Having trouble viewing this email
click here
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=8567f83a-9bda-4185-8721-ceb39ee8d824&c=9f129e90-caf6-11e3-83cb-d4ae5284205e&ch=d1293a80-f8c6-11e3-9a97-d4ae527b8c41
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A weekly newsletter dealing with codes and other technical issues
April 20, 2015
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NFPA 13R Garages
"We have a NFPA 13R system. There are garages on the first floor that are
physically
separated from the dwelling units by a corridor. There are also apartments over
the garages. Since the garages are separated from the dwelling units by fire
rated
construction, am I required to protect this area with an NFPA 13 system as
dictated
by Section 7.3.1?"
We have reviewed NFPA 13R, 2013 edition as the applicable standard. Our
informal
interpretation is that Section 7.3.1 does not apply.
Section 7.3.1 states: "Garages that are completely separated from the
residential
portion of the building by fire-resistive construction sufficient to have them
considered
separate buildings under the local code shall be protected in accordance with
NFPA
13." It is typical to have fire rated construction between the parking area and
the dwelling units. But in order for Section 7.3.1 to apply, the construction
has to be sufficient for this single structure to be classified as two
buildings.
This is accomplished by the use of firewalls (see Section 706 of the
International
Building Code). The wall construction is required such that the collapse of the
building on either side will not cause the wall to collapse. They are also
built
to be vertically continuous from the foundation all the walls way through the
roof.
The fact that you have apartments over the garages tells us that this is
constructed
as separated mixed occupancies and is not built as two buildings.
As to what protection criteria is applicable one could argue that Section 7.3.3
is appropriate since the garages are separated from each other and individually
accessed by locked doors. NFPA 13R does not say the garage is attached to the
dwelling
unit but that it is accessible from a single dwelling unit. The fire threat is
basically the same either way but until the technical committee explicitly
addresses
this issue, avoid the potential confrontation and treat "accessible from a
single
unit" to mean that it is also attached to the unit.
Without any doubt, you can use Section 7.3.2 that is applicable for single
buildings.
It is still a NFPA 13R system and you must use quick response sprinklers and
apply
the discharge density, the area of coverage, and the size of the remote area as
dictated by NFPA 13 (see 7.2.2). It is only these three items that are taken
from
NFPA 13. You do not apply any of the other NFPA 13 criteria such as duration of
water supply, hose stream demand, or the protection of concealed combustible
spaces
(see A.7.2). It also sounds like you qualify to apply Section 7.2.2.1 as an
option
but verify that you meet all the associated requirements). A final point is
that
the numbering system is meaningful and Section 7.3.2.1 is part of the 7.3.2
criteria.
As such, the garage doors are not treated as an obstruction and a sprinkler is
not required beneath them.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NFPA 25 Open for Public Comments
The first draft report for the next edition of NFPA 25, Standard for the
Inspection,
Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems, is open for
public
comments.
