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Plan Review Notes For Permit 21030247
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2021-03-05 11:39:39THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY PETER LEDUC,
 FIRE MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
 PLEASE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING AS PROVISO:
  
 THESE PROVISO COMMENTS WILL BE VERIFIED AND CONFIRMED
 AT THE TIME OF FIRE INSPECTION. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE
 PROVISO COMMENTS WILL RESULT IN A FAILED FIRE
 INSPECTION.
  
 1) ALL INSTALLED EQUIPMENT SHALL FUNCTION AS PER THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF NFPA 101, CHAPTER 7, MEANS OF EGRESS AS
 APPLICABLE BELOW PER EACH DOOR/ENTRY/EXIT.
  
  
 7.2.1.5.6 DOOR HARDWARE RELEASE OF ELECTRICALLY LOCKED
 EGRESS
 DOOR ASSEMBLIES. DOOR ASSEMBLIES IN THE MEANS OF EGRESS
 SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO BE EQUIPPED WITH APPROVED ELECTRICAL
 LOCKING SYSTEMS
 RELEASED BY THE OPERATION OF DOOR HARDWARE PROVIDED
 THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING
 CONDITIONS ARE MET:
 (1) THE HARDWARE FOR EGRESS-SIDE OCCUPANT RELEASE OF
 THE ELECTRICAL
 LOCK IS AFFIXED TO THE DOOR LEAF.
 (2) THE HARDWARE HAS AN OBVIOUS METHOD OF OPERATION
 THAT IS READILY
 OPERATED IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS UNDER ALL LIGHTING
 CONDITIONS.
 (3) THE HARDWARE IS CAPABLE OF BEING OPERATED WITH ONE
 HAND IN THE
 DIRECTION OF EGRESS.
 (4) OPERATION OF THE HARDWARE DIRECTLY INTERRUPTS THE
 POWER SUPPLY TO
 THE ELECTRIC LOCK AND UNLOCKS THE DOOR ASSEMBLY IN THE
 DIRECTION
 OF EGRESS.
 (5)* LOSS OF POWER TO THE LISTED RELEASING HARDWARE
 AUTOMATICALLY ELECTRICALLY
 UNLOCKS THE DOOR ASSEMBLY IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS.
 (6) HARDWARE FOR NEW INSTALLATIONS IS LISTED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH
 ANSI/UL 294, STANDARD FOR ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM UNITS.
  
  
 7.2.1.6* SPECIAL LOCKING ARRANGEMENTS.
 7.2.1.6.1 DELAYED-EGRESS ELECTRICAL LOCKING SYSTEMS.
 7.2.1.6.1.1 APPROVED, DELAYED-EGRESS ELECTRICAL LOCKING
 SYSTEMS SHALL
 BE PERMITTED TO BE INSTALLED ON DOOR ASSEMBLIES SERVING
 LOW- AND
 ORDINARY-
 HAZARD CONTENTS IN BUILDINGS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN
 APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM IN
 ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION 9.6 OR AN APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC
 SPRINKLER SYSTEM
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.7, AND WHERE PERMITTED IN
 CHAPTERS 11
 THROUGH 43, PROVIDED THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA
 ARE MET:
 (1) THE DELAY OF THE DELAYED-EGRESS ELECTRICAL LOCKING
 SYSTEM SHALL
 DEACTIVATE ALLOWING UNOBSTRUCTED EGRESS UPON ACTUATION
 OF ONE OF
 THE FOLLOWING:
 (A) APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN
 ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION 9.7
 (B) NOT MORE THAN ONE HEAT DETECTOR OF AN APPROVED,
 SUPERVISED
 AUTOMATIC FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 9.6
 (C) NOT MORE THAN TWO SMOKE DETECTORS OF AN APPROVED,
 SUPERVISED
 AUTOMATIC FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 9.6
 (2) THE DELAY OF THE DELAYED-EGRESS ELECTRICAL LOCKING
 SYSTEM SHALL
 DEACTIVATE ALLOWING UNOBSTRUCTED EGRESS UPON LOSS OF
 POWER CONTROLLING
 THE LOCK OR LOCKING MECHANISM.
 (3)* AN IRREVERSIBLE PROCESS SHALL RELEASE THE
 ELECTRICAL LOCK IN THE
 DIRECTION OF EGRESS WITHIN 15 SECONDS, OR 30 SECONDS
 WHERE
 APPROVED BY THE AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION, UPON
 APPLICATION OF
 A FORCE TO THE RELEASE DEVICE REQUIRED IN 7.2.1.5.10
 UNDER ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
 (A) THE FORCE SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO EXCEED 15 LBF
 (67 N).
 (B) THE FORCE SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE CONTINUOUSLY
 APPLIED FOR
 MORE THAN 3 SECONDS.
 (C) THE INITIATION OF THE RELEASE PROCESS SHALL
 ACTIVATE AN AUDIBLE
 SIGNAL IN THE VICINITY OF THE DOOR OPENING.
 (D) ONCE THE ELECTRICAL LOCK HAS BEEN RELEASED BY THE
 APPLICATION
 OF FORCE TO THE RELEASING DEVICE, REARMING THE DELAY
 ELECTRONICS
 SHALL BE BY MANUAL MEANS ONLY.
 (4)* A READILY VISIBLE, DURABLE SIGN THAT CONFORMS TO
 THE VISUAL CHARACTERS
 REQUIREMENTS OF ICC/ANSI A117.1, ACCESSIBLE AND USABLE
 BUILDINGS
 AND FACILITIES, SHALL BE LOCATED ON THE DOOR LEAF
 ADJACENT TO THE
 RELEASE DEVICE IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS, AND SHALL
 READ AS FOLLOWS:
 (A) PUSH UNTIL ALARM SOUNDS, DOOR CAN BE OPENED
 IN 15 SECONDS, FOR DOORS THAT SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF
 EGRESS TRAVEL
 (B) PULL UNTIL ALARM SOUNDS, DOOR CAN BE OPENED
 IN 15 SECONDS, FOR DOORS THAT SWING AGAINST THE
 DIRECTION
 OF EGRESS TRAVEL
  
