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Plan reviewed for 6,120 SF, Type VB(V(000)) Construction, NFPA 13 Sprinkler system, Fire Alarm System.
Reviewed using FFPC 8th edition effective Dec. 31, 2023. 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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***REVIEWER DON'T FORGET THE HOLDS***
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RESUBMITTING:
A. Make necessary changes and resubmit everything in person to the permit center. You may not make handwritten alterations on signed and sealed plan pages.
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, 8th Ed.
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1) This is a preliminary review. Do not resubmit until clearance sheet and approved site plan obtained. Turn in both clearance sheet and approved site plan with building permit application to Fire Permit Tech.
NOTE: Based on fire's site review, additional comments may be provided.
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2) One (1) set of plans for 20 Clearance Sheets (??? ~ ???). This comment will not be signed off until all Clearance Sheets have all of their comments addressed.
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3) I am not able to find any Fire Protection Design Criteria in accordance with FAC 61G15-32.004.
Provide an ENGINEERED sealed Design Criteria for a fire sprinkler system exceeding 49 heads which is required to be submitted with the general construction documents. We are unable to approve the plan until this information is provided. It is not a full set of shop drawings FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 61G15-32.004
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4) Sheet A151 identifies Rooms F102 as Janitor Room, Room F103 as T-Comm, Room C109 as Storage and Room C111 as Mechanical.
Sheets M192 and E192.1 identify Rooms F102 and/or F103 as rooms having mechanical equipment as well as Room C109 as having mechanical equipment.
Sheets M192 and E192.1 do not show Mech C111 having any mechanical equipment.
a) Correctly ID the rooms for their uses,
b) Mechanical and electrical rooms are to be separated from any storage in accordance with NFPA 1:10.19.5.1.
c) If Room C111 is to be a storage room demonstrate compliance with 101:12.3.2.1.2(1)(b), 101:8.7.1.2.
NOTE: Combustible storage is not permitted in mechanical rooms. NFPA 1:10.19.5.1
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5) The LSP / Code Plan Sheet G112 does not provide the location of the EXIT signs. The LSP and Electrical Sheets Exit signage are to match.
Provide the exit sigs on the LSP / Code Plan Sheets.
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6) Sheet G112 identifies Door from Clubhouse to Pool Deck, Fitness Center Bathrooms to Pool Deck as "NOT FOR EGRESS". Electrical Sheet E192.2 Id's these doors as Exit doors.
Update the sheets to show the correct exit doors.
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7) If Sheet G112 is updated to match Sheet E192.2's Exit signage, the door swing from the Clubhouse C107 will need to swing out onto the pool deck in the direction of egress travel from the clubhouse. 101:7.2.1.4.2
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8) Provide a floor plan showing the egress path from the Clubhouse door onto the pool deck and to the public way. Demonstrate compliance with travel distance. 101:12.2.6
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9) Provide Fixture, Furniture and Equipment plans for the Fitness center and Clubhouse to better evaluate means of egress. Thank you.
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10) Only one means of egress provided for the Fitness center per LSP. 101:12.2.4, 101:12.2.10
Provide a second means of egress. Include exit signage.
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11) Only one means of egress provided for the Clubhouse. 101:12.2.4, 101:12.2.10
Provide a second means of egress. Include exit signage.
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12) Emergency lighting (EL) is provided by wall mounted fixtures that are typically designed for corridors. This EL fixture when mounted as listed provides a 3' wide egress path. The EL as shown does not appear that it will provide emergency lighting along the egress paths through the Clubhouse and the Fitness center. 101:12.2.9
Provide additional El to illuminate the egress path and provide Emergency Lighting Photometrics demonstrating compliance with 101:7.9.2.1.1
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13) There appear to be 3 large fans in the fitness center. Are these fans classified as High Velocity Low Speed (HVLS) fans?
a) Provide the manufacturer's specification sheets for review.
b) If HVLS, demonstrate the installation of HVLS fans in buildings equipped with sprinklers, including ESFR sprinklers, shall comply with the following:
(1) The maximum fan diameter shall be 24 ft (7.3 m).
(2) The HVLS fan shall be centered approximately between four adjacent sprinklers.
(3) The vertical clearance from the HVLS fan to sprinkler deflector shall be a minimum of 3 ft (0.9 m).
(4) All HVLS fans shall be interlocked to shut down immediately upon receiving a water flow signal from the alarm system in accordance with the requirements of NFPA 72. 13:11.1.7
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14) Plans indicate there will be Special Locking arrangements on the Business Door C101, Clubhouse Doors 107a, 107b, 107c and Fitness Doors F101 and F105. The locking arrangement indicates the doors will have card readers, with electric strikes and the doors will have panic hardware.
Will the panic hardware be free egress without electrical connections?
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INFORMATIONAL ONLY NO RESPONSE NECESSARY:
Make sure that emergency lighting systems are arranged to provide the required illumination automatically in the event of any interruption of normal lighting due to any of the following: NFPA 101 7.9.2.3
(1) Failure of a public utility or other outside electrical power supply
(2) Opening of a circuit breaker or fuse
(3) Manual act(s), including accidental opening of a switch controlling normal lighting facilities.
NOTE: Our office has experienced issues with large projects that have emergency generators not being prepared to comply with item #2.
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INFORMATIONAL ONLY NO RESPONSE NECESSARY:
Buildings containing Fire Alarm Systems, Fire Sprinkler Systems, etc. and/or Security Systems that make it difficult to access the building in an emergency are required to have a Fail-Safe box. NFPA 1:18.2.2.1
Please contact St Johns County Fire Rescue Secretary Dawn Lyons at 904-209-1712 for the correct order form.
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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
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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)
Where smoke detectors required by 6.4 are installed in a building not equipped with an approved fire alarm system as specified by 6.4.4.2, the following shall occur:
1. Smoke detector activation required by section 6.4 shall cause a visual signal and an audible signal at a normally occupied area.
2. Detector troubles shall be indicated visually or audibly in a normally occupied area identified as air duct
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