I'll bring my own. You bring the little car. On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Steve Leyton <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'll bring the rainbow wig and red nose for my facilitator. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sprinklerforum > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > rongreenman . > Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 11:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Light & OH1 Hazard From Same Riser > > Perhaps the better question is does the fire code allow storage in a > mechanical room. If no then it is the owners responsibility to insure > that this use is not allowed. I hate what if scenarios because a case of > styrofoam cups and a case of TP, and some filters and other > miscellaneous office supplies suddenly become cases of things. I got a > good deal on a truckload of styrofoam coffee cups so I sixteen pallets > of cups stacked to the ceiling in my mechanical room. I won't have to > buy cups again for a thousand years. Now where to put that railcar deal > I got on toilet paper? > > And Steve. I was just too late in getting to this but I get to to > introduce you in Phoenix. I just got my lead in joke. > > > On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 7:53 PM, Cahill, Christopher > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I hate to tell you but the below changes nothing. I don't see where > > mechanical rooms without stockpiles are addressed. Mechanical rooms > > with stockpiles by DESIGN are not all that common. I'm not arguing in > > > PRACTICE they are usually used for storage. FWIW I treat them as OHII > > but in tight water situations when they are small or only have air > > handlers then OHI would suffice. > > > > 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 > > > > Tom Wellen > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 11:25 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: Light & OH1 Hazard From Same Riser > > > > > > The next edition, 2016 will address mechanical rooms in the annex. > > > > > > I submitted PI No. 514 to address mechanical rooms: > > > > > > Public Input No. 514-NFPA 13-2013 [ Section No. A.5.3.1 ] > > > A.5.3.1 > > > Ordinary hazard (Group 1) occupancies include occupancies having > > > uses > > and conditions similar to the following: > > > (1) Automobile parking and showrooms > > > (2) Bakeries > > > (3) Beverage manufacturing > > > (4) Canneries > > > (5) Dairy products manufacturing and processing > > > (6) Electronic plants > > > (7) Glass and glass products manufacturing > > > (8) Laundries > > > (9) Restaurant service areas > > > (10) Mechanical rooms with stockpiles up to 8 ft > > > > > > Statement of Problem and Substantiation for Public Input A new > > mechanical room by definition is a light hazard occupancy. The room is > > > empty and the equipment is generally noncombustible. The AHJ likely > > will not buy off that the room will not be used for storage. > > > > > > I also submitted Public Input No. 515-NFPA 13-2013 [ Section No. > > > A.5.3.2 > > ] that was rejected: > > > A.5.3.2 > > > Ordinary hazard (Group 2) occupancies include occupancies having > > > uses > > and conditions similar to the following: > > > ...... > > > (31) Mechanical rooms with stockpiles up to 12 ft > > > > > > Committee Statement > > > Resolution: The definition of OH2 will drive the user to this > > > occupancy > > hazard classification. This language is superfluous. > > > > > > > > > Tom Wellen > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sprinklerforum mailing list > > [email protected] > > > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkl > > er.org > > > > > > -- > Ron Greenman > Instructor > Fire Protection Engineering Technology > Bates Technical College > 1101 So. Yakima Ave. > Tacoma, WA 98405 > > [email protected] > > http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ > > 253.680.7346 > 253.576.9700 (cell) > > Member: > ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC, WFSC > > They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis > Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) > > A problem well stated is a problem half solved. -Charles F. 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