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    Sprinkler Water Requirement

    LCREP, You are right in saying that i have no clue about the system, i'm just trying to understand the system requirements without much of background in fire systems. My problem is that i have to check the outputs given by a consultant and i really got confused when i started reading NFPA...
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    Sprinkler requirement for warehouse

    i'm reposting the picture.
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    Sprinkler requirement for warehouse

    the rubber gloves are stored in 50/100 kg bags, packing materials are in rolls, carton boxes and bags. The shelves are pallet loads, the building construction is as follows: building size is 55.3 m X 35.4 m roof pitch is 1:2, the building has a center column on the 35.4m side and below is an...
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    Sprinkler Water Requirement

    @Travis: i did not understand the first part about "sprinklers do not act like they do in hollywood" Anyways as per your second line, assuming the area protected by the 1000 sprinklers is 8000 Sq.ft and the density is 0.6 gpm/ft2 and the duration is for one hour, am i right in saying that the...
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    Sprinkler Water Requirement

    I have a basic question about sprinkler water requirement. Say for a building that i'm going to construct as per NFPA standards i have arrived at 1000 sprinklers for the facility in total and also assuming that the sprinkler design density is 0.6 gpm/ft2 per 2000 Sq.ft with K-factor 115...
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    Sprinkler requirement for warehouse

    Hi Guys, I have the following situation in one of the projects i'm managing. (Sorry for the length of the post, just thought that sometimes the question gets mis-interpreted if enough data is not provided) The background goes like this, we are constructing a warehouse in 2200 Sq.m area with...
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    Does NFPA permit Underground Conrete Fire Water tanks

    Thanks guys. From above text and the links i can interpret that NFPA allows you to have a underground tank made of concrete. Actually there is no explicit statement saying that you should have Underground / Aboveground tanks and its only a matter of interpretation (correct me if i'm wrong). Now...
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    Does NFPA permit Underground Conrete Fire Water tanks

    Hi everyone, I'm new to the filed of Fire fighting systems, because of which lot of people aer confusing me about the position of Concrete fire water tanks. My question is simple: "Does NFPA allow industries to have a underground Fire water tank (concrete construction)? If yes can you pin...
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