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Hi TravisMask, Thanks for the information. One final question. After it says "continue to your system", does it infer that it goes only to a building sprinkler system or does it suggest both the building sprinkler system and the private hydrants around the facility??? I did come across a Santa...

Can anyone provide me with a copy of the NFPA 13, 2002 page 235, figure A8.15.1.1.4. If not can you paraphrase or describe what it says. Same for the Fire Protection Handbook, 19th edition, Chapter 20, page 10-393,Fire Department connections and the Automatic Sprinkler System Handbook, 2002...

FDC: Fire Department Connection

Hi TravisMask, Thanks for the clarification. Now if I understand you, charging the entire hydrant exterior loop as well as the interior riser pipes from a single FDC is acceptable? We had an inspection from the local code fire inspector today. He was sent to review our approved fire sprinkler...

Hi TravisMack, Could you give me alittle better understanding of your first paragraph. I am having a little trouble understanding what you described. Again, I have a fire loop around the building, 8" piping to which five hydrants are installed around the building. Off this line I tapped into...

Hi Sprinkler Designer, We thought we had a solution. We have a water pit at curbside from which we thought we could tie into the fire water line at that point and charge the system from the street. Only problem is that this fire water line, in addition to being the source for the two FDC's at...

We recently installed two separate risers covering several different areas of the building. Each is covered by its own FDC located on the same side of the building. The fire marshal recently commented that the two fire systems have to be connected together, With one FDC. Is this an NFPA code...

I have a cooling tower water circuit and need to tie in some branch lines. Is there a recommended tie in i.e., off top of main or bottom. Which is the recommended practice and is there a reference source I can use to confirm location?

In review of the IBC 2000 Table 307.7(1) and the various Use Groups, another question came to mind. Since the category of "Combustible Dust" was removed from this table, was it the intent to remove any exemption for this category or was it to be considered under a different category such as the...

Thank you henri, You stated taht "UBC-97 Table 3-D does not have an item termed "combustible dust" and this table is similar to Table 307.7(1) of the IBC (00 and 03)." Yes, the 2000 IBC had the dust category removed; would it be acceptable to say that the 'dust' is now covered in the 'Flammable...

We have a room in our building that houses two silos used to store soybeans. In addition, there are bucket elevators used to move the material to the processing area located in another room. All of the equipment and silos have dust collection pickups on them which convey any dust to outdoor...