Re: Rubber Tire Storage

2018-01-25 Thread Bruce Verhei
the same way. > > Matt > > > -Original Message- > From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@lists.firesprinkler.org] > On Behalf Of bcasterl...@fsc-inc.com > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 1:38 PM > To: sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org > S

RE: Rubber Tire Storage

2018-01-25 Thread Matt Grise
, 2018 1:38 PM To: sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org Subject: Re: Rubber Tire Storage Tires are hard to get lit and therefore hard to put out once you do (thermal inertia). Maybe the reason for the separate standard, more than the material composition, is the expected fire growth/decline rate

Re: Rubber Tire Storage

2018-01-25 Thread bcasterline
forum-boun...@lists.firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of John Paulsen Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 1:30 PM To: sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Rubber Tire Storage [EXTERNAL] James: He doesn't think NFPA-13, Chapter 18 applies? I understand his confusion, the commodities definitio

RE: Rubber Tire Storage

2018-01-25 Thread Prahl, Craig/GVL
Extension 77540 craig.pr...@ch2m.com From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@lists.firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of John Paulsen Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 1:30 PM To: sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Rubber Tire Storage [EXTERNAL] James: He doesn't

RE: Rubber Tire Storage

2018-01-25 Thread Steve Leyton
sign. SL From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@lists.firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Prahl, Craig/GVL Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 10:31 AM To: sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Rubber Tire Storage Tires are tires. Tires are not plastic milk jugs. Today'

RE: Rubber Tire Storage

2018-01-25 Thread Prahl, Craig/GVL
Tires are tires. Tires are not plastic milk jugs. Today's modern tires are a composition of numerous materials. Natural and synthetic rubbers are used in various proportions depending the tire use group. But regardless, synthetic rubber or not, the chemical characteristics, ignition and burni

RE: Rubber Tire Storage

2018-01-25 Thread John Paulsen
James: He doesn't think NFPA-13, Chapter 18 applies? I understand his confusion, the commodities definitions do reference synthetic rubber as a Group A Plastic, but it doesn't specifically reference tires in the definitions John Paulsen - SET Crown Fire System Design 6282 Seeds Rd. Grove Ci

RE: Rubber Tire Storage

2018-01-25 Thread Steve Leyton
Xanax. From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@lists.firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of James Crawford Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 9:56 AM To: sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org Subject: Rubber Tire Storage NFPA #13 (2013) is my reference. I have an AHJ that is telling me that

Re: Rubber Tire Storage

2018-01-25 Thread Jeff Normand
Used to be a separate code. NFPA 231D Standard for Storage of Rubber Tires Current Edition: 1998 *Important Note:* This document was withdrawn at the Annual 2001 meeting. On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 11:56 AM, James Crawford wrote: > NFPA #13 (2013) is my reference. > > > > I have an AHJ that is tel

RE: Rubber Tire Storage

2017-04-11 Thread James Crawford
: sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org Subject: Re: Rubber Tire Storage Full scale fire tests? On Apr 11, 2017, at 15:24, James Crawford wrote: We have an existing building protected with ESFR K17 sprinkler heads operating at 52 psi for 35’ storage in a 40’ high building. They want to store

Re: Rubber Tire Storage

2017-04-11 Thread Bruce Verhei
Full scale fire tests? > On Apr 11, 2017, at 15:24, James Crawford wrote: > > We have an existing building protected with ESFR K17 sprinkler heads > operating at 52 psi for 35’ storage in a 40’ high building. > > They want to store rubber tires and are asking what they can do, I am using >

Re: Rubber tire storage

2007-08-24 Thread Roland Huggins
The criteria has been around a while and I wasn't involved with it's development so I am proceeding just on logic (and we all know logic doesn't allows rule - lol) Table 12.4.2(a) Section 1(a) has no real limits on pile size and more importantly no breaks along its length so a larger remote