How Effectively Do Fire Hydrant Systems Work?

You have seen a fire hydrant pipe if you have ever seen a “Red” colored pipe moving around a building or factory. A well-designed and well-planned Hydrant System constitutes the backbone of the complete fire protection system while being one of the oldest but still most effective and prevalent firefighting solutions. 

Various plants, high-rise structures, and commercial complexes can benefit from this extinguishing system’s effectiveness. The system’s primary components are an underground or aboveground water storage reservoir, a pump set, a piping ring around the building and terminals within the building, hydrant valves, hoses, branch pipes with nozzles, and hose boxes. Hydrant valves are installed on the ring main’s hydrant stand posts.

The mechanism comes in two varieties: a wet riser and a dry riser. Wet riser systems are automated, but the manual operation is required for dry riser systems. In the event of a fire, the nozzles on the hose’s output end may be attached to the hydrant valve, and the pump can then be turned on. As soon as the valve is opened and pressure decreases, the jockey pump, which typically pressurizes the pipes, kicks on to start the main pump automatically. The jet from the nozzles may be projected at the fire’s base to entirely extinguish it with the aid of pressure and plenty of water.

Water is kept on hand year-round for 365 days by being stored in a unique well named “Fire Well.” A pipe connects the pump room to this water well. A total of two to three major pipes come from the pump room. The factory area and the building are covered by this network of pipes. All of the connecting pipes must be continually filled with water under pressure, which is the pump’s job. The pressure ranges between 7 and 10 bar. When a person sees a fire, he activates the hydrant system and directs it toward the fire. A powerful stream of water battles the fire, and it is ultimately extinguished. To keep the system pressure stable, the pump continually pumps water.

Fire Hydrant Systems are extremely powerful and may be used to combat medium to large-scale flames. Fire Hydrant Systems cover a large area. Also, because Fire Hydrant System is dispersed, the fire hydrant may attack the fire from many directions. This complete system requires little maintenance and does not leak water. Aside from that, Fire Hydrant Systems have a lengthy lifespan.

Fire Prevention & Consultancy Services provides its customers with designing fire protection systems in line with the Codes and Standards provisions as applicable under the Bureau of Indian Standards. Our fire protection system design includes designing a fire pump house with both vertical inline and horizontal end suction type centrifugal pumps for both negative and flooded suctions. We provide designing of water base external and internal fire hydrant systems for all types of occupancies with different complexity levels.