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2023-04-27 11:08:00 | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE |
| MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| 1) SHEET A102- THERE IS AN INDICATION OF A FIRE RATED |
| WALL ALONG THE SERVICE SHOP WALL THAT SEPARATES THE |
| PARTS AREA; HOWEVER, THERE IS NO FIRE RATED WALL ALONG |
| THE SERVICE WALL BY THE LOCKER ROOMS & TECH BREAKROOMS. |
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| THERE IS ALSO AN UNPROTECTED 4'8" OPENING ALONG THAT |
| WALL. |
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| PER NFPA 101 CH 6, THERE IS REQUIRED SEPARATION OF |
| OCCUPANCY AND SEPARATION OF HAZARD. |
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| ONE MAY ATTEMPT TO CALL THAT AREA ACCESSORY TO THE |
| SERVICE SHOP BUT THE SERVICE SHOP IS OF HIGHER HAZARD |
| AND RATED SEPARATION IS REQUIRED AS INDICATED FROM THE |
| PARTS SECTION. |
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| THAT OPENING IS REQUIRED TO BE PROTECTED ACCORDING TO |
| THE RATING. |
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| PER NFPA 101, CH 6: |
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| 6.2 HAZARD OF CONTENTS |
| 6.2.1 GENERAL. |
| 6.2.1.1 FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CODE, THE HAZARD OF |
| CONTENTS SHALL BE |
| THE RELATIVE DANGER OF THE START AND SPREAD OF FIRE, |
| THE DANGER OF SMOKE |
| OR GASES GENERATED, AND THE DANGER OF EXPLOSION OR |
| OTHER OCCURRENCE |
| POTENTIALLY ENDANGERING THE LIVES AND SAFETY OF THE |
| OCCUPANTS OF THE |
| BUILDING OR STRUCTURE. |
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| 6.2.1.3* FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CODE, WHERE DIFFERENT |
| DEGREES OF HAZARD |
| OF CONTENTS EXIST IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF A BUILDING OR |
| STRUCTURE, THE MOST |
| HAZARDOUS SHALL GOVERN THE CLASSIFICATION, UNLESS |
| HAZARDOUS AREAS ARE |
| SEPARATED OR PROTECTED AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 8.7 AND |
| THE APPLICABLE |
| SECTIONS OF CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43. |
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| 6.2.2 CLASSIFICATION OF HAZARD OF CONTENTS. |
| 6.2.2.1* GENERAL. THE HAZARD OF CONTENTS OF ANY |
| BUILDING OR STRUCTURE |
| SHALL BE CLASSIFIED AS LOW, ORDINARY, OR HIGH IN |
| ACCORDANCE WITH 6.2.2.2, |
| 6.2.2.3, AND 6.2.2.4 |
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| PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE SPECIFIC DETAILS AND CODE |
| REFERENCES OF PROVIDE THE REQUIRED FIRE RATING ALONG |
| THE REMAINDER OF THE WALL. |
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| 2) SHEET E201 - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF AN EXIT SIGN |
| WITHIN THE CORRIDOR OVER DOOR # 107 LEADING INTO THE |
| SERVICE ADVISORS AREA. |
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| THAT DOOR SWINGS AGAINST THE PATH OF TRAVEL. |
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| ALL OTHER EXIT DOORS SWING IN THE PATH OF TRAVEL. |
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| PER NFPA 101, CH 77.2.1.4.2* DOOR LEAF SWING DIRECTION. |
| DOOR LEAVES REQUIRED TO BE OF |
| THE SIDE-HINGED OR PIVOTED-SWINGING TYPE SHALL SWING IN |
| THE DIRECTION |
| OF EGRESS TRAVEL UNDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: |
| (1) WHERE SERVING A ROOM OR AREA WITH AN OCCUPANT LOAD |
| OF 50 OR MORE, |
| EXCEPT UNDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: |
| (A) DOOR LEAVES IN HORIZONTAL EXITS SHALL NOT BE |
| REQUIRED TO SWING |
| IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL WHERE PERMITTED BY |
| 7.2.4.3.8.1 |
| OR 7.2.4.3.8.2. |
| (B) DOOR LEAVES IN SMOKE BARRIERS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED |
| TO SWING |
| IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL IN EXISTING HEALTH |
| CARE OCCUPAN CIES, AS PROVIDED IN CHAPTER 19. |
| (2) WHERE THE DOOR ASSEMBLY IS USED IN AN EXIT |
| ENCLOSURE, UNLESS THE |
| DOOR OPENING SERVES AN INDIVIDUAL LIVING UNIT THAT |
| OPENS DIRECTLY |
| INTO AN EXIT ENCLOSURE |
| (3) WHERE THE DOOR OPENING SERVES A HIGH-HAZARD |
| CONTENTS AREA |
