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Plan reviewed for an 8,020 SF Assembly – Car Museum / Exhibit with bars, Cooking, Game areas, lounge, etc. Construction Type IIB; Sprinkled (wet), Fire Alarm w/ Voice Evacuation.
Reviewed using FFPC 7th edition effective Dec. 31, 2020. NFPA 1 and 101 references are Florida Editions of the code in the FFPC. NFPA 101 chapters: New Assembly,
Reviewer: D. Feagle 904-209-1721
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.
Friday, August 6, 2021 DF: Review of 1st resubmittal.
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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 7th 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) Identify the main entry/exit for this building. 101:12.2.3.6
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2) Only single exit doors provided. Minimum egress width needed for the main entrance/exit door(s) is a clear width of 40.4 inches (202 x .2). 101: Table 7.3.3.1
Demonstrate compliance with 101:12.2.3.6.2(2) (one-half occupant load) at the main entrance/exit.
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3) Need emergency lighting (EL) or additional EL in the following locations: Outside all exit doors, outside cooking area / canopy, between the bars and interior cooking area (towards pool table side), area near pool table towards the laundry room.
Provide additional emergency lighting or provide emergency lighting photometrics showing EL coverage meeting 101:7.9.2.1.1
Friday, August 6, 2021 DF: Response to comments: Outside cooking area has been removed (see comment #5). Emergency lighting requirement for the cooking area removed. However, no emergency lighting outside the two exit doors from kitchen wall.
Add emergency lighting on the outside of each exit door.
Tuesday, August 10, 2021 DF: Spoke with Hannah Taddeo regarding the this comment. Hannah agreed to allow me to approve this plan set with the condition that a re4vision to the plans to address this comment will be submitted before the permits insulation inspection.
NOTE: A 109 HOLD has been placed on this permit for this revision.
Tuesday, August 10, 2021 1415 hrs. DF: Received an email from Daniel Schmidt with McVeigh & Mangum Engineering, Inc. He was able to guide me to where the outside (Type "F") lights will be powered by a 90 minute back inverter (sheet E2.1).
Provide the manufacturers specification sheet to the fire inspector at time of fire final.
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4) Laundry Room (W/D 108) is required to be separated from the rest of the building.
Show compliance with 101:8.7.1.2.
Friday, August 6, 2021 DF: Response to comments: Smoke partitions and a smoke door have been added to room W/D 108. Refer to revised floor plan and door schedule. Additionally, smoke damper added to exhaust fan duct when penetrating smoke partition has been added to mechanical room.
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5) Interior and Exterior cooking equipment is required to be protected with type 1 grease hoods and suppression systems complying with NFPA 96. 101:12.3.2.2, 1:50.1.1
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6) Carbon Monoxide detection and warning equipment shall be installed in accordance with 101:9.12. 101:12.3.4.4.1
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7) Vehicles on display shall comply with the following:
All fuel tank openings shall be locked and sealed in an approved manner to prevent the escape of vapors; fuel tanks shall not contain in excess of one-half their capacity or contain in excess of 10 gal (38 L) of fuel, whichever is less. 12.7.5.4.1
a) At least one battery cable shall be removed from the batteries used to start the vehicle engine, and the disconnected battery cable shall then be taped. 12.7.5.4.2
b) Batteries used to power auxiliary equipment shall be permitted to be kept in service. 12.7.5.4.3
c) Fueling or defueling of vehicles shall be prohibited. 12.7.5.4.4
d) Vehicles shall not be moved during exhibit hours. 12.7.5.4.5
Friday, August 6, 2021 DF: Life Safety Plan Keynote LO3 on sheet A0.3 includes requirements a. through d. above. However, item c.) requiring NO fueling or defueling on sheet AO3 reads "FUELING OR DEFUELING OF VEHICLES SHALL NOT BE PROHIBITED".
Need to remove "NOT" from this statement.
Tuesday, August 10, 2021 DF: Spoke with Hannah Taddeo regarding the this comment. Hannah agreed to allow me to approve this plan set with the condition that a re4vision to the plans to address this comment will be submitted before the permits insulation inspection.
NOTE: A 109 HOLD has been placed on this permit for this revision.
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8) Provide manufacturers specification sheets for cooking equipment.
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9) LSP on sheet A0.3 indicates a Knox Box in place outside door 100B.
