Correct. One of my least favorite fires to investigate was a nursing home for kids. Attic sprinklers in place (oriented perfectly).
Insulation added after the fact to the underside of the roof. Fire started in the usual way. Bathroom fan very dirty - overworked - ignited the lint which was enough to ignite the magnesium in the fan. Further ignited the trusses. Sprinklers obstructed by insulation. Insulation held in place with thin gauge plastic chicken wire. It got hot and melted. Some insulation fell down onto the only remaining working sprinklers. Lost entire attic plus... Well, you know the story. Sprinkler placement relative to the insulation can be a big deal and a fire game-changer! Tom Tom Scheidel CEO, Scheidel & Associates 817-456-6238 cmscomplia...@yahoo.com www.CMS911.com Pardon the hurry. This email was sent from my iPhone without grammar check. On Sep 12, 2011, at 9:33, George Church <g...@rowesprinkler.com> wrote: > RIGHT > > > George L. Church, Jr., CET > Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc. > PO Box 407, Middleburg, PA 17842 > 877-324-ROWE 570-837-6335 fax > g...@rowesprinkler.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org > [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Ralphy > Henderson > Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 10:30 AM > To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > Subject: Attic Protection Measured from Insulation at Eaves? > > Hello All, > > I thought there was a section, which I can't find now, about measuring > upright sprinklers from the edge of the insulation at the eaves. In other > words, if you have a ceiling attached directly to the bottom of some trusses > and they're putting an r-30 batt insulation (about 10"-12" thick) at the top > chord of the trusses you're going to have the insulation completely filling > about 2-3 feet of the area where the eaves meet at the wall - obviously you > wouldn't need sprinklers in an area which would completely encase it in > insulation so I'm measuring off the insulation as if it were the wall. > > This is in NFPA 13.... > > right? > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20110912/a61da586/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
