NFPA® 13R

Standard for the

Installation of Sprinkler Systems in Low-Rise
Residential Occupancies

EDWIN D. SORIANO,PME
PIFPO Board of Director
Tel. No.0917-671-0286 / 0999-9910304, airogreenoperation@gmail.com
 DIVISION 3. CLASSIFICATION OF
OCCUPANCY
7. Residential
 a. Residential occupancies are those occupancies
in which sleeping accommodations are provided for
normal residential purposes and include all buildings
designed to provide sleeping accommodation.

 b. Residential buildings, structures or facilities are

treated separately in this Rule in the following
groups: hotels, motels, apartelles, pension houses,
inns, apartments, condominiums, dormitories,
lodging or rooming houses, and single and two -
family dwellings, and the likes.
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 NFPA® 13R - Installation

 The maximum floor area on any one floor to be

protected by sprinklers supplied by any one
sprinkler system riser or combined system riser shall
not exceed 52,000 ft2 (4831 m2).

 Residential sprinklers shall not be used on systems

other than wet pipe systems unless specifically
listed for use on that particular type of system.
 NFPA® 13R - Installation
 Where quick-response sprinklers, including extended coverage
quick-response sprinklers, are used, the density/area requirement
shall be a minimum of 0.1 gpm/ft2 (4.1 mm/min) over the entire
dwelling unit.
 NFPA® 13R - Location of Sprinklers
Sprinklers shall not be required in bathrooms where the
bathroom area does not exceed 55 ft2 (5.1 m2).

Except where specified in NFPAN 13R 6.6.4, sprinklers shall not

be required in clothes closets, linen closets, and pantries within
dwelling units that meet all of the following conditions:

1) The area of the space does

not exceed 24 ft2 (2.2 m2).
2) The walls and ceilings are
surfaced with
noncombustible or limited-
combustible materials as
defined by NFPA 220.
 NFPA® 13R - Installation
The following types of spaces shall be permitted to be
protected by residential sprinklers:

1) Lobbies not in hotels and motels

2) Foyers
3) Corridors
4) Halls
5) Lounges
6) Ordinary hazard areas in accordance with 7.2.4.1
7) Garages in accordance in accordance with NFPA
13R 7.3.3 and
8) Other areas with fire loads similar to residential fire
loads
 NFPA® 13R - Discharge
Criteria
 Residential Sprinklers.

 NFPA 13R 7.1.1.1* The system shall

provide at least the flow required to
produce a minimum discharge density
of 0.05 gpm/ft2 (2.04 mm/min) or the
sprinkler listing, whichever is greater, to
the design sprinklers.
NFPA® 13R - Hydraulic
Calculations

Piping shall be sized using

hydraulic calculation procedures
in accordance with NFPA 13.
 NFPA® 13R - Water Supply
 Every sprinkler system shall have at least one
automatic water supply.
 The water supply shall be capable of supplying the
system demand for at least 30 minutes.
 The water supply source shall be one of the following:
1) A connection to a reliable waterworks system with or
without a pump, as required.

2) An elevated tank

3) A pressure tank installed in accordance with NFPA 13 and

NFPA 22

4) A stored water source with an automatically operated fire

pump
 NFPA® 13R - Water Supply

 Where a fire pump is installed, the fire pump shall

be installed in accordance with NFPA 20.
 Where a water tank is installed, the water tank
shall be installed in accordance with NFPA 22.
 Domestic demand for the building being
calculated shall be included as part of the
overall system demand for systems with common
domestic/fire mains where no provisions are
made to prevent the domestic waterflow upon
sprinkler system activation.
 NFPA® 13R - Hydrostatic
Pressure Tests
 Systems having more than 20 sprinklers or having a
fire department connection shall pass a hydrostatic
pressure test performed for the aboveground piping
system in accordance with NFPA 13.

 Systems having both fewer than 20 sprinklers and no

fire department connection shall pass a hydrostatic
pressure test performed for the aboveground piping
system at 50 psi (3.45 bar) higher than the maximum
system pressure, using the hydrostatic test procedure
specified in NFPA 13.
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