Levent, Can I presume that you're with the Cantecc in Monterrey, Mexico? Just trying to get a location since it's rather unusual to require a standpipe in two-story buildings. As Todd wondered, what is your building code. Here you would be sprinklering and then also maybe having the standpipe. That said unless you're planning on a class I manual dry you might as well sprinkler since you'll have water at the buildings. What is the evacuation plan? You do have an I-3 occupancy and a controlled population. The buildings are small so you may be able to get people out quickly, but they are restricted in their ability to self evacuate and under such conditions life safety is the main concern. A standpipe as the only means of fire fighting is less than ideal under these conditions. These are just some random ramblings about fire protection in prisons made late in the day. This situation is something that needs negotiating and planning with the local responding agency. An aside. I once saw a seven story jail with horns and strobes in the cells. I was there to figure out a way to prevent the guests from tampering with the devices. The inanity of the situation eluded the powers there even after explaining it to them. I made a lot of money, the company that fabricated the new protective cages made a lot of money, the company that installed them made a lot of money, the tax payers were ill served and the prisoners still required a gaoler to come unlock the doors in case of fire.
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Todd Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > Levent, > > Your local building or fire code should give you that answer. > Anything I could spout here could be trumped by that. > > Todd > > > At 07:37 PM 2/17/2010, you wrote: >>Hello all, >> >> >> >>I am trying to figure out which class of stand pipe system to use for a >>multi detached building site. There are about 5 - 2 storey non-sprinkled >>buildings from a single water supply from a clean water cistern. Each >>building is supplied with a single standpipe in a central location within a >>100 feet away from the furthest point. Each building is a part of a prison >>with individual cells. >> >>Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> >>Thanks, >> >>Levent >> >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Sprinklerforum mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://fireball.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) > > Todd G. Williams, PE > Fire Protection Design/Consulting > Stonington, Connecticut > www.fpdc.com > 860.535.2080 > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.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) > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Bates Technical College Tacoma, WA Member: SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.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)
