No, all it says in 5.12 (2007) is that the access to the pump room shall be pre-planned with the fire department. In the appendix it states that access SHOULD be from outside the building.
Had a two hour "discussion" with a client recently about this issue. It's a good idea for maintenance and access and makes things a bit easier when testing, but IFC-2006: 914.2.4 Fire department access to equipment. Rooms or areas containing controls for air-conditioning systems, automatic fire-extinguishing systems or other detection, suppression or control elements shall be identified for use by the fire department. That's about all I could find in a quick search. Not much to hang your hat on. 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.ch2m.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg McGahan Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 8:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: fire pump room doors I do not have access to the current edition of the IBC this morning and I do not see it in NFPA 20.... Is there a requirement that fire pump rooms have doors exiting to the exterior of a building? Thank you, Greg McGahan Living Water Fire Protection, LLC 1160 McKenzie Road Cantonment, FL 32533 850-937-1850 Fax: 850-937-1852 _______________________________________________ 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)
