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BSI Standards PublicationBS 9990:2015Non-automatic fire-fightingsystems in buildings Code of practicePublishing and copyright informationThe BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the documentwas last issued. The British Standards Institution 2015Published by BSI Standards Limited 2015ISBN 978 0 580 86738 5ICS following BSI references relate to the work on this document:Committee reference FSH/14Draft for comment 14/30301827 DCPublication historyFirst published 2006Second (present edition), January 2015Amendments issued since publicationDateText affectedBS 9990:2015BRITISH STANDARDContentsForewordii1Scope12Normat ive references13Terms and definitions14Fire and earthing75Private fire and siting76Water supplies and pumping of basic the basic supply for wet fire for wet fire precautions for wet fire arrangements for filling suction main supply117Installation, commissioning and on of buildings under inspections and acceptance of systems and rectification of of information16AnnexesAnnex A (normative) Protecting installed equipment from theft andvandalism17Bibliography18Summary of pagesThis document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i to iv,pages 1 to 18, an inside back cover and a back STANDARDBS 9990:2015 The British Standards Institution 2015 iForewordPublishing informationThis British Standard is published by BSI Standards L

Contents Foreword ii 1 Scope 1 2 Normative references 1 3 Terms and definitions 1 4 Fire mains 4 4.1 Design considerations 4 4.2 Provision and siting 6 4.3 Electrical earthing 7 5 Private fire hydrants 7 5.1 Design considerations 7 5.2 Provision and siting 7 6 Water supplies and pumping arrangements 8 6.1 Adequacy of basic supply 8 6.2 Supplementing the basic supply for wet fire …