Fire Sprinkler System Components

In addition to the main components of the fire sprinkler system there are a series of ancillary support components that regularly form part of an automatic fire sprinkler system.

Fire sprinkler system components.

A fire sprinkler system is an active type of fire protection system that discharges water in the event of a fire. Connection used by the fire department to pump water into the fire sprinkler or standpipe system to supplement the building s water supply. Alarm check valve is a device used to notify the house or building of a possible emergency. While some types of fire sprinkler systems are designed to control the fire event until the fire department arrives and others are designed to suppress the fire all sprinkler systems are designed to minimize the risk and impact of a fire.

A fire sprinkler system is an active fire protection method consisting of a water supply system providing adequate pressure and flowrate to a water distribution piping system onto which fire sprinklers are connected. The valves clapper will lift off of the seat of the valve and water will flow through. In reality fire sprinklers operate automatically as they respond to heat and in many cases one sprinkler is enough to douse a fire. Otherwise known as an fdc or siamese connection since there are two inlets on the connection this connection is located on the exterior of the building.

Although historically only used in factories and large commercial buildings systems for homes and small buildings are now available at a cost effective price. The pressure switch is an electro mechanical device that monitors a fire sprinkler system for a fall in water pressure after the alarm valve. The alarm in the form of an electrical bell or a motor gong will sound when water flows through the alarm valve.