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Check List For Fire Hydrant Safety Standard

The document provides a checklist for fire hydrant safety standards. It lists 64 items to check regarding installation, maintenance, capacity, accessibility, signage, and operation of fire hydrants and related systems to ensure compliance with safety standards.

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Check List For Fire Hydrant Safety Standard

The document provides a checklist for fire hydrant safety standards. It lists 64 items to check regarding installation, maintenance, capacity, accessibility, signage, and operation of fire hydrants and related systems to ensure compliance with safety standards.

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Check List for Fire Hydrant Safety Standard

Fire Hydrant - SS / GEN - 22


Sl.No. Item Yes No NA
1 Is the standard is applicable for the building, which is less than 22m. Height.
2 Is the standard minimizing the exposure hazard?
3 Is all hydrant system shall approved by Fire Brigade/Safety Dept.
4 Is maintenance of system equally important to installation of system?
5 Is minimum capacity of static water storage Tank is 1, 35,000 lts.for light Hazard.
6 Is minimum capacity of static water storage Tank is 2, 70,000 lts.for Ordinary Hazard.
7 Is minimum capacity of static water storage Tank is 4, 05,000 lts. for High Hazard (A).
8 Minimum capacity of static water storage Tank is 5,40,000 lts for high Hazard (B)
9 Is fire pump used only for fire fighting purposes.
10 Is the hydrant system depending upon the risk occupancy & potentialities?
11 Is it nessery that the static water storage Tank should have two compartments for
cleaning purpose?
12 Is static water storage Tank both compartment should have interconnected?
13 Are there two incoming main connected to fire water compartment.
14 Is it nessery to prefer the parts like impeller, shaft sleeve, wearing ring etc. will brass or
bronze or stainless steel.
15 Is it true delivery pressure at pump discharge end at rattle capacity for not exceeding 20
hydrants 5.6 kg/cm2 for light hazard.
16 Is it true delivery pressure at pump discharge end at rattle capacity for not exceeding 55
hydrants 7 kg/cm2 for ordinary hazard.
17 Is it true delivery pressure at pump discharge end at rattle capacity for not exceeding 100
hydrants 8.8 kg/cm2 for high hazard (A).
18 Is it true delivery pressure at pump discharge end at rattle capacity for not exceeding 20
hydrants 7 kg/cm2 for high hazard B.
19 Is it nessery the pump room should be easily accessible.
20 Is it nessery the pump room should be provided with adequate lighting arrangements.
21 Is it nessery the pump room should be proper ventilation.
22 Is it nessery the pump room should have drainage system.
23 Are Transformers/DG-Station/Sub-Station located minimum 6m away from the
surrounding buildings.
24 Is pump set securely mounted on a robust bed plate with free from vibration?
25 Is the motors & switch gear conformed to relevant Indian standard.
26 Is the motor totally enclosed type or drip proof type.
27 Is the motors inlet and outlet are protected with wire mesh against any foreign material.
28 Are all the Fire equipments through out painted with ‘Fire Red’.
29 Is hydrant main not passing through under any building.
30 Is water available immediately to all hydrants/monitors at all time?
31 Is there no extra tapping form any hydrant points
32 Are all the hydrants outlets situated 1m above the ground level?
33 Are the hydrant parts painted with fire red and numbered for easy identification.
34 Is the hydrant female adaptor provided with each point
35 Is each hydrant points provided with mild steel operating wheel?
36 Are the hydrant outlet points easily accessible and free from any obstruction?
37 Are the hydrant points situated on remark location as accessible by means of paved path
way.
38 Is monitor provided in place of hydrant for column, structure, tower & equipments which
are more than 15m height.
39 Is such monitor provided with variable facilities with jet & spray?
40 Is stair case basement provided with emergency lighting system?
41 Is emergency lighting system arranged to provided for sufficient illumination.
42 Is minimum one landing valve provided for each stair case/ramp for each basement.
43 Is the proper drainage system/facilities provided to drain out the fire fighting water from
basement?
44 Is one hydrant point is for every 30m for metal, metallic goods machinery and other non
hazards storage.
45 Is one hydrant point for coke/coal storage for every 22.5mts.
46 Are 1 DH /2 SH hydrant for the protection of the combustible/flammable liquid storage
tank up to 10mts dia.
47 Are 2 DH/ 4 SH hydrant for the protection of the combustible/flammable liquid storage
tank of 10 to 20mts dia.
48 Are 3 DH/ 6 SH hydrant for the protection of the combustible/flammable liquid storage
tank of above 20mts dia.
49 Are tanks located more than 22.5m from the dyke walls one double hydrant or two single
hydrant is replaced by a 38mm monitor.
50 Are tanks located more than 45m from the dyke walls in addition to monitor is it
protected with MVWS.
51 Are hose pipe & nozzle installed in centrally in the department or for each hydrant
points?
52 Are the hoses directly unexposed to sun rays?
53 Are trained pumpmen available to operate pumps on all sifts.
54 Are pump sets run every day for five minutes & record kept for the inspection.
55 Is the water level checked daily in the priming tank, to ensure that the foot valve of the
pump is not leaking?
56 Are hydrant pumps system are used for any mock drill or actual fire once in a six
57 months.
Are hydrant mains tested once with a pump delivering at its maximum pressure?
58 Are hydrant points inspected once in every year?
59 Are hydrant points located and situated where they are likely damaged by vehicular
traffic are protected with hydrant guards.
60 Is all the hydrant points operation able in case of emergency?
61 Are the hydrant systems wet & under pressure.
62 Is fire hydrant system consists of electrical main pump, diesel pump & jockey pumps.
63 Is static water storage provided with each hydrant system.
64 Is the remote hydrant point & highest hydrant points capable to deliver 3.5 kg/cm2.

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