You have all been echoing what has been going through my head. This sounds like a good job for my competition.
Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT www.fpdc.com 860-535-2080 (ofc) > On Apr 8, 2014, at 11:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > If it is not required by code, but you still need to submit to someone for > approval, you can pursue the alternative means and methods as an approach for > acceptance. However, in the design documents it needs to be clearly defined > what the exact purpose and function of the system will be. > > We've had special systems requested by owner's loss prevention groups but > since they did not comply with recognized Codes and Standards, they were not > identified as a fire suppression or fire control systems and with that in > mind they were also not constrained to meet any requirements within those > codes or standards. Call it a tank cooling spray system or whatever you wish > but due to the non-compliance to NFPA 15, don't call it anything that would > give an impression that it's for anything other than your intended purpose. > All parties involved need to understand the limitations and function and sign > off on the concept. Also don't put any notes about installing per NFPA 15 or > NFPA 13, as that can lead to confusion on the intent. > > Remember, all you're doing here is cooling, not suppression. Once you have > ignition it's just a controlled burn from there on out. > > Craig L. Prahl, CET > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd - > Work > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 10:22 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: non required system > > I have been asked to look at a new installation of 2 propane tanks at a small > distribution facility. The size of the tanks is such that they do not require > any protection by Code. However, the local Fire Marshal would like a water > spray system. The owner has agreed to install it. However, there is no public > water supply at this facility and what the Fire Marshal would like is a > system connected to an FDC several hundred feet away. This would not be > acceptable per NFPA 15 which requires an automatic water supply. That being > said, it does have merit in that it would allow the fire department to get > water on a fire in a potentially volatile situation from a relatively safe > distance. Any thoughts on the best way to proceed with this? I'm thinking get > a variance from the State Fire Marshal and go ahead with it, but have some > reservations about doing non conforming systems. > > Todd G Williams, PE > Fire Protection Design/Consulting > Stonington, CT > www.fpdc.com > 860-535-2080 (ofc) > _______________________________________________ > 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
