It was devastating watching the news coverage of the Grenfell fire disaster on 14th June 2017 and to hear that so many have lost their lives in this devastating fire our deepest sympathies go to the victims and families of this tragedy.
Before scientific calculators and computers revolutionized the industry, fire protection engineers relied on hydraulic slide rules and manual calculations for high-hazard sprinkler systems. This time-consuming process shaped how we approached sprinkler design and laid the foundation for today's sophisticated calculation methods.
fire sprinklers to philosophy well apparently you can in 23 steps, all you need to do is to type fire sprinklers into Wikipedia and then click on the first link which appears in each article and continue doing this until you get to philosophy.
I am always delighted to be able to show old hands who have been using our FHC software for many years new tricks and shortcuts
EN 12845: 2015 Automatic Sprinkler Systems or to give it its full title EN 12845:2015 Fixed firefighting systems - Automatic sprinkler systems - Design, installation and maintenance
We were delighted to be able to present a webinar to our customers which introduced the new BS 9251: 2014 fire sprinkler systems for domestic and residential occupancies – code of practice in which over a hundred people participated, we thought we would like to share our thoughts with a wide audience.
CEN has published the draft standard pr EN 16925 fixed firefighting systems – automatic residential sprinkler systems – design, installation and maintenance it’s a long title and a long document at around 70 pages. The standard covers residential and domestic dwellings from a house, blocks of flats, student accommodation and care homes it also covers small hotels which are up to 4 stories in height. Is not appear to be any other limit to the size of the building so the standard can be useful flats to any height even though they only require a single water supply.
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