Uniformat D4020
Standpipe and hose system
Also called FDC, fire hose cabinet
Service life
Years in service. One stated life so far; the band will widen as sources are added.
One source. This value rests on a single document (CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table, p14). Treat it as that source's figure, not a settled life, until others confirm it.
Basis
- 50 years · CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table, p14 · HUD CNA 3.6.1.1 “Building fire suppression sprinklers, standpipes” — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (planning life)Same life for family and elderly properties. US multifamily housing. HUD gives sprinklers and standpipes one row.
How sources are chosen and recorded: sourcing policy.
Municipal lives for fire protection (D40)
17 municipalities in British Columbia and Ontario state a life for fire protection as a whole, in 10 distinct tables: 15–50 years, median 20. These come from capital asset policies: accounting lives, used for amortization. They describe the system rather than this component, and none is a measured life.
Years. Each dot is one stated life and each bar a stated range; equal values stack. The dashed line is the median. Policies that copy the same table count once.
All 16 stated lives
| Municipality | As written | Years | Kind | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort St. James, Revelstoke, Rossland, Sicamous, Tumbler Ridge · same table | Electrical/Plumbing/Fire | 15–20 | accounting | p5, p9, p7, p9, p5 · 2010 |
| Okanagan-Similkameen | Electrical/Plumbing/Fire | 15–20 | accounting | p11 · 2023 |
| Salmo | Electrical/Plumbing/Fire | 15–20 | accounting | p6 · 2016 |
| Parksville | Fire Suppression | 20 | accounting | p9 · 2023 |
| Telkwa | Electrical/Plumbing/Fire | 20 | accounting | p8 |
| Amherstburg | Fire Safety - Control Panel, Smoke Detectors | 20 | accounting | p8 · 2026 |
| Amherstburg | Plumbing - Sprinkler System | 20 | accounting | p8 · 2026 |
| Grey Highlands | Fire Alarms | 20 | accounting | p11 · 2026 |
| The Blue Mountains | Fire Alarms | 20 | accounting | p11 · 2019 |
| Bancroft, Centre Hastings, Hastings Highlands, Wollaston · same table | Sprinkler/Fire System | 20–25 | accounting | p5, p4, p6, p5 |
| Parksville | Fire Protection | 20–50 | accounting | p9 · 2023 |
| Meaford | Fire Protection - Sprinkler System | 25 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| Meaford | Fire Protection - Alarm Panel | 25 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| The Blue Mountains | Sprinkler System | 25 | accounting | p11 · 2019 |
| Grey Highlands | Sprinkler System | 40 | accounting | p11 · 2026 |
| Parksville | Sprinkler System | 50 | accounting | p9 · 2023 |
Of 23 rows, 1 was compared with an image of its page; 22 were matched to their page automatically (the label and number appear in the page text). Follow the page link before relying on an automatically matched row. About the policies · All approved rows as JSON
Preventive maintenance
15 tasks in 5 work orders. Intervals that fall due together are one visit: the every 5 years visit also covers the monthly, semi-annual, annual and every 2 years tasks.
- 1Monthly
- 2Monthly
- 3Monthly
- 4Monthly
- 5Monthly
- 6Semi
- 7Monthly
- 8Monthly
- 9Monthly
- 10Monthly
- 11Monthly
- 12Annual
Months from the schedule start. Download the tasks as CSV for a CMMS, or ask the MCP tool get_pm_schedule for dated visits.
Monthly · 1 task
Source: UFC 3-601-02 Fire Protection Systems Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance (7 October 2021, with Change 1, 18 April 2025), Table 2-9 Standpipe Systems ITM Tasks
| Task | Page |
|---|---|
| Check control valve position (unsupervised valves) | p46 |
Semi-annual · 1 task
Source: UFC 3-601-02 Fire Protection Systems Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance (7 October 2021, with Change 1, 18 April 2025), Table 2-9 Standpipe Systems ITM Tasks
| Task | Page |
|---|---|
| Inspect hose connections and pressure-reducing valves | p46 |
Annual · 6 tasks
Source: UFC 3-601-02 Fire Protection Systems Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance (7 October 2021, with Change 1, 18 April 2025), Table 2-9 Standpipe Systems ITM Tasks
Every 2 years · 4 tasks
Source: UFC 3-601-02 Fire Protection Systems Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance (7 October 2021, with Change 1, 18 April 2025), Table 2-9 Standpipe Systems ITM Tasks
Every 5 years · 3 tasks
Source: UFC 3-601-02 Fire Protection Systems Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance (7 October 2021, with Change 1, 18 April 2025), Table 2-9 Standpipe Systems ITM Tasks
Frequencies are ISO 8601 durations in the data (P3M = every 3 months).
Open questions
- Only one source so far: HUD planning lives for US multifamily housing. Canadian and observed sources are needed.
Know the answer? Send it with a source to [email protected].
Cite this
Citation
unfinished.one (2026). Standpipe and hose system, v0.4.0. https://unfinished.one/c/standpipe/v/0.4.0BibTeX
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title = {Standpipe and hose system},
author = {{unfinished.one}},
year = {2026},
version = {0.4.0},
url = {https://unfinished.one/c/standpipe/v/0.4.0},
note = {CC BY 4.0}
}Licence CC BY 4.0 · How to cite · JSON · Versions: 0.4.0, 0.3.0, 0.2.0, 0.1.0