What is the best location for back flow devices when a fire pump is utilized?
Automatic sprinkler and standpipe systems may utilize a fire pump for many reasons. This may be to provide additional pressure to the municipal system, provide pressure for a system which draws from an underground tank or to meet the necessary gpm for the system design. The water and pressure demands of sprinkler or standpipe systems truly establish the need for a fire pump.
Fire pumps are appropriately viewed as a critical component to a fire protection system, but it should be realized that the fire pump is supplemental to the entire system. In realty, the fire pump can not create a water supply. If the water supply is not there, the pump will not produce the desired results.
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