How far back is the nearest set of fire hydrants? If needed, flow test the closest hydrants, review the as-built plans for the underground water mains and include all of pipe, fittings and elevation changes in the hydraulic calculations.
Dan Failla Charleston Fire Marshal's Office Charleston SC -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd - Work Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 7:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: water test without hydrants I have a client who tapped a new 6" line into an 8" public main which does not have any hydrants on it. Now we have to get a flow test. My thought is to put a flange on the 6" with a 2-1/2" hose valve, to which I connect my fire hose and Hose Monster. We would then need to find a nearby property tapped off that line and read pressures from that system. It seems to make sense, but am I missing something? Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT www.fpdc.com _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
