Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 21070558
Permit Number 21070558
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2021-11-29 12:10:58THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
  
 1) PREVIOUS COMMENT # 2 WAS NOT ADDRESSED AND REMAINS.
  
 THE PRIMARY MEANS OF ESCAPE WITH THE STAIR OPENING INTO
 THE LVIVING ROOMS DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 NFPA 101 CH 32
  
  
 32.2.2.4.6 IN BUILDINGS THREE OR FEWER STORIES IN
 HEIGHT AND PROTECTED
 BY AN APPROVED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH 32.2.3.5,
 STAIR ENCLOSURES SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED, PROVIDED THAT
 THERE STILL REMAINS
 A PRIMARY MEANS OF ESCAPE FROM EACH SLEEPING AREA THAT
 DOES NOT REQUIRE
 OCCUPANTS TO PASS THROUGH A PORTION OF A LOWER FLOOR,
 UNLESS THAT ROUTE
 IS SEPARATED FROM ALL SPACES ON THAT FLOOR BY
 CONSTRUCTION HAVING A MINIMUM
 1?2-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING.
  
 THE PROVISIONS OF 32/33.2.2.4.7 PERMIT A TWO-STORY OPEN
 STAIR
 (AND ITS ASSOCIATED EXPOSURE TO THE AREAS THAT ARE
 OCCUPIED OR FURNISHED,
 OR BOTH, ON THE GROUND FLOOR) TO SERVE AS PRIMARY MEANS
 OF
 ESCAPE FOR NEW SMALL FACILITIES AND EXISTING SMALL
 FACILITIES (NOT
 MORE THAN EIGHT RESIDENTS) WITH PROMPT EVACUATION
 CAPABILITY,
 PROVIDED THAT THE FACILITY IS SPRINKLERED USING
 QUICK-RESPONSE OR
 RESIDENTIAL SPRINKLERS. THIS PROVISION, IN EFFECT,
 EQUATES SUCH A
 BOARD AND CARE FACILITY WITH A ONE- OR TWO-FAMILY
 DWELLING. AN
 UNENCLOSED INTERIOR STAIR MEETING THE CRITERIA OF THIS
 PROVISION IS
 CONSIDERED THE EQUIVALENT OF AN ENCLOSED INTERIOR
 STAIR.
  
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR PROVIDE A DETAILED
 NARRATIVE WITH CODE REFERENCES
  
  
  
 *****ADDITIONAL COMMENT****
  
  
 2) THERE IS AN INDICATION OF A RAMP LEADING TO A PUBLIC
 WAY; HOWEVER, THERE ARE OPENINGS ALONG THE RAMP ROUTE
 THAT APPEAR TO BE NORMAL GLAZING.
  
 32.2.2.2 PRIMARY MEANS OF ESCAPE.
  
 32.2.2.2.1 EVERY SLEEPING ROOM AND LIVING AREA SHALL
 HAVE ACCESS TO A
 PRIMARY MEANS OF ESCAPE LOCATED TO PROVIDE A SAFE PATH
 OF TRAVEL TO THE
 OUTSIDE AT STREET LEVEL OR THE FINISHED GROUND LEVEL.
  
 32.2.2.2.2 WHERE SLEEPING ROOMS OR LIVING AREAS ARE
 ABOVE OR BELOW
 THE LEVEL OF EXIT DISCHARGE, THE PRIMARY MEANS OF
 ESCAPE SHALL BE AN
 INTERIOR STAIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH 32.2.2.4, AN EXTERIOR
 STAIR, A HORIZONTAL
 EXIT, OR A FIRE ESCAPE STAIR
  
 32.1.1.3 GENERAL. THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 4, GENERAL,
 SHALL APPLY.
  
 4.5.3 MEANS OF EGRESS.
 4.5.3.1 NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS. TWO MEANS OF EGRESS,
 AS A MINIMUM,
 SHALL BE PROVIDED IN EVERY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE,
 SECTION, AND AREA
 WHERE SIZE, OCCUPANCY, AND ARRANGEMENT ENDANGER
 OCCUPANTS ATTEMPTING
 TO USE A SINGLE MEANS OF EGRESS THAT IS BLOCKED BY FIRE
 OR SMOKE. THE
 TWO MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE ARRANGED TO MINIMIZE THE
 POSSIBILITY THAT
 BOTH MIGHT BE RENDERED IMPASSABLE BY THE SAME EMERGENCY
 CONDITION.
  
 4.6.1.2 ANY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THE
 SAFETY OF BUILDING
 OCCUPANTS AND THAT ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED FOR BY
 THIS CODE SHALL
 BE DETERMINED BY THE AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION.
  
 PER NFPA 101 CH 7 MEANS OF ESCAPE
  
 7.5.3 EXTERIORWAYS OF EXIT ACCESS
  
 7.5.3.3 EXTERIOR EXIT ACCESS BALCONIES SHALL BE
 SEPARATED FROM THE INTERIOR
 OF THE BUILDING BY WALLS AND OPENING PROTECTIVES AS
 REQUIRED FOR CORRIDORS,
 UNLESS THE EXTERIOR EXIT ACCESS BALCONY IS SERVED BY AT
 LEAST TWO
 REMOTE STAIRS THAT CAN BE ACCESSED WITHOUT ANY OCCUPANT
 TRAVELING PAST
 AN UNPROTECTED OPENING TO REACH ONE OF THE STAIRS, OR
 UNLESS DEAD ENDS
 ON THE EXTERIOR EXIT ACCESS DO NOT EXCEED 20 FT
  
 7.5.4 ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF EGRESS.
 7.5.4.1* AREAS ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WITH SEVERE
 MOBILITY IMPAIRMENT,
 OTHER THAN IN EXISTING BUILDINGS, SHALL HAVE NOT LESS
 THAN TWO ACCESSIBLE
 MEANS OF EGRESS, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN 7.5.4.1.2
 THROUGH 7.5.4.1.4
  
 7.5.4.1.2 A SINGLE ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE
 PERMITTED FROM
 BUILDINGS OR AREAS OF BUILDINGS PERMITTED TO HAVE A
 SINGLE EXIT.
  
 7.5.4.6 TO BE CONSIDERED PART OF AN ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF
 EGRESS, A SMOKE
 BARRIER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.5 WITH NOT LESS
 THAN A 1-HOUR FIRE
 RESISTANCE RATING, OR A HORIZONTAL EXIT IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH 7.2.4, SHALL
 DISCHARGE TO AN AREA OF REFUGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 7.2.12.
  
  
 PERSONS IN WHEELCHAIRS/WALKERS HAVE THEIR SOLE MEANS OF
 ESCAPE VIA THE RAMP. SHOULD FIRE BREACH THOSE WINDOWS,
 THEIR ESCAPE IS BLOCKED.
  
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR PROVIDE A DETAILED
 NARRATIVE WITH CODE REFERENCES
  
  
  
 3) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
 4) 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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