I'm not sure if we can get hung up on words, when dealing with standards, sometimes. There was a combustible crawlspace in a school designed to NFPA 13. The building was built on piles and the perimeter of this space below the floor was enclosed with wire mesh. The Fire Marshall insisted that this space did not have to be sprinklered (understandable as it complied with the exceptions for spaces below a ground floor) but also DID NOT have to comply with the 3000 sq.ft. design. The logic? He said it was not a "CONCEALED" space as the wire mesh makes it "OPEN". The outcome? Three kids got into this space (burrowed under the wire mesh), started a fire, and the entire school burned down. Regrettably, this practice of not sprinklering such spaces AND not designing for 3000 sq.ft., still continues.
Tony -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roland Huggins Sent: October 3, 2008 8:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: shallow pitched roof. And what makes you think the intent of the standard is to IGNORE the title and every single section that says CONCEALED SPACE as well as past text that said attic. That's the problem of using logic without all the pieces of the puzzle (especially for something that isn't all that logical). This criteria was based solely on the impact of a fire coming in through the eave. I think we can all agree that how the heat interacts with the ceiling thus how it reaches the sprinklers will differ between a fire through the eave and the standard fire plume. Roland On Oct 2, 2008, at 9:40 AM, A.P.Silva wrote: > For this same reason, I wouldn't agree that that the 2002 requirements > would not apply if there was no ceiling below the trusses. Sure the > code says "unoccupied attics", would it be different if it was > occupied? I think we should go with the intent of the code. At least > that's my opinion. > > Tony _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
