Labs are covered by NFPA 45. See table 2-2(A) in the 2002 edition for maximum amounts of flammable or combistible liquids.
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 3:24 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > The lab would probably be classified by building code as a B occupancy and > with that, exempt from sprinklers under most conditions. However depending > on the chemicals used and specifically the quantities it could become and > "H" occupancy. > > NFPA 13 would be appropriate in most cases but you cold be driven to NFPA > 30 depending on quantities of materials. Someone needs to look at the > quantities of materials used and stored within the building and do a > Hazards/Code analysis. > > The only thing about mixing up design criteria for small spaces like > restrooms is, are you really going to be able to get 0.10 for a few heads in > a rest room when the adjacent areas could be 0.20 or 0.30? > > > Craig L. Prahl, CET > Fire Protection Specialist > 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: Monday, September 14, 2009 3:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Laborotories > > Just checking in with this one... > > If you have a lab in a stand alone building - regardless of class - all of > the other rooms, etc should still be able to be protected per normal NFPA 13 > requirements, correct? Bathrooms would be Light Hazard and so forth? We have > an engineer that is not sure. And I am just making sure I am correct and > that a lab is no different than any other mixed occupancy classification > like retail, etc.. > > Thanks, > > Greg McGahan > Operations Manager > > Living Water Fire Protection > 1160 McKenzie Road > P.O. Box 877 > Cantonment, Florida 32533 > (850) 937.1850 | Fax (850) 937.1852 | Cell (850) 554.3231 > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email > to:[email protected]<to%[email protected]> > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email > to:[email protected]<to%[email protected]> > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
