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A standard inside standpipe system, for the purposes of this code, is hereby defined as a system of piping installed in a building with hose outlets located in such a manner that water can be discharged in streams through hose attached to such hose outlets, for the purpose of extinguishing a fire and so protecting the building and its contents, with pumps, tanks and other equipment necessary to provide an adequate supply of water to the hose outlets. Every inside standpipe system required by this code shall comply with all the requirements hereinafter enumerated for such a system. Fire pumps, air compressors, valves, hose and all other equipment installed in connection with a standard inside standpipe system, except for pressure maintenance pumps, shall be of a make, type and design which has been tested and listed by and which bears the label of a product testing laboratory which regularly tests fire protection equipment and conducts periodic inspection of the production of listed equipment or materials.
(Prior code § 91-53; Amend Coun. J. 10-30-96, p. 31261, § 1)