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Fire Fighting System Design Basics
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Fire Fighting System Design Basics

Learn Fire Fighting System Design Basics
Last updated 5/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Fire Fighting System Basics
  • Sprinkler System Basics
  • NFPA
  • Portable Fire Extenguisher

Course content

1 section20 lectures5h 3m total length
  • Basics of Fire Fighting System Design10:50
  • NFPA Modules6:44
  • Fire Fighting System15:30
  • Fire Protection Equipments11:14
  • Fire Triangle9:17
  • Portable Fire Extinguisher Part 115:43
  • Selection- Portable Fire Extinguisher- teachable28:49
  • Portable Fire Extinguisher Part 221:48
  • Types of Sprinklers Part 121:21

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  • Types of Sprinklers Part 216:41
  • Types of Sprinklers Part 314:38
  • Wet and Dry Sprinkler System9:29
  • Pre Action System8:49
  • Deluge Sprinkler System8:24
  • Tree Looped and Gridded Arrangement19:35
  • Type of Hazard15:10
  • Pipe Schedule Method- Design Steps16:29
  • Pipe Schedule Method- Design Calculations Part 118:23
  • Pipe Schedule Method- Design Calculations Part 234:21
  • Complete 20+ Hours Comprehensive Course0:33

Requirements

  • Engineering Background or Architect

Description

A fire fighting system is probably the most important of the building services, as its aim is to protect human life and property, strictly in that order.

It consists of three basic parts:

  • a large store of water in tanks, either underground or on top of the building, called fire storage tanks

  • a specialised pumping system,

  • a large network of pipes ending in either hydrants or sprinklers (nearly all buildings require both of these systems)

A fire hydrant is a vertical steel pipe with an outlet, close to which two fire hoses are stored (A fire hydrant is called a standpipe in America). During a fire, firefighters will go to the outlet, break open the hoses, attach one to the outlet, and manually open it so that water rushes out of the nozzle of the hose. The quantity and speed of the water is so great that it can knock over the firefighter holding the hose if he is not standing in the correct way. As soon as the fire fighter opens the hydrant, water will gush out, and sensors will detect a drop in pressure in the system. This drop in pressure will trigger the fire pumps to turn on and start pumping water at a tremendous flowrate.

A sprinkler is a nozzle attached to a network of pipes, and installed just below the ceiling of a room. Every sprinkler has a small glass bulb with a liquid in it. This bulb normally blocks the flow of water. In a fire, the liquid in the bulb will become hot. It will then expand, and shatter the glass bulb, removing the obstacle and causing water to spray from the sprinkler. The main difference between a hydrant and a sprinkler is that a sprinkler will come on automatically in a fire. A fire hydrant has to be operated manually by trained firefighters - it cannot be operated by laymen. A sprinkler will usually be activated very quickly in a fire - possibly before the fire station has been informed of the fire - and therefore is very effective at putting out a fire in the early stages, before it grows into a large fire. For this reason, a sprinkler system is considered very good at putting out fires before they spread and become unmanageable. According to the NFPA of America, hotels with sprinklers suffered 78% less property damage from fire than hotels without in a study in the mid-1980s.

Who this course is for:

  • Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Architect, Woriking in MEP Field