Fire Sprinkler System Capacity

A building s water supply whether it s the municipal waterworks a well or a tank must have enough capacity and pressure to meet the demands of its fire sprinkler system and a pump must often augment pressure.

Fire sprinkler system capacity.

Record this number in the gpm box. The jockey pump should be sized to provide a flow less than a single fire sprinkler. Next locate your system s static pressure and move down that column and find the system s working. Every sprinkler system requires at least one automatic water supply of adequate pressure capacity and reliability.

Sprinkler water pressure is essential but how much is enough. Although historically only used in factories and large commercial buildings systems for homes and small buildings are now available at a cost effective price. Fire sprinklers are extensively used worldwide with over 40 million sprinkler heads fitted each year. The water supply needs to be capable of supplying all sprinklers that operate during a fire and providing water for fire department operations during the fire.

In buildings protected by properly designed and maintained fire sprinklers over 99. Using the system design capacity chart on this page locate the three numbers you just recorded to determine the sprinkler system design capacity in gallons per minute gpm. A fire sprinkler system is an active fire protection method consisting of a water supply system providing adequate pressure and flowrate to a water distribution piping system onto which fire sprinklers are connected. A fire sprinkler or sprinkler head is the component of a fire sprinkler system that discharges water when the effects of a fire have been detected such as when a predetermined temperature has been exceeded.

A fire sprinkler system is a critical component of life safety in a building. 1 for situations where the jockey pump serves only above ground piping for fire sprinkler and standpipe systems.