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Plan Review Notes

Notes

Date	Text
2021-01-20 16:09:28	THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ARE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES
	AND IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE INTENTIONAL/ACCIDENTAL FALSE
	FIRE ALARMS.

	1) PULL STATIONS ARE NOTED AT EVERY STAIRWELL; HOWEVER,
	THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED WHERE THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM
	ACTIVATES THE FA.

	PER NFPA 101, CH 42

	42.8.3.4.2 INITIATION. INITIATION OF THE REQUIRED FIRE
	ALARM SYSTEM
	SHALL BE BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:
	(1) MANUAL MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.2.1(1)
	(2) APPROVED AUTOMATIC FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM IN
	ACCORDANCE WITH
	9.6.2.1(2) THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING, PLUS A MINIMUM OF
	ONE
	MANUAL FIRE ALARM BOX IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.2.6
	(3) APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN
	ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.2.1(3) THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING,
	PLUS A
	MINIMUM OF ONE MANUAL FIRE ALARM BOX IN ACCORDANCE WITH
	9.6.2.6

	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.

	CONSIDER 1 PULL STATION NEAR THE ELECTRICAL ROOM.

	COORDINATE THE LOCATION THRU THE OFFICE OF THE FIRE
	MARSHAL UNLESS THE OWNER/EOR REQUEST THEM THROUGHOUT.


	PETER LEDUC
	FIRE MARSHAL
	561-804-4709
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