Please Read All Instructions and Questions Carefully
FS 3304SprinklerProject
Due May 4, 2015
PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS AND QUESTIONS CAREFULLY.
Complete the following using all available means (book, lecture notes, NFPA Codes, IFSTA FFI, FFII Manuals, other reference materials, etc.).
There are a series of questions / activities which will require utilization of sprinkler system section studied this semester.
Answers should be in narrative form (like any project paper, also typed) and should be more than a single sentence. Substantial, factual, support should be provided for all of the responses with proper reference to the documents cited.
If you think you have to include something, and have to ask, then you probably need to include it.
Density Area curves are provided on the last page. You have already been provided with occupancy classification and commodity classification definitions.
Please be complete in your answers, if you are asked to detail something, a one-liner is not going to cover it. Example: A design of x.xx/aaaa is required for Ordinary Hazard Group II occupancies. The storage area meets this classification due to the ……
Due May 4, 2015
Consider the following in answering all questions:
Building:Two story building; 150 feet by 300 feet (long dimension runs North/South; North South and Center sections are each 100 feet long)
Masonry walls, insulated metal deck roof, first floor ceiling is concrete.
Product:Widgets- Cloth and plastic film on painted steel frame packed in cardboard cartons.
Occupancy:First Floor:
North End –
Main Electrical Room (80 x 150)
Switchgear cabinets and transformers
Storage of raw materials: cloth and steelparts in cartons, on pallets to maximum height of 6 feet.
Packing and warehousing of Work in Process - product in racks to 16 feet high.
Center –
10 rows of cutting tables 6’ wide, 60’ long, 6’ aisles between
tables; 14 feet from wall to the first table on each side;
14’ between two groups of 5 tables, Electric cutters in use at the
Tables, Electric sewing machines in area (50)
Southeast Corner –
Paint (flammables) dip tank 4’ wide X 6’ long X 1 ½ ft. deep
Powder Paint Spay Booth 8’ wide x 16’ long x 8’ high
Southwest corner –
Metal (steel)punch press and welding operations
South Center Section –
100’ X 120’ Flammable Liquid Storage Room with access from the exterior; storage in 55 gallon drums and 235 gallon plastic totes.
Second Floor:North End -
100’ by 150’ office space with 80’ by 100’ computer room.
Remainder of the second floor is finished goods storage in cardboard cartons on pallets.
1.Describe and detail the sprinkler design that best meets the occupancy for the for the Raw Material storage section in the north end of the first floor.
2.There is also Work In Process stored in racks to 16 feet. Why would the sprinkler design chosen for the Raw Materials area offer inadequate protection in this area?
3.Describe and detail the sprinkler design that best meets the occupancy for the Center Section of the First Floor.
4.Describe and detail the sprinkler design that best meets the occupancy for the for the Offices section in the north end of the second floor.
5.Describe and detail the sprinkler design and system type that best meets the occupancy for the Computer Room in the north end of the second floor.
6.How does an Accelerator, installed on a Dry Pipe Sprinkler System function? Provide a detailed description of its operation.
7.List and describe the terms used to identify fire sprinkler heads by their orientation relative to a ceiling or wall.
8.Explain the difference between non-interlock, single interlock and double interlock preaction sprinkler systems.
9.What are the four major types of fire sprinkler systems and for what environment is each best suited for installation?
