So I'm going 12 rounds with a local fire marshal who wants to define what temporary parking means, under a drive through canopy. His logic is that he doesn't know how long a vehicle will be parked. His exact concerns are as follows: "Our answer was yes do to deliveries made and not knowing how long that vehicle would be sitting in that area... delivery vehicles would be sitting long periods of time and the code does not provide a time table for temporary parking. It is my opinion that temporary parking would be of a taxi/lift or other type drop off service and not delivery vehicles or any other type of parking. This was explained to you and your staff. How are you going to enforce temporary parking? What is the time frame for temporary parking?"
I have not been able to find an unofficial code interpretation for this. I believe he's incorporating too many "what if" scenarios. I was going to respond what if a truck full of fireworks parks here? Should we protect for extra hazard then? Anyone have anything to help me convince him he's wrong? Should I pursue an interpretation from AFSA or NFPA? Thank you John Irwin<https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnrirwin/> Quick Response Fire Protection www.quickresponsefl.com Office: 844-9QUICKFL Cell: 727-282-9243 Main Office: 20545 Independence Blvd. Unit G Groveland, Florida 34736 West Coast: 15201 Roosevelt Blvd., Suite 113, Clearwater, Florida 33760 East Coast: 3133 Skyway Circle, Suite 104, Melbourne, Florida 32934 24 Hour Emergency Service Available 1-844-9QUICKFL "The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten." - Benjamin Franklin _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
