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Plans for a preliminary review of a 25,469sf, 32 bed Assisted Living Memory Care Facility. The building is designed as Type IIIA (III211) construction and is provided with a fire sprinkler system and a fire alarm system. The plans are NOT APPROVED for the following reasons.
Reviewed using FFPC 6th edition effective Dec. 31, 2017, Using Chapter 32 Residential Board and Care.
Reviewer: PJ Webb 904 209 1744
To schedule fire inspections please call 827-6842 (automated system). Questions about inspections please call 209-1740x1.
Review by the AHJ shall not relieve the applicant of the responsibility for compliance with the Code.
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RESUBMITTING: Please make necessary changes and resubmit the complete permit application package. Response to comments / plans / specifications should be submitted to the Permit Center as a resubmission for the original project unless other arrangements are made with the Fire Plan Reviewer or the Fire Plan Review Supervisor.
To help speed the review process you should include a written response to comments summary to clarify and/or illustrate corrections on plans (bubbling, highlighting, or notations are best). Please use the Florida Fire Prevention Code 6th Ed. for all code reference in a response to comments. You are required to remove old pages and reinsert the new pages.
The numbered items require a response or plans to be updated to complete the review.
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1) The submittal was preliminary. I cannot approve the plans until a clearance sheet is issued.
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2) The code summary and classification of occupancy information was based strictly on the Florida Building Code References. Include the Florida Fire Prevention Code information in the code summary as well.
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3) Sheet G100 indicates that the building will be provided with standpipes. Please remove indication if not being provided. If being provided ensure that the standpipes meet the requirements of NFPA 101:9.10 as indicated in 32.3.3.9.1.
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4) INFORMATIONAL ONLY NO RESPONSE NECESSARY:
The system(s) outlined in this set of plans is conceptual.
A HOLD has been placed at insulation inspection (109) until either: a) a permit has been pulled or b) a letter submitted from respective system contractor indicating no work to be done to the existing system:
- BDA Radio Communications Test
- fire alarm system
- fire sprinkler system
- fire underground
- kitchen hood
- kitchen suppression system
- Fire/smoke damper inspections
- Generator
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5) Door Special Locking arrangements
It appears that you are utilizing NFPA 101:32.3.2.2.2(6) and (7) which permits doors to be secured where the clinical needs of the residents require special security. In addition it appears that you are using the remote lock release that is located in office 1007 to meet parenthesis 7. Our office agrees with the application of this section, however there are a couple additional requirements that our office is going to require for the arrangement to be approved.
- Additional remote lock releases must be added in both compartment A and Compartment B in a centralized location, that will unlock the doors in each respective area. Note: If ALL staff have key cards or keys on their persons at all times that can open all of the special locked doors, this does not apply. If this is the case, indicate this on the response to comments or the plans. Also Office 1007 must not be lockable.
- The special locked doors must have signage added indicating the following…"THIS DOOR IS LOCKED FOR THE SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE, SEE STAFF TO EXIT THROUGH THIS DOOR" The letters are to be at least 1 inch in height on contrasting background and mounted with the top of the sign five (5) feet from the floor.
- The doors must be tied into the fire alarm system for release. It appears that this is being provided already.
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6) Identify Hardware Groups for each door on the door schedule. Also provide the door hardware information within the 087100 specifications.
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7) Rated Doors
Overall the doors look good. The only one that is missing a rating is doors 1200.
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8) Door 1006B appears to be a pocket door that is indicated to have a rating. Provide specification sheets for this door.
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Informational
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9) Informational Note
FP plans were provided full size on sheets F-100, F-121, F-124, F-125 sealed by Ryan L. Chewning PE.
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10) CaptiveAire plans have been provided in this plan set, sheets M-611, and M-612. For these plans to be approved, one of the following must take place:
- Submit the hood application, all necessary plans, specifications etc. for our office to conduct a full hood review for permit.
- Remove the hood sheets from the plan package.
- If the sheets are needed for purposes of mechanical balance calculations etc., add a note to the sheets indicating that the hood plans will be submitted later as a deferred submittal.
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11) Emergency Lights
Clarify on the plans how the emergency lighting will be achieved. The "R3" fixtures outside of the dwelling unit doors indicate "EM" which is assumed to be the battery backup indicator. Also the "R1" lights do not indicate battery backup in the lighting fixture schedule on sheet E.001, however that sheet indicates that the half shaded light symbol as being on the emergency inverter circuit. Are all shaded "R1" lights battery backup?
Also will the generator be used for life safety regarding emergency lights and exit signs? If yes, take a look at NFPA 101:7.9.2.3 and indicate how the requirements will be met.
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12) Memory Garden Gate
Provide the calculations for occupant load of the memory garden and the number of occupants that utilize the memory garden for egress from the building. Is a single gate sufficient?
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13) Sheet E223 indicates that Fire Alarm visual notification appliances are only being installed in rooms designated as handicap. There is no exemption in chapter 32 Residential Board and Care that permits this. The hotel occupancy chapter does have an exemption but not for this occupancy. Strobes and audibility will be required in all units, indicate this on the plans.
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14) There is a good bit of furniture indicated in the common areas of the building such as lounge 1210, Dining 1201, Dining 1101 etc. A 36" egress path is required per NFPA 101:7.3.4.1, or more if required by the occupant load. Identify the clear path on the plans.
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15) Will you have a CO2 beverage system on site or are you using small portable tanks? If you use a system and the system exceeds 100 pounds of product, demonstrate compliance with NFPA 1:63.3.1.2.4.1 on the plans.
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16) Do not see where cooking oil (new and/or used) will be stored. If inside the building, show compliance with 1:66.19.7. If outside the building, indicate tank size (in gallons) and be prepared to submit for tank permit if over 60 gallons. Permit will need to show compliance with NFPA 1 Chapter 66 (1:66.9.19, 1:66.21) for a combustible IIIB liquid.
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Informational
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17) Informational Only
System smoke detectors are indicated in the dwelling units which is permitted. Ensure that they function like single or multiple station smoke alarms and that the contractor indicates this when submitting for shop drawings. NFPA 101:9.6.2.10.6.
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18) In Building Radio Enhancement System
This building is more than 10,000 square feet or, two or more stories in height requiring a third party contractor to conduct a two-way radio communication test in accordance with NFPA 1:11.10 and NFPA 72 (2013 Edition) by the time of the 105 framing inspection.
NOTE: A copy of this report must be provided and submitted to our office as a revision before the 105 framing inspection. A 105 Framing Hold has been placed until receipt of the revision.
Should the third party contractor’s two-way radio communication test pass at the framing stage, a copy of the third party testing documentation will need to be submitted for review. Once the documentation has been received, the 105 framing hold will be removed.
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Should the third party paperwork indicate that the test is not satisfactory, the contractor will then have to submit a building permit revision. The revision will need to include: the unsatisfactory test paperwork, outline of corrective measures, and plans to illustrate the corrective measures to meet requirements provided by the design professional.
If the building is required to have an In Building Radio Enhancement System, at the Fire Final you will be required to provide the Fire Inspector the third party contractor’s satisfactory testing documentation following the installation and testing of the In Building Radio Enhancement System. A hold will be placed for this documentation at the building permit fire final.
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