American Fire Sprinkler Association
12750 Merit Drive * Suite 350 * Dallas, Texas 75251
Ph: (214) 349-5965 Fax: (214) 276-0908
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TECH TALK
JANUARY 2009
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COMMENTS DUE MARCH 6TH FOR THE REPORT ON PROPOSALS
The 2009 Fall Revision Cycle Report on Proposals has been issued for a
number of standards. A common standard in this report is NFPA 14
Installation of Standpipe and Hose Systems that can be downloaded from www.nfpa.org
. Other water-based standards that may considered a niche are NFPA 11
Low-, Medium-, and High-Expansion Foam, NFPA 13E Recommended Practice
for Fire Department Operations in Properties Protected by Sprinkler
and Standpipe Systems, NFPA 214 Water-Cooling Towers, and NFPA 409
Aircraft Hangers. The Report on Proposals will indicate the actions of
the committee on the proposals submitted for the new standards. These
proposed changes will impact owners, installers, designers, and AHJs.
You can make comments on the proposals and are due March 6, 2009, so
there is not a lot of time for action.
5-YR. INTERNAL INSPECTIONS FOR NFPA 13R CPVC PIPE REQUIRED BY NFPA 25?
No. The 2007 Edition of NFPA 13R standard refers to NFPA 25 for the
inspection, testing, and maintenance of sprinkler systems in Section
6.10.2.
Guidance in Section 14.2.1 of NFPA 25 indicates that an inspection of
piping has to be completed every five years by opening a flushing
connection at the end of one main (most likely the cross main) and by
removing a sprinkler toward the end of one branch line to look for any
type of foreign material. The purpose of the internal inspection is to
look for early signs of corrosion or presence of foreign organic and
inorganic corrosion that occurs with steel piping. Since NFPA 13,
Section 23.1.5.2(1) allows an option of installing pipe that is
corrosion resistant as a method of treatment from corrosion, the 5-
year internal inspection by NFPA 25 should not apply. If the NFPA 13R
application has steel piping, then an internal inspection would be
required. It is not the intent of the standard to require access
panels, remove the ceiling sheathing, or provide flushing connections
on the cross main for NFPA 13R application. Since NFPA 13R does not
require flushing connections for cross mains, the internal visual
inspection of the points in Section 14.2.3.2 may have to be adjusted
according to the accessibility of the components such as branch lines
and risers. Additional clarification on this issue will be provided in
the updated edition of NFPA 25.
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TechTalk is prepared by the Technical Services Department of the
American Fire Sprinkler Association: Vice President of Engineering and
Technical Services, Roland Huggins, a PE registered in fire protection
engineering; Phill Brown, a CFPS and a NICET IV certified automatic
sprinkler technician, and Tom Wellen, a degreed fire protection-
engineering technologist. Opinions are provided with the
understanding that AFSA assumes no liability for the opinions or
actions taken on them and they are not to be considered the official
interpretation of the NFPA or that of its technical committees.
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