David Hague answers a live audience question from his NFPA Live talk on Understanding Pressure Regulation in Highrise Buildings.
Become an NFPA member to see the exclusive videos and ask questions of our technical experts. This NFPA® Live session will cover the challenges of managing the high pressures needed in the standpipe and sprinkler systems in high-rise buildings.
We’ll discuss some of the various techniques related to the following: moving water to the upper floors of a high-rise building, helping prevent exposure to firefighters and system components from the dangerously high pressures in a standpipe system, accepted methods of water storage in high-rise buildings under NFPA 20, and how certain pressure regulating components work and how they are used.