But IBC classification only has a loose correlation to sprinkler design density which is the question. That's putting it nice. What I really think is it's highly incorrect to use the IBC (or NFPA 101, 5000) occupancy classification to even start a density discussion.
To the question very few barber and beauty shops are in their own building. Mostly strip malls have a base OHII so I'm not sure the question matter too much but to number of heads in a room. I think I would tend to agree the front desk with all the plastic bottles looks more OH and individual rooms for service look more LH. Chris Cahill, PE* Senior Fire Protection Engineer Aviation & Facilities Group Burns & McDonnell P: 952.656.3652 F: 952.229.2923 [email protected] www.burnsmcd.com *Lic. in MN -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Greenman Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 1:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Hazard category for hair salon? Well, I'm going to back-off. straight out of IBC: *304.1 Business Group B.* Business Group B occupancy includes, among others, the use of a building or structure, or a portion thereof, for office, professional or service-type transactions, including storage of records and accounts. Business occupancies shall include, but not be limited to, the following: Airport traffic control towers Animal hospitals, kennels and pounds Banks Barber and *beauty shops* On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Travis Allen <[email protected]>wrote: > I believe the IBC would define it as a Group B. The 5th example given > was a "Barber and beauty shops". > > Travis > > ------------------------------------------------ > Travis E. Allen, P.E. > AEGIS Engineering, PLLC > (425) 745-4700 office > (206) 801-5797 fax > www.AEGISengineering.com > Fire Protection - Building Code > Consult - Design - Engineer > > > Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 09:34:40 -0600 > From: Matt Grise <[email protected]> > To: "'[email protected]'" > <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Hazard category for hair salon? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > What makes you say mercantile? I had traditionally thought of > mercantile as a retail/store type setting. These private rooms would > be used only to provide services, not to sell or store products > (except a small amount for use on individual customers). > > Matt Gris? PE*, LEED AP > Sales Engineer > Alliance Fire Protection > 130 w 9th Ave. > North Kansas City, MO 64116 > > *Licensed in KS & MO > > 913.888.0647 ph > 913.888.0618 f > 913.927.0222 cell > www. AFPsprink.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron > Greenman > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Hazard category for hair salon? > > It's Mercantile, not Business. OH2. > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > -- 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20120209/5049b2f8/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
