The hvac unit in the second floor sewing room failed to shutdown when the duct smoke detector was activated. The flow switch alarms do not latch as required and the outside electric alarm bell did not function. Per Robert the 5 year elevator inspection is going to require the fire mans hat to function correctly. He would like to waite until this elevator work is complete prior to testing/finaling this permit.

Items tested include the phone lines, sprinkler tamper switches and elevator recall. Items needed to be approved through plan review is that the firemans hat can flash when a lobby smoke detector is activated (per code it is not allowed). Also when the wharehouse smoke detector is activated the doors open to the retail side not recall to the second floor. The duct detectors do shut down the hvac units but per Robert are wired wrong. He is going to correct this item and retest. There is one additional tamper switch not shown on the plans and the possiblility of deleting a module at the elevator. These changes will need to be shown on as-builts. I notified the building owner that the annual inspections of the sprinkler systems was overdue. He made a phone call to get the work scheduled.

Approve plans taken to permit technician for processing.

Sent an email to Mary Froemke requesting the occupant load (was not provided on permit application). I explained in the email that this is a replacement system, therefore the fire alarm system requirements must be evaluated based on current code. There are no records in our data base, however Ada County Land Records indicates this is a two-story business/warehouse (one tenant) that has 38,400 sqft per floor. Depending on how the occupant load was determined, if there is more than 100 occupant load for the 'B' portion of the building on the 2nd floor, a full manual fire alarm system will be required in this building. As it is, only sprinkler monitoring with elevator recall and HVAC monitoring has been submitted. I will need to wait to complete the review until after an accurate occupant load (specifically for the group B portion) has been provided.