Public Comment Closing Date for Online Submission: 5/15/2015
Public Comment Closing Date for Paper Submittal: 4/10/2015
http://www.nfpa.org/25 [http://www.nfpa.org/25]
2017 edition:
Posted under Next Edition tab:
First Draft Report - open for public comment
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0013EV-6_0VYpDEVgKPLj5vhlyG1N6CI6D-UjzjEl0Qd4UE0v7FahQDwaGUSzQQBsAs-L7IXJy-BrwacJVoReTC-n7UkIfkYLRkRrQgohmnIBa22YKobQLARGzxiY8S34oBB5S-u1xZzQ7k19KzBmrY7sekUkYwZTYcA0kdv5KMF1T1TuxdtSLCarWvSIauXQyTbDUtesdw9gLrDI2Rm56BcfbpeoIpFPTa9sQ66A8cQgqpVe0hLuYlpJiXTDBg1IE0INAwqB2enRkPpDups1I_T8EsR0_t-vU3&c=0SpecPecPWtnhaRuCK_YmPz1n-WPcjuZ_JcKmZM2rACFORjr-BoIBQ==&ch=dgWTcHYMs4XfhoQPmeNQSIHKe4YxgjPUyhpIb8r9lqQM16lYrX6ITg==]
First Draft Ballot Final
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0013EV-6_0VYpDEVgKPLj5vhlyG1N6CI6D-UjzjEl0Qd4UE0v7FahQDwZ0sx5BMEvavzFe3c6j7Fk3a6Kop-ZWJh4_DyJ__wNdq7xo9K7TYAfDq4RL_g0Pm6Y1FsqFCGS_aj8vUTY9BaEP9savIglJlES4yPQUBtC4XzZRGO5-jysWeGZSZerdwOPfK6p6YMvk3OejgwdG6195KVyaVm0hzdBTIB-TaslXtQ9dxf7KEkdc0PoQuHrJnQy7AxwifAqX-pShVD4Cl6j0=&c=0SpecPecPWtnhaRuCK_YmPz1n-WPcjuZ_JcKmZM2rACFORjr-BoIBQ==&ch=dgWTcHYMs4XfhoQPmeNQSIHKe4YxgjPUyhpIb8r9lqQM16lYrX6ITg==]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
firesprinkler.org
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0013EV-6_0VYpDEVgKPLj5vhlyG1N6CI6D-UjzjEl0Qd4UE0v7FahQDwdysXiWbhWFJMUweFyXZBZhNcwYBBSwQuOY4elF5Mjt9TXv9agxhbiPnPkbM0KnQEB7uY3hyNwpJRo9tctJ1NxVv76vrIokRvR7e7G2ZnvT2G8fQAb2zOAsLTrBUh-QuSw==&c=0SpecPecPWtnhaRuCK_YmPz1n-WPcjuZ_JcKmZM2rACFORjr-BoIBQ==&ch=dgWTcHYMs4XfhoQPmeNQSIHKe4YxgjPUyhpIb8r9lqQM16lYrX6ITg==]
Hosted by the American Fire Sprinkler Association
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Technical Update is prepared by the Technical Services Dept. of the AFSA: Vice
President
of Engineering and Technical Services Roland Huggins, a PE registered in fire
protection
engineering; Phill Brown, a NICET IV certified automatic sprinkler technician
and
NFPA Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS) and Tom Wellen, a PE registered
in fire protection engineering. This is provided with the understanding that
the
AFSA assumes no liability for this opinion or actions taken on it and they are
not
to be considered the official position of the NFPA or its technical committees.
Copyright 2015, American Fire Sprinkler Association. All Rights Reserved
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Quick Links
Firesprinkler.org [http://www.firesprinkler.org] Join AFSA
[http://www.firesprinkler.org/membership/purchase-membership/]
National
