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] (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)
