This time-honored classic has been used to help instruct personnel throughout the country in the science and art of fire service hydraulics. The fundamentals of hydraulics are unchanging. Topics discussed include water distribution systems, friction loss calculations, discharge and nozzle pressures, fire streams, standpipe systems, sprinkler systems, and foam systems.
Contents:
I: Theory • Water—at rest and in motion • Velocity and discharge
II: Water • Water distribution systems • Fire service pumps
III: Practice • Friction loss calculations • Engine and nozzle pressures • Fire streams • Standpipe systems • Automatic sprinkler systems
IV: Foam • Fire fighting foams and foam systems • Appendices: Fire stream tables • Friction loss table • Conversion tables • Contents of cylinders • Circumferences and areas of circles • Square roots
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