Dry and Wet Risers are designed for use by the Fire Brigade or other trained personnel and provide a readily available means of delivering considerable quantities of water to extinguish or to prevent the spread of fire in a building.
A Dry Riser is a main vertical pipe intended to distribute water to multiple levels of a building or structure as an essential component of the fire suppression systems.
The Dry Riser Pipe is maintained empty of water.
A Dry Riser comprises a fire brigade connection, which is an external access point at ground level through which water can be pumped from the fire engines pump to the firefighters’ fire hose attachments on each floor.
Dry Riser Testing
Alternatively a Dry Rise Fire Sprinkler System is a network of pipes connected to fixed sprinklers inside a building, which are full of air until one of the sprinklers is triggered.
Dry Risers must have fire engine access within 18 metres of the dry riser inlet box. Dry Risers in occupied buildings have to be within a fire resistant shaft.
A Wet Riser is the opposite of a Dry Riser as it is maintained with the pipes kept full of water available either direct from a storage tank, via a booster pump, or fed directly from the towns main water supply. for manual or automatic fire fighting operations.
At Apex Fire our team of Dry and Wet Riser experts can design, install, test and maintain your Dry and Wet Riser Systems to ensure that in the unfortunate event that there is a fire on your premises, you have the peace of mind that the Fire Brigade or trained personnel will have ready access to the water supply needed to contain and extinguish the fire.
In addition to design and installing Dry and Wet Riser Systems, our technician’s carry out full maintenance and testing to I.S.391:2020 by firstly an air test on a dry system at 2Bar and a wet test at 15Bar or 1.5 times the maximum operating pressure in accordance with the requirements of the standard and ensuring both valves and pipe work are in adequate condition. Enclosures and ancillaries are also checked for purpose.
Testimonials
Testimonials
I recently had Apex Fire update our fire protection system in my business, and I couldn't be more impressed with their service. From the initial consultation to the final installation, their team demonstrated exceptional professionalism and expertise . They tailored the system to meet our specific needs and ensured everything was up linked in with the Shopping Centre's detection system . Knowing that Apex Fire is safeguarding our property gives me immense peace of mind. Highly recommended!
We found the amount of detail covered was excellent. The walkabout of our Care Home to recognise the built in fire protection that is present coupled with the demonstration in the use of evacuation equipment and fire extinguishers was particularly effective for all that attended. We as staff can apply everything to real life situations– We now feel a lot more prepared. We really appreciate your service and support.
We have been customers of Apex Fire for many years and during that time the service provided by them has been nothing but first class. Everything we have required from them, be it the annual service of our equipment to upgrading and installation of new equipment has always been carried out swiftly and in a very professional manner. The Apex Fire staff who we deal directly with onsite here in Paul St have always been extremely professional in carrying out their duties and are always nothing but helpful. We also receive training in relation to the use of fire extinguishers, this training has always been carried out in a very professional manner.
‘I have used Apex on a number of projects and always found them dependable and reliable in installing Fire alarm system in accordance with code and to follow through on certification at the end of the commissioning stage’ Ronan Clarke Chartered Engineer
Apex Fire provide an excellent integrated service for our Corporate Head office delivering first class professional service in all areas of fire safety.
To whom it may concern. I had been dealing with APEX FIRE for over 10 years in a previous organisation and found them to be a courteous and very professional organisation that offered competitive rates without ever comprising on the quality of the equipment they supplied. When I started as general manager in my current role I sought the services of APEX FIRE to look after our needs and I guess that is the biggest compliment I can give the organisation.