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Just What Exactly is a Residential Sprinkler Anyway?

Just What Exactly is a Residential Sprinkler Anyway?. Nick Groos Chairman International Fire Sprinkler Association. Materials of construction. When the glass bulb reaches its operating temperature, the bulb shatters. The belleville spring propels the pip-cap assembly out of the waterway.

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Just What Exactly is a Residential Sprinkler Anyway?

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  1. Just What Exactly is a Residential Sprinkler Anyway? Nick Groos Chairman International Fire Sprinkler Association

  2. Materials of construction

  3. When the glass bulb reaches its operating temperature, the bulb shatters. The belleville spring propels the pip-cap assembly out of the waterway. Belleville Spring Viking Corporation- Confidential

  4. Standard Control Mode Sprinklers Standard Control Mode Sprinklers

  5. How do you go from protection Property to protecting People?

  6. Temperature Carbon Monoxide Heat Release Velocity of Gases Toxicity Viable Level Tenability Criteria Smoke Detector Operation 0:15 to 1:15 Residential Sprinkler Operation 0:30 to 2:00 Standard Sprinkler Operation 2:00 to 4:00 Death Fire Starts 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Time (Minutes)

  7. RTI Fast Response Sprinklers RTI < 50 (meter-seconds)½ 350 250 Standard Residential Sprinklers Quick Response Sprinklers 80 Special 50 Early Suppression Fast Response (ESFR) Quick Residential ESFR C 1.0 2.0 Sprinkler Thermal Sensitivity

  8. Full Scale Fire Tests Shielded Corner Fire Tests • Plastic wastebasket filled with newspapers • Fire shielded from water spray by an end table • Adjacent vinyl/polyurethane furnishings • Wood paneling on walls • Carpeting on floor • Combustible ceiling tile • Draperies on walls

  9. Fire test for pendant / upright sprinkler 1,2 m 1,2 m 1,04m L/2 L/2 UL 1626 – Fire Test (Plan View) Thermocouple 6,3 mm above ceiling, 25,2 mmdiagonally from corner Plywood Thermocouple 76,2 mmbelow ceiling (room centre) W/2 Wood crib Simulated furniture, expandedplastic and plywood Thermocouple below ceiling, 1,6 m above the floor Sprinkler 0,89 m 102 mm 0,9m L L = coverage length, W = Coverage width

  10. ≤315° C (600° F) 75mm (3”) below ceiling ≤ 93° C (200° F) ≤ 54° C (130° F) for more than 2 min. 1.6m (5.25 ft) above floor Tenability Criteria < 260° C (500° F) 6.4mm (0.25”) above ceiling

  11. Minimum Pressure = 0.5 bar Minimum Density = 2.04 mm/min Max Area of Coverage = 37 m² 2.5 m 2 m 4 m 5 m Test 1: Pressure = 0.5 bar Density = 3.2 mm/min Flow = 51 liters / min Test 2: Pressure = 0.5 bar Density = 2.04 mm/min Flow = 51 liters / min

  12. Fatal Fires: Where They Start 1 and 2 Family Dwellings

  13. High Wall Wetting Capability Standard SpraySprinkler Residential Sprinkler

  14. 36” High Wall Wetting Capability Standard SpraySprinkler Residential Sprinkler 30” From the ceiling - down From the floor - up

  15. UL 1626: Water Distribution

  16. “This presentation most certainly does not represent the views of my company nor the views of the fire sprinkler industry.”

  17. “To date, there has never been a multiple loss of life due to fire in a structure with a properly designed, fully installed and well maintained sprinkler system”

  18. Residential Sprinkler Shipments

  19. Fires in single family dwellings 350 328 300 250 200 killed people 150 Injured people 101 100 50 6 0 0 Without sprinkler With sprinkler Data collected from Prince George’s County Fire Department, for 1992 to 2007. 13.494 single family/ townhouse fires and 245 of those were protected by fire sprinkler systems

  20. Avg. Property Loss per Incident • Life safety systems also provide property protection $50.000 $49.503 $40.000 $30.000 $20.000 $10.000 $9.983 $4.883 $0 fires with no fires with no fire in homes sprinklers/ sprinklers/ protected with no fatalities with fatalities fire sprinklers Data collected from Prince George’s County Fire Department, for 1992 to 2007. 13.494 single family/ townhouse fires and 245 of those were protected by fire sprinkler systems

  21. Increasing Safety Levels - Increase Densities - Decrease Spacing • Increase Duration

  22. INSTA 900-1 INSTA 900-2

  23. Increases Cost Increasing Safety Levels - Increase Densities - Decrease Spacing • Increase Duration

  24. Question Is it a residential sprinkler? or Is it a Residential® sprinkler?

  25. Where, really, is the weakest link? Maintenance Valves Installation Standard (BS9251) Legislation Building Codes Residential Sprinklers Water Supplies Pipe and Fittings Design & Installation Alarms and Supervision Hangers

  26. Support your industry associations • IFSA – International Fire Sprinkler Association (www.sprinklerworld.org) • EFSN – European Fire Sprinkler Network (www.eurosprinkler.org) • BAFSA - British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association (www.bafsa.org.uk) • NFSN – National Fire Sprinkler Network (www.nfsn.co.uk) Get involved!

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