Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 20120244
Permit Number 20120244
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2020-12-10 16:36:11THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
  
 1) THERE ARE PULL STATIONS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE
 OCCUPANCY.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 30 AND CH 9 PULLS STATIONS ARE NOT
 SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED:
  
 30.3.4 DETECTION, ALARM, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS.
 30.3.4.1 GENERAL.
 30.3.4.1.1 APARTMENT BUILDINGS FOUR OR MORE STORIES IN
 HEIGHT OR
 WITH MORE THAN 11 DWELLING UNITS, OTHER THAN THOSE
 MEETING THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF 30.3.4.1.2, SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A
 FIRE ALARM
 SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.6, EXCEPT AS
 MODIFIED BY
 30.3.4.2 THROUGH 30.3.4.5.
  
 30.3.4.2 INITIATION.
 30.3.4.2.1 INITIATION OF THE REQUIRED FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
 SHALL BE BY
 MANUAL MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.2, UNLESS THE
 BUILDING
 COMPLIES WITH 30.3.4.2.2.
  
 30.3.4.2.3 IN BUILDINGS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN
 APPROVED,
 SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH 30.3.5,
 REQUIRED FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS SHALL BE INITIATED UPON
 OPERATION OF
 THE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
  
 9.6.2 SIGNAL INITIATION.
 9.6.2.1 WHERE REQUIRED BY OTHER SECTIONS OF THIS CODE,
 ACTUATION
 OF THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM SHALL OCCUR BY ANY OR ALL OF
 THE FOLLOWING
 MEANS OF INITIATION BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO SUCH
 MEANS:
 (1) MANUAL FIRE ALARM INITIATION
 (2) AUTOMATIC DETECTION
 (3) EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM OPERATION
  
 9.6.2.6* FOR FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS USING AUTOMATIC FIRE
 DETECTION OR
 WATERFLOW DETECTION DEVICES TO INITIATE THE FIRE ALARM
 SYSTEM IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43, NOT LESS THAN
 ONE MANUAL
 FIRE ALARM BOX, LOCATED AS REQUIRED BY THE AUTHORITY
 HAVING
 JURISDICTION, SHALL BE PROVIDED TO INITIATE A FIRE
 ALARM SIGNAL.
  
 IN AN INTENT TO REDUCE FALSE ALARMS OR UNLESS
 SPECIFCALLY REQUIRED BY THE EOR OR OWNER, PULL STATIONS
 THROUGHOUT ARE NOT REQUIRED AND CAN BE REMOVED ON EACH
 FLOOR EXCEPT AT THE FACP LOCATION.
  
 2) THERE ARE SMOKE DETECTORS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE
 OCCUPANCY.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 30 AND CH 9 SMOKE DETECTION DEVICES
 ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED:
  
 30.3.4.4 DETECTION. (RESERVED)
 30.3.4.5* SMOKE ALARMS. SMOKE ALARMS SHALL BE INSTALLED
 IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.2.10 IN EVERY SLEEPING AREA,
 OUTSIDE EVERY
 SLEEPING AREA IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE
 BEDROOMS, AND ON
 ALL LEVELS OF THE DWELLING UNIT, INCLUDING BASEMENTS.
  
 IN AN INTENT TO REDUCE FALSE ALARMS OR UNLESS
 SPECIFCALLY REQUIRED BY THE EOR OR OWNER PULL STATIONS
 CAN BE REMOVED ON EACH FLOOR
  
  
 3) THERE ARE INDICATIONS CARD READERS/ACCESS CONTROL
 INSTALLATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED UNDER SEPARATE PERMIT
 AND SHOP DRAWINGS.
  
 INSTALLATION SHALL COMPLY WITH NFPA 101, CH 7 MEANS OF
 EGRESS AS APPLICABLE.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE A NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT
  
  
  
 4) THE FIRE ALARM PANEL (FACP) COULD NOT BE LOCATED ON
 THE FLOOR PLAN SHEETS.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR BETTER DEFINE ITS
 LOCATION.
  
  
 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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