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Fire Sprinkler Head - Minimum Pressure Requirement. I am reviewing Hydraulic Calculations for a wet type fire sprinkler system to be installed in an existing building. The new sprinkler system will connect to an existing fire pump fed by a 25,000 gallon underground water storage tank (the tank is dedicated to fire protection). From the hydraulic calculations, it appears that the designer is using a minimum pressure of 14 psig at the sprinkler heads located in the Hydraulic remote zone.
1 Set the air pressure in the empty water tank to 2 psi below the well pump pressure switch cut-in pressure. 2  Bleed air pressure out of the water tank, or add air pressure into the water tank, until the tank pressure.