Contact your AHJ and see if they will allow NFPA 13, 8.15.10.3 (electrical equipment rooms) to include the telecom room. There is no other reference in 13 to telecommunication rooms specifically. If the owner insists that you omit sprinklers some AHJ's will allow it if the room meets the criteria listed in 8.15.10.3. Otherwise the sprinkler will be required unless they want to foot the bill for FM200 or Co2 or some other agent type extinguishing system. If their concern is someone smacking the head and it going off, use one of the institutional (tamper-resistant) type heads. If they are worried about the proverbial "leak" then ask them if it's better for their equipment to get a little water on it or get a lot of water from a hose stream or to burn up altogether. You can always dry things out but you can't refashion little melted blobs of plastic back to their original shape and function.
Couldn't find any omission clauses in the Building Code for telecommunication rooms but there is a blurb in the IFC 2006 Section 903.2, EXCEPTION, but it is more related to Telecommunications BUILDINGS, 913.3.1 says the same thing. Those are the only references to Telecommunications that I could find. Craig L. Prahl, CET Fire Protection Group Mechanical Department CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive PO Box 491, Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 Direct - 864.599.4102 Fax - 864.599.8439 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lg.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Harris Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 2:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Telecom Rooms Does anybody know off the top of their head if Telecom Rooms are referenced in NFPA-13? I know what the code say about Electrical Rooms with 2 hour walls but does that apply to other types of rooms as well? Regards, Brian Harris First Defense Fire Protection Design Engineer <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 704.948.3506 phone 704.948.3507 fax _______________________________________________ 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)
