Increase fire sprinkler installations in new and existing construction and increase life safety and property protection.
Fire sprinkler riser room requirements.
907 6 4 nfpa 13.
What s new is fire pumps.
Minimum requirements fire riser room the fire equipment room shall be located within the building footprint.
We can t solve this problem.
Fire pump and fire sprinkler riser rooms must be readily accessible at all times but can be.
Where provided fire pump rooms and automatic sprinkler system riser rooms shall be designed with adequate space for all equipment necessary for the installation as defined by the manufacturer with sufficient working space around the stationary equipment.
In a nutshell a fire sprinkler riser room is a dedicated space for fire protection equipment situated on an outside wall at grade with direct exterior access.
Fire pumps may also be kept within the riser room though the room will then have to meet the more robust construction requirements for pump rooms as set by nfpa 20 fire protection storage cabinet often the riser room serves as an ideal location to store spare sprinkler heads compatible sprinkler wrenches copies of relevant nfpa codes.
Fire pump rooms and fire sprinkler riser rooms.
The industry benchmark for design and installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems nfpa 13 addresses sprinkler system design approaches system installation and component options to prevent fire deaths and property loss.
The stair issue is just one point of review.
The fire sprinkler riser assembly the fire alarm control panel fire alarm manual pull station spare sprinkler heads storage box and the document box for as built drawings shall be located within the room.
This is a non issue along as i have access to the fdc and the riser room is easily accessible.
The original question was where a fire protection riser can be located.
Fire sprinkler zones are not limited to fire alarm zones.
Fire sprinkler riser rooms.
901 4 6 pump and riser room size.
I have no idea of what the issue is.
A dedicated space for fire protection equipment.
Means of egress sizing sprinklers lower egress capacity factor to 0 2 inches per occupant.
The code does not require such rooms to be provided but where they are provided the rooms must meet the requirements in section 901 4 6 of the ifc and section 902 1 of the international building code.
Which is why they need to talk to the ahj.
Ifc fire pump and fire sprinkler riser rooms ifc ibc 901 4 6 the section in the 2018 ifc for rooms that house fire sprinkler risers and fire pumps is expanding.
Which is a judgement call.
