Standpipe Roof Manifold

Used as a standpipe roof outlet connection by the fire service.

Standpipe roof manifold. Responses are provided by nfpa staff on an informal basis. Connect hoselines to roof manifolds or top floor outlets. 6860 6861 two way roof manifold angle pattern. 6850 6851 three way roof manifold straight pattern.

Water from the outlet to the nozzle. Standpipe roof manifold flow test texas children s hospital in texas medical center. In part 1 of a four part series clay magee looks at some of the standards that firefighters need to know when it comes to standpipe systems. Nfpa members and public sector officials may submit a question on an nfpa code or standard.

A standpipe system is piping installed in a building that serves to transfer water to hose connections located within the building for firefighting purposes. As required by the fire code official when the most remote portion of a floor is more than 150 ft nonsprinklered or more than 200 ft sprinklered from an outlet. Refer to section 4000 for valve selection. Used with straight or angle hose valves to provide water control.

Two way male roof fire dept outlet connections. Bill gustin recently presented a webcast on standpipe operations standpipe operations part 2.