Make a call to the guys at Victaulic and look at the Vortex system. You may be able to offer it as an alternative design to traditional sprinklers to the AHJ. It takes very little water, can suppress high challenge fuel fires in open environments, doesn't require the same closure restrictions as gaseous systems do and can be set up to operate off of virtually any water source or as a standalone system with water cylinders. They also can provide backup water for multi-shots if needed for redundancy.
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 Craig Leadbetter Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 2:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Extra Hazard storage The project is a Class IC storage facility storing lampricide in 5 gallon containers with rack storage that is 2400 sqft. With a required .45/3000 plus 500 PGM for two hours the cost of the water supply is going to outweigh the cost of the building. The site is remote and there is no municipal water available. If I have done my research through NFPA 30 correctly we are looking at a tank that is 200,000 gallons or more. Unfortunately the site has existing buildings and the site plan does not allow the space for a non-protected building I was just trying to come up with a reasonable costing fire protection system although there may be nothing that is reasonable for this facility. On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 2:17 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it bigger than a breadbox? > > Dry chem. Is typically reserved for protecting areas inside equipment. > Not occupied or potentially occupied spaces. > > For large areas there are so many problems with keeping the area tight > to contain gas such as FM-200 that it would be virtually impossible. > Also gas systems aren't going to suitable for every commodity. And > lastly, if the Codes require sprinkler protection, most AHJ's aren't > going to go along with a gas only system as primary. > > So the questions arises as to why do you want to use gas instead of > sprinklers? > > 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 Craig > Leadbetter > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 1:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Extra Hazard storage > > Can an extra hazard storage facility be protected by a gas system or > dry chemical system? > > > > -- > Craig Leadbetter > Safeguard of Marquette > PO Box 116 > Marquette, MI 49855 > > (O) 906-475-9955 > (F) 906-475-5474 > (C) 906-362-5393 > > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkl > er.org _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkl > er.org > -- Craig Leadbetter Safeguard of Marquette PO Box 116 Marquette, MI 49855 (O) 906-475-9955 (F) 906-475-5474 (C) 906-362-5393 [email protected] _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
