Location of fire riser
Location of fire riser
(OP)
Anyone know if NFPA has any requirements on where fire riser is located? This would be for a non-residential building with either wet pipe or dry pipe fire sprinkler system.
I have heard co-workers mentioning that you cannot located a fire riser in a stairwell. I'm not sure if this is true or not as I am not seeing any verbage in NFPA 13 that says you can't. Maybe the fire riser needs to have direct access?
Thanks.
I have heard co-workers mentioning that you cannot located a fire riser in a stairwell. I'm not sure if this is true or not as I am not seeing any verbage in NFPA 13 that says you can't. Maybe the fire riser needs to have direct access?
Thanks.





RE: Location of fire riser
RE: Location of fire riser
RE: Location of fire riser
RE: Location of fire riser
the answer is depends
depends on the stairwell and what it is serving, how wide the starwell is, are you going to obstruct exiting?, etc.
that is a building code question and not a sprinkler question
then there is "Riser" are you talking the fire alarm valve and all the bells and whistles or just the pipe running up to feed other floors?
the answer to your question is it depends, and is more building code item when it comes to stairwells.
RE: Location of fire riser
RE: Location of fire riser
There are still building code issues with risers in a stairway
RE: Location of fire riser
I have no idea of what the issue is. This is a non issue along as I have access to the FDC and the riser room is easily accessible. Which is a judgement call. Which is why they need to talk to the AHJ. We can't solve this problem.