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Clearance Sheet C2020-007158

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Plan reviewed for a New BDA System. ADR (PSR-78-9533-X) Digital Repeater, ADRF-BBL--X Battery Back-up Unit, PSR-ANN-X Annunciator, ClearLink 600-4000 MHz Omni Antenna, Westell 698-640 MHz Antenna

Per approved building plans, Governing Codes Section on the Cover Sheet; Construction Type is VA(V(III)) 1HR. The building's survivability rating is 1 hr. 1225:18.12.3.4

Reviewed using FFPC 7th edition effective Dec. 31, 2020. NFPA 1 and 101 references are Florida Editions of the code in the FFPC.

Reviewer: D. Feagle 904-209-1721, dfeagle@sjcfl.us

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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Tuesday, November 14, 2023 DF: Review of 1st Resubmittal.

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RESUBMITTING:
A. Make necessary changes and resubmit everything in person to the permit center.
B. Once at the Permit Center swap out altered pages or insert new pages in EACH plan set (Job and Office). One copy of the removed/old pages from the JOB Copy will need to be submitted and marked "OLD". Do not forget to remove pages for work not associated to this permit. All plan papers must be the same size.
C. Provide a response to comments along with any supporting documentation. Response to comments is REQUIRED not optional.
- The response to comments sheet will need to include a response to each numbered comment and tell us where in the plans the comments was addressed. EX - "Top Left of Page E1-1" or "Page E1 Note 8".
- Code responses shall reference Florida Fire Prevention Code, 7th Ed.

 		11/15/2023 dfeagle

1) St Johns County Fire Marshals Office (SJCFMO) uses the 2022 Edition of NFPA 1225 Standard  for Emergency Services Communications instead of NFPA 1221 2016 Edition.

Update the code Compliance section and verify the plans comply with NFPA 1225, 2022 Edition.

 		11/14/2023 dfeagle

2) The heat maps provided on Sheets ER5 and ER6 are in greyscale. SJCFMO requires the Heat Maps to be in color.

Provide Heat Maps in color.

 		11/14/2023 dfeagle

3) I do not see Manufacturer Spec Sheets for the NEMA Enclosures. Also, I do not see the type of NEMA enclosure called out for each of the NEMA Enclosures shown on Sheet ER1. 1225:18.3.1

a) Call out the NEMA enclosure types on Sheet ER1, AND

b) Provide the manufacturers specification sheets for the enclosures.

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023 DF: RTC: Added ER 21 for the NEMA 4 enclosure specifications sheet. Also updated all NEMA enclosure references to indicated NEMA 4.

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4) The Surge Protector shown on Sheet ER20 has a UL Listing of UL497E (per spec sheet on PolyPhaser Web Site). NFPA 1225:18.4.2 requires a UL Listing of UL-497C.

a) Provide the manufacturers Spec Sheet demonstrating this unit does meet UL-497C, OR

b) Provide a Lighting Arrestor complying with 1225:18.4.2

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023 DF: Received a letter from John Duckworth, Engineer with Eighty Eight Engineering indicating that NFPA 1225 Technical Committee noted on 02/26/2021 that NFPA 1225:18.4.3 has used the incorrect terminology for the type of protector and recommends amending the code to reflect using UL-497C or UL-497E. www.npfa.org/assets/files/aboutthecodes/1225/1225 A2021 PUF AAA SD agenda 02 21 rev1.pdf

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5) Tuesday, November 14, 2023 DF: New Comment based on resubmittal: Heat maps on Sheets ER3 and ER6 have sections of the building not covered by the heat map showing coverage. There is a NOTE at the bottom the page stating: "Prediction map only shows areas that required supplemental coverage as indicated during survey data collection".

I am unable to find any previous survey data (heat maps) provided to verify this statement.

*** Provide the Two-Way Radio Test report complete with color heat maps conducted at the time of the Framing inspection so I can compare them to the current BDA system Heat Maps. This will enable me to verify the areas of the building left out of the plans heat maps and identified as areas that did not need supplemental coverage match those of the test mapping data.

I left a voice mail this date at 0911 hrs. for Michael Alesi at the number on the application indicating I would hold this comment until 0800 hrs. tomorrow (11/15/23) to return my call and provide me the test report before rejecting the plans.

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023 DF: Received an email from Michael Alesi providing the framing BDA test report to verify the areas on the BDA plans not showing as a part of the heat map are indeed areas that passed at the time of the initial test.

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