Bobby, >From an AHJ's standpoint, I would insist on sprinkler coverage in the pool >area for several reasons. The pool might not always be filled with water or >used as a pool. What happens when it's drained for maintenance? I had a case >were a pool was drained basically because it became too costly to maintain and >the area tended to became a collection point for storage and 'junk'. I have >also seen cases where events are held at pools and temporary stages or 'other >structures' are built in the immediate vicinity of the pool (sometimes over >the pool). A fire could quickly get out of control if no sprinklers are >provided in the original design. Depending on your particular situation, there could be many other reasons for sprinklers. Insurance requirements readily come to mind but I'm sure there are many good reasons to make sure pool areas are protected.
Rick Rick Arvin Fire Protection Engineer Division of the Fire Marshal Office of Research Services National Institutes of Health Building 15G-2 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20892 301-496-2952 ________________________________ From: Frank Herrick <[email protected]> To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 9, 2011 9:59 AM Subject: Pool sprinklers Bobby, Just saw your post on the sprinkler forum, basically you are right, do NOT delete sprinkler protection from a pool area. There is frequently a large amount of plastics and combustibles stored around pool areas with little or no adult supervision of the working crew. Plastic pipe is perfect for this type of installation, see page 11 of this website: http://www.harvelsprinklerpipe.com/design_installation/pdf/installation-instructions.pdf You also need to specify a Teflon coated sprinkler heads, the chlorine used in pools causes corrosion to unprotected brass, which will require replacement in a few years. Use stainless steel ATR and hangers as well. Sounds like the local AHJ hasn't seen a fire extend from the pool area in to a hotel or school, look around on the web there are photos and reports available. Hope this might help. Yours truly, Captain Frank J. Herrick City Of Leawood Fire Department 14801 Mission Road Leawood, Ks. 66224-9560 Office: 913.681.6788 x 26 Fax: 913.681.2399 Fire Sprinklers Save Lives, Property, the Environment, and Water - Protect what you value most! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20110909/ccd5d4ed/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20110909/439c79ca/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
