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February 10, 2023
Captain Inspector Kevin Huck
Lieutenant Inspector Matt Bearse
Yarmouth Fire Department
96 Old Main Street
South Yarmouth, MA 02664
Re: Range Hoods at the D-Y Intermediate Middle school
Dear Mr. Huck and Mr Bearse,
This is to request that you accept the installation of the two residential-type range
hoods at the cooktops at the new school building, which are located in classrooms
C109 (Health) and C114 (SPED Critical Care). The GC, Commodore, is in the process of
procuring the two required fire extinguishers for these rooms, and they will be installed
next week. The school staff who will teach in the rooms report that the range/ovens will
be utilized for instruction on “life scope” or “basic life skills,” i.e. they will occasionally
be used for cooking basic items including mac & cheese, pancakes, brownies, cakes
and cookies.
In order to allow exemption from the requirement for commercial kitchen hoods in
NFPA 96, section 1.1.4 requires that the following four criteria be met:
(1) Only residential equipment is being used.
(2) Fire Extinguishers are located in all kitchen areas in accordance with NFPA 10 .
. .
(3) The facility is not an assembly occupancy.
(4) The AHJ has approved the installation.
The classrooms in question are in the area of the building that is an educational (E)
occupancy. We trust that the uses of the range ovens will be as stated by the District
and Staff per this memo. Therefore, once the fire extinguishers are installed, and
pending your acceptance of this recommendation, it is our opinion that these spaces
will be fully in compliance with the requirements of NFPA 96.
Regards,
PERKINS EASTMAN, DPC
Andrew Hazelton
Project Manager
Cc: David Flynn
Carol Woodbury
PMA project team