A dry riser is a main vertical pipe intended to distribute water to multiple levels of a building or structure as a component of the fire suppression systems. The pipe is maintained empty of water. The dry riser is the opposite of a `wet riser` or `wet standpipe` system where the pipes are kept full of water for manual or automatic fire fighti...
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A vertical pipe onto which fire hoses can be connected, which is empty when not in use.
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