Sounds like there are some building code issues which should not be addressed by the sprinkler contractor. It may be your job is not so complicated if you apply NFPA 55. But somebody else may or may not have done their job.
Bill Brooks William N. Brooks, P.E. Brooks Fire Protection Engineering Inc. 372 Wilett Drive Severna Park, MD 21146-1904 410-544-3620 410-544-3032 FAX 412-400-6528 Cell -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 2:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 02 storage IFC, chapter 27 and NFPA 55 have the same criteria for oxidizing gas. It is 3000 cu ft per control area. Don't know where the AHJ is coming up with 12000 cu ft unless he is considering the maximum of 4 control areas per building and then you get to 12000 cu ft. This means 4 areas that are fire separated from each other and the rest of the building. John Hoffman P.E. | Fire Protection Engineer | Facility Engineering Services, KCP, LLC - Burns & McDonnell Engineering | National Nuclear Security Administration's Kansas City Plant | Operated by Honeywell FM&T | 2000 E. 95th St | Kansas City, MO 64131 | ph 816-997-7213 | [email protected] From: Greg McGahan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 08/10/2012 12:50 PM Subject: 02 storage Sent by: [email protected] This is a completely new area for me so any help is appreciated. Issue: Medical Gas Storage of 02 only in various cylinders. The tenant and owner of this Commercial / Industrial Strip center is having difficulty with the AHJ who claims that even if they classify the warehouse portion of this space as Storage Occupancy instead of Business, The maximum cubic footage of 02 allowed to be stored in one place is 12,000 with "High Hazard" Sprinkler protection. The tenant needs to store almost 20,000 cubic feet. Does anyone have expertise in this area? Thanks, Greg -- Greg McGahan Living Water Fire Protection, LLC <http://www.livingwaterfp.com> 1160 McKenzie Road Cantonment, FL 32533 850-937-1850 fax 850-937-1852 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: < http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments /20120810/f3e9c5a0/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 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
