ANNEX A 13–295

International Shore Connection (7) Institutional

(8) Kennels
Threads to mate hydrants Threads to mate hydrants
and hose at shore facilities and hose on ship (9) Libraries, except large stack rooms
(10) Museums
⁹⁄₁₆ in. (14 mm)
minimum (11) Nursing or convalescent homes
(12) Offices, including data processing
(13) Residential
(14) Restaurant seating areas
(15) Theaters and auditoriums, excluding stages and prosce-
niums
2.75 in.
(16) Unused attics
2.75 in. 3.5 in.
(70 mm) 3.5 in. (70 mm) Note that it is not the committee’s intent to automatically
(90 mm) (90 mm)
equate library bookshelves with ordinary hazard occupancies
or with library stacks. Typical library bookshelves of approxi-
1.25 in. (32 mm) 1.25 in.
(32 mm) mately 8 ft (2.4 m) in height, containing books stored vertically
on end, held in place in close association with each other, with
aisles wider than 30 in. (750 mm) can be considered to be light
0.75 in. 0.75 in. hazard occupancies. Similarly, library stack areas, which are more
(20 mm) (20 mm)
akin to shelf storage or record storage, as defined in NFPA 232,
should be considered to be ordinary hazard occupancies.
Shore Ship
A.5.3 For purposes of these definitions, Class I, Class II,
Material: Any suitable for 150 psi Material: Brass or bronze
(10.3 bar) service (shore) suitable for 150 psi (10.3 bar)
Class III, and Class IV commodities would be considered to
Flange surface: Flat face service (ship) have moderate rates of heat release, while Group A plastics
Gasket material: Any suitable for would be considered to have high rates of heat release. Stock-
150 psi (10.3 bar) service piles are considered to include display merchandise (mercan-
Bolts: Four ⁵⁄₈ in. (16 mm) minimum tile) and arrangements of combustibles ancillary to operations
diameter, 2 in. (50 mm) long, within the occupancy as opposed to dedicated storage areas
threaded to within 1 in. (25 mm)
of bolt head where the fire loading is generally more severe.
Nuts: Four, to fit bolts A.5.3.1 Ordinary hazard (Group 1) occupancies include oc-
Washers: Four, to fit bolts
cupancies having uses and conditions similar to the following:

FIGURE A.3.10.7 International Shore Fire Connection. (1) Automobile parking and showrooms
(2) Bakeries
(3) Beverage manufacturing
A.4.6 Non-system components can adversely affect the opera- (4) Canneries
tion and longevity of the fire sprinkler system. Objects con- (5) Dairy products manufacturing and processing
nected to the sprinkler system can displace sprinkler system (6) Electronic plants
piping, causing obstruction to the spray pattern of sprinklers, (7) Glass and glass products manufacturing
delay the activation of a sprinkler, or cause chemical compat- (8) Laundries
ibility problems that can cause the failure of sprinkler system (9) Restaurant service areas
components. (10) Porte cocheres
(11) Mechanical rooms
A.5.1 Occupancy examples in the listings as shown in the
various hazard classifications are intended to represent the A.5.3.2 Ordinary hazard (Group 2) occupancies include oc-
norm for those occupancy types. Unusual or abnormal fuel cupancies having uses and conditions similar to the following:
loadings or combustible characteristics and susceptibility for (1)
Agricultural facilities
changes in these characteristics, for a particular occupancy, (2)
Barns and stables
are considerations that should be weighed in the selection and (3)
Cereal mills
classification. (4)
Chemical plants — ordinary
The light hazard classification is intended to encompass (5)
Confectionery products
residential occupancies; however, this is not intended to pre- (6)
Distilleries
clude the use of listed residential sprinklers in residential oc- (7)
Dry cleaners
cupancies or residential portions of other occupancies. (8)
Exterior loading docks (Note that exterior loading
docks only used for loading and unloading of ordinary
A.5.2 Light hazard occupancies include occupancies having
combustibles should be classified as OH2. For the han-
uses and conditions similar to the following:
dling of flammable and combustible liquids, hazardous
(1) Animal shelters materials, or where utilized for storage, exterior loading
(2) Churches docks and all interior loading docks should be protected
(3) Clubs based upon the actual occupancy and the materials
(4) Eaves and overhangs, if of combustible construction with handled on the dock, as if the materials were actually
no combustibles beneath stored in that configuration.)
(5) Educational (9) Feed mills
(6) Hospitals, including animal hospitals and veterinary fa- (10) Horse stables
cilities (11) Leather goods manufacturing

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