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Looking for an opportunity to turn a basic concept into a controversial one on a project? Great! This week
 

I'm exploring the quick-response remote area reduction that's provided in NFPA 13.

Suppress Early, Suppress Less

The concept behind reducing the calculated hydraulically remote area in a re sprinkler system is entirely
based on ghting a smaller re earlier in the development of the re.

There's a handful of factors that contribute to the timing of sprinkler response (a good future discussion),
which include the thermal sensitivity, sprinkler temperature rating, distance of sprinklers relative to the
ceiling, sprinkler spacing, ceiling height, and dynamics of the re itself.

The reduction in the hydraulically remote area is based upon comparative tests of quick-response against
standard-response spray sprinklers. According to the NFPA 13 handbook, the tests demonstrated that the
earlier the water is applied to the re, the smaller the re and ultimately the less number of sprinklers
needed to activate.

Not Universally Accepted

While the remote area reduction has been included in NFPA 13 for years, it's not universally accepted.
Many engineer speci cations don't allow the reduction, and design standards for major organizations
such as the Department of Defense (UFC 3-600-01) don't permit it either.

Why not accept the remote area reduction, if NFPA 13 includes it? Like other elements in hydraulic design
for re sprinkler systems, not using the remote area reduction provides an additional safety factor to the
system.

Additionally, since the quantity of sprinklers relates to the quantity of water owing in the system, main
sizes are directly impacted by using or not using the quick response area reduction. Building owners may
opt to not want to reduce the remote area to preserve reasonable (larger) main sizes and give
themselves exibility on building modi cations and sprinkler system changes in the future.
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Percent Reduction to %RED = -3 h / 2 + 55 NFPA 13 2019 Fig. Daily Problems
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