another example in California is in Chapter 5 with regard to the height of Type 5 buildings. We require an upgrade to NFPA 13 to get a four-story Type 5 R2 occupancy where other states will let you use 13R.
Steve Leyton (Sent from my phone; please excuse typos and voice text corruptions.) -------- Original message -------- From: Parsley Consulting <parsleyconsult...@cox.net> Date: 7/24/19 1:52 PM (GMT-08:00) To: jvankol...@mfpc.us, sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org Subject: Re: CBC / CFC vs NFPA 13 It's not a silly question, Jerry, from my perspective at least. There are any number of modifications to NFPA 13 which are state law in California. Chapter 80 of the California Fire Code identifies what standards have been adopted into law in what disciplines, and contains the modifications to those standards. Two specific examples. The CFC modifies the application of a reduction of the hydraulic remote area when quick-response sprinklers are used to only apply to light hazard occupancies, where -13 allows the reduction to apply to Ordinary Hazard as well. This is not permitted in California. Further, the CFC requires that when such a reduction for QR sprinklers has been performed that a minimum of seven sprinklers must be flowing in the supporting hydraulic calculations, where this number if identified as five in -13. Those two above are state law, which amends -13. So, yes, the state code would supersede NFPA 13. sincerely, Ken Wagoner, SET Parsley Consulting 350 West 9th Avenue, Suite 206 Escondido, California 92025 Phone 760-745-6181 Visit the website<http://www.parsleyconsulting.com/> On 07/24/2019 1:15 PM, jvankol...@mfpc.us<mailto:jvankol...@mfpc.us> wrote: Maybe a silly question, but state code would supersede NFPA ? Jerry Van Kolken Millennium Fire Protection Corp. 2950 San Luis Rey Rd. Oceanside, CA 92058 (760) 722-2722 FX 722-2730 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org<mailto:Sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
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