To be considered non-combustible, the material must be ASTM E 136 compliant, see 3.3.12 in the definitions section.
Duane Johnson, PE Program Manager Division of the Fire Marshal (Support Contractor) Office of Research Services National Institutes of Health 301-496-0487 "Protecting Science - One Sprinkler at a Time" -----Original Message----- From: Todd Williams [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 2:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: partial egress system The stairs are pressure treated wood (actually visited the site yesterday) At 02:10 PM 12/14/2010, you wrote: >Sorry, not sure where this thread ended but here is a reference to consider: > >8.15.3.2.4 Sprinklers shall be permitted to be omitted from >exterior stair towers when the exterior walls of the stair tower are >at least 50 percent open and when the stair tower is entirely of >noncombustible construction. > > >Duane Johnson, PE >Program Manager >Division of the Fire Marshal (Support Contractor) >Office of Research Services >National Institutes of Health >301-496-0487 > >"Protecting Science - One Sprinkler at a Time" > > >At 07:51 AM 12/9/2010, you wrote: > >I have an AHJ that is requesting a partial system in an existing 8 > >family apartment building (two story). He wants sprinklers by all > >windows and doors near exterior fire escapes and sprinklers under > >the platforms of the FE's. There are no sprinklers currently in the > >building. When I asked him for the Code reference, he said "You're > >the design professional, you tell me." The CT Fire Safety Code is a > >bastardized version of the IFC and NFPA 101 and I can't find any > >reference to it. Anybody out there heard of such a thing? > > > >Todd G. Williams, PE > >Fire Protection Design/Consulting > >Stonington, CT > >860.535.2080 > >www.fpdc.com > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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) > >Vince Sabolik >Christi Fire Protection, Inc. >11351 Pearl Road >Strongsville, Ohio 44136 > >T 440 572-7730 F 440 572-7719 Email: ><mailto:[email protected]>[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) Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT 860.535.2080 www.fpdc.com _______________________________________________ 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)
