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The NFPA’s 13, 13D and 13R standards spell out when fire sprinkler systems should include freeze protection. Read on to discover sources to determine an area’s minimum temperature and whether freeze protection is warranted.
Corrosion, rocks and debris have been found during internal inspections of fire sprinkler systems.
August 5, 2022
Inspecting water-based fire protection systems on a five-year rotation is deemed a significant value, considering the corrosion, rocks and debris found in such systems.
While many natural disasters — hurricanes, floods and forest fires — do not directly harm a building’s fire protection systems unless the building falls, earthquakes are different.
The occupancy hazard fire control approach to designing today’s fire sprinkler systems includes single-point densities since the NFPA 13 revision in 2002.
Failure to remove debris from piping upstream of the fire pump can damage or destroy the pump impeller and cause delays to the project.
May 1, 2022
During the installation of underground piping, open-ended piping is installed in trenches that invariably collect dirt, rocks and miscellaneous equipment from the installing contractors.