Standpipe To Roof

Tanks providing water supply by using gravity.
Standpipe to roof. Standpipe system during construction in the course of construction of new building. You might find that the standpipe thresholds vary in the codes. This is because the scope of a fire code life safety code and building code differ. Standpipe systems plans shall comply with section 905 1 1.
Nfpa 1 might mandate the presence of standpipes where nfpa 101 does not for example. An outlet is required on the roof or at the highest landing of an interior exit stairway with access to the roof when the roof has a slope of less than 4 to 12. An additional hose connection shall be provided at the top of the most hydraulically. Bc chapter 9 nfpa 14 nfpa 22 pc 606.
Nyc building code 2014 1 administration 107 construction documents 107 9 fire protection system plans 107 9 3 standpipe systems. Where the roof has a slope less than four units vertical in 12 units horizontal 33 3 percent slope each standpipe shall be provided with a hose connection located either on the roof or at the highest landing of a stairway with stair access to the roof. New building in ny and i do not want a dry system for this one thing. I can not open the link on dr.
The fireman comes up to the roof on the stair that goes to the roof. In part 1 of a four part series clay magee looks at some of the standards that firefighters need to know when it comes to standpipe systems. In terms of head pressure say a 30 story building has a single zone standpipe system and for simplification let s assume that the roof level is 300 feet and the height of every floor is 10 feet. The ifc requiring the same thing states standpipe systems not located within an interior exit stairway shall be protected by a degree of fire resistance equal to that required for vertical enclosures in the building in which they are located in sections 905 4 1 and 905 6 1 for class i and class iii standpipes.
But the fire is at the other end. When enforcing the provisions for standpipes the most restrictive provisions of the applicable codes apply. Tanks that may supply water to domestic and or fire suppression systems located on the roof or inside the building.