Would a child be traumatized if a sprinkler goes off in a confined space such as that? How fast can a momma dial 1-800-call-a-lawyer? Yeah, no doubt it would be a traumatic experience to get doused with cold, dirty water. If there were multiple children in that section during a discharge someone could easily end up being trampled in the panic to get out. I've seen plenty of those plastic tubular play houses and I've yet to see one with a sprinkler in it. The room they are in are sprinklered, but not within the play tubes themselves.
What kind of code was cited as requiring the internal of this to be sprinklered? Craig L. Prahl, CET Fire Protection Group Lead CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive Spartanburg, SC 29303 Direct - 864.599.4102 Fax - 864.599.8439 CH2MHILL Extension 74102 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd - Work Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 4:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: sprinkler in confined space I have an interesting situation that I would like some input on. I am doing an as-built drawing for an indoor playscape based on a medieval village. There are a lot of small spaces that need to be sprinklered. One of them is a tunnel, approximately 2 ft wide by 2 ft high with an arched ceiling. The tunnel turn in a roughly 90 degree arc and is approximately 8 ft long. Per Code, a sprinkler is required in this space, which has been installed. However, my concern is that if the sprinkler goes off while a child is inside, is the discharge going to potentially cause a injury or trauma to the child? We have a static pressure in the street of 116 psi, so there would be a lot of water going into a small space very rapidly. Anybody else run into something like this? Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT www.fpdc.com 860-535-2080 (ofc) _______________________________________________ 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
