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Fire flow reqmnt for sprinklered building include sprinkler demand?
stookeyfpe & Travis: Thank you very much! I think I am confused about the word "hose streams" and how you came up with 2,285 gpm. Is it 1500 gpm fire flow + 0.19x1500 sprinkler demand + 500 hose streams? Water used to extinguish fire in a sprinklered building consists of: 1. Fire flow...- NTTT
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- Forum: NFPA (fire) Code Issues
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Fire flow reqmnt for sprinklered building include sprinkler demand?
Thank you stookeyfpe. I was looking at the 2003 IFC and now I do not have either the 06 IFC or NFPA 13 handy. FYI. I work for a water district and we get fire flow requirements from fire departments (usually just one number i.e. 2750 gpm at 20 psi for 2 hours). Then, we (use a consultant to)...- NTTT
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- Forum: NFPA (fire) Code Issues
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Fire flow reqmnt for sprinklered building include sprinkler demand?
The required fire flow can be reduced up to 75% if the building is sprinklered according to the IFC. Does the reduced fire flow requirement include water demand for sprinkler system? or just for fire department hose streams only? If not, what method should I use to get the value to add the...- NTTT
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