  
 7.2.1.6.1.2 THE PROVISIONS OF 7.2.1.6.2 FOR
 SENSOR-RELEASE OF ELECTRICAL
 LOCKING SYSTEMS SHALL NOT APPLY TO DOOR ASSEMBLIES WITH
 DELAYED-EGRESS
 ELECTRICAL LOCKING SYSTEMS.
  
  
 7.2.1.6.2 SENSOR-RELEASE OF ELECTRICAL LOCKING SYSTEMS.
 WHERE PERMITTED
 IN CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43, DOOR ASSEMBLIES IN THE MEANS
 OF EGRESS
 SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE EQUIPPED WITH SENSOR-RELEASE
 ELECTRICAL LOCKING
 SYSTEM HARDWARE PROVIDED THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING
 CRITERIA ARE MET:
 (1) A SENSOR SHALL BE PROVIDED ON THE EGRESS SIDE,
 ARRANGED TO ELECTRICALLY
 UNLOCK THE DOOR LEAF IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS UPON
 DETECTION
 OF AN APPROACHING OCCUPANT.
 (2) DOOR LEAVES SHALL AUTOMATICALLY ELECTRICALLY UNLOCK
 IN THE DIRECTION
 OF EGRESS UPON LOSS OF POWER TO THE SENSOR OR TO THE
 PART OF THE
 LOCKING SYSTEM THAT ELECTRICALLY LOCKS THE DOOR LEAVES.
 (3) DOOR LOCKS SHALL BE ARRANGED TO ELECTRICALLY UNLOCK
 IN THE DIRECTION
 OF EGRESS FROM A MANUAL RELEASE DEVICE COMPLYING WITH
 ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
  
 (A) THE MANUAL RELEASE DEVICE SHALL BE LOCATED ON THE
 EGRESS SIDE,
 40 IN. TO 48 IN. (1015 MM TO 1220 MM ) VERTICALLY ABOVE
 THE
 FLOOR, AND WITHIN 60 IN. (1525 MM) OF THE SECURED DOOR
 OPENINGS,
 EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY 7.2.1.6.2(3)(C).
 (B) THE REQUIREMENT OF 7.2.1.6.2(3)(A) TO LOCATE THE
 MANUAL RELEASE
 DEVICE WITHIN 60 IN. (1525 MM) OF THE SECURED DOOR
 OPENING
 SHALL NOT APPLY TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED EXISTING
 INSTALLATIONS.
 (C) THE MANUAL RELEASE DEVICE SHALL BE READILY
 ACCESSIBLE AND
 CLEARLY IDENTIFIED BY A SIGN THAT READS AS FOLLOWS:
 PUSH TO
 EXIT.
 (D) WHEN OPERATED, THE MANUAL RELEASE DEVICE SHALL
 RESULT IN DIRECT
 INTERRUPTION OF POWER TO THE ELECTRICAL LOCK ?
 INDEPENDENT OF
 THE LOCKING SYSTEM ELECTRONICS ? AND THE LOCK SHALL
 REMAIN
 UNLOCKED FOR NOT LESS THAN 30 SECONDS.
 (4) ACTIVATION OF THE BUILDING FIRE-PROTECTIVE
 SIGNALING SYSTEM, IF PROVIDED,
 SHALL AUTOMATICALLY ELECTRICALLY UNLOCK THE DOOR LEAVES
 IN
 THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS, AND THE DOOR LEAVES SHALL
 REMAIN ELECTRICALLY
 UNLOCKED UNTIL THE FIRE-PROTECTIVE SIGNALING SYSTEM HAS
 BEEN MANUALLY
 RESET.
 (5) THE ACTIVATION OF MANUAL FIRE ALARM BOXES THAT
 ACTIVATE THE BUILDING
 FIRE-PROTECTIVE SIGNALING SYSTEM SPECIFIED IN
 7.2.1.6.2(4) SHALL NOT
 BE REQUIRED TO UNLOCK THE DOOR LEAVES.
 (6) ACTIVATION OF THE BUILDING AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER OR
 FIRE DETECTION
 SYSTEM, IF PROVIDED, SHALL AUTOMATICALLY ELECTRICALLY
 UNLOCK THE DOOR
 LEAVES IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS, AND THE DOOR LEAVES
 SHALL REMAIN
 ELECTRICALLY UNLOCKED UNTIL THE FIRE-PROTECTIVE
 SIGNALING SYSTEM HAS
 BEEN MANUALLY RESET.
 (7) THE EGRESS SIDE OF SENSOR-RELEASE ELECTRICALLY
 LOCKED EGRESS DOORS,
 OTHER THAN EXISTING SENSOR-RELEASE ELECTRICALLY LOCKED
 EGRESS DOORS,
 SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH EMERGENCY LIGHTING IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH
 SECTION 7.9.
 (8) HARDWARE FOR NEW INSTALLATIONS SHALL BE LISTED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH
 ANSI/UL 294, STANDARD FOR ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM UNITS.
  
  
  
 PETER LEDUC
 FIRE MARSHAL
 561-804-4709
 [email protected]
  


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