FYI Oakland was an unsprinklered structure……. Sadly 36+ lives were lost in modern America in a dry old warehouse used for an unintended purpose.
We all need to remind loved ones especially during the holiday season with large gatherings to be aware of their surroundings. Jeff Bridges JBFP Inc From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brad Casterline Sent: Monday, December 05, 2016 4:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: College Lab Classrooms And why stop at LABS? How about ART ROOMS? as the recent horrific and disgusting tragedy in Oakland reveals. If it's Contents that determine LH vs OH, what about the glues and paints and paper mache and fabrics and all the other organic materials piled up and strewn about? Brad On Dec 5, 2016 6:05 PM, "Brad Casterline" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Sorry Bill I couldn't help it- it's more like I harp on this- but not as often anymore, and thanks to Larry I'm sure I'm not the only one whom cracked open NFPA 45 for the first time today and found some numbers relating to common 13 hazard classifications. Hey Larry, when are you guys going to stop adding stuff to 13 (2016)? Regards, Surely On Dec 5, 2016 9:54 AM, <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Surely you jest. _____ From: "Brad Casterline" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To: "sprinklerforum" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 5, 2016 10:47:57 AM Subject: RE: College Lab Classrooms that's easy to answer! >From NFPA 13 (most editions for years): 5.2* Light Hazard Occupancies. Light hazard occupancies shall be defined as occupancies or portions of other occupancies where the quantity and/or combustibility of contents is low and fires with relatively low rates of heat release are expected. 5.3* Ordinary Hazard Occupancies. 5.3.1* Ordinary Hazard (Group 1). 5.3.1.1 Ordinary hazard (Group 1) occupancies shall be defined as occupancies or portions of other occupancies where combustibility is low, quantity of combustibles is moderate, stockpiles of combustibles do not exceed 8 ft (2.4 m), and fires with moderate rates of heat release are expected. 5.3.1.2 Dedicated and miscellaneous storage shall be protected in accordance with Chapter 12 and Chapter 13 as applicable. 5.3.2* Ordinary Hazard (Group 2). 5.3.2.1 Ordinary hazard (Group 2) occupancies shall be defined as occupancies or portions of other occupancies where the quantity and combustibility of contents are moderate to high, stockpiles of contents with moderate rates of heat release do not exceed 12 ft (3.66 m), and stockpiles of contents with high rates of heat release do not exceed 8 ft (2.4 m). 5.3.2.2 Dedicated and miscellaneous storage shall be protected in accordance with Chapter 12 and Chapter 13 as applicable. _____ From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2016 9:36 AM To: sprinklerforum Subject: College Lab Classrooms Quick question. College Lab classrooms. Light or Ordinary hazard? Bill Menster WFM Consulting Inc. 2416 Malaya Ct. Punta Gorda, FL 33983 ph. 941-421-9786 <tel:(941)%20421-9786> fax 941-391-6133 <tel:(941)%20391-6133> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> www.wfmconsultinginc.com <http://www.wfmconsultinginc.com> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
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