Fire protection equipment shall be identified in an approved manner.
Fire riser room sign requirements.
General fire sprinkler requirements.
If the room has a lock then the key needs to be always available to those who need to access the room.
Refer to fire department regulation 2006 019.
The national fire protection association nfpa 13 standard for the installation of sprinkler systems specifies many different requirements for the types of signage that sprinkler systems must include.
Section 6 6 4 of nfpa 13 stipulates sign requirements for all control drain venting and test connection valves while section 8 16 1 1 expands on the guidance for control valves.
Controllers and risers shall be readily accessible within the room and to those who access the room.
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.
Ifc section 503 3 marking.
Most fire sprinkler system valves must be identified with metal or rigid plastic signs.
What is clear is that they are required for your system to be in compliance with the.
In some instances the system s fire pump and fire alarm control panel are also located in the sprinkler riser room and additional signage is required if they are.
Where lo cated in a fire pump room or automatic sprinkler system riser room the.
From the 2016 edition of nfpa 13.
The requirements in the code vary from sign to sign and their purpose isn t always immediately clear.
Two pre drilled holes on the sign make installation easy and hassle free.
Mark fire riser room to direct authorized personnel to your facility s fire sprinkler system.
6 6 4 identification of valves.
Conspicuous sign heightens visibility.
Minimum requirements fire riser room the fire equipment room shall be located within the building footprint.
Additional requirements have been added for au tomatic sprinkler system riser rooms and fire pump rooms.
A knox box is required at every fire sprinkler riser room.
Automatic sprinkler system risers fire pumps and controllers shall be provided with ready access.
Rooms containing controls for air conditioning systems sprinkler risers and valves or other fire detection suppression or control elements shall be identified for the use of the fire department.
Signage is required on the access doors to fire pump and riser rooms and shall consist of letters at least two inches in height.
2018 code 901 4 6 4 901 4 6 1 access.
Approved signs required to identify fire protection.
And some local codes require riser rooms to house remote unit fire alarm panels connected to the master fire alarm panel in multi family residential occupancies.
