What Reed said. On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 9:28 AM, Reed A. Roisum, SET <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2012 IFC, 905.3.1 Height. Class III standpipe systems shall be installed > throughout buildings where the floor level of the highest story is located > more than 30 feet above the lowest level of the FD vehicle access... > > There is nothing about the "story" being occupied or not so I believe you > have to count the mezzanine. Actually, Figure 905.3.1(1) in the IFC shows > a section with the dimension line drawn to a floor labeled "Mezzanine" and > a note that says "Highest Floor Level of Highest Story". > > The commentary states this also, "The threshold based on the height of the > building is independent of the occupancy of the building, the area of the > building or the presence of an automatic sprinkler system. This is based > on the universal need to be able to provide a water supply for fire > suppression in any building and on the limitations of the physical effort > necessary to extend hose lines vertically." > > > Reed A. Roisum, SET | Karges-Faulconbridge, Inc. | Senior Fire Protection > Designer | Fargo, ND | direct: 701.552.9903 | mobile: 701.388.1352 | > http://www.kfiengineers.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sprinklerforum [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Travis Mack > Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 10:38 AM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Standpipes > > Does a loft/mezzanine count toward the height to require a standpipe? > > Example: 4th floor is 29'-4" above lowest level of fire department access. > So standpipe would not be required. > > But these units have a loft/mezzanine that will be obviously above the > 30'. The only way to access the loft is from a stair in the unit on the > fourth floor. > > So standpipes yes or no? It is an R-2 occupancy. > > Travis Mack, SET > MFP Design, LLC > "Follow" us on Facebook: > https://www.facebook.com/pages/MFP-Design-LLC/92218417692 > Send large files to MFP Design via: > https://www.hightail.com/u/MFPDesign > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com > ______________________________________________________________________ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com > ______________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Technology Bates Technical College 1101 So. Yakima Ave. Tacoma, WA 98405 [email protected] http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ 253.680.7346 253.576.9700 (cell) Member: ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC, WFSC They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) A problem well stated is a problem half solved. -Charles F. Kettering, inventor and engineer (1876-1958) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
