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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.
Early Suppression Fast Response systems differ from conventional systems in three ways: 1  Speed - ESFR sprinkler heads sense a fire and begin spraying water quicker than standard response sprinkler heads. 2  Volume - Conventional sprinkler heads output rate - 25 to 30 gallons per minute.