In this instance, we need to use our 150′ or 200′ high-rise standpipe hose, hooked to the floor below, to reach our fire apartment. Success also depends on taking the correct pathway to the fire.

Class II standpipes serve a 1.5-inch fire hose connection and are typically found in cabinets. These are intended for trained occupant use and are spaced according to the hose length.

This educational video is intended to help saves lives and protect property by giving building owners, managers and occupants an overview of standpipe rack hose systems and the ...

If you have a formal fire brigade, these personnel can make use of the standpipe connections but should be supplied with higher-quality hose and nozzles than those typically installed on standpipe ...

Standpipe Fire Hose Stations Save Lives, Protect Property. They're needed in commercial structures and where fire department response time exceeds five minutes. By Pat Jaugstetter; ...

The Fire Equipment Manufacturer's Association, FEMA, an international, non-profit trade association representing the leading manufacturers of fire equipment including fire hose, standpipe systems, ...

To squelch the fire, firefighters set up their hoses on 26 th-floor rooftops and sprayed upward. How high can a fire hose shoot vertically? Between 75 feet and 100 feet straight up, depending on ...

What is a standpipe? Standpipe systems are made up of pipes and hose connections that are installed within structures “to provide reliable water for the manual suppression of a fire by either ...

Metal thieves are putting people who work and live in Vancouver highrises at serious risk should a fire break out. More than 60 standpipes, which deliver high-pressure water to the hoses of ...

When water from the sprinkler system failed to extinguish it, firefighters successfully extinguished it with the hose line. This amazing firefighting story, which took place in Maryland in 2004, is ...

Water supply systems typically include an original source of water, water storage, distribution piping, pumps, and control valves. Water supply for fire protection covers water for use in standpipe ...