Sprinkler System - Maintenance and Testing Automatic sprinkler and standpipe systems are inspected, tested, and maintained in accordance with NFPA 25, Standard for the Inspection, Testing, and Maintaining of Water-based Fire Protection Systems. Records of system design, maintenance, inspection and testing are maintained in a secure location and readily available. a) Date sprinkler system last checked _____________________ b) Who provided system test ____________________________ c) Water system supply source __________________________ Provide in REMARKS information on coverage for any non-required or partial automatic sprinkler system. 9.7.5, 9.7.7, 9.7.8, and NFPA 25
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Observations: Name: MAIN BUILDING - Component: 01 - Tag: 0353
Based on observation and interview, it was determined that the facility failed to maintain the sprinkler piping system to be free of extraneous weight, in three of seven smoke zones within the component.
Findings include:
1. Observation on June 17, 2026, between 10:45 AM and 11:15 AM, revealed wiring was resting on the sprinkler pipes, at the following locations:
a. 10:45 AM, 3rd floor, Zone 1, in the corridor outside of Room 362; b. 11:00 AM, 3rd floor, Zone 2, right above the Nurses' Station; c. 11:15 AM, 1st floor, Zone 5, right above the Nurses' Station.
Interview with the Administrator and the Director of Maintenance on June 17, 2026, at 1:00 PM, confirmed the sprinkler piping system was subject to extraneous weight.
| | Plan of Correction - To be completed: 08/12/2026
1. The wiring resting on the sprinkler piping system identified during the Life Safety Survey has been removed and properly secured at the following locations: - 3rd Floor, Zone 1, corridor outside Room 362 - 3rd Floor, Zone 2, above the Nurses' Station - 1st Floor, Zone 5, above the Nurses' Station
2. Maintenance Director/Designee will complete audit on all sprinkler piping throughout facility to ensure no other wiring/materials resting on system.
3. The Maintenance Director and maintenance staff were educated regarding NFPA requirements prohibiting sprinkler piping from supporting wiring or any other extraneous weight.
4. Sprinkler piping from supporting wiring or any other extraneous weight will be added to the facility's Fire Safety audit tool to verify that sprinkler piping remains free of extraneous weight. This audit is typically performed every other month. Maintenance Director/Designee will complete audit monthly for the next three months and then transition back to the normal audit schedule. The findings of these audits will be reported to the Safety Committee Monthly.
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