Fire Sprinklers

At its meeting Wednesday (April 14), the Residential Construction Advisory Committee (RCAC) continued a deliberative review and analysis of comments on the initial draft of the Residential Code of Ohio.   During the full committee meeting, the Committee agreed on a tentative timeline covering the next several months for the code review.   The subcommittees will continue to meet and discuss particular interested party comments on chapters in order to be prepared to bring recommendations back to the full RCAC in July. After full RCAC approval, the responses to the comments received on the draft will then be available for another 30 day period. That being said, the Energy and Sprinkler provisions will be reviewed and handled separately. The Energy subcommittee is set to meet May 18^th and again June 22^nd, if necessary. The full RCAC will then take up the final review/analysis of the sprinkler provisions at its August 18^th meeting.  

The process is working resulting in valuable discussion taking place as the committee reviews the 2009 IRC for what is best for Ohio.