My experience with this has always been - the Fire Department wants to have sprinklers and the electric utility doesn't want the sprinklers.
They can fight it out but usually the utility wins. Only applies to dedicated electrical rooms/transformer rooms for high rises and such. On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Reed A. Roisum, SET <[email protected]> wrote: > We have consulted the code authority in which I was able to reference the > IFC and NFPA 13 standards. We are also going to work with the FM Global > Rep but I wanted to have references to the FM Data Sheets if there were any. > > > > Reed A. Roisum, SET *|* *Karges-Faulconbridge, Inc.* *|* Senior Fire > Protection Designer *|* Fargo, ND *| direct: *701.552.9903* | **mobile:* > 701.388.1352 *| **KFIengineers.com* <http://www.kfiengineers.com> > > *From:* Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]. > org] *On Behalf Of *Ed Vining > *Sent:* Saturday, April 22, 2017 6:49 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: FM Global Electrical Room Fire Protection > > > > This is one which should include decisions by the FM representative and > the code authority > > > > On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Reed A. Roisum, SET <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The owner on a project is wondering if they can avoid installing fire > sprinklers in the electrical rooms. I gave them the IFC and NFPA 13 > references that allow not sprinklering certain spaces. > > > > This is an FM Global insured property and I looked through the Data Sheets > but couldn’t find any references to allowing removal of sprinkler > protection in electrical rooms. Anyone know if FM addresses this or can > you point me to which Data Sheet might speak to it? > > > > I’m not looking for a discussion on whether we should be sprinklering > these spaces or not, but just if FM has any references to the topic. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Reed Roisum > > > > > > > > Reed A. Roisum, SET *|* *Karges-Faulconbridge, Inc.* *|* Senior Fire > Protection Designer *|* Fargo, ND *|** direct: *701.552.9903 > <(701)%20552-9903>* | **mobile:* 701.388.1352 <(701)%20388-1352> *|* > *KFIengineers.com* <http://www.kfiengineers.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 > > > > > > -- > > Ed Vining > > 4819 John Muir Rd > > Martinez CA 94553 > > 925-228-8792 > > Cell 925-787-0465 > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > 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 > >
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