Heh, for whatever reason some AHJ's fear change and appear scared to follow updated codes issued by NFPA.
I'm not talking about the building departments reviewing / approving changes to building codes which, by default, update the referenced NFPA codes. I'm talking about plan reviewers and inspectors that are outdated in the code version they reference. I'm not sure why some AHJ's choose to ignore current issues, and all of the research and reason that goes into the updates. For example, the City of Las Vegas still pushes 2002 to the letter, and if you're doing work in Ontario Canada, you're hurled way back to 1999. Codes are updated due to research, new technology, clarifications to a previous edition, catastrophic events forcing code changes, etc etc... It's interesting how an official as an individual can choose to turn a blind eye on what research has been done, historical data, and what a board of directors would deem necessary to add / include for an updated version. I do like the idea of "minimum lag" for a jurisdiction to be within X number of years to the most recent edition. MPG -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas Reinhardt Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 9:40 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: Maybe some fire chiefs need to be educated in the importance of sprinklers The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: Shortcut to: http://www.c-dh.net/articles/2009/06/29/top_stories/04sprinklers.txt Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled. IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail message is intended to be received only by persons entitled to receive the confidential information it may contain. E-mail messages may contain information that is confidential and legally privileged. Please do not read, copy, forward, or store this message unless you are an intended recipient of it. If you have received this message in error, please forward it to the sender and delete it completely from your computer system. _______________________________________________ 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)
