Preparing for your fire district site plan inspection? The following is list of items that will be inspected. This is meant to be a helpful guide but is not all-inclusive.
Fire Hydrants
- Hydrant spacing is less than 300 feet
- Hydrant distance from FDC is less than 150 feet
- Hydrants are 3-Way 5.25″ Barrel
- Hydrants are 40 to 50 feet from building and outside of collapse zone
- Hydrants are located on islands or protected from being struck
- There are no physical obstructions within a five foot radius of the hydrants
- There are no visual obstructions to the hydrants
- Hydrants distance to road is less than 20 feet
- Hydrants are painted appropriate color:
- Private hydrants are painted red
- Bonnet is color coded by flow
- Hydrants on fire pumps have caps painted black
Fire Department Access
- Fire department access road provided if any part of building is more than 300 feet from hydrant
- Fire department access road provided if any part inside of building is 150 feet from hydrant
- Fire department access road is more than 20 feet wide
- Fire department access road is sufficient for apparatus weight of 82,000 pounds
- Fire department access road vertical clearance is more than 13 feet six inches.
- Fire department access road with a dead end in excess of 150 feet shall be provided with approved turn-around
- Security gates provided with Knox switch or approved devices for emergency operation
- Fire department access road outside turn radius of 42 feet or more