Whereas Part 1 of this three-part installment covered connections to and power sources for fire pumps (August 2024), and Part 2 dealt with disconnecting means, overcurrent protection, and transformers ...

During the design and specification process for new pumpers, members often focus on the concepts that are important to them depending on their riding assignments and on-the-job experience. One of the ...

Standpipe systems can be found in occupancies that range from apartments to high-rises to large commercial buildings. These systems are relatively simple, yet most of the breadth of knowledge that ...

Cascade County commissioners recently approved a minor subdivision northeast of Great Falls that will allow a Great Falls businessman to build a fabrication shop for a growing business that supplies ...

The pump pod system will help firefighters control water flow during training.

Converting mechanical energy to fluid form provides the "muscle" in a fluid-power system. The power source is the key element in a fluid-power system. In a pneumatic system the power source is an air ...

‘Little fire engines' creator describes homemade water pump that saved home from Palisades Fire Brushfire Battle Systems' products range from $1,695 to just under $6,000. By Karla Rendon • Published ...

In the first installment of this three-part series of articles, featured in the August 2024 print issue and online, we discussed fire pump requirements along with Code-related references in the ...