Hello Christopher, That is what the AHJs around here look at it as. They say the closed cooler door is like a fire door and no sprinkler needed. They even told a building owner of he left the "decorative roof" off a 1500 sq' cooler outside the building it did not have to be sprinklered.
Monday, March 9, 2015, 11:16:43 AM, you wrote: > Hold on a second, there could be a fire wall between the two > creating separate buildings, lol. > Chris Cahill, PE* > Associate Fire Protection Engineer > Burns & McDonnell > Phone: 952.656.3652 > Fax: 952.229.2923 > [email protected] > www.burnsmcd.com > *Registered in: MN > Proud to be #14 on FORTUNE's 2014 List of 100 Best Companies to Work For > -----Original Message----- > From: Sprinklerforum > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Monday, March 09, 2015 10:07 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: exterior cooler/freezer > I concur with if there's a door from the freezer into the building then > sprinkler. > It's no different than if they added a room to the building. Some > think because it's a freezer there's no fire hazard hence their > rationale for thinking no sprinklers required. > Craig L. Prahl > 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: Sprinklerforum > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg > McGahan > Sent: Monday, March 09, 2015 11:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: exterior cooler/freezer > It is attached - per IBC definition therefore sprinkler are > required...that is my understanding and what has been enforced locally for > years. > Greg McGahan > Living Water Fire Protection, LLC <http://www.livingwaterfp.com> > 1160 McKenzie Road > Cantonment, FL 32533 > 850-937-1850 > fax 850-937-1852 > On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Steve Sorrell <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Based on my actual experience, >> If no access from the building, does not need to be sprinkled. >> If access from inside the building, has to be sprinkled. >> This is based on the A.H.J.'s >> Stephen J. Sorrell, CET >> NICET# 77901 Level III >> E mail: [email protected] >> Performance Fire Protection, LLC >> Corporate Office >> 179 Gasoline Alley - PO Box 4510 >> Mooresville, NC 28117 >> Phone: 704-663-1664 Fax: 704-663-1652 Cell : 704-309-1242 >> Web: www.performancefire.com >> Licensed in NC, SC, VA, TN, GA, AL >> "Performance on Every Level." >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sprinklerforum [mailto: >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd - >> Work >> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2015 10:48 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: exterior cooler/freezer >> I am working on a project where they are installing 2 exterior >> coolers/freezers. The coolers abut the building and there is a doorway >> cut in the wall to access them. The engineer says they do not need to >> be sprinklers because they are outside and not part of the building. >> My claim is that they need to be sprinklers because there is direct >> access makes them part of the building and they present an exposure. I >> could not find an NFPA 13 reference to support my claim. Any thoughts? >> (FWIW, there will be a sprinkler inside the building near the doors to >> the coolers) >> Sent from my iPad >> _______________________________________________ >> Sprinklerforum mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkl >> er.org _______________________________________________ >> Sprinklerforum mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkl >> er.org > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org -- Best regards, Charles mailto:[email protected] _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
