.
  
  
  
 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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