NFPA 13, 8.15.5.3 (2013 Ed) permits the omission of sprinklers of traction elevators installed in accordance with the applicable provisions of NFPA 101, or the applicable building code under certain conditions (see below).
NFPA 101, [7.14.5.1 (2015 Ed)] only allows the omission of sprinklers in machine rooms for occupant evacuation elevators. Is it the intent to allow the omission of sprinklers only for occupant evacuation elevators in accordance with the "applicable provision of NFPA 101" as identified above? When looking at the wording in NFPA 13 and the information in the ROP and ROC of NFPA 13 where the change was made, it is not clear what the committee intended. NFPA 13, (2013 Ed) 8.15.5.3 Automatic fire sprinklers shall not be required in elevator machine rooms, elevator machinery spaces, control spaces, or hoistways of traction elevators installed in accordance with the applicable provisions in NFPA 101, or the applicable building code, where all of the following conditions are met: (1) The elevator machine room, machinery space, control room, control space, or hoistway of traction elevator is dedicated to elevator equipment only. (2) The elevator machine room, machine room, machinery space, control room, control space, or hoistway of traction elevators are protected by smoke detectors, or other automatic fire detection, installed in accordance with NFPA72. (3) The elevator machinery space, control room, control space, or hoistway of traction elevators is separated from the remainder of the building by walls and floor/ceiling or roof/ceiling assemblies having a fire resistance rating of not less than that specified by the applicable building code. (4) No materials unrelated to elevator equipment are permitted to be stored in elevator machine rooms, machinery spaces, control rooms, control spaces, or hoistways of traction elevators. (5) The elevator machinery is not of the hydraulic type. Thanks Peter Larrimer VA _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
