within the existing building should not be a problem as long as access to the room is from the exterior and not through a tenant space.
Garth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Williams - work" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 7:06 AM Subject: Re: Single Fire Pump Serving Multiple Buildings > Bobby, > > I've seen pumps servicing entire complexes quite a bit, so I don't > see that as a problem. The issue about stand alone buildings vs. > within an existing building could be a little bit of a gray area. You > could have one tenant potentially controlling water supplies for a > different tenant in another building. I would run this by the local > AHJ and/or insurance carrier. The stand alone building would be the safest. > > > At 07:47 AM 5/4/2007, you wrote: > >Is there something in the IFC or IBC 2006 or NFPA 20 which would > >prohibit a booster fire pump from supplying multiple buildings on the > >same property? Would it make any difference if the fire pump was in a > >stand alone building or inside a two hour enclosure of one of the > >protected buildings? > > > >The scenario is a developer with three detached 200K sq ft spec > >warehouse buildings with ESFR systems, all on one property, a good > >public water supply but not quite good enough. All buildings are > >supplied from a single tap to the public water system with a DDC device > >in a vault. > > > >NFPA 13-07 8.2.5 refers to "systems" or "risers" and I don't see the > >intent for it to include a booster pump supply. > > > >Bobby McCullough > >_______________________________________________ > >Sprinklerforum mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > > >To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >(Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > > Todd G. Williams, PE > Fire Protection Design/Consulting > Stonington, Connecticut > 860-535-2080 > www.fpdc.com > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
