Section 400.4527. Sprinkler systems.

(1) A sprinkler system in a new or converted facility or an addition, shall comply with the 2013 national fire protection association pamphlet No. 13, entitled "Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems." Where there is no adequate water from a community water system to supply a sprinkler system and where the area to be protected does not exceed 20,000 square feet, a special pressure tank supply for sprinklers, as specified in the 2013 edition of national fire protection association standard No. 22, entitled "Standard for Water Tanks for Private Fire Protection," shall be provided.

(2)     All required sprinkler systems shall be inspected and tested and all other maintenance performed as specified in the 2014 national fire protection association standard No. 25 entitled “Standard for the Inspection, Testing , and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems” at least once a year by a sprinkler contractor. The licensee shall maintain documentation of the last inspection and test.

(3)   A sprinkler system in an existing facility approved before these rules take effect shall continue to be approved until the facility or portion thereof is remodeled, converted, or expanded. The system shall be maintained in accordance with the standards applicable at the time it was originally approved.

(4)   When an existing facility is remodeled, converted, expanded or modified which results in the existing sprinkler system not providing adequate protection, fire protection shall be provided by extension of the current system where it is possible to extend the system and maintain its integrity or a new sprinkler system shall be installed in the affected area.

(5)    The sprinkler piping for any isolated hazardous area which can be adequately protected by not more than 2 sprinklers may be connected directly to the domestic water system at a point where a minimum 1-inch supply is available. An approved automatic sprinkler control valve and check valve which is locked shall be installed between the sprinklers and the connection to the domestic water supply.

History: 1983 AACS; 2015 AACS.