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TO: Technical Committee on Gaseous Fire Extinguishing Systems

FROM: Barry Chase, Staff Liaison

DATE: June 6, 2016

SUBJECT: NFPA 2001 First Draft TC Ballot Circulation

____________________________________________________________________________

The receipt due date of June 3, 2016 for the NFPA 2001 ballot has passed.

In accordance with the NFPA Regulations Governing the Development of NFPA Standards, the

preliminary First Draft ballot results are attached for your review. These results include

explanation of negative votes, abstentions and affirmative votes with comments.

28 Members Eligible to Vote

2 Ballots Not Returned (Dillon and Maranion)

If you wish to change your vote, the change must be received at NFPA prior to Monday, June

13, 2016. Members who did not returned a ballot may do so now. Ballots or changes may be

made by going to the following link: NFPA Vote.net Ballot

The return of ballots is required by the Regulations Governing the Development of NFPA

Standards.

http://www.nfpa.org/catalog/services/customer/nfpa_committee_vote.asp

Eligible to Vote: 28

Not Returned : 2

Todd A. Dillon,Bella A. Maranion

Vote Selection Votes Comments

Affirmative 26

Affirmative with Comment 0

Negative 0

Abstain 0


Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 26


Negative 0

Abstain 0

Total Voted : 26

FR-10, Section No. 1.4.2.2, See FR-10

NFPA 2001 FIRST DRAFT BALLOT CIRCULATION

FR-3, Section No. 1.3, See FR-3

Total Voted : 26

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Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 26


Negative 0

Abstain 0


Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 26


Negative 0

Abstain 0

FR-28, New Section after 1.5.1.3, See FR-28

Total Voted : 26

FR-32, Section No. 1.5.1.2.1, See FR-32

Total Voted : 26

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Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 26


Negative 0

Abstain 0


Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 26


Negative 0

Abstain 0

Total Voted : 26

FR-1, Chapter 2, See FR-1

FR-11, Section No. 4.2.1.1.1, See FR-11

Total Voted : 26

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Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 24


Negative 2

Brad T. Stilwell I do not believe it is necessary to always require the use of a dirt trap. For instance

there could be single nozzle, single bottle systems where the pipe run is kept to a

minimum and the dirt trap would make the system installation difficult and add no

benefit.

W. David Hoffman The solution of adding dirt traps is addressing a problem that does not exist. There

is a current requirement for pipes to be cleaned and swabbed which has proven to

be effective. Additionally, "...the end of each pipe run." is too broad and would

create confusion.

Abstain 0


Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 26


Negative 0

Abstain 0

FR-22, Sections 4.2.2, 4.2.3, See FR-22

FR-12, New Section after 4.2.1.5, See FR-12

Total Voted : 26

Total Voted : 26

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Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 20


Thomas J. Wysocki Overall, I believe this in an improvement to the standard's treatment of pipe

hangers. I am concerned about mandating that hangers be in accordance with

B31.1 primarily because I am not thoroughly versed in the B31.1 hanger

requirements - further study would be appropriate before making B31.1

mandatory. I vote affirmative so the overall improvement can go through to the

Public Comment stage.

Negative 3

Brad T. Stilwell Requiring pipe supports to meet ASME B31.1 will create an unnecessary

Engineering task to system owners. Currently the FSSA handbook provides

adequate information on pipe support.

W. David Hoffman ASME B31.1 does not address the issue as it applies to clean agent systems.

Kevin Murray I believe ANSI B31.1 could require much more than necessary for a clean agent

installation. The FSSA Piping Design Guide already covers pipe fittings & hangars

without adding the complexity that ANSI B31.1 could do.

Abstain 2

Paul E. Rivers Clarification is needed regarding how B31.1 and the FSSA guide correlate with

respect to hanger design.

FR-31, New Section after 4.2.3, See FR-31

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John C. Spalding Fire Suppression Systems Association is abstaining on First Revision 31 until its

Technical Committee has an opportunity to evaluate the correlation of ASME

B31.1 with the "FSSA Pipe Design Guide for Use with Special Hazard Fire

Suppression Systems." A review is necessary to ensure that there is no conflict

between the two documents. Further, it may be suggested to eliminate the

reference to ASME B31.1 from 4.2.3 and let stand the asterisk reference to Annex

A.4.2.4.


Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 24


Kevin Murray I believe 4.3.1.1.2 is not needed or a scenario we should support. (If the

configuration of multiple control units is listed for releasing device service, and if a

trouble condition or manual disconnect on either control unit causes a trouble or

supervisory signal, the initiating device on one control unit shall be permitted to

actuate releasing devices on another control unit in lieu of 4.3.1.1.1. [72:23.11.9]) I

also want to make sure the wording does not preclude a Building Fire Alarm

Control Panel that is Listed for Releasing from protecting a room inside the

building.


Total Voted : 26

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John C. Spalding Fire Suppression Systems Association agrees that 4.3.1.1 needs additional

information for defining and clarifying the arrangement of the Suppression System

Releasing Control Panels). However, the nomenclature of NFPA 72 should be

modified to clearly differentiate the Suppression System Releasing Control Panel

from the protected premise (Building) fire alarm system. 4.3.1.1.2 is confusing

and, in fact, should be eliminated.

Negative 0

Abstain 0


Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 26


Negative 0

Abstain 0

Total Voted : 26

Total Voted : 26


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Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 26


Negative 0

Abstain 0


Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 26


Negative 0

Abstain 0

FR-16, New Section after 7.1.3, See FR-16

Total Voted : 26


Total Voted : 26

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Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 26


Negative 0

Abstain 0


Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 26


Negative 0

Abstain 0

Total Voted : 26

FR-6, Section No. 7.2.2 [Excluding any Sub-Sections], See FR-6

FR-17, Section No. 7.7.1, See FR-17

Total Voted : 26

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Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 26


Negative 0

Abstain 0


Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 26


Negative 0

Abstain 0

FR-29, Section No. A.1.4.2.2, See FR-29

Total Voted : 26

Total Voted : 26


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Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 25


Paul E. Rivers Agree to move this FR forward, but note that the table references IPCC 2013, and

all but FIC-13I1 are included in the table in IPCC 2013. Suggest that FIC-13I1 be

removed from the table and consider removing the agent from the standard this

cycle.

Negative 0

Abstain 0


Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 25


Paul E. Rivers Agree to move this FR forward, but editorially, the English chart title should be

changed from the SI unit noted to English.

Negative 0

Abstain 0


Total Voted : 26

FR-18, Section No. A.1.6, See FR-18

Total Voted : 26

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Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 26


Negative 0

Abstain 0


Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 26


Negative 0

Abstain 0

Total Voted : 26

FR-7, Section No. A.5.3, See FR-7


Total Voted : 26

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Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 26


Negative 0

Abstain 0


Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 26


Negative 0

Abstain 0

FR-20, Section No. A.5.4.2, See FR-20

Total Voted : 26

Total Voted : 26


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Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 26


Negative 0

Abstain 0


Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 26


Negative 0

Abstain 0

FR-26, Section No. B.19, See FR-26

Total Voted : 26

FR-25, Section No. B.18.1, See FR-25

Total Voted : 26

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Not Returned : 2



Affirmative 26


Negative 0

Abstain 0

Total Voted : 26

FR-2, Chapter E, See FR-2

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