The Building Code occupancy class should not be confused with NFPA's occupancy class in NFPA 13 which I wish they would rename to Hazard Classification. NFPA 13 looks at the parameters of the contents that will burn (quantity, combustibility, storage height, etc.) regardless of the human use, number of occupants, height of building, etc.
Let's not judge helpful appendix generalizations of typical occupancy class with the need for the designer to properly classify the system based upon the factors that a fire will see, not accounting for what humans will call it under the IBC... Sent from my iPhone On Feb 21, 2012, at 1:01 PM, "Ralphy Henderson" <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a group A4 / B occupancy - I wouldn't even begin to look in the > storage section unless it were a group S or had some back room with rack > storage. I'm thinking Ordinary Group II would be a good call. > > --- On Tue, 2/21/12, Ron Greenman <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Ron Greenman <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Classification for ARCADE > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 3:24 PM > > Are we supposed to look at the contents of all buildings as if they were > storage facilities? If so then why would we need any other occupancies > other than S? I'd guess the average office has more combustibles per square > foot than a large appliance store and yet.... An arcade seems to me to be > more like a store, or perhaps a nightclub (dimly lit, loud noises, > distracting lights, limited egress, transient population, sans alcohol) > than it does a warehouse. > > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 7:12 AM, Roland Huggins > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> seems a tad conservative when you compare it to the amount of fuel >> presented by the plastic in an office space. I'd look more at the overall >> density and not just the height of some amount of the plastic. >> >> Roland >> >> >> On Feb 20, 2012, at 4:14 PM, Ralphy Henderson wrote: >> >> Hey all, >>> >>> I have an arcade I'm working on and started wondering what classification >>> this would fall under. I was thinking ordinary 1 or 2 - with a leaning >>> towards 2 because of the plastics involved in the typical arcade game @ >>> about 5-6ft. high... what do you all think? >>> Thanks, >>> >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: <http://fireball.**firesprinkler.org/mailman/** >>> private/sprinklerforum/**attachments/20120220/e1cca0e0/**attachment.html<http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20120220/e1cca0e0/attachment.html> >>>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Sprinklerforum mailing list >>> Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.**org <[email protected]> >>> http://fireball.firesprinkler.**org/mailman/listinfo/**sprinklerforum<http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum> >>> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Sprinklerforum mailing list >> Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.**org <[email protected]> >> http://fireball.firesprinkler.**org/mailman/listinfo/**sprinklerforum<http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum> >> > > > > -- > Ron Greenman > Instructor > Fire Protection Engineering Technology > Bates Technical College > 1101 So. Yakima Ave. > Tacoma, WA 98405 > > [email protected] > > http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ > > 253.680.7346 > 253.576.9700 (cell) > > Member: > ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC > > They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, > essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20120221/c567e0c2/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20120221/020258f1/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
