Riser assembly shall have a minimum of 36 inches of clearance around the pipe.
Minimum fire pump room size.
Minimum clearances in accordance with nfpa 70 must be maintained around energized electrical equipment.
Into the fire equipment room.
Fire pump room layout disasters more examples of access problems and service like replacing drivers mounted in the rear.
This bypass is to be as least as large as the required fire pump discharge pipe.
Nfpa 20 standard for the installation of stationary pumps for fire protection requires that the fire pump driver controller water supply and power supply shall be protected against possible interruption of service through damage caused by explosion fire flood earthquake rodents insects windstorm freezing vandalism and other adverse conditions.
An approach clearance of at least 3 feet should be maintained in front of the fire pump and related equipment.
In summary a fire pump is a critical life safety equipment item in a building.
The fire pump room is intended solely for fire protection equipment and is not to be shared by other mechanical trades.
And every pump room must have a low pump room temperature alarm.
For standpipe systems this flow is related to the type and size of the structure the pump is protecting.
The fire equipment room shall be used for fire protection equipment and controls only.
The minimum size of the equipment room shall allow adequate firefighter access and mobility with the following minimum clearance requirements.
The last job parameter you need in order to size the fire pump is the required flow for the systems the pump will be serving sprinklers standpipes or other.
Because this bypass and associated valves can be of significant physical size this is yet another space planning consideration for the fire pump room.
Los angeles fire code 9 fire protection systems 913 fire pumps 913 2 protection against interruption of service 913 2 1 protection of fire pump rooms 403 3 4 special detailed requirements based on use and occupancy fire pump room.
