NFPA 13-2007 21.20.2 Special Structures and High-Rise Buildings. 21.20.2.1 Design Criteria. 21.20.2.1.1 High-rise buildings shall be protected throughout by an approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system in accordance with NFPA101, Life Safety Code, Section 9.7.Asprinkler control valve and a waterflow device shall be provided for each floor. [101:11.8.2.1]
Craig L. Prahl, CET Fire Protection CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 Direct - 864.599.4102 Fax - 864.599.8439 CH2MHILL Extension 74102 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roland Huggins Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 3:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Hydraulic Calcs I concur with everything you said and the alarm requirements are very explicit regarding on supervision IF a component is present. Where does the IBC say you have to have a water flow switch on EVERY floor of a hi-rise? Roland On Jan 13, 2011, at 12:28 PM, Jim Davidson wrote: > In the IBC (2006 Edition) paragraph 903.4 "Sprinkler system > monitoring and alarms", states; > All valves controlling the water supply for automatic sprinkler > systems, pumps, tanks, water levels and temperatures, critical air > pressures and water-flow switches on all sprinkler systems shall be > electrically supervised. And paragraph 903.4.1 Signals, requires that; > Alarm, supervisory and trouble signals shall be distinctly different > and automatically transmitted to an approved central station, remote > supervising station or proprietary supervising station as defined in > NFPA 72 or, when approved by the fire code official, shall sound an > audible signal at a constantly attended location. > > Paragraph 903.4.3 "Floor control valves" states that; > Approved supervised indicating control valves shall be provided at > the point of connection to the riser on each floor in high-rise > buildings. > > The IBC does require the supervision of fire sprinkler systems > especially where IBC sprinkler trade off are used in the design of > the building. > > Have a fire safe day. > > > > Jim Davidson > > Davidson Associates > Fire Protection * Medical Gas * Code Consulting > 302-994-9500 Fax:302-234-1781 > _______________________________________________ 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)
