Fire code official in a Pgh, PA suburb circa 1981 used to circle the BFP on EVERY submittal and note "Not required by Fire Code Official". Believe years later a brother in law parallel to this story got caught, and of course the very savvy code guy had sterile hands. We'd talk after a jobsite mtg, but he bought his own coffee.
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 Todd Williams Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 2:22 PM To: b...@firebyknight.com; sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: BFP's Addendum Or maybe it's the certain town in MA where the Fire Marshal's (or Building Official, I don't remember which) brother-in-law sold backflow preventers. Only one specific manufacturer would be approved and it had to be as large as possible. At 01:48 PM 6/6/2012, you wrote: >Jerry, >If this is correct I'm thinking this must be a local amendment. I've >never read anything that would suggest this in any manufactures >literature. As well, how would that affect an antifreeze loop that's >remote? Would you have to use the same size BFP as the piping it comes >off of instead of reducing down to what the hydraulics allow? > >Bob Knight, CET III >208-318-3057 >www.firebyknight.com > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org >[mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of >accentf...@aol.com >Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 11:34 AM >To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org >Subject: Re: BFP's Addendum > >Ladies/Gentlemen: > >I recently learned, through a reliable source, that the BFP - inside a >structure - is required to be be the same size as the underground water >supply >pipine: 6" UG requires 6" BFP, etc. - no 'down-sizing' at base of >riser. My source (certified BFP tech) says this is a requirement of USC >"listing". >This was from a presentation at our State SFPE meeting on BFP's...Just >wondering if everyone else knew this "requirement" (none of us did). > >Regards to All- > >Jerry >accentf...@aol.com > >Jerry D. Watts, SFPE >President/Co-Founder >ACCENT FIRE ENGINEERING INT'L. Ltd* >Santa Fe/Albuquerque/Silver City/Roswell/Artesia New Mexico Seattle, >WA San Diego, CA Phoenix, AZ >(800) 503.1961 > >*Licensed Fire Engineers - Architects/Inspectors/Fire Investigators: >AZ CA CO NM NV NY TX UT KS MD MS >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was >scrubbed... >URL: ><http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attac >hment >s/20120606/8e54d828/attachment.html> >_______________________________________________ >Sprinklerforum mailing list >Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org >http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum >----- >No virus found in this message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2433/5052 - Release Date: >06/06/12 > >_______________________________________________ >Sprinklerforum mailing list >Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org >http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT 860.535.2080 www.fpdc.com _______________________________________________ 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
