[Sprinklerforum] Re: Spiral Blast Freezer

2023-02-22 Thread dlm
on issues relating to automatic fire sprinklers Subject: [Sprinklerforum] Re: Spiral Blast Freezer The only areas in NFPA that are allowed to be without sprinkler protection is pretty much only non-combustible, concealed ceilings spaces that are not used for storage. With the blast

[Sprinklerforum] Re: Spiral Blast Freezer

2023-02-22 Thread Brett Peters
The only areas in NFPA that are allowed to be without sprinkler protection is pretty much only non-combustible, concealed ceilings spaces that are not used for storage. With the blast freezer having both mechanical equipment and product within it I can’t see how you could define that as a piece of

[Sprinklerforum] Re: Spiral Blast Freezer

2023-02-22 Thread Hinson, Ryan
Not occupied doesn't mean not required to have sprinklers. Walk-in freezers routinely have suppression piping in them including penetration into a smaller separate enclosure inside a larger building. To get the full story, one would need to know the overarching building type, use, occupancy; a