- Author
- Schultz, E.
- Title
- Big Box Retail: A Building and Fire Code Perspective.
- Coporate
- Code Consultants Inc.
- Journal
- Fire Protection Engineering, No. 29, 42-43,46,48,50, Winter 2006
- Keywords
- building codes | fire codes | storage | fire protection | fire protection engineering | sprinklers | sprinkler systems | egress
- Identifiers
- big box retail spaces have ceiling or roof heights in excess of 5 meters (16 ft) and in many cases as high as 10 m to 12 m (35 ft to 40 ft); high roofs/ceilings, in conjunction with large footprint areas, create a very large volume of space; automatic sprinklers; Early Suppression Fast Response (ESFR) sprinklers; occupant notification systems; exit width requirement