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| PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE SPECIFIC DETAILS AND CODE |
| REFERENCES OR CORRECT THE SWING DIRECTION. |
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| 3) SHEET FS201 - THERE APPEARS TO BE AB INDICATION OF A |
| SINGLE CLASS 1 2 1/2' HOSE CONNECTION IN THE CENTER OF |
| THE PARKING GARAGE. |
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| PER NFPA 1 |
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| 13.2 STANDPIPE SYSTEMS. |
| 13.2.1 GENERAL. THE DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF |
| STANDPIPE SYS TEMS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION |
| 13.2 AND NFPA 14, |
| STANDARD FOR THE INSTALLATION OF STANDPIPE AND HOSE |
| SYSTEMS. |
| 13.2.2 WHERE REQUIRED. |
| 13.2.2.1 WHERE REQUIRED BY THIS CODE OR THE REFERENCED |
| CODES |
| AND STANDARDS LISTED IN CHAPTER 2, STANDPIPE SYSTEMS |
| SHALL BE |
| INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 13.2.1. |
| 13.2.2.2 NEW BUILDINGS SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH A CLASS I |
| STAND PIPE SYSTEM INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE |
| PROVISIONS OF SEC TION 13.2 WHERE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING |
| CONDITIONS EXIST: |
| (1) MORE THAN THREE STORIES ABOVE GRADE WHERE THE |
| BUILDING IS |
| PROTECTED BY AN APPROVED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM |
| (2) MORE THAN TWO STORIES ABOVE GRADE WHERE THE |
| BUILDING IS |
| NOT PROTECTED BY AN APPROVED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM |
| (3) MORE THAN 50 FT (15 M) ABOVE GRADE AND CONTAINING |
| INTER MEDIATE STORIES OR BALCONIES |
| (4) MORE THAN ONE STORY BELOW GRADE |
| (5) MORE THAN 20 FT (6.1 M) BELOW GRADE |
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| PER NFPA 14 |
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| 7.3 LOCATIONS OF HOSE CONNECTIONS. |
| 7.3.1* GENERAL. |
| 7.3.1.1 HOSE CONNECTIONS AND HOSE STATIONS SHALL BE |
| UNOB STRUCTED AND SHALL BE LOCATED NOT LESS THAN 3 FT |
| (0.9 M) OR MORE |
| THAN 5 FT (1.5 M) ABOVE THE FLOOR. |
| 7.3.1.1.1 THIS DIMENSION SHALL BE MEASURED FROM THE |
| FLOOR TO |
| THE CENTER OF THE HOSE VALVE. |
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| 7.3.2* CLASS I SYSTEMS. CLASS I SYSTEMS SHALL BE |
| PROVIDED WITH |
| 21???2 IN. (65 MM) HOSE CONNECTIONS IN THE FOLLOWING |
| LOCATIONS: |
| (1) AT THE MAIN FLOOR LANDING IN EXIT STAIRWAYS |
| (2) ON EACH SIDE OF THE WALL ADJACENT TO THE EXIT |
| OPENINGS OF |
| HORIZONTAL EXITS |
| (3) IN OTHER THAN COVERED MALL BUILDINGS, IN EACH EXIT |
| PAS SAGEWAY AT THE ENTRANCE FROM THE BUILDING AREAS |
| INTO THE |
| PASSAGEWAY |
| (4) IN COVERED MALL BUILDINGS, AT THE ENTRANCE TO EACH |
| EXIT |
| PASSAGEWAY OR EXIT CORRIDOR, AND AT THE INTERIOR SIDE |
| OF |
| PUBLIC ENTRANCES FROM THE EXTERIOR TO THE MALL |
| (5)*AT THE HIGHEST LANDING OF STAIRWAYS WITH STAIRWAY |
| ACCESS TO A |
| ROOF, OR ON ROOFS WITH A SLOPE OF LESS THAN 4 IN 12 |
| WHERE |
| STAIRWAYS DO NOT ACCESS THE ROOF |
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| 7.3.2.3* HOSE CONNECTIONS ON ONE SIDE OF A HORIZONTAL |
| EXIT |
| SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED WHERE ANOTHER OUTLET ON THAT SIDE |
| OF THE |
| HORIZONTAL EXIT CAN REACH THE PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING |
| ON THE |
| OTHER SIDE OF THE HORIZONTAL EXIT WITHIN THE DISTANCES |
| REQUIRED |
| BY 7.3.2.3.1 THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PROTECTED BY THE |
| OUTLET THAT |
| WAS OMITTED. |
| 7.3.2.3.1 THIS TRAVEL DISTANCE SHALL BE 200 FT (61 M) |
| FOR |
| SPRINKLERED BUILDINGS AND 130 FT (39.7 M) FOR NONSPRIN |
| KLERED BUILDINGS |
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| PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE HOSE CONNECTION WITHIN THE |
| STAIRWELLS. |
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| 4) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET |
| REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE |
| ABOVE. |
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| 5) 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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