Fire Hydrant Testing
FRNSW commissioned Manly Hydraulics Laboratory (MHL) to undertake testing of several configurations of hydrants, standpipes, and fire hoses to gain a greater understanding of the head-losses associated with this equipment, and to assess the minimum residual pressures required at the feed fire hydrant for a flow of 10 litres per second (l/s) being supplied to a pumping appliance. FRNSW have published the report Fire Hydrant Equipment Testing with Manly Hydraulics Laboratory 2017 to supplement the MHL report. View both the MHL report Fire and Rescue NSW Fire Hydrant Testing (PDF) and the FRNSW report Fire Hydrant Equipment Testing with MHL – 2017 (PDF) here.
Any use or application of the results in the MHL Report or FRNSW report Fire Hydrant Equipment Testing with Manly Hydraulics Laboratory 2017 should be discussed with the Fire Safety Policy Unit in FRNSW to ensure that the appropriate considerations are being made.