Outstanding info!!!! Thanks for sharing Tom.
Loren Johnson - CFPS, CET Fire Protection System Consultant Peoria, IL --- Tom L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Great OSHA guide for the design engineer and AHJ who > does not have a fire > department background, great pictures, 71 pages of > good stuff! > > here is the link > > http://www.osha.gov/Publications/fire_features3256.pdf > > Below is the index of topics > Contents > Chapter 1 > Introduction > PURPOSE 5 > SCOPE 5 > A FIRE SERVICE PRIMER 6 > FIRE SERVICE CHALLENGES 8 > MANUAL ORGANIZATION AND USE 9 > TERMINOLOGY 9 > GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AND TERMS 10 > Chapter 2 > Building and Site Design > GENERAL 11 > FIRE APPARATUS ACCESS 11 > PREMISES IDENTIFICATION 16 > FIRE HYDRANTS 18 > FIREFIGHTER ACCESS 21 > HAZARDS TO THE FIRE SERVICE 26 > Chapter 3 > Sprinkler Systems > GENERAL 28 > ZONING 28 > WATER SUPPLY CONTROL VALVES 29 > FIRE PUMPS 31 > PARTIAL SPRINKLER SYSTEMS 32 > Chapter 4 > Standpipe Systems > GENERAL 33 > FIRE HOSE CONNECTIONS 34 > DESIGN PRESSURE 37 > PRESSURE REGULATING DEVICES 38 > STANDPIPE ISOLATION VALVES 39 > OTHER DESIGN ISSUES 40 > Chapter 5 > Fire Department Connections > GENERAL 41 > QUANTITY 42 > INLETS 43 > LOCATION 44 > POSITION 46 > MARKING 47 > TEMPORARY CONNECTIONS 49 > Chapter 6 > Fire Alarm and Communication Systems > GENERAL 50 > ZONING AND ANNUNCIATION 51 > GRAPHIC DISPLAYS 53 > FIRE DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATION 55 > VOICE ALARM SYSTEMS 56 > FIRE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS > SYSTEMS 57 > FIRE COMMAND CENTERS 58 > Chapter 7 > Other Systems > FIREFIGHTER EMERGENCY POWER > SYSTEMS 59 > FIREFIGHTER BREATHING AIR SYSTEMS 60 > FIREFIGHTER RADIO SIGNAL > RETRANSMISSION SYSTEMS 61 > SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEMS 63 > > > >From: "Tom Duross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: <[email protected]> > >Subject: RE: Manual wet standpipes > >Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:36:27 -0400 > > > >I had one fail last week. No standpipe hydraulics > were ever done. > >150 PSI at the FDC and 400 GPM at 60 PSI from the > 4th floor FDV. > >Much of the 4" is being replaced presently with 6" > and the 2 1/2" that ran > >10' > >from the Standpipe to the FDV is being replaced > with 4". > >I thought blockages (coupons) in the pipe but after > sketching and > >calculating, > >results were similar on computer. 12 elbows in the > 2nd flr. ceiling alone. > >Regardless of manual or automatic; hydraulics are > important. > >I'm amazed (again) at how uninformed some are. > > > >Tom > > > > > >Chris: > > > >Loved your dissertation up till the end, about the > tanker/tender shuttle. > >Our Fire District is about 482 Sq Miles, all the > surrounding districts are > >of similar size. We have a single 2200 Gal Tender > 1984, most of the other > >districts have the same. When our FDP finally > arrives at a fire, sometimes > >20 min. after the call, the haul distance for the > tenders if often over 4 > >miles round trip, and that can very well be from a > draft. Can't even keep > >250 Gpm going until the second tender arrives > (about 30 Min. later). I'd > >love to see a 1000 Gpm tender operation, but it > will never happen here. > > > >On the same note we only have standpipes where > there is water. Go figure? > > > >Thom McMahon > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Sprinklerforum mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > > >To Unsubscribe, send an email > to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >(Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > > _________________________________________________________________ > Mortgage refinance is Hot. *Terms. Get a 5.375%* fix > rate. Check savings > https://www2.nextag.com/goto.jsp?product=100000035&url=%2fst.jsp&tm=y&search=mortgage_text_links_88_h2bbb&disc=y&vers=925&s=4056&p=5117 > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > To Unsubscribe, send an email > to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
