Timothy, NFPA cares about extinguishing, not about water damage.
It is also a minimum standard. There are some things that are subject to good engineering practice. www.riskmanage.com [email protected] T: +972-4-8243337 F: +972-4-8243278 M: +972-52-6611337 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Easter, Timothy Sent: 18 June, 2013 5:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Drains For example in data centers, I thought it would be a good idea to have floor drains (under raised floors) installed for water removal upon sprinkler discharge. However, I was told no requirement exist. Does a requirement exist that I can't find. Thanks. Regards, Timothy Easter E.I.T. Graduate Fire Protection Engineer URS Corporation This e-mail and any attachments contain URS Corporation confidential information that may be proprietary or privileged. If you receive this message in error or are not the intended recipient, you should not retain, distribute, disclose or use any of this information and you should destroy the e-mail and any attachments or copies. _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
