I think Chris hit it on the nose. Add to the mix the radical change that FM now applies by only using a defined number of sprinklers and a starting pressure for all sprinkler types. This concept was proposed to the 13 TC and was soundly rejected. I just don’t see 13 doing away with the area/density curves. Keeping in mind that truth can be stranger than fiction and you never really know where a group of 30 voters is going to end up, for the foreseeable future, I believe the odds are about the same as a snowballs chance in hell.
Roland Roland Huggins, PE - VP Engineering American Fire Sprinkler Assn. --- Fire Sprinklers Saves Lives Dallas, TX http://www.firesprinkler.org On Jan 30, 2014, at 10:07 AM, Cahill, Christopher <[email protected]> wrote: > They compete? And I don't see them coming together. NFPA and FM have > different interests and priorities. Not vastly different. Can you see QR > reduction going away or FM adding it? I don't see it anytime soon as one > example. > > I hope 30 does not come in. Book is already too big IMHO. I think there > should be one book that covers LH, OH, EH, calcs and plans and basics like > size and spacing. Another book with NOTHING repeated that covers the > specialties like tires, HPS, rolled paper.....Then I might see 30 coming in > to that book. Then a third book for ships, lol. > > Might even take out acceptance and testing and move to NFPA 3 or NFPA 25 or > something like that. > > I was around in the 231C days, not suggesting going back to that but > something between the two would be nice. > > I should say I'm not on a committee, so just my thoughts. > > Chris Cahill, PE* > Associate Fire Protection Engineer _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
