The only thing I can add is that one time I had a discussion with an engineer who wanted to eliminate heads over the pool because "It doesn't make sense". We visited the site (school) and the pool was drained and it was being used for storage of foam gym mats. End of discussion.
Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT www.fpdc.com 860-535-2080 (ofc) > On Jan 22, 2014, at 5:19 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Guyz/Gals: > > > I know that, at one time, there was a 'blurb' about sprinkler protection over > swimming pool areas. We have just spent a fairly significant amount of time > looking for the 'requirement' in recent editions of 13 - and have been unable > to find a specific citation. Aside from "all areas are required to be > sprinklered..." can anyone assist us with a specific reference to swimming > pool areas (hotel/motels, et al) - in any Code - needing to be sprinkler > protected. I remember reading about the possibility of the pool being emptied > and the pool itself and/or surrounding areas being used for 'storage' of > combustible materials, but that was years ago... > > > > Any assistance will be much appreciated - we are performing a third-party > review and our PE/FPE is stuck. > > > > Regards to All. Gracias!! > > > > > Jerry > [email protected] > > > Jerry D. Watts, SFPE > President & Co-Founder > ACCENT FIRE ENGINEERING INT'L. Ltd. > Santa Fe, New Mexico USA > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Harris <[email protected]> > To: sprinklerforum <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Jan 22, 2014 3:09 pm > Subject: RE: Reusing Heads > > > Thanks! > > Brian Harris, CET > BVS Systems Inc. > bvssytemsinc.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Steve Leyton > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 12:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Reusing Heads > > It's also in NFPA 25 for good measure. > > > Steve Leyton > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Morey, > Mike > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 9:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Reusing Heads > > In 2013 6.2.1 (and added clarification in section 6.2.1.1) > > Mike Morey, CFPS, SET > Planner Scheduler/Designer > BMWC Constructors, Inc. > 1740 W. Michigan St, Indianapolis, IN 46222 > O: 317.651.0596 | C: 317.586.8111 > [email protected] | www.bmwc.com > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] on behalf of Brian Harris > [[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 12:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Reusing Heads > > I know I've seen it somewhere but can someone point me to the section of > NFPA-13 that says once you remove a head you have to replace it with a new > one? > > Brian Harris, CET > BVS Systems Inc. > Sprinkler Division > bvssystemsinc.com<http://bvssystemsinc.com/> > Phone: 704.896.9989 > Fax: 704.896.1935 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
