THIS article is intended to provide a brief overview of water supplies for fire protection and standpipe systems. It is not a code compliance article. For detailed requirements, check with your local ...

The fatal fire at the Deutsche Bank building last weekend has called attention to some inconspicuous but ubiquitous New York street hardware: the two-headed pipes in front of every mid-rise and ...

In our first article in this series, we broke the ice as to the need for a standpipe hose system that consists of multiple items. The “system” that we identified consists of three elements that are ...

This educational video is intended to help saves lives and protect property by giving building owners, managers and occupants an overview of standpipe rack hose systems and the importance of these ...

Think about every urban, suburban and rural area where you respond. Hopefully you can come up with a few scenarios where you would have to decide if you should use the standpipe or stretch from the ...

Mining operations generate substantial quantities of dust throughout virtually every stage of production. Vehicles traveling on unsealed haul roads stir up fine particles, while the movement and ...

Pressure-reducing devices are designed to reduce, restrict, or otherwise control the amount of pressure at a standpipe hose connection. From a design and even an installation perspective, these ...

Firefighters were caught by surprise in July, when faulty equipment at the Charles/MGH station made it impossible to pump water upstairs to douse a fire on a Red Line train on elevated tracks. But a ...

THIS article is intended to provide a brief overview of water supplies for fire protection and standpipe systems. It is not a code compliance article. For detailed requirements, check with your local ...