See section 11.3 Residential in 2010 NFPA 13. Residential areas and adjacent
corridors are allowed by NFPA 13 by calculating just 4 sprinklers with a .10
density or with residential flows whichever is greater....


Arthur Tiroly
ATCO Fire Protection Design
Tiroly and Associates
24400 Highland Rd rm 25, CLE 44143
216-621-8899
216-570-7030 Cell
WWW.ATCOfirepro.com

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Timothy
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 12:04 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: hydraulic design approaches

I am reviewing a dormitory. The designer used the room design method
(laundry, telephone room, and corridor), special consideration method -
residential heads (bedrooms), and the density/area method (day room,
computer lab). He is using NFPA 13, and not NFPA 13R.

Basically he needs to increase the fire resistance rating of walls equal  to
water supply duration for room design method.

Or he can re-design area to use density/area method.

My question is if he chooses to use the density/area method, can he still
use special consideration method - residential heads, which allows four
heads inside bedrooms for calculation?

Regards,

Timothy Easter
E.I.T.
Graduate Fire Protection Engineer
URS Corporation
11832 Rock Landing Drive Suite 306
Newport News, VA 23606
Direct: (757) 383-6217
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