Standpipes Not Req'd for Large Industrial Facility?

5/22/2020

NFPA 1 Section 13.2.2.2, a Class I standpipe is not required in buildings less than three stories or less than 50-ft high above grade.

If we have a huge industrial complex or storage occupancy of 60,000 square meters (645,000 sqft), should we not require a standpipe system if it is only one floor above grade with a total height of 40-feet? Looks strange to me.

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Wayne Ammons

5/22/2020 07:34:55 am

You will probably need class I standpipe outlets being that it is a storage occupancy. See below from NFPA 1, 2015 Edition:

20.15.8.3 Fire Department Hose Connections.

20.15.8.3.1 When any portion of the high-piled combustible storage area is greater than 200 ft (61 m) from a fire department access door, Class I standpipe outlets connected to a system sized to deliver 250 gpm (946.4 L/min) at the most hydraulically remote outlet shall be provided in accordance with 20.15.8.3.

20.15.8.3.2 The outlet shall be permitted to be supplied from the sprinkler system and shall be hydraulically calculated.

20.15.8.3.3 Standpipe outlets shall be provided at each of the following locations:

(1) In each exit passageway at the entrance from the storage areas into the passageway
(2) At each intermediate landing between floor levels in every required exit stairway serving the storage area
(3) At exterior entrances into the storage

Craig Vesely

5/22/2020 10:40:51 am

To build upon Wayne's comment, if the jurisdiction where the facility is located uses the International Fire Code (IFC), the rules are slightly different. Section 3206.8 within the 2015 IFC states, "Where exit passageways are required by the International Building Code for egress, a Class I standpipe system shall be provided in accordance with Section 905."

Anthony Brown

5/22/2020 11:59:12 am

It is very important to check first with the AHJ seeing that not all locations follow NFPA 1 or the IFC.

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