Quick response is ALLOWED in car parks like you describe; standard response is also ALLOWED. You may benefit from quick response in these areas, as you can take the QR reduction in your calculations if your ceiling is 20 ft. or less.
Quick response are REQUIRED only in Light Hazard. These rules of NFPA 13 go back to the (I believe) 1996 edition. Mark A. Sornsin, PE Fire Protection Engineer Ulteig Engineers, Inc. Fargo, ND Direct: 701. 280.8591 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of sam b Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 1:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Quick response Sprinklers- car parks Hiii everyone.. Need some clarification regarding quick response sprinkler usage. >From NFPA 13,2002, I found quick response sprinklers can be used for Light & Ordinary Hazrad ocupancies. I have read in some literatures that Quick reponse to be used only for Light hazrad occupancy. I am facing a lot of situations of highrise buildings where there are no. of basements meant for carparks. Now carparking area is a Ordinary hazard occupancy,I have seen many of the consultants go for quick response in those areas. Is it really required ? Can I provide standard response sprinklers in this area .? Is there anythng I have missed out? Thaanx & Regrds Sam _______________________________________________ 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)
