Correlating Committee on Automatic Sprinkler Systems M E M O R A N D U M DATE: June 19, 2013 TO: FROM: and Alternate Members of the Correlating Committee on Automatic Sprinkler Systems Matt Klaus, Fire Protection Engineer/NFPA Staff Liaison SUBJECT: AGENDA PACKAGE NFPA 16 F2014 First Draft Meeting Enclosed is the agenda for the First Draft meeting of the Correlating Committee (CC) on Automatic Sprinkler Systems for NFPA 16, Standard for the Installation of Foam-Water Sprinkler and Foam-Water Spray Systems. NFPA 16 has entered the Fall 2014 revision cycle and the Technical Committee for Foam-Water Sprinklers has met and generated the attached First Revisions for your review. All TC Ballots and the TC First Draft Meeting Agenda, including public input, can be found at www.nfpa.org/16next. If you have suggestions for actions that the CC should take at this meeting, please come prepared with proposed language. For administrative questions, please feel free to contact Elena Carroll at (617) 984-7952. For technical questions, please feel free to contact Matt Klaus at (617) 984-7448. You can also reach either of us via e-mail at ECarroll@nfpa.org or MKlaus@nfpa.org.
NFPA Correlating Committee on Automatic Sprinkler Systems NFPA 16 Correlating Committee Conference Call June 25, 2013 AGENDA 1. Begin Conference Call 11 AM ET 2. Roll Call 3. Review of Distributed Meeting Materials 4. Items for Discussion: a. Discuss NFPA 16 First Revisions (See Attachment ) 5. General Discussion on NFPA 13 A2015 Revision Cycle 6. Adjournment (Approximately 12 PM EST) CALL IN INFORMATION: Toll Free Call-in Number 1-855-747-8824 Participant PIN Number 856438
ATTACHMENT A Technical Committee Roster
Address List No Phone Automatic Sprinkler Systems 06/19/2013 Matthew J. Klaus Kenneth W. Linder Chair Swiss Re 2 Waterside Crossing, Suite 200 Windsor, CT 06095 I 10/10/1997 Jose R. Baz JRB Associates Group Inc. 3876 SW 112th Ave., Suite 319 Miami, FL 33165 NFPA Latin American Section Alternate: Donato A. Pirro M 11/14/1997 Kerry M. Bell UL LLC 333 Pfingsten Road Northbrook, IL 60062-2096 Alternate: George E. Laverick RT 10/10/1997 Tracey D. Bellamy Telgian Corporation 900 Circle 75 Parkway, Suite 680 Atlanta, GA 30339 The Home Depot Alternate: Ralph E. Bless, Jr. U 10/29/2012 Russell P. Fleming National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc. 40 Jon Barrett Road Patterson, NY 12563 Alternate: Kenneth E. Isman M 10/10/1997 Scott T. Franson The Viking Corporation 210 North Industrial Park Road Hastings, MI 49058 Alternate: Scott T. Martorano M 1/18/2001 Michael J. Friedman Friedman Consulting, Inc. 1 Bluestone Road Lutherville, MD 21093-4512 SE 3/21/2006 Raymond A. Grill Arup 1120 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20036 Alternate: Thomas C. Brown SE 10/10/1997 Luke Hilton Liberty Mutual Property 13830 Ballantyne Corporate Place, Suite 525 Charlotte, NC 20277-2711 I 4/16/1999 Alex Hoffman Viking Fire Protection Inc. 7885 North Fraser Way, Unit 140 Burnaby, BC V5J 5M7 Canada Canadian Automatic Sprinkler Association IM 9/30/2004 Roland J. Huggins American Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc. 12750 Merit Drive, Suite 350 Dallas, TX 75251 Alternate: Donald D. Becker IM 10/10/1997 Sultan M. Javeri SC Engineering La Rose Des Vents 1, rue des Brulis Vendrest, 77440 France IM 10/10/1997 1
