Classification of Occupancies

Ordinary Hazard Occupancies Extra Hazard Occupancies

Light Hazard Occupancies.
Group 1 Group 2 Group 1 Group 2
Churches Automobile parking Cereal mills Aircraft hangars Asphalt saturating
Clubs Bakeries Chemical plants — ordinary Combustible hydraulic fluid use areas Flammable liquids spraying
Eaves and overhangs, Beverage manufacturing Confectionery products Die casting Flow coating
Educational Canneries Distilleries Metal extruding Manufactured home
Hospitals Dairy products Dry cleaners Plywood and particles Open oil quenching
Institutional Electronic plants Feed mills Printing Plastics processing
Libraries, glass products manufacturing Horse stables Rubber Solvent cleaning
Museums Laundries Leather goods manufacturing Saw mills Varnish and paint dipping
Nursing or accomodation Restaurant service areas Libraries — large stack room areas Textile All kind
Offices, showrooms Machine shops Upholstering with plastic foams
Residential Metal working
Restaurant seating areas Mercantile
Theaters and auditoriums, Paper and pulp mills

All NFPA Tables

Unused attics Paper process plants
Piers and wharves
Post offices

Fire Sprinklers &

Printing and publishing
Repair garages
Resin application area

Fire Pump
Stages
Textile manufacturing
Tire manufacturing
Tobacco products manufacturing
Wood machining
Wood product assembly

Table 14.5.2.2.1 Light Hazard Pipe Schedules

Steel Copper
1 in. 2 sprinklers 1 in. 2 sprinklers
1¼ in. 3 sprinklers 1¼ in. 3 sprinklers
1½ in. 5 sprinklers 1½ in. 5 sprinklers
2 in. 10 sprinklers 2 in. 12 sprinklers
2½ in. 30 sprinklers 2½ in. 40 sprinklers
3 in. 60 sprinklers 3 in. 65 sprinklers
3½ in. 100 sprinklers 3½ in. 115 sprinklers
4 in. See Section 8.2 4 in. See Section 8.2

Table 14.5.2.4 Number of Sprinklers Above and Below a Ceiling

Steel Copper
1 in. 2 sprinklers 1 in. 2 sprinklers
1¼ in. 4 sprinklers 1¼ in. 4 sprinklers
1½ in. 7 sprinklers 1½ in. 7 sprinklers
2 in. 15 sprinklers 2 in. 18 sprinklers
2½ in. 50 sprinklers 2½ in. 65 sprinklers

Table 14.5.3.4 Ordinary Hazard Pipe Schedule

Steel Copper
1 in. 2 sprinklers 1 in. 2 sprinklers
1¼ in. 3 sprinklers 1¼ in. 3 sprinklers
1½ in. 5 sprinklers 1½ in. 5 sprinklers
2 in. 10 sprinklers 2 in. 12 sprinklers
2½ in.. 20 sprinklers 2½ in. 25 sprinklers
3 in. 40 sprinklers 3 in. 45 sprinklers
3½ in. 65 sprinklers 3½ in. 75 sprinklers
4 in. 100 sprinklers 4 in. 115 sprinklers
5 in. 160 sprinklers 5 in. 180 sprinklers
6 in. 275 sprinklers 6 in. 300 sprinklers
8 in. See Section 8.2 8 in. See Section 8.2

Table 14.5.3.5 Number of Sprinklers — Greater than 12-ft (3.7-m) Separations

Steel Copper
2½ in. 15 sprinklers 2½ in. 20 sprinklers
3 in. 30 sprinklers 3 in. 35 sprinklers
3½ in. 60 sprinklers 3½ in. 65 sprinklers

Table 14.5.3.7 Number of Sprinklers Above and Below a Ceiling

Steel Copper
1 in. 2 sprinklers 1 in. 2 sprinklers
1¼ in. 4 sprinklers 1¼ in. 4 sprinklers
1½ in. 7 sprinklers 1½ in. 7 sprinklers
2 in. 15 sprinklers 2 in. 18 sprinklers
2½ in. 30 sprinklers 2½ in. 40 sprinklers
3 in. 60 sprinklers 3 in. 65 sprinklers
Table 10.10.2.1.3 Flow Required to Produce a Velocity of 10 ft/sec (3 m/sec) in Pipes

