(A) General.
(1) All Class I structures or portions of Class 1 structures hereafter constructed will be provided with a water supply capable of providing the required fire flow for fire-fighting purposes for a minimum of two hours. The water supply will be from a source accepted by the rules of the FPBSC.
(2) In setting the requirements for fire flow, the Fire Chief, the Division Chief of Code Enforcement and/or his designee(s) will use Appendix B Fire-Flow Requirements for Buildings of the current FPBSC adopted fire code.
(B) Water main sizes. Water main sizes will be large enough to maintain the required fire-flow in this section and as required by the rules of the FPBSC.
(1) Six inch dead-end water mains that supply one fire hydrant shall not exceed 150 feet.
(2) An eight inch dead-end water main that supplies one fire hydrant shall not exceed 500 feet.
(3) A dead-end water main that supplies a fire sprinkler system (and/or a standpipe system) and two or three fire hydrants will have a minimum inner diameter of eight inches.
(4) A fire service water main that supplies three or more fire hydrants will be tapped off a distribution supply main in two separate areas (looped).
(Ord. 3-2017, passed 2-13-2017)