FIRE HYDRANT SYSTEM: THE PERIPHERAL RING LINE

FIRE HYDRANT SYSTEM: THE PERIPHERAL RING LINE

It comprises of heavy duty above and underground piping system with accessories. The hydrant valves are provided at strategic locations (After every 30M, 1200mm to 1500mm above Ground level. The water supply to the lines should be provided form a stored water tank filled 365 days , also known as ‘Fire Well’. This water well

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RISING MAIN AND HOSE REEL SYSTEM

RISING MAIN AND HOSE REEL SYSTEM

DRY RISER: •A vertical pipe installed in a building with a landing valves at various floors, which are normally dry but are capable of being charged with water using fire pumps. •They are dry water pipes. •The use of the Dry riser should be restricted from building of floors 10M to 60M, above that the

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SPRINKLER SYSTEM

SPRINKLER SYSTEM

It is an active fire protection method consisting of a water supply system, providing adequate pressure and flow rate to a water distribution piping system, onto which sprinklers are connected. The arrangement consists of a system of overhead pipes which are fixed in the ceiling of the room. The pipes are provided at C/C distance

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FIRE EXTINGUISHER

FIRE EXTINGUISHER

WHAT ARE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS? •The device is used to extinguish or control small fires and are intended to be used for ‘out-of-control’ fire. •Fire extinguishers are portable cylinders with an agent kept in pressure which can be then discharge to extinguish fire. •Depending on the typology of fire to be extinguished, the agent used to

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ALARM SYSTEM

ALARM SYSTEM

It is an integral part of fire fighting system. It is said that the first 5 minutes are more important than next 5 hours. Fire can be easily extinguished in its incipient stage. It is installed in the building to warm the people so that evacuation becomes easy. The smoke and heat detectors detect the

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FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM

FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM

The role of the fire detectors is to sense one or more phenomenon resulting from fire: like smoke, heat, infrared, gas, UV radiations etc. Type of detectors: 1.HEAT DETECTORS: Heat detectors have two main classification of operation, ‘rate of rise’ and fixed temperature. It is triggered when the temperature increases. 2. SMOKE DETECTORS: A smoke

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