I did go that route... I instead received a response from Mr. Caputo with NFPA and he informed me that per 2002, "...the small rooms rule is not applicable to the design consideration for residential occupancies." Unless I am wrong, (which I frequently am) although he (Roland) is a committee member of the TCC for NFPA, he is with AFSA. Trust me, I would LOVE to get an "official" response from Mr. Huggins! How would I go about getting one from AFSA (i.e. Roland) ? But I do think I will forward some excerpts of this thread and see where that gets me. (probably nowhere that I want to be...) Carrol Glimstad Sierra Fire Design 916.475.4928
________________________________ From: "Johnson, Duane (NIH/OD/ORS) [C]" <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, November 2, 2010 12:59:44 PM Subject: RE: Residential "Room Design Method"? NFPA has an email accounts setup for all NFPA codes where you can submit questions and receive code interpretations and technical answers. The format is setup as [email protected]. Replace the # with the code you are inquiring about. For example, if you have a question related to the sprinkler code, you would submit your question to [email protected]. Then Roland can 'officially' respond. Duane Johnson, PE Program Manager Division of the Fire Marshal (Support Contractor) Office of Research Services National Institutes of Health 301-496-0487 _______________________________________________ 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)