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0013EV-6_0VYpDEVgKPLj5vhlyG1N6CI6D-UjzjEl0Qd4UE0v7FahQDwQfCRPrmOcxa43kShkb5rnGRwo-u2pKGBul11WoBKQEv_eyvLR8_8c5n6XVOkCgb19RJXuulGDT44_fuj9H90kRt77yx2vcW-PYkVKCmCbZ89DWdmEz_8Fjx6tjBq4_OnA==&c=0SpecPecPWtnhaRuCK_YmPz1n-WPcjuZ_JcKmZM2rACFORjr-BoIBQ==&ch=dgWTcHYMs4XfhoQPmeNQSIHKe4YxgjPUyhpIb8r9lqQM16lYrX6ITg==]
Scholarship Contest
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0013EV-6_0VYpDEVgKPLj5vhlyG1N6CI6D-UjzjEl0Qd4UE0v7FahQDwQfCRPrmOcxa43kShkb5rnGRwo-u2pKGBul11WoBKQEv_eyvLR8_8c5n6XVOkCgb19RJXuulGDT44_fuj9H90kRt77yx2vcW-PYkVKCmCbZ89DWdmEz_8Fjx6tjBq4_OnA==&c=0SpecPecPWtnhaRuCK_YmPz1n-WPcjuZ_JcKmZM2rACFORjr-BoIBQ==&ch=dgWTcHYMs4XfhoQPmeNQSIHKe4YxgjPUyhpIb8r9lqQM16lYrX6ITg==]
Safety Training
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0013EV-6_0VYpDEVgKPLj5vhlyG1N6CI6D-UjzjEl0Qd4UE0v7FahQDwRKTfqoRIf9L2BBCmXBgpxjQD66LOW1SP95vDGf9I7G58UM60Vl8swhTvS4VB8S0_2miGzx-eVpfYbopcl8PNffuL6jqnLQCrAjK4JcjK92p_W3UcY-JCAem30SIJKRotgpHDS2vBPxdfnyDz3GXbskpuEG7TWN34Y1SvZSvdOxjrnFQKKbjrLM=&c=0SpecPecPWtnhaRuCK_YmPz1n-WPcjuZ_JcKmZM2rACFORjr-BoIBQ==&ch=dgWTcHYMs4XfhoQPmeNQSIHKe4YxgjPUyhpIb8r9lqQM16lYrX6ITg==]
Technical Services
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0013EV-6_0VYpDEVgKPLj5vhlyG1N6CI6D-UjzjEl0Qd4UE0v7FahQDwaWoz6PJL4kOdMp4GAwJ9LTpVi7ow2eg4coJSMBXaP4uK6lmE-fSbJuKF9-et0RA1_W9ffysk5FHDMfd_n1zn2VMMeCjLK5lamtCugO7MzieeyzXOqOMW4milU9VDnLb1zTRB5mauu82ao9T0S5BQLO2xruPzLB3Eg==&c=0SpecPecPWtnhaRuCK_YmPz1n-WPcjuZ_JcKmZM2rACFORjr-BoIBQ==&ch=dgWTcHYMs4XfhoQPmeNQSIHKe4YxgjPUyhpIb8r9lqQM16lYrX6ITg==]
Informal Interpretation Request
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0013EV-6_0VYpDEVgKPLj5vhlyG1N6CI6D-UjzjEl0Qd4UE0v7FahQDwaWoz6PJL4kOw6KQVO-NypyyUWgcOspgDHHtXcgZHzbcEGMx2viOFp2lG5RGDGG1bsVfTdnKqxy1kUan6gpRxVLUJ7-anScX168vfXBQy2SVfaWgdp5UKEmxxj-_R-RTFylfOYzAizymuXorV5Ek463KCBu-ra19o5A_NEGn5x_yxBT2gi9KYvSK34boMwesmQ==&c=0SpecPecPWtnhaRuCK_YmPz1n-WPcjuZ_JcKmZM2rACFORjr-BoIBQ==&ch=dgWTcHYMs4XfhoQPmeNQSIHKe4YxgjPUyhpIb8r9lqQM16lYrX6ITg==]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PDF Version
PDF Link
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0013EV-6_0VYpDEVgKPLj5vhlyG1N6CI6D-UjzjEl0Qd4UE0v7FahQDwZT1yVZOBsULVaaMP9MdnJG1gNrGJGOcbHSBuabTeRWkUl5dMzpCBgKByryPTulRKnNj-XhTzhuyZ5HKXG_idLjkGDMViMbajK0uD2YJlA4ZzAhK7ZxMmtEVhNXrTXKbiQRbuHsencW5YJJOuMVgYqanP2YEDnfV8PzowztpMS8533y4EI3mGwd_eku5XTKdKg==&c=0SpecPecPWtnhaRuCK_YmPz1n-WPcjuZ_JcKmZM2rACFORjr-BoIBQ==&ch=dgWTcHYMs4XfhoQPmeNQSIHKe4YxgjPUyhpIb8r9lqQM16lYrX6ITg==]
Archives
