Delaware Administrative Code
Title 1 - Authorities, Boards and Commissions
700 - Delaware State Fire Prevention Commission
702 - Fire Protection in Building Construction
Chapter 4 - Automatic Sprinkler Systems and Standpipe Systems
Section 702-4-3.0 - Fire Pump
Universal Citation: 1 DE Admin Code 702-4-3.0
Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024
3.1 Review of Electrical Plans
3.1.1 At least two complete
sets of electrical plans for motors driving fire pumps, stamped and signed by a
Delaware Registered Professional Engineer shall be submitted to, reviewed, and
approved by an electrical inspection agency that is approved by the State Board
of Electrical Examiners and recognized by the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
The approval of these electrical plans is required prior to the submittal of
fire pump plans to the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
3.1.2 The plans shall be reviewed by the
approved electrical inspection agency for compliance to the National Electrical
Code® (NFPA 70) and National Fire Protection Association's Standard for
Installation of Fire Pumps (NFPA 20).
3.1.3 The electrical inspection agency that
approves the plans shall provide documentation authenticating the approval to
the Office of the State Fire Marshal. This documentation will need to accompany
the building plans where an electric motor driven fire pump will be installed.
In the case of an existing building, the documentation will need to accompany
the fire protection plans where an electric motor driven fire pump will be
installed.
3.1.4 At least one set
of the plans approved by the electrical inspection agency shall be kept on the
job site until the final inspection of the fire pump installation by the Office
of the State Fire Marshal.
3.1.5
The acceptance test for a new, electric motor-driven fire pump installation
shall not be conducted by the Office of the State Fire Marshal until a field
inspection of the electrical portion of the installation by an electrical
inspection agency leads to their "FINAL INSPECTION PASSED" sticker being
adhered to the fire pump controller.
3.2 Installations
3.2.1 Starting and Stopping Arrangement
3.2.1.1 Regardless if the controller is
arranged to start automatically, start automatically for testing, start
manually, or start in any other manner, it shall be arranged to require manual
stopping.
3.2.2 Devices in Suction Piping
3.2.2.1 No device or assembly such as check
valves and backflow prevention devices shall be installed in the suction piping
of a fire pump installation.
3.2.2.2 Where required by the water provider
having jurisdiction, check valves and backflow prevention devices and
assemblies may be installed in suction piping and shall be in accordance with
NFPA 20 including the following:
3.2.2.2.1 All
check valves and backflow prevention devices and assemblies:
3.2.2.2.1.1 Shall be listed for fire
protection service, and
3.2.2.2.1.2
Device location(s) shall be noted on sprinkler plan submissions, and
3.2.2.2.1.3 Manufacturers' specifications for
such devices shall be included in the sprinkler plan submittal for review and
approval.
3.2.3 Electric Motor Driver Reliability
3.2.3.1 Auxiliary or supplemental power
requirements for electrically driven fire pump shall be required by the State
Fire Marshal's Office:
3.2.3.1.1 ONLY when
specifically required by SFPR or an adopted NFPA code or standard.
3.2.3.1.2 When the height of the structure is
beyond the pumping capability of the fire departments apparatus
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