Fire Water Pump
If you want to protect your property from a fire, it is important to have a Fire Water Pump that can provide the necessary flow and pressure for your fire suppression system. A professional fire protection specialist can help you select the best fire water pump size and capacity to meet your property’s needs and code compliance standards.
While a fire fighting pump is designed to move large volumes of water, it can also deliver high levels of pressure, which may be more important than flow for some jobs. This is especially true when it comes to putting water at the right spot on the building, structure or equipment in order to extinguish the fire.
When selecting a fire water pump, you should consider the pump’s GPM and PSI ratings. The higher the GPM, the more water it can move over a short period of time. The PSI rating, on the other hand, measures how much pressure the pump can generate. This is an important number because it determines how far the water will travel through your hose line, and whether it can reach the fire in question.
A good fire pump can easily generate PSI levels of 160 barg (2321 psi), which means it can deliver water at very high pressure. A higher pressure level can also mean that the pump will work more quickly and with less effort.
You should also check the fire water pump’s listing and approvals. A UL and FM listing, for example, means that the pump has been tested to the highest levels. This gives you the peace of mind that your fire water pump will work when you need it to do so. It will also have passed the rigorous requirements set by Underwriters Laboratories and Factory Mutual, allowing you to use it in most installations.
In many cases, you will need to have a separate jockey pump, which is designed to absorb the small losses that can occur in the general fire network while the main fire water pump is working. This pump has to be started and stopped manually by emergency personnel, so it will continue to work until it receives the stop signal.
The fire water pump on a truck has a panel of levers and switches that controls how it operates. When a fire breaks out, the driver will jump out of the truck and start operating the pumps using this control board. This panel will also show the driver how much water is flowing through the hoses, and what lines are being discharged.
This type of water pump is also useful for transferring water over long distances to other vehicles. It is common for critical plants and other facilities to use this method of water delivery, as it is a safe and reliable alternative. This can be especially important when the plant or facility has limited water storage capacity and cannot use the normal supply lines.