Ifc section 503 3 marking.
Fire riser room sign requirements.
From the 2016 edition of nfpa 13.
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.
On large buildings when rapid access would be compromised by long travel distances knox boxes shall be required at other locations at the discretion of the fire offical.
General fire sprinkler requirements.
The requirements in the code vary from sign to sign and their purpose isn t always immediately clear.
Refer to fire department regulation 2006 019.
Controllers and risers shall be readily accessible within the room and to those who access the room.
Fire protection equipment shall be identified in an approved manner.
Additional requirements have been added for au tomatic sprinkler system riser rooms and fire pump rooms.
Minimum requirements fire riser room the fire equipment room shall be located within the building footprint.
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.
Conspicuous sign heightens visibility.
A knox box is required at every fire sprinkler riser room.
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.
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.
Two pre drilled holes on the sign make installation easy and hassle free.
Signage is required on the access doors to fire pump and riser rooms and shall consist of letters at least two inches in height.
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.
What is clear is that they are required for your system to be in compliance with the.
Mark fire riser room to direct authorized personnel to your facility s fire sprinkler system.
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.
6 6 4 identification of valves.
Automatic sprinkler system risers fire pumps and controllers shall be provided with ready access.
2018 code 901 4 6 4 901 4 6 1 access.
Approved signs required to identify fire protection.
If the room has a lock then the key needs to be always available to those who need to access the room.
Where lo cated in a fire pump room or automatic sprinkler system riser room the.
