This poses an interesting dilemma. You feel it is a problem but can’t articulate a definitive statement so do you or don’t you write a letter. I certainly understand the need for a CYA philosophy (as moronic and insane as our legal system has become - notice I didn’t say anything about justice since that is not what the courts provide). But I’m off path.
The interesting dilemma is that you have a pipe schedule system acceptable for protecting an Ordinary Hazard classification. You have a storage facility that can be protected as an OHG2 (aka not treated as storage but as a chap 11 risk). Any discussion on it not calculating out is a nonstarter since pipe schedule systems never calc-out (after all a calculated system was based on supplying a remote area in a pipe schedule layout about 2/3 the distance out from the riser). So the big question is where’s the beef? Roland Huggins, PE - VP Engineering American Fire Sprinkler Assn. --- Fire Sprinklers Saves Lives Dallas, TX http://www.firesprinkler.org <http://www.firesprinkler.org/> > On Apr 27, 2016, at 3:27 AM, Todd Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am working at a facility where there is an existing OH pipe schedule system > over 12ft palletized Class IV storage. The fire department has approved it, > but I question whether it will provide adequate protection. I did not see > anything in NFPA 13 that requires storage occupancies to be hydraulically > calculated. Am I missing something? > This is outside of the project I am working on, but as an FPE, I feel > obligated to notify someone if I see a potential hazard such as this. > > Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT > 860-535-2080 (ofc) 860-608-4559 (cell) > Sent using CloudMagic > [https://cloudmagic.com/k/d/mailapp?ct=ti&cv=6.0.64&pv=8.2] > _______________________________________________ > 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
