I used to deal with this when I worked in Florida. Usually it means that the Fire Dept. wants the FDC located far enough away from the building so that if the outside wall fell over, it would not kill any fireman try to hook up hose to the FDC.
Daniel L. Merkle, CET NICET # 118915 Automatic Sprinkler System Layout, Level III "COLONIAL" Fire Protection Systems Inc. 937 Linden Ave. W. E. Rochester, N.Y. 14445 Office-(585) 381-7362 Fax-(585) 381-8263 E-mail - [email protected] ________________________________ From: Todd Williams <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, March 25, 2010 9:55:54 AM Subject: crumble zone Could someone help me with the definition of "crumble zone". I was asked to locate an FDC outside of the crumble zone, but wouldn't tell me what that was. Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT 860.535.2080 www.fpdc.com _______________________________________________ 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)
