Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 20080399
Permit Number 20080399
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2020-08-31 14:53:08THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) SHEET 01 & 02 - THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS THAT THESE
 NEW DOORS ARE IN A REQUIRED PATH OF EGRESS.
  
 7.10.1.2 EXITS.
 7.10.1.2.1* EXITS, OTHER THAN MAIN EXTERIOR EXIT DOORS
 THAT OBVIOUSLY
 AND CLEARLY ARE IDENTIFIABLE AS EXITS, SHALL BE MARKED
 BY AN APPROVED
 SIGN THAT IS READILY VISIBLE FROM ANY DIRECTION OF EXIT
 ACCESS.
 7.10.1.2.2* HORIZONTAL COMPONENTS OF THE EGRESS PATH
 WITHIN AN EXIT
 ENCLOSURE SHALL BE MARKED BY APPROVED EXIT OR
 DIRECTIONAL EXIT SIGNS
 WHERE THE CONTINUATION OF THE EGRESS PATH IS NOT
 OBVIOUS.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE A LIFE SAFETY SHEET SHOWING THE REQUIRED
 EGRESS PATHS FROM THIS BUILDING/AREA, INCLUDING
 OCCUPANCY LOADS AND EXIT SIGNAGE.
  
  
  
 2) SHEET 01 & 02 - THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF REQUIRED
 EXIT SIGNS PER # 1 ABOVE.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 7, MEANS OF EGRESS.
  
 7.10.1.2 EXITS.
 7.10.1.2.1* EXITS, OTHER THAN MAIN EXTERIOR EXIT DOORS
 THAT OBVIOUSLY
 AND CLEARLY ARE IDENTIFIABLE AS EXITS, SHALL BE MARKED
 BY AN APPROVED
 SIGN THAT IS READILY VISIBLE FROM ANY DIRECTION OF EXIT
 ACCESS.
 7.10.1.2.2* HORIZONTAL COMPONENTS OF THE EGRESS PATH
 WITHIN AN EXIT
 ENCLOSURE SHALL BE MARKED BY APPROVED EXIT OR
 DIRECTIONAL EXIT SIGNS
 WHERE THE CONTINUATION OF THE EGRESS PATH IS NOT
 OBVIOUS.
  
 IF REQUIRED, PLEASE PROVIDE THE APPLICABLE EXIT
 SIGNAGE.
  
  
  
 3) SHEET 01 & 02 - THE DOORS ARE INDICATED AS SWINGING
 IN. BASED ON # 1 ABOVE, ARE THE DOORS REQUIRED TO SWING
 IN THE PATH OF TRAVEL.
  
 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 PROVIDE A DETAILED
 NARRATIVE WITH FIRE CODE REFERENCES.
  
  
 4) SHEET 01 & 02 - THERE IS NO INDICATION OF DOOR
 HARDWARE
  
 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.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS.
  
  
 5) INFORMATIONAL - A CARD READER IS NOTED. THE INSTALL
 OF ACCESS CONTROL SHALL BE UNDER SEPARATE PERMIT AND
 SHOP DRAWINGS.
  
 ANY ACCESS CONTROL SHALL NOT RESTRICT EGRESS AND COMPLY
 WITH NFPA 101, CH 7, MEANS OF EGRESS WHERE APPLICABLE.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE A NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
  
  
  
 6) INFORMATIONAL - ANY REMOVAL AND/OR CONSTRUCTION OF
 WALLS AND /OR CEILINGS REQUIRE AN EVALUATION OF THE
 FIRE ALARM AND/OR FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS BY APPLICABLE
 LICENSED CONTRACTORS FOR CODE COVERAGE COMPLIANCE.
  
 ANY AND ALL WORK ON THE FIRE ALARM AND/OR FIRE
 SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, INCLUDING DEMO, SHALL BE DONE UNDER
 SEPARATE PERMITS AND SHOP DRAWINGS.
  
 THE EXISTING LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS, FIRE ALARM AND/OR
 FIRE SPRINKLER SHALL BE MAINTAINED AND REMAIN ACTIVE
 THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD, INCLUDING DEMO.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE A NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
  
  
  
 7) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
 8) 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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