Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 20060908
Permit Number 20060908
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2020-06-25 14:41:59THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
  
 1) SHEET A 1 - THE KEY NOTES OF THE NEW FLOOR PLAN
 INDICATES A # 2 AT THE NEW WALL AREA AS GYPSUM WLL WITH
 1/2" DRYWALL; HOWEVER, NOTE # 5 FOR THE EXISTING WALL
 INDICATES 1 HOUR RATED.
  
 THE NEW WALL IS REQUIRED TO BE 1 HOUR FIRE RATED, THE
 SAME AS EXISTING.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.
  
  
  
 2) SHEET A 1 - NEW DOORS # 5 & 6 ARE REQUIRED TO BE
 FIRE RATED AS THEY AS WITHIN A REQUIRED FIRE RATED
 WALL. THE DOOR SCHEDULE DOES NOT INDICATE ANY FIRE
 RATING FOR THESE DOORS.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.
  
  
  
 3) SHEET A 1 - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF A NEW STORAGE
 ROOM WITH A NEW SEPARATION WALL.
  
 THE SEPARATION WALL IS REQUIRED TO BE RATED BE THE
 HAZARD CLASSICATION OF THE TYPE OF STORAGE. MOST
 STORAGE AREAS ARE CLASSIFIED AS ORDINARY HAZARD AND A 2
 HOUR SEPARATION IS REQUIRED; 1 HOUR IF THE BUILDING IS
 SPRINKLERED.
  
 PER NFPA 101 CH 6
  
 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.)
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT
  
  
  
 4) SHEET A 1 - THERE ARE NO INDICATION OF ANY EXISTING
 LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE A NOTE INDICATING IF THERE IS A FIRE
 SRINKLER OR FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.
  
 ANY WORK ON THESE SYSTEMS SHALL BE DONE UNDER SEPARATE
 PERMIT AND SHOP DRAWINGS.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE A NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
  
  
  
 5) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 6) 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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