FM brought the plastics in construction issue many years ago, developed a corner test, showed sprinklers designed for occupany may not be adequate for foam insuated buildings. The building in the pictures appear very similar to meatworks, bakery and dairy buildings I visited the "day after", hence if the sprinklers are only based on NFPA basic manufacturing activity they may not be able to contain such a fire.
Of course this is after all previous comments: that the sprinkler should be adequate for occupancy, should be properly fitted and professionally maintained and provided with adequate/reliable water supply. Jack +973 33468488 On 6 April 2015 at 15:36, <[email protected]> wrote: > Obviously something wasn't up to par. One picture taken by an employee > before exiting showed a pretty significant fire in its early stage but no > sprinkler discharge. > > I've dealt with projects where there were sprinklers present but either > the system was impaired or incorrectly designed for the occupancy such that > the fire resulted in a total loss of property. > > So just because there are sprinklers hanging from the steel doesn't mean > the building is actually sprinklered. > > > > 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 Maurice Marvi > Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 8:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: re: GE fire > > I had a chance to look up this location. > It appears from a 2012 report that the site (and particular building) was > sprinkler protected, however there were recommendations to improve the > protection arrangement and the arrangement of the water supply. > > ---------------------------------------- > From: "Karen Lesko" > Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 4:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: GE fire > > I have read several reports about the GE Warehouse fire and none of them > have mentioned if the warehouse was sprinklered. Have any of you seen that > info? > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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
