NFPA 14 Standard for the Installation of Standpipe and Hose Systems, 2024 Edition
This standard provides requirements for the installation of standpipes and hose systems to ensure that systems will work as intended to deliver adequate and reliable water supplies in a fire emergency.
This standard covers the minimum requirements for the installation of standpipes and hose systems.
This standard does not cover requirements for periodic inspection, testing, and maintenance of these systems.
NOTICE: An asterisk (*) following the number or letter designating a paragraph indicates that explanatory material on the paragraph can be found in Annex A.
A reference in brackets [ ] following a section or paragraph indicates material that has been extracted from another NFPA document. Extracted text may be edited for consistency and style and may include the revision of internal paragraph references and other references as appropriate. Requests for interpretations or revisions of extracted text shall be sent to the technical committee responsible for the source document.
Information on referenced publications can be found in Chapter 2 and Annex B.