You mean like the ones inside McDonalds and Chucky Cheese ?. John
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roland Huggins Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 5:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: PLay areas In the very recent past there was a big push on NFPA 5000 (and I think 101) to flag plastic play areas within malls as a higher hazard concern. It never got any traction. Since it was soundly defeated, I don't remember the details but it could be a starting point if one wanted to nail down a more solid basis. Roland On Jun 23, 2008, at 1:43 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ 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)