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0013EV-6_0VYpDEVgKPLj5vhlyG1N6CI6D-UjzjEl0Qd4UE0v7FahQDwfHUwH9jIEZS-pG1TAjLfCoupCXkjUoMjgRdQDqoyZiXZBwvaaMpUMUyCCqNf1lLRpftkfa9W_JXyDWMcKgmJk3AN3dQyDfl3inNFs63kUyfGOumY-a7HsdTWOQyX3AiJ3gNg7hYB6c4z-Bjwi9ooHDnnUvElkk9oGtDiZwUD3XWEhRhI-6_MqWU3Cjk8DloPQ==&c=0SpecPecPWtnhaRuCK_YmPz1n-WPcjuZ_JcKmZM2rACFORjr-BoIBQ==&ch=dgWTcHYMs4XfhoQPmeNQSIHKe4YxgjPUyhpIb8r9lqQM16lYrX6ITg==]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Training Calendar
AFSA Beginning
Fire Sprinkler System
Planning School
More Information
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0013EV-6_0VYpDEVgKPLj5vhlyG1N6CI6D-UjzjEl0Qd4UE0v7FahQDwfHUwH9jIEZSTGmtUk75y-_mAQTHWdur-w-2vIQgoFbQabpUq7n5ebcU8dSJDMkmrVmit2BL-WKmc6l8VpmB0j4zb48249wHhTBZ2YJUWY3YTAh3BdrsIgKlYhXECdUnSi4O95vIjnPE&c=0SpecPecPWtnhaRuCK_YmPz1n-WPcjuZ_JcKmZM2rACFORjr-BoIBQ==&ch=dgWTcHYMs4XfhoQPmeNQSIHKe4YxgjPUyhpIb8r9lqQM16lYrX6ITg==]
July 20 - 31, 2015
September 14 - 25
November 2 - 13
May 11 - 22, 2015
Sold Out!
Check our calendar to view upcoming training.
For details and/or to register, visit the AFSA Calendar
[http://www.firesprinkler.org/events/].
e-campus_logo
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0013EV-6_0VYpDEVgKPLj5vhlyG1N6CI6D-UjzjEl0Qd4UE0v7FahQDwSs3-waad6jBGgbtVGwI3vMX28RHP-0jOsVnPEd7UB71TCJB7VRSoyW50GqzifLpvIAyJQVAIXxoqIVmVYOh7bnX-MYnqovDMXOtWNfXGimsuA0emxR9UdHjcEWKO7cuPQ==&c=0SpecPecPWtnhaRuCK_YmPz1n-WPcjuZ_JcKmZM2rACFORjr-BoIBQ==&ch=dgWTcHYMs4XfhoQPmeNQSIHKe4YxgjPUyhpIb8r9lqQM16lYrX6ITg==]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Free Subscription to Sprinkler Age
[http://www.firesprinkler.org/sprinklerage/subscribe/]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Quality Contractor
[http://www.firesprinkler.org/member-center/afsa-quality-contractor-recognition/]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Forward email
http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?llr=gdnaptcab&m=1102312387686&[email protected]$&a=1120720102836
This email was sent to [email protected] by
[email protected].
Update Profile/Email Address
http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=oo&m=001GQO31O13sDTrK9y8bEn5_A%3D%3D&ch=d1293a80-f8c6-11e3-9a97-d4ae527b8c41&ca=8567f83a-9bda-4185-8721-ceb39ee8d824
Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe(TM)
http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001GQO31O13sDTrK9y8bEn5_A%3D%3D&ch=d1293a80-f8c6-11e3-9a97-d4ae527b8c41&ca=8567f83a-9bda-4185-8721-ceb39ee8d824
Privacy Policy:
http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp
Online Marketing by
Constant Contact(R)
www.constantcontact.com
American Fire Sprinkler Association | 12750 Merit Drive, Suite 350 | Dallas |
TX | 75251_______________________________________________
Sprinklernotes mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklernotes-firesprinkler.org
