Every owner of a sprinkler system wants to avoid costly and dangerous damage to their sprinkler system. Sprinkler pipes are a lot like a car, if it’s not maintained it can result in expensive and unwanted repairs. At W&M Sprinkler… Continue Reading
FDNY Notice of Violation (NOV)
A Notice of Violation is a form issued at the end of a fire inspection to notify the respondent if one or more of the city’s administrative codes or Fire Department rules have been found to be in violation. FDNY… Continue Reading
What is a Fire Pump?
A fire pump is any kind of pump that is part of a fire protection system’s water supply. It is important to know that a fire pump does not create water, it takes water that is given to it from… Continue Reading
What is a Standpipe System?
Standpipe systems are a series of pipes which connect a water supply to hose connections, basically an extension of the fire hydrant system. They are designed to provide a pre-piped water system for building occupants or the fire department. Standpipe… Continue Reading
What is a Dry Sprinkler System?
Unlike a wet system that is filled with water, a dry sprinkler system is filled with pressurized air. When heat opens a sprinkler head, the loss of air pressure in the piping will cause a special dry valve to open,… Continue Reading
What is a Backflow Preventer?
Backflow prevention devices are used to protect the public water supply from contamination or pollution due to backflow, caused by a change backflow prevention devices are an important component of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection’s drinking water… Continue Reading
W&M Fire Protection Scope of Work
Anti-Freeze Annual Anti-Freeze Loop Semi-Annual Anti-Freeze Loop Quarterly Anti-Freeze Loop Dry Systems Annual Dry Systems Semi-Annual Dry Systems Quarterly Dry Systems Monthly Dry Systems Electric Fire Pump Annual Electric Fire Pump … Continue Reading
NYC Standpipe and Sprinkler Color Coding… Seeing Red.
We recently received a call from a building owner in New York City who received a violation due to the improper color coding of his standpipe and sprinkler system. Unfortunately this building owner was not aware of Local Law 58/09… Continue Reading
What is a Wet Pipe Sprinkler System?
A wet pipe sprinkler system uses automatic sprinklers attached to a piping system filled with water. The system is connected to a water supply so that water releases immediately from sprinklers once it is activated by heat from a fire.… Continue Reading
Winter Advisory! Tips for Maintaining a sprinkler system through the colder months
Almost every building in the United States is subject to severe winter weather. Buildings in the northern and central parts of the country may be more at risk, but the south is not exempt from ice storms and arctic blasts.… Continue Reading
