Scott, Many jurisdictions require a horn and strobe or an electric bell at the FDC location. If I were to guess my way back on this one I'd say it's because they are thinking of water motor gongs always being by the FDC in older buildings. They construe this to mean that the WMG's purpose was to sound the location of the FDC. As far as I've been able to discern the WMG was to notify the old fashioned "cop on the beat" to go to his call box and call in the fire or for some alert citizen to do his civic duty and as the sign always says, 'If alarm sounds notify the fire patrol," or some derivation of that. I think the proximity of FDC and WMG had more to do with short runs of pipe (look at old buildings, the FDC and WMG are always right on the other side of the wall from the riser) and dollars. Once monitoring became the norm the actual purpose of the WMG was forgotten and replaced with the current notion. Just speculation on my part but....Whether having some notification near the FDC is a good idea is another question which many agree with. As to a pump on a system that would otherwise not need one but that may be impinged on due to drawdown I would think that sinnce that could only occur with the FD on the scene that they are in control of where and how the available water is being used. Their call on whether to boost the system or divert to hoses a combination.
On 8/30/07, å... .... <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > finished a sprinkler system design. > it was close to the 10% buffer, so > the AHJ said, "what if the fire department > draws down too much water from the > hydrants and we don´t have enough > pressure?" > > I say, "does that mean you want a > fire pump?" > > He says, "yes, I would prefer one." > > I say, "i was not a good firefighter, but > I do remember our engineers were > pretty keen on making the connections, > are you saying that the first due engine > doesn't make the connections?" > > He says, "yes, that happens about 20% > of the time. They arrive at a building, and > don't know if there are connections there or not." > > I think, "this IS a problem," > > > "...but not mine." > > should we put signs up > outside of all buildings with FDC's or is this > something the engineer/driver should know, > or something the officer in the bucket should > tell him? > > > > > scot deal > excelsior fire > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > -- Ron Greenman at home.... _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