PIPE SIZE FLOW RATE

IN mm gpm L\S
4 102 390 1,476
6 152 880 3,331
8 203 1,560 5,905
10 254 2,440 9,235
12 305 3,520 13,323

Table 11.2.2.1 Water Supply Requirements for Pipe Schedule Sprinkler Systems

Occupancy Classification Minimum Residual PressurAcceptable Flow at Base of RDuration (minutes

(Including Hose Stream Allowance) (gpm)
Light hazard 15 500–750 30–60
Ordinary hazard 20 850–1500 60–90

Note: For SI units, 1 gpm = 3.785 L/min; 1 psi = 0.0689 bar.

Table 11.2.3.1.1 Hose Stream Demand and Water Supply Duration Requirements for Hydraulically Calculated Systems
Occupancy Total Combined Inside and Outside
Inside Hose (gpm) Hose (gpm) Duration (minutes)
Light hazard 0.50 -100 100 30
Ordinary hazard 0.50 -100 250 60-90
Extra hazard 0.50 -100 500 90-120
For SI units, 1 gpm = 3.785 L/min.

FIGURE 11.2.3.1.5 Density/Area Curves.

Table 11.2.3.9.1 Dry System Water Delivery

Hazard Number of Most Remote Sprinkl
Maximum Time of Water Delivery
Residential 1 15 seconds
Light 1 60 seconds
Ordinary I 2 50 seconds
Ordinary II 2 50 seconds
Extra I 4 45 seconds
Extra II 4 45 seconds
High piled 4 40 seconds

Hazen-wiliams C values
Pipe or Tube
Unlind Cast or Ductile Iron
Black Steel (dry system including Preaction
Black Steel Wet system including Deluge
Gulvanized All
Plastic (listed) All
Cement lined or Cast or Ductile iron
Copper Tupe or Stainless Steel

C value Multiplier Table

Value of C 100 130 140
Multiplyin Factor 0.713 1.16 1.33

‫معامل ضرب لمرور السائل في القطع والمحابس عند تغير قيمة المعامل‬
Sprinkler Inlet (inch k
1l2 5.6 - 5.7 C value Multiplier Table
3l4 8 Value of C
Multiplyin Factor
Minimum Pipe Sizes (Nominal)

Pump Rating Suction1, 2 Discharge1 Relief Valve Relief Valve

gpm L/min (in.) (in.) (in.) Discharge
(in.)
25 95 1 1 0.75 1
50 189 1.5 1.25 1.25 1.5
100 379 2 2 1.5 2
150 568 2.5 2.5 2 2.5
200 757 3 3 2 2.5
250 946 3.5 3 2 2.5
300 1136 4 4 2.5 3.5
400 1514 4 4 3 5
450 1703 5 5 3 5
500 1892 5 5 3 5
750 2839 6 6 4 6
1000 3785 8 6 4 8
1250 4731 8 8 6 8
1500 5677 8 8 6 8
2000 7570 10 10 6 10
2500 9462 10 10 6 10
3000 11355 12 12 8 12
3500 13247 12 12 8 12
4000 15140 14 12 8 14
4500 17032 16 14 8 14
5000 18925 16 14 8 14

1 Actual diameter of pump flange is permitted to be different from pipe diameter.

Meter Device Number and Hose Header Supply
(in.) Size of (in.)
Hose Valves (in.)
1.25 1 — 11/2 1
2 1 — 11/2 2.5
2.5 1 — 21/2 2.5
3 1 — 21/2 2.5
3 1 — 21/2 2.5
3.5 1 — 21/2 3
3.5 1 — 21/2 3
4 2 — 21/2 4
4 2 — 21/2 4
5 2 — 21/2 4
5 3 — 21/2 6
6 4 — 21/2 6
6 6 — 21/2 8
8 6 — 21/2 8
8 6 — 21/2 8
8 8 — 21/2 10
8 12 — 21/2 10
10 12 — 21/2 12
10 16 — 21/2 12
10 16 — 21/2 12
10 20 — 21/2 12