Address List No Phone Automatic Sprinkler Systems 06/19/2013 Matthew J. Klaus Charles W. Ketner L 1/10/2008 National Automatic Sprinkler Fitters LU 669 Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee 7050 Oakland Mills Road Columbia, MD 20732 United Assn. of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Industry Andrew Kim National Research Council of Canada Institute for Research in Construction 1200 Montreal Road, Building M-59 Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6 Canada Alternate: Joseph Su RT 10/10/1997 David O. Lowrey City of Boulder Fire Rescue 1805 33rd Street Boulder, CO 80301 E 10/29/2012 Brock Mitchell Extended Stay Hotels 11525 N Community House Rd Suite 100 Charlotte, NC 28277 U 10/29/2012 John G. O'Neill The Protection Engineering Group, PC 14900 Bogle Drive, Suite 200 Chantilly, VA 20151 Alternate: J. Michael Thompson SE 1/1/1977 Garner A. Palenske Aon Fire Protection Engineering Corporation 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court, Suite 116 San Diego, CA 92128 Alternate: James G. Gallup I 4/17/2002 J. William Sheppard Sheppard & Associates, LLC 24756 Tudor Lane Franklin, MI 48025 SE 10/10/1997 Robert D. Spaulding FM Global 1151 Boston-Providence Turnpike Norwood, MA 02062-9102 Alternate: David B. Fuller I 9/30/2004 Douglas Paul Stultz US Department of the Navy NAVFAC MIDLANT, Code CI41 9742 Maryland Avenue Building Z-140, Room 103 Norfolk, VA 23508 Alternate: Brian Paul Carnazza E 3/15/2007 Lynn K. Underwood Axis US Property 303 West Madison Street, Suite 500 Chicago, IL 60606 Alternate: Adam Seghi I 10/10/1997 Donald D. Becker Alternate RJC & Associates, Inc. PO Box 398 Dallas Center, IA 50063-0398 American Fire Sprinkler Association : Roland J. Huggins IM 10/10/1997 Ralph E. Bless, Jr. Alternate Telgian Corporation 900 Circle 75 Parkway, Suite 680 Atlanta, GA 30339 The Home Depot : Tracey D. Bellamy U 10/29/2012 2
Address List No Phone Automatic Sprinkler Systems 06/19/2013 Matthew J. Klaus Thomas C. Brown Alternate The RJA Group, Inc. Rolf Jensen & Associates, Inc. 14502 Greenview Drive, Suite 500 Laurel, MD 20708 : Raymond A. Grill SE 10/27/2005 Brian Paul Carnazza Alternate US Department of the Navy NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic 9742 Maryland Ave., Bldg. Z-140, Room 103 Norfolk, VA 23511 : Douglas Paul Stultz E 03/05/2012 David B. Fuller Alternate FM Global 1151 Boston Providence Turnpike PO Box 9102 Norwood, MA 02062-9102 : Robert D. Spaulding I 7/26/2007 James G. Gallup Alternate Aon Fire Protection Engineering Corporation 2810 North Tippecanoe Avenue Tucson, AZ 85745 : Garner A. Palenske I 10/29/2012 Kenneth E. Isman Alternate National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc. 40 Jon Barrett Road Patterson, NY 12563 : Russell P. Fleming M 10/10/1997 George E. Laverick Alternate UL LLC 333 Pfingsten Road Northbrook, IL 60062-2096 : Kerry M. Bell RT 10/10/1997 Scott T. Martorano Alternate The Viking Corporation 210 North Industrial Park Road Hastings, MI 49058 : Scott T. Franson M 3/1/2011 Donato A. Pirro Alternate Electro Sistemas De Panama, S.A. Ave. Ernesto T. Lefevre Parque Lefevre Panama City, Panama NFPA Latin American Section : Jose R. Baz M 11/14/1997 Adam Seghi Alternate Coda Risk Analysis 9624 Vista View Drive Austin, TX 78750 : Lynn K. Underwood I 10/29/2012 Joseph Su Alternate National Research Council of Canada 1200 Montreal Road, M-59 Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6 Canada : Andrew Kim RT 10/29/2012 J. Michael Thompson Alternate The Protection Engineering Group, PC 14900 Bogle Drive, Suite 200 Chantilly, VA 20151 : John G. O'Neill SE 4/17/2002 James B. Biggins Nonvoting Member Global Risk Consultants Corporation 15732 West Barr Road Manhattan, IL 60442-9012 TC on Hanging & Bracing of Water-Based Systems SE 7/28/2006 3
Address List No Phone Automatic Sprinkler Systems 06/19/2013 Matthew J. Klaus Robert G. Caputo Nonvoting Member Fire & Life Safety America Consolidated Fireprotection, Inc. 657 Cantara Lane Vista, CA 92081 TC on Foam-Water Sprinklers SE 10/29/2012 William E. Koffel Nonvoting Member Koffel Associates, Inc. 8815 Centre Park Drive, Suite 200 Columbia, MD 21045-2107 Safety to Life Correlating Committee SE 10/10/1997 Russell B. Leavitt Nonvoting Member Telgian Corporation 2615 South Industrial Park Avenue Tempe, AZ 85282 TC on Sprinkler System Discharge Criteria U 10/28/2008 Joe W. Noble Nonvoting Member Noble Consulting Services, LLC 6325 South Jones Blvd., #400 Las Vegas, NV 89130 TC on Sprinkler System Installation Criteria E 4/17/1998 Maurice M. Pilette Nonvoting Member Mechanical Designs Ltd. 19 Erie Drive PO Box 2188 Natick, MA 01760 TC on Residential Sprinkler Systems SE 7/28/2006 Kenneth W. Wagoner Nonvoting Member Parsley Consulting Engineers 350 West 9th Avenue, Suite 206 Escondido, CA 92025-5053 TC on Private Water Supply Piping Systems SE 03/02/2010 John J. Walsh SE 1/1/1974 Member Emeritus UA Joint Apprenticeship Committee Local 669 502 Kings Farm Blvd., #302 Rockville, MD 20850 United Assn. of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Industry Matthew J. Klaus Staff Liaison National Fire Protection Association 1 Batterymarch Park Quincy, MA 02169-7471 12/16/2010 4
ATTACHMENT B TCC Minutes
Technical Correlating Committee on Automatic Sprinklers ROC Meeting December 6, 2011 Windows Live Meeting and Conference Call MEETING MINUTES 1. Call to Order. Acting TCC Chair Ken Linder called the meeting at 1 PM. 2. Self-Introductions of members and guests. Members of the committee introduced themselves and reviewed the contact information. The meeting attendance list is attached to these minutes. 3. Review of Distributed Meeting Materials. Staff Liaison Matt Klaus provided an overview of the agenda materials that were sent to the committee and posted on the committee web page. 4. Approval of A12-ROP Draft Meeting Minutes. The minutes of the A06-ROC Meeting were reviewed and approved without modification. 5. Review of Meeting Procedures and Revision Process. Matt Klaus gave a presentation on the overall meeting guidelines and the NFPA Regulations Governing TCC operations. 6. NFPA Staff Update. Matt Klaus gave an update to the TCC on several topics that are summarized as follows: a. Supplemental Operating Procedures- If desired, the TCC is permitted to pursue the development of supplemental operating procedures prior to the next revision cycle. b. Supporting Material- NFPA is working with the submitters of supporting material to obtain copyright permission to distribute the material to the TC s and TCC where they do not own the permissions. c. Standards Council Update on Antifreeze- Council is looking for information and necessary testing to fill in the gaps of the original antifreeze reports pertaining to standard spray sprinklers. d. Metrification Task Group Once the 2013 Edition of NFPA 13 is printed, the Metrification Task Group will begin with a review to revise conversion for the 2016 edition.
7. Actions on Technical Committee Reports. The Chairs of each of the Technical Committees presented an overview of ROC committee actions for the TCC to consider and act on. 8. New Business a. The TCC agreed to have Russ Fleming apply to the NFPA 96 TC as a representative of the TCC. b. Russ Fleming will be leading a task group to review the NFPA 909 proposals regarding sprinklers. John O Neill volunteered to be part of that group joining Bob Caputo, Rodney McPhee and Russ Leavitt from the TC s. 9. Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 4:30pm. Meeting Attendees: Matt Klaus, NFPA Staff Liaison Kenneth Linder, Acting TCC Chair Scott Franson Michael Friedman Luke Hilton Alex Hoffman Roland Huggins Sultan Javeri Andrew Kim Russell Leavitt John O Neill Garner Palenske J. William Sheppard Robert Spaulding Douglas Paul Stultz Lynn Underwood Donald Becker Thomas Brown David Fuller Kenneth Isman George Laverick Donato Pirro J. Michael Thompson Robert Gagnon William Koffel Maurice Pilette Kenneth Wagoner Guest Tracey Bellamy
ATTACHMENT C NFPA 16 First Revisions Report