They stopped adding stuff to 13 (2016) about 18 or 19 months ago.
-------- Original message -------- From: Brad Casterline <[email protected]> Date: 12/5/16 4:06 PM (GMT-08:00) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: College Lab Classrooms Sorry Bill I couldn't help it- it's more like I harp on this- but not as often anymore, and thanks to Larry I'm sure I'm not the only one whom cracked open NFPA 45 for the first time today and found some numbers relating to common 13 hazard classifications. Hey Larry, when are you guys going to stop adding stuff to 13 (2016)? Regards, Surely On Dec 5, 2016 9:54 AM, <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Surely you jest. ________________________________ From: "Brad Casterline" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: "sprinklerforum" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Monday, December 5, 2016 10:47:57 AM Subject: RE: College Lab Classrooms that's easy to answer! >From NFPA 13 (most editions for years): 5.2* Light Hazard Occupancies. Light hazard occupancies shall be defined as occupancies or portions of other occupancies where the quantity and/or combustibility of contents is low and fires with relatively low rates of heat release are expected. 5.3* Ordinary Hazard Occupancies. 5.3.1* Ordinary Hazard (Group 1). 5.3.1.1 Ordinary hazard (Group 1) occupancies shall be defined as occupancies or portions of other occupancies where combustibility is low, quantity of combustibles is moderate, stockpiles of combustibles do not exceed 8 ft (2.4 m), and fires with moderate rates of heat release are expected. 5.3.1.2 Dedicated and miscellaneous storage shall be protected in accordance with Chapter 12 and Chapter 13 as applicable. 5.3.2* Ordinary Hazard (Group 2). 5.3.2.1 Ordinary hazard (Group 2) occupancies shall be defined as occupancies or portions of other occupancies where the quantity and combustibility of contents are moderate to high, stockpiles of contents with moderate rates of heat release do not exceed 12 ft (3.66 m), and stockpiles of contents with high rates of heat release do not exceed 8 ft (2.4 m). 5.3.2.2 Dedicated and miscellaneous storage shall be protected in accordance with Chapter 12 and Chapter 13 as applicable. ________________________________ From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2016 9:36 AM To: sprinklerforum Subject: College Lab Classrooms Quick question. College Lab classrooms. Light or Ordinary hazard? Bill Menster WFM Consulting Inc. 2416 Malaya Ct. Punta Gorda, FL 33983 ph. 941-421-9786<tel:(941)%20421-9786> fax 941-391-6133<tel:(941)%20391-6133> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.wfmconsultinginc.com<http://www.wfmconsultinginc.com> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
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