In my opinion and from reading NFPA 13R (2016) 6.2.2.2 Stairs would be an area that is acceptable to use residential sprinklers.
The intend of section 6.2.2.2 was to allow for areas with similar fire loads to those of dwelling units to use residential sprinklers. With stairs being a means of egress, they would generally contain little to no combustibles and present a low fire challenge. Thanks, [cid:[email protected]] [cid:[email protected]] Dane Long, AET Engineering Technician | Bamford Fire Sprinkler Co., Inc. P: 785.825.7710 F: 785.825.0667 A: 1383 W. North Street Salina, KS 67401 From: Trevor Spain <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 8:13 AM To: Fpdcdesign via Sprinklerforum <[email protected]> Subject: [Sprinklerforum] Residential heads in stairways Good Morning Everyone, Our design team is debating the use of residential heads in stairways. For a predominately residential occupancy (like an apartment) designed to 2016 NFPA 13R, do stairways qualify for residential heads under 6.2.2.2 (8) “Other areas with fire loads similar to residential fire loads”? If the design is to 2016 NFPA 13 instead, can a stairway be considered “corridor” to meet the requirement of 8.4.5.1 for use of residential heads? Trevor Spain The Fire Group, Inc. www.thefiregroupinc.com<http://www.thefiregroupinc.com> On 9/18/2023 2:25 PM, Alan Brinson wrote: Calcium phosphate is inert. Alan Brinson ________________________________ From: JOSEPH MCCAFFERTY <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 7:16:19 PM To: Discussion list on issues relating to automatic fire sprinklers <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]>; Michael de Gabriele <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [Sprinklerforum] Re: Best fire protection solution for dirty environment Do the sprinklers etc need corrosion protection from the stored product as well? On 17/09/2023 01:56 Michael de Gabriele <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> wrote: Has anyone ever done this to a 10000m2 warehouse? On Sun, 17 Sep 2023 at 2:37 am, Jackie Ward <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: For paint spray areas, we bag our heads. It sounds like your environment would be similar. The following is from the 2019 edition of NFPA-13 for reference. [cid:[email protected]] Thank you, Jackie “JW” Ward 1-405-240-7076 From: Michael de Gabriele <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2023 6:05 PM To: Discussion list on issues relating to automatic fire sprinklers <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [Sprinklerforum] Best fire protection solution for dirty environment Good morning I trust that everyone is well I currently have a project in Geelong Australia where the product bulk stored within the buildings make for a extremely dusty environment when unloading. Sprinkler protection is proposed to protect the building and wanted to ask the question about “excessive loading of sprinklers” and what the best option would be to minimise this I am aware that NFPA 25 mentions this, our code in Australia does not mention this term but states that yearly the sprinklers must be visually checked and suggest that a more stringent maintenance routine be in place for these environments. The product bulk stored is phosphate rock typically and is used for the fertiliser manufacturing plant across the road. Any suggestions to the above query would be much appreciated. Kind regards Michael Paul de Gabriele Fire protections engineer _________________________________________________________ SprinklerForum mailing list: https://lists.firesprinkler.org/list/sprinklerforum.lists.firesprinkler.org To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> _________________________________________________________ SprinklerForum mailing list: https://lists.firesprinkler.org/list/sprinklerforum.lists.firesprinkler.org To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> _________________________________________________________ SprinklerForum mailing list: https://lists.firesprinkler.org/list/sprinklerforum.lists.firesprinkler.org To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
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