Perhaps those in the fire service could answer this better, but I'll give my thought. My take is that our designs are to provide sprinkler protection plus one or two hose streams to a fire prior to the fire department augmenting the water supply (except for systems with pumps that equal or exceed the pumps in their trucks) If that is the case, the hose stream calculation needs to be included. If the pump is large, the hose streams would be needed as part of the overall fire protection plan. So yes, you have to include them.
At 02:53 PM 6/29/2011, you wrote: >Back to an old question but a little different. Tank with sufficient >capacity to supply duration for both a yard hydrant and the sprinkler >system. Pump sufficient to supply required psi to the sprinks and meet the >AHJ's requirement at the hydrant. Question: When calculating the sprinks do >I need to add the 250 gpm hose allowance on that demand curve? This seems to >be a 'safety cushion" for a water supply controlled by an outside party such >as a municipality. This is not the case here wherein the quantity of water >and delivery pressures are completely controlled: a closed versus open >system if you will. > >-- >Ron Greenman >Instructor >Fire Protection Engineering Technology >Bates Technical College >1101 So. Yakima Ave. >Tacoma, WA 98405 > >[email protected] > >http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ > >253.680.7346 >253.576.9700 (cell) > >Member: >ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC > >They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, >essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) >_______________________________________________ >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)
