My uneducated understanding is that it is the amount of water that is
required to be provided to a site for fire fighting operations. This
value can be reduced if the building is provided with sprinklers as the
amount of water required for interior fire fighting operations will be
reduced. The way of getting it there is either by private or municipal
water supplies. The only time time a fire pump would need to account
for this requirement is if the fire pump is feeding hydrants on the site.
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On 12/5/2014 7:12 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Over this weekend I'd like to ask the opinion of those forumites experienced in the reading and
understanding of the "International Fire Code" on the topic of "Fire Flow"
described in Chapter 5, and further prescribed in Appendix B. Is the available flow rate and
residual pressure referenced, intended to describe these values of the municipal or private water
supply available to the building site? Or, the minimum output of any fire pump associated
specifically with the automatic sprinkler system in the building?
Any takers? Questions? Clarifications?
Thanks for any answers.
Mark at Aero
602 820-7894
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