The brand approved by our department is fail safe. It will need to be mounted at building entrance. Use the link below to order the box off of their website. It is imperative to fill in all the sections with the correct information to ensure your access box is keyed properly. The required box for this jurisdiction is the "LBI FAIL- SAFE- LOCK BOX WITH TAMPER SWITCH". This is usually the first box listed and is approx.
Remember when the form references the fire “department/ issuing agency” and “authorized signature” you must indicate" St. Johns County Fire Rescue".
Please contact St Johns County Fire Rescue Secretary Dawn Lyons at 904-209-1712 for the correct order form.
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10) In Building Radio Enhancement System (BDA)
Plans sheet A0.3 General Notes #8 indicates this building will have a BDA test conducted.
St. Johns County Fire Marshal’s office requires you to have a third party contractor conduct a two-way radio communication test in accordance with NFPA 1:11.10 and NFPA 1221 (2016 ED.) by the time of the framing inspection.
St Johns County Fire Rescue’s radio control frequency is 853.8875. You will need to provide this information to your third party contractor.
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.
-If it passes the inspection radio testing at the framing stage, you will need to submit as a revision as we will record the documentation and remove the hold.
- If the third party paperwork indicates the test is not satisfactory, then the contractor will have to submit for a 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.
At the final, you will be required to provide satisfactory testing by the third party contractor following the installation of the in building radio enhancement system.
Friday, August 6, 2021 DF: Response to comments: Keynote #8 has been removed from the life safety plan. Discussion with SJC have confirmed a BDA system is not required for a single story building under 10,000 SF.
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11) Sheet E4.1 indicates a lightning protection system will be installed. Plans sheet A0.3 indicates the building is being tested for BDA compliance.
BDA Systems shall have lightening protection that complies with NFPA 780. At this time the fire department will not review or inspect this type of system. This office requires a 3rd party inspection. Please remember installation is required to meet NFPA 780 and UL 96A. The installing contractor will be required to provide certification documentation to the fire inspector at the time of fire final indicating compliance with NFPA 780 and UL96A was met. NFPA 1221:9.6.3
Friday, August 6, 2021 DF: NOTE: BDA connection to the lightning protection system is no longer required. The BDA system is not being installed.
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INFORMATIONAL ONLY NO RESPONSE NECESSARY:
Occupancy Sensor
NFPA 101: 7.8.1.2.2
Unless prohibited by Chapters 11 through 43, automatic lighting control devices shall be permitted to temporarily turn off the illumination within the means of egress, provided that each lighting control device complies with all of the following:
(1) In new installations, the lighting control device is listed.
(2) The lighting control device is equipped to automatically energize the controlled lights upon loss of normal power and is evaluated for this purpose.
(3) Illumination timers are provided and are set for a minimum 15-minute duration.
(4) The lighting control device is activated by any occupant movement in the area served by the lighting units.
(5) In new installations, the lighting control device is activated by activation of the building fire alarm system, if provided.
(6) The lighting control device does not turn off any lights relied upon for activation of photoluminescent exit signs or path markers.
(7) The lighting control device does not turn off any battery-equipped emergency luminaires, unit equipment, or exit signs.
Be Prepared to Show Compliance at the time of your Fire Alarm Final or Fire Final.
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INFORMATIONAL ONLY NO RESPONSE NECESSARY:
Air handlers with more than 2000 CFM are required to have duct smoke detectors. NOTE: If there is a FIRE ALARM SYSTEM in the building the duct smoke detector must also be connected to the fire alarm system. (NFPA 90A:6.4.4.2)
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INFORMATIONAL ONLY NO RESPONSE NECESSARY:
At the time of fire final be prepared to provide a copy of the manufacturer specification sheets to the fire inspector showing that each interior finish will meet:
- Wall and ceiling finish will meet Class A or B. 101:12.3.3.3
- Floor finish shall meet either: a) ASTM D 2859 for carpet and carpet like materials or b) has a minimum critical radiant flux of .1 W/cm2 for non-carpet flooring. 101:12:12:3.3.5.3
If there are multiple finishes, label each spec sheet identifying each product, its location AND highlight the area showing illustrating it meets the applicable Code requirement.
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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:
- Fire alarm system
- Fire sprinkler system
- Fire underground
- Kitchen hood (Interior & Exterior)
- Kitchen suppression system
- 105 (Framing) Hold for Bldg. Radio System Evaluation Test
- Hold Fire Final APPROVAL for lightning protection NFPA 780 Compliance letter.
- 109 (Insulation) Hold for revision (Review Comments #3 & #7.
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