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Parking Garage Design – NFPA 88A to the Rescue
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Sep 17thTime:
11:00am - 1:00pmFor those of us who have been engineering and designing fire protection systems for 10 years or more, it would be safe to say, “you’ve seen one parking garage, you’ve seen them all”. The biggest and usually the only question that was ever asked about them was, “are they open or closed”. With the advent of electric vehicles that use lithium batteries, and the fact that all vehicles are made with significantly higher amounts of plastics, along with some help from social media showing electric vehicles on fire, questions are raised as to the adequacy of the sprinkler system design criteria that has been used for the past +50 years. Thankfully, research and testing is starting to yield some data that is being used to shape up prescriptive codes and standards that is helping keep things in perspective. This seminar will focus on what we know and what we do not know; and how that has been translated to the proposed next edition of NFPA 88A.
Learning Objectives:
a. Identify the differences, if any, between ICE and EV fires.
b. Identify the features that distinguish parking garages from parking systems.
c. Recognize those characteristics of a sprinkler system that make a difference when protecting these occupancies.
Steven Scandaliato
SDG, LLCSteven Scandaliato is Principal and Managing Director at SDG, LLC. He has over 36 years’ experience in fire protection engineering, contracting, design and project management covering all types of fire protection and life safety systems. He serves as a member of several NFPA committees including 13, 16, 101 and 5000. He also serves on a number of technical committees including the Technical Advisory Committee for the American Fire Sprinkler Association and the Society of Fire Protection Engineers. Nationally recognized, Steven has become a popular speaker on fire protection and life safety systems. He is published in several periodicals including articles for the NFPA Journal, Fire Marshals Quarterly, Sprinkler Age Magazine and American Society of Plumbing Engineers. He is also a contributing author to the text published by NFPA/SFPE titled “A Designers Guide to Automatic Sprinkler Systems”. Over the last 25 years, he has presented seminars to thousands in contracting and professional associations including The American Fire Sprinkler Association, The American Society of Plumbing Engineers, The American Institute of Architects, The Society of Fire Protection Engineers, The American Society of Sanitary Engineering, and The International Fire Marshals Association. He is a member of NFPA, SFPE and AFSA.