#FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM DESIGN STANDARDS CODE#
NFPA 13, a design standard for the installation of sprinkler systems within a building, including pipe diameters and distances between sprinkler heads.That’s why the presentation discusses three pertinent warehouse fire sprinkler design and building codes recommended by RMI: Yet, to ensure its proper operation, a sprinkler system’s in-rack design must allow the water to flow through the storage system in the most optimal manner. With 84% of warehouse structure fires being suppressed by wet pipe sprinkler systems, the method has proven to be one of the most effective ways to reduce potential damage and deaths.
It also walks through the evolution of the current warehouse fire sprinkler design and building codes that resulted from six separate, significant facility fires that occurred in the last two decades. The seminar overviews some of the most current warehouse fire statistics (1,200-plus annually in the U.S.), the associated direct property damages (an annual average of $155 million), and the two leading causes of warehouse fires (arson and electrical). (For those who were unable to participate in the 45-minute session-or who wish to review its content-the presentation and its accompanying audio have been recorded.) He shared some of his insights about sprinkler system design approaches, system installation, and component options to prevent fire deaths and property loss during MODEX 2018, in the free, on-floor seminar “ Warehouse Fire Sprinkler Codes and Impact on Storage Racks,” last April. As RMI’s representative on the National Fire Protection Association’s NFPA 13 committee that’s tasked with the creation and revision of national standards specific to the safe design of sprinkler systems, member Gary Smith knows warehouse fire sprinkler codes.
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