3.2.5.11.Hose Stations

(1) Hose stations for 38 mm diam hose shall be installed for a standpipe system in a building that is not sprinklered throughout. (2) Hose stations for a 38 mm diam hose shall be installed for a standpipe system within every floor area that is not sprinklered throughout. (See Note A-3.2.5.11.(2)) (3) Hose stations shall be located in the floor area within 5 m of exits and at other locations to provide coverage of the entire floor area. (4) A hose station located on one side of a horizontal exit shall be considered to serve only the floor area on that side of the horizontal exit. (5) A hose cabinet shall be located so that its door, when fully opened, will not obstruct the required width of a means of egress. (6) Where a building or part thereof is used as a distillery and the building is sprinklered in conformance with Article 3.2.5.12., small hose (38 mm) stations are permitted to be supplied from interior sprinkler piping. (7) Where a hose station is provided in grain handling and storage facilities in which combustible dusts are produced in quantities or concentrations that create an explosion or fire hazard, fog and fine spray nozzles shall be used instead of nozzles that discharge a solid stream of water to prevent combustible dusts from being raised into suspension.