Many of these fast food places are not even required to provide sprinklers per code. By limiting the seating and square footage they can forego sprinkler protection.
But if sprinklers were required by code I'd have to say OH1 should be acceptable as the high ignition temps of most of the plastics used in these areas is going to make it difficult to initiate a fire. Your potential ignition sources within the space are fairly limited and the typical scenario would probably be some kid and a pack of matches. Matches themselves in a storage configuration are considered a Class IV commodity and protected as OH2. But you wouldn't have the quantity or arrangement that would be equivalent. I'd probably lean more to OH1 as the maximum to be a bit more realistic. I would be hard pressed to consider a playground in the same category as a chemical plant or any of the other occupancies that NFPA 13 lists in the OH2 category. Craig L. Prahl, CET Fire Protection Group Mechanical Department CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive PO Box 491, Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 Direct - 864.599.4102 Fax - 864.599.8439 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ch2m.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg McGahan Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 3:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: PLay areas Sorry for the vague reference - there is no roof attached to the play unit. There is a roof over the building but the playground is not covered as some are. Thank you, Greg McGahan Living Water Fire Protection, LLC 1160 McKenzie Road Cantonment, FL 32533 850-937-1850 Fax: 850-937-1852 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 12:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: PLay areas If there's no roof, are you describing an outdoor playground? Craig L. Prahl, CET Fire Protection Group Mechanical Department CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive PO Box 491, Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 Direct - 864.599.4102 Fax - 864.599.8439 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ch2m.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg McGahan Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 12:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: PLay areas OK, I have experienced the inflatable "Bounce" structures and read the previous post's concerning the same. However; what about the open type playground structure made out of metal with Poly netting and foam insulation around the posts to protect the kids noggins? All of the decks are steel with holes to like swiss cheese so water could penetrate the structure all the way down to the floor. I do not believe there is a roof over this structure either. I guess this is similar to what the old McDonalds playgrounds were like. I am thinking a max of OH2 would be fine and the engineer doesn't know. Any ideas? Thank you, Greg McGahan Living Water Fire Protection, LLC 1160 McKenzie Road Cantonment, FL 32533 850-937-1850 Fax: 850-937-1852 _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
