Section 9: Storage and Fire Protection

Figure 9.1: Principal accessories for an elevated storage tank.

Figure 9.2: Double ellipsoidal elevated tank. ( Courtesy Pitt-Moines, Inc.)

Figure 9.3: Pedestal sphere elevated tank. ( Courtesy Pitt-Moines, Inc.)

Figure 9.4: Hydroped elevated tank. ( Courtesy Pitt-Moines, Inc.)

Figure 9.5: Torospherical elevated tank. ( Courtesy Pitt-Moines, Inc.)

Figure 9.6: Toropillar elevated tank. ( Courtesy Pitt-Moines, Inc.)

Figure 9.7: Hydropillar elevated tank. ( Courtesy Pitt-Moines, Inc.)

Figure 9.8: Hydropillar elevated tank (wineglass style). ( Courtesy Pitt-Moines, Inc.)

Figure 9.9: Double-cone elevated tank. ( Courtesy Pitt-Moines, Inc.)

Figure 9.10: Typical private fire service main.
( Reprinted with permission from the Automatic Sprinkler Systems Handbook , Eight Edition, Copyright 1999, National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA 02269. All rights reserved.)

Figure 9.11: Arrangement of supply piping and valves.
( Reprinted with permission from the Automatic Sprinkler Systems Handbook , Eight Edition, Copyright 1999, National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA 02269. All rights reserved.)

Figure 9.12: Straight pipe riser.
( Reprinted with permission from the Automatic Sprinkler Systems Handbook , Eighth Edition, Copyright 1999, National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA 02269. All rights reserved.)

Figure 9.13: Wet pipe sprinkler riser with alarm check valve.
( Reprinted with permission from the Automatic Sprinkler Systems Handbook , Eighth Edition, Copyright 1999, National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA 02269. All rights reserved.)

Figure 9.14: Header for dry pipe valves (installed in parallel for combined systems; standard trimmings not shown. Arrows indicate...

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