If the building is fully sprinklered, I believe IFC allows up to a 75% reduction of the required fire flow?
R/ Matt Matthew J. Willis Living Water Fire Protection, LLC. 1160 McKenzie Rd. PO Box 877 Cantonment, FL. 32533 850-937-1850 Voice 850-937-1852 Facsimile [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- >-----Original Message----- ----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On ----- >Behalf Of Bobby Gillett ----- >Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 7:14 AM ----- >To: [email protected] ----- >Subject: Fire Flow requirements ----- > ----- >Hello Forum, ----- > ----- > ----- > ----- >I have a situation where a city is requiring 4800 gpm to ----- >be flowed @ a min of 20 from all hydrants within 500 ft ----- >of the bldg. This particular bldg has ----- >5 hydrants on a 12" city line. I have received a flow ----- >test of 96-S 64-R 2519-GPM and set all five hydrants to ----- >flow 960 GPM. This will not produce the requirement. We ----- >do have a pump being installed inside the bldg.(2000 GPM ----- >/ rated pressure of 60). If I pipe out from the pump ----- >room and add hydrants around the bldg. I still cannot ----- >meet this requirement. Has anyone run into this problem ----- >or had a similar situation? Any suggestions? ----- > ----- > ----- > ----- >Bobby Gillett ----- > ----- >Project Manager ----- > ----- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- > ----- >(731)-424-0130 ----- > ----- > ----- > ----- >_______________________________________________ ----- >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)
