I can only tell you that we have been tampering all NEW valves on systems that require monitoring for the past 7 years or so. We have NOT been tampering existing valves that are chained and locked unless there are major revisions taking place to the system.
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 On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 7:38 AM, Morey, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > We've had an issue come up relating to PIV tampering. We use a state > adopted (Indiana) code that is based almost entirely on IBC/IFC 2006. > We've been asked to tamper PIVs per IBC/IFC. Our site includes a large > campus fire main loop and there is some discussion about whether or not all > those valves require tampering. My contention is that the campus fire main > is a private fire service main and is outside the scope of IBC and the > chapter 9 requirement to tamper all valves, IFC chapter 5 seems to be the > correct code to apply and refers almost exclusively to NFPA 24 for private > fire service mains. NFPA allows locking and periodic checks rather than > requiring electronic monitoring as IBC/IFC chapter 9 does. Is there any > succinct way to show the campus loop is out of the scope of IBC, or is my > reasoning incorrect? > > 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]< > https://owa.bmwc.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=hEc2LsZXLUqfB3v1fAsIUDtQSkfsw9AIUxDXhx81O08DpGEK3NHRaSbWuncnZEk-mLpe2vYiBJY.&URL=mailto%3amanta%40bmwc.com> > | www.bmwc.com< > https://owa.bmwc.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=hEc2LsZXLUqfB3v1fAsIUDtQSkfsw9AIUxDXhx81O08DpGEK3NHRaSbWuncnZEk-mLpe2vYiBJY.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.bmwc.com%2f > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
