In the 2002 edition 6.8.5 states "... and other concealed spaces that are not used or intended for living purposes or storage and do not contain fuel-fired equipment." Meaning that if fuel fired appliances are located in a crawl space below the main occupancy (as an example) then sprinklers are required throughout the crawl space.
Fast forward to 2010 edition and 6.6.6.1 "When fuel fired equipment is present, at least one QR intermediate temperature sprinkler shall be installed above the equipment." I read this as a crawl space that has a heater (again, as an example) the entire crawl space does not need to be sprinklered throughout but just above the fuel-fired appliance only. If I'm reading things correctly, my question is why? What changed to previously require sprinklers throughout the crawl space and now just over the fuel fired appliance? Or is my original assumption with the 2002 ed incorrect in that the intent of that section was to protect the fuel-fired appliance and not necessarily throughout the space it's located? Note that I'm not sure when 6.6.6.1 was added as my research hasn't gotten me that far. But I'm still curious. Thanks in advance. Steve Steven Smith, CFPS | Fire Protection Engineer II Colorado Springs Fire Department | Division of the Fire Marshal Division of the Fire Marshal on Facebook <http://on.fb.me/dxW5Qx> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20111130/1992bcd6/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
