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Fire Service Hydraulics & Pump Operations by Paul Spurgeon. This text gives you a straightforward and clear understanding of fire service hydraulics by using a practical and realistic approach to the subject. This book is broken down into two sections. The first section deals with the theory and practice of pencil-sharp hydraulics. The purpose of this section is to give you, the reader, a basic understanding of water usage in the fire service. The math equations presented in the text are straightforward. Section II discusses the mechanics behind the equations. This section details how the pumps push the water through the hoses to the fire.
The Contents of Fire Service Hydraulics & Pump Operations
- Why We Use Water
- The Equation
- Water Supply
- A Guide to Fire Safety Engineering
- Drafting
- Relay Pumping
- Automatic Sprinkler Systems
- Sprinkler and Standpipe Systems
- Fire Engineering and emergency planning
- Types of Pumps
- The Pump Panel
- How Foam Works
- Fire Behavior
- Types of fire
