We have been putting on either a exposed 3-way FDC when 750gpm is required or 
2- 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" x 4" dual clapper FDC's then 1000gpm is required.
Dewayne

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Subject: Standpipe FDC Inlets

How many of you put a 4 way FDC on every 1000 gpm standpipe system or a 5 way 
on parking garage without sprinklers and 4 or more standpipes? I have seen many 
buildings with two standpipes and a 2 way FDC.

2007, NFPA 14, 7.12.3 states: Fire Department Connection sizes shall be based 
on the standpipe system demand and shall include one 2½ in. inlet per every 250 
GPM.

Phoenix at one time required one inlet per 250 gpm on sprinkler systems until 
we did a tire warehouse and needed a 14 inlet FDC.

Ron Fletcher
Aero Automatic
Phoenix, AZ




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