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Division II — ADMINISTRATION.›Part I — GENERAL PROVISIONS.›Chapter 5 — FIRE SERVICE FEATURES.›SECTION 507. – FIRE PROTECTION WATER SUPPLIES.

San Francisco Fire Code § 507.6 Other Water Supplies

San Francisco Fire Code · 2026-08 edition · updated 2026-10-23 · San Francisco

Cite as: San Francisco Fire Code § 507.6 · Text as of 2026-10-23

Water tanks or pools within, on or about any building premises shall be connected with approved 6-inch (152 mm) pipe leading from the bottom of the tank to a point designated by the fire code official. Piping for tanks located at or below grade shall be designed and installed for drafting by Fire Department apparatus.

Exceptions:

  1. Industrial process water tanks.

  2. Tanks or pools with a capacity of less than 75,000 gallons (94.6 m3) 1.

  3. Tanks or pools used to supply automatic fire sprinkler systems.

  4. Water tanks or pools installed in R3 Occupancies.

CODIFICATION NOTE
  1. So in Ord. 39-26.

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