Assignment objective: This course has presented an evolving
scenario involving the City of Washington Distribution Warehouse fire.
Throughout your reading and analysis of the fire, you have been presented with
a multitude of information that will allow you to make recommendation to those
charged with designing the suppression system in the new building. This
assignment consists of four parts and your project must be at least six-pages
in length (at least one-half page per section).
Details: Section I
As you make suggestions to improve the water-based fire
sprinkler system, refer to the background information, if needed, to provide
you with the necessary material to identify the basic components common to fire
protection for the City of Washington Distribution Warehouse.
This assignment is not looking for compliance with building
codes nor expecting you to be a fire protection system designer. However, the
purpose of this assignment is for you to apply the concepts and knowledge you
learned in this unit as you begin writing your final project covering
protection systems that will detect, contain, control, and extinguish a fire.
This assignment provides you with the opportunity to use your skills,
expertise, and experience to enrich your response.
Prepare a well-organized narrative that addresses foam- and
water-based fire sprinkler systems and includes your recommendations after
reviewing the background information and the information above. Your discussion
will consist of your evaluation of the previous water-based sprinkler system,
based on information from the textbook and any additional research needed for
your recommendations for the rebuild of the warehouse. Discuss the importance
of water pressure, and determine the pressure for seven sprinkler heads
discharging 157.5 gallons of water per minute.
Section II
As you make suggestions to improve the fire protection
system, identify the components and accessories common to fire pump
installations needed for the rebuild of the warehouse. Refer to the background
information, if needed, to provide you with the necessary material to identify
the basic components common to fire protection for the City of Washington
Distribution Warehouse.
Prepare a well-organized narrative addressing fire pumps and
including your recommendations after reviewing the background information and
the information above. Your discussion will consist of your evaluation of the
previous fire pump and recommendations for the rebuild of the warehouse, based
on information from the textbook and any additional research.
Section III
As we saw in the Points to Ponder Scenario in the unit
lesson, electrical surge protection devices could have mitigated damage or even
loss to the pump driver. Describe the benefits that surge protection devices
provide for fire pump components and systems against the damages of voltage
surges.
Section IV (Executive Summary)
In this section, you will prepare a well-organized and
thoughtful summary of your recommendations for the fire protection system for
the scenario-based case study course project on the City of Washington
Distribution Warehouse fire. This summary should expound on what you have
learned during the different parts covered in each unit, so you can understand
issues that exist within the fire protection technology field. Place the
summary after the title page, and follow it with your recommendations for the rebuilding
of the warehouse.
The purpose of the executive summary is to provide a
narrative about the project with sufficient detail to allow readers to be able
to accurately describe your recommendations to resolve potential fires in the
future. Explain how your recommendations for the scenario-based case study
relate to the methodology you chose and to the project outcome and conclusions.
In other words, your summary must be clear, logical, and demonstrate alignment
among the goals, methods, and outcomes.
