Benefits to Installing Fire Sprinklers

9/21/2017

We're planning early stages of design for a new construction building, and the architect and owner are asking for a summary of benefits for the installation of fire sprinklers. This particular facility could use a NFPA 13 or NFPA 13R system and is under the 2015 IBC.

Aside from Allowable Building Area, Allowable Building Height, and Allowable Building Stories, what are other code benefits to providing sprinklers provide?

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9/21/2017 12:36:15 pm

Be careful that they may just be required by Code, period. See Section 903.2.8 of IBC.

Otherwise:

-May eliminate the need for fire dampers.

-May eliminate the need for shaft enclosures.

-May increase allowable hazardous storage or combustible material quantities.

-May increase required travel distances.

-May decrease required wall ratings.

-May eliminate the need for draftstopping.

-May eliminate the need for manual fire alarm boxes.

-May eliminate the need for smoke detectors.

-May decrease egress component requirements.

Evan

9/21/2017 01:21:22 pm

But most importantly, they save lives.

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