Syllabus - Fire Fighting & Safety Equipments (FT 501)

Fire Technology & Safety Engineering

Fire Fighting & Safety Equipments (FT 501)

V-Semester

FIRE HOSE AND FOAM APPLIANCES

Hose Damage Types and General Care, Fire Hose Couplings and Hose Appliances Tools, Hose Rolls types and Basic Hose Loads, Types of Supply Hose lays, Nozzle Discharge formula, Nozzle Reaction, Fire Stream Patterns and Nozzles- Solid Stream, Fog Stream and Broken Stream, Maintenance of Nozzle, Foam Proportioners, Delivery Devices and Generating Systems, Foam Hazards and Foam Application Techniques.

FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND RATINGS

Portable Fire Extinguishers, Types and Means of Agent Expelling, Pump Type, Stored Pressure, Water mist Stored, Wet Chemical Stored and Clean agent type Fire Extinguishers, Fire Extinguisher Rating System for A,B,C, D and K class fire, Multiple marking means, Selection and Method of Application, Maintenance Procedures and filling of different types of Fire Extinguisher.

WATER SUPPLY AND DISCHARGE MEASUREMENT

Water Supply Principles in Fire Service, Source and Treatment Process, Water Storage and Distribution, Fire Hydrant Inspection, Maintenance, Fire Hydrant Class with Flow capacity and color code, Discharge Measurement Devices, Pitot Tube, Venturi meter, Quantity Meter, Rota meter and V-Notch.

RELAY PUMPING AND FIRE PUMPS

Drafting and Relay Pumping, Basics of Drafting, Drafting Equipments, Water Lift and Altitude, Drafting Procedure, Need for Relay Pumping, Capacity of Pumpers, Types of Fire Pumps, Piston Pumps, Centrifugal Pump, Rotary Pumps, Pump Panel and its Components.

FIRE SERVICE PUMP HOUSE

Pump House, Operation of Main, Standby and Jockey Pump, Multistage of Pumps, Pump Power- Water Horsepower (WHP), Brake Horsepower (BHP), Efficiency of the Pump, Prime Movers and Pressure setting of Pumps, Continuity Equation and different forms of Energy, Loss of Head in Pipes.

Course Objective

To learn about the fire hose pipes and appliances with different fire stream patterns. To teach about the types, operation, maintenance and fire ratings of portable fire extinguishers. To learn about the principles of water supply and its distribution in fire service. To teach about the fundamentals of pumping and pump hose associated with water line distribution in fire fighting. To learn about the types of fire pump and evaluation of pump power with their efficiency.

Course Outcome

Student will be able to calculate nozzle reaction, discharge rate and fire stream patterns in fire hose pipe. Student will be able to perform operation and maintenance of portable fire extinguishers. Student will be able to demonstrate fire fighting operation using foam and foam making equipment. Student will be able to design capacity of fire pumps and arrangement of fire pumps in pump house. Student will be able to explain water supply principles its storage and distribution in fire service.

Practicals

  • To perform and practice the water based fire fighting operations using different hand held branch pipe with the help of multipurpose fire tender.

  • To perform and practice the foam based fire fighting operations using 5X foam making branch pipe and medium expansion foam generator with the help of multipurpose fire tender.

  • To perform and practice the foam based fire fighting operations using 10X foam making branch pipe, foam proportioners and high expansion foam generator with the help of multipurpose fire tender.

  • To Perform hydrostatic burst pressure test on hose pipes of different material using test procedure in accordance with IS 443.

  • To perform the abrasion resistance test on hose pipes of different material using hose pressure testing machine.

  • To perform and practice the transformer fire extinguishment using water mist store pressure type portable fire extinguisher.

  • To perform and practice the filling and refilling procedure for Gas Cartridge water and foam types Fire Extinguishers