Make sure liability is understood. Some examples include breaks of pipe or hose taking out someone on site or the fire truck dies. And cover no fault like bad pipe and human mistakes like the pump operator goes to 300 psi.
Chris Cahill, PE* Senior Fire Protection Engineer, Aviation & Facilities Group Burns & McDonnell 8201 Norman Center Drive Bloomington, MN 55437 Phone: 952.656.3652 Fax: 952.229.2923 [email protected] www.burnsmcd.com Proud to be one of FORTUNE's 100 Best Companies to Work For *Registered in: MN -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Smith, Steven D. (CSFD) Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 9:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Dry Standpipe 5 year pressure test enquiry. The Fort Worth FD did these when I was there as an intern in 1998. Not sure if they still do it. PS- #3 below is very important. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank Herrick Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 8:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Dry Standpipe 5 year pressure test enquiry. Kevin, Can be done, depends on the fire department in your area, usually written off as training. A couple of cautions: 1. Keep pedestrians away, discharge hose will be at 250 psi 2. Vent all air from the system at the highest elevation outlet 3. Ensure the pumper driver has the circulation relief valve open, as you will be discharging against a closed system (No flow) 4. Use a good gauge at some out on the standpipe system, pumper gauges may not be accurate. If there is any UG piping don't expect it to pass, I've seen it fail many times at no more than 150 psi. Yours truly, Frank J. Herrick Kansas City, MO. -----Original Message----- From: MOWLE Kevin(K) - BRUCE POWER [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 9:01 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: Dry Standpipe 5 year pressure test enquiry. As per NFPA 25(2011) 6.3.2 there is a 5 year requirement for the hydrostatic pressure test of dry standpipes. We are looking at the possibility of utilizing a Fire Truck (pumper) to complete this test. Has anyone else done this? Opinions? Thanks Kevin Mowle Bruce Power _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
