Copper for life safety fire sprinkler systems

Recent history
Sprinkler systems have been around for well over a century but mainly concentrating on commercial and industrial applications. In 1994, at the request of the copper industry, the Institute of Plumbing established the Domestic Sprinkler Systems Group (DSSG) to provide a formal structure to co-ordinate technical information relating to fire sprinkler systems designed to suit residential and domestic properties.

In part, this Group led to the formation of the Residential Sprinkler Association (RSA), a Trade Association who promoted and developed a market for the design, installation and maintenance of domestic and residential fire sprinkler systems. The DSSG and the RSA worked in parallel helping to establish a BSI Standard Specification for domestic sprinkler systems in the form of a Draft for Development DD251, published in April 2000. Work over the following years on DD251 has led to the publication in February 2005 of BS 9251 - Sprinkler systems for residential and domestic occupancies - Code of Practice.

The RSA merged with the Association of Fire Protection Engineers (AFPE) to form the Fire Sprinkler Association (FSA) and it is the FSA that now offers technical advice and training courses for designers and installers of domestic and residential fire sprinkler systems.

Standards
BS 9251:2005 Sprinkler systems for residential and domestic occupancies - Code of practice

Studley Green Project
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