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Considering QCDD Guidelines;
As per QCD-GA 1.2, if Electrical room < 5.1sqm and with 2-hrs enclosure, then Automatic Suppression system is NOT required.
As per QCD-GA 1.2, if Electrical room > 5.1sqm, then Automatic Suppression system is required. The wall enclosure fire rating doesn’t need to be 2-hrs as per below table;
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Sprinkler Characteristics According to NFPA 13
Working Space & Dedicated Electrical Space According to NFPA 70 (NEC)
Sprinklers in electrical rooms according to NFPA 13
Fire Department connection according to NFPA 13
Fire Dept. Connection according to NFPA 14
Anti-Vortex Plate According to NFPA 20 &…
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check this link -> https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/evacuation/floorplan_demo.html
BS:5499 (4.6 – mounting height), says
a) signs above doors or open spaces should be mounted* between 2 m and 2.5 m from floor level, measured
to the base of the sign and be sited as close to the centre line of the escape route as practicable.
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A limited access structure is, “a structure or portion of a structure lacking emergency access openings”. To qualify as an emergency access opening the window, panel, or similar opening must meet the following criteria:
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NFPA 101-7.2.1.7
Required in;
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Sprinklers in Electrical Rooms
Sprinkler Characteristics according to NFPA 13
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An accommodation with two or more contiguous rooms comprising a compartment, with or without doors between such rooms, that provides sleeping, sanitary, work, and storage facilities.” And: “A series of rooms or spaces or a subdivided room separated from the remainder of the building by walls and doors.”
There are different types of suites:
Currently,
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Fire Fighting Lobby – Example image and NFPA 5000 references
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The Building Regulations 2010 – Approved Document M *Access to and use of buildings” Volume – Buildings other than dewllings” and Approved Document K “Protection from falling, collision and impact”.
Drawings are extract from guidance.
Health Building Note 00-04: Circulation and communication spaces.
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As many of you are probably familiar with, for years, when designing a building such as an office that has a storage room that is greater than 100 square feet in area, and is identified as “storage,” we needed to provide a 1 hour fire barrier separation around the storage room in non-sprinklered buildings.
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