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2020-12-10 16:36:11 | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE |
| MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| 1) THERE ARE PULL STATIONS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE |
| OCCUPANCY. |
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| PER NFPA 101, CH 30 AND CH 9 PULLS STATIONS ARE NOT |
| SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED: |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 2) THERE ARE SMOKE DETECTORS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE |
| OCCUPANCY. |
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| PER NFPA 101, CH 30 AND CH 9 SMOKE DETECTION DEVICES |
| ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED: |
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| 30.3.4.4 DETECTION. (RESERVED) |
| 30.3.4.5* SMOKE ALARMS. SMOKE ALARMS SHALL BE INSTALLED |
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| 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. |
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| IN AN INTENT TO REDUCE FALSE ALARMS OR UNLESS |
| SPECIFCALLY REQUIRED BY THE EOR OR OWNER PULL STATIONS |
| CAN BE REMOVED ON EACH FLOOR |
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| 3) THERE ARE INDICATIONS CARD READERS/ACCESS CONTROL |
| INSTALLATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED UNDER SEPARATE PERMIT |
| AND SHOP DRAWINGS. |
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| INSTALLATION SHALL COMPLY WITH NFPA 101, CH 7 MEANS OF |
| EGRESS AS APPLICABLE. |
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| PLEASE PROVIDE A NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT |
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| 4) THE FIRE ALARM PANEL (FACP) COULD NOT BE LOCATED ON |
| THE FLOOR PLAN SHEETS. |
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| PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR BETTER DEFINE ITS |
| LOCATION. |
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| 5) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET |
| REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE |
| ABOVE. |
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| 6) ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY BE PROVIDED ON THE |
| RE-SUBMITTAL OF THE ABOVE. |
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| PETER LEDUC |
| FIRE MARSHAL |
| 561-804-4709 |
| [email protected] |
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