My opinion as a plan reviewer for a fire district would be that if they are modifying the system they have to bring it up to current codes. YOu might check with the municipality to see what they will permit.
Norm On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Jim Johnston <[email protected] > wrote: > Does anybody have a copy of NFPA 30 from 1994 or earlier era? I have a > warehouse storing plastic IBC Totes (275 Gal) with Class II & IIIA liquids, > in double row racks - 4 levels high. The original system was installed in > 1994 by another contractor as a tree at the roof and single level of > protection in the racks, today an insurance guy would like them to protect > with foam utilizing the existing system with minimal reconfiguration, > problem is it will not calc out. Based on 2008 NFPA 30, the original > design > criteria is nowhere close to being acceptable by today's standards. > > > > If anybody can help me out it would be much appreciated, please contact me > off forum. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jim Johnston, P.E. > > Fire Protection Engineer > > Inland Fire Protection, Inc > > 1100 Ahtanum Road > > Yakima, WA 98903 > > Phone 509-248-4471 or 800-742-6156 > > Fax 509-248-1180 > > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
