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Fire pump

Chicago fire pump annual test

A missed fire pump date is the liability the building is left holding, and the shop that is not in the binder does not get the call.

Open a free ledger

Put the next fire pump date on the free ledger. The shop still sets it.

What this test is

A fire pump moves water for the sprinkler system when the city supply is not enough on its own. The annual visit many shops schedule is a flow test and a look at the pump room — not the same job as a quarterly sprinkler walk-through.

NFPA 25 covers fire pump inspection and the annual flow test many shops schedule. You set the rebook date. Suggested start on the ledger: 12 months, then the shop writes the date.

Why the date matters in Chicago

Chicagoland buildings on this site are tracked like any other route: one next-due date per system, set by the shop. When that date is only a sticker in the pump room, a manager change, or a binder that walked, the annual window can pass without a call. The building is left holding the missed test. The shop that already knows the pump is not the one named on the next work order.

This page is not a Chicago municipal code digest and not a fine schedule. LifeSafetyRebook does not estimate fines. The AHJ and the water supplier can expect a tighter date than the ledger's suggested start. Rules vary by city.

Have these before the shop is on site

  1. A key to the pump room, and a person who can open it.
  2. The last fire pump test report, where the escort can open it.
  3. The last sprinkler inspection report, if the building keeps them together.
  4. Any deficiency or repair list the building already has for the pump or the sprinkler.
  5. Power and controller access the last report already named — do not invent a switch this page did not take from that report.
  6. A person who can agree the next test date.
  7. The shop name and the phone that should get the rebook call, written for the binder.

Records to keep

  • The last fire pump test report.
  • The next due date the shop set.
  • The shop name and phone for the rebook call.
  • Any deficiency or repair list already on file.
  • NFPA 25 is the usual reference for sprinkler inspection, testing, and maintenance. You set the rebook date.

Keep those with the building binder. This site does not set a retention period. The reports stay on paper. The ledger only keeps the next due date.

When the shop gets the call

A tag in the pump room does not dial anyone. Leave the inspection-day sheet on the visit, and the handoff sheet when the manager changes, so the next contact still has that phone number. Put the same next due date in the free ledger so the shop is the one that calls.

Leave it in the binder

Questions

Is 12 months the code interval?

No. That number is only the ledger's suggested start. NFPA 25 covers fire pump inspection and the annual flow test many shops schedule. You set the rebook date.

Is this the same as the sprinkler annual?

NFPA 25 is the usual reference for sprinkler inspection, testing, and maintenance. You set the rebook date. NFPA 25 covers fire pump inspection and the annual flow test many shops schedule. You set the rebook date. The fire pump is its own row on the ledger, not a line on the sprinkler tag.

Does this page list Chicago fine amounts?

No. LifeSafetyRebook does not estimate fines. Ask the shop and the AHJ what they expect for this building.

Does the ledger email the building?

A free ledger drafts a plain-text note on this device. It does not send email.

LifeSafetyRebook is not an authority having jurisdiction and does not inspect, approve, or certify a building. The shop sets the interval. Rules vary by city and by water supplier. This page is not legal advice. LifeSafetyRebook does not estimate fines.

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