Steve: Here in the Midwest, the BOCA Basic Building Code, 1955 edition, had numerous occupancies wherein sprinklers were required. That code also permitted a 200% increase in the allowed area of a building of light to moderate fire load if protected with sprinklers. I will head up to the attic sometime tomorrow and dig out my older building codes. I know I have a 1940 UBC that I can check, but I also have the old NBFU building codes back to ~1920. Trusting to memory, the Marks' Mech Engrs Handbook from ~1905, which is also up in the attic, recommended sprinklers in some occupancies, citing there success at controlling or extinguishing fires. And of course, the first edition of the Fire Protection Handbook in 1896 cited the extraordinary success rate of sprinklers.
Dave David A. de Vries, P.E., CSP Firetech Engineering Incorporated --- On Tue, 2/23/10, Steve Leyton <[email protected]> wrote: From: Steve Leyton <[email protected]> Subject: Sprinklers in the building code To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 5:27 PM Does anyone know when the first provisions for sprinklers (to any extent) appeared in the building or fire code(s)? Steve Leyton PROTECTION DESIGN & CONSULTING 2851 Camino del Rio South, Suite 400 San Diego, CA 92108 ------------------------------------------------------------- Ph: 858.751.2930 - ext. 102 Fax: 858.751.2933 Cell: 619.972.5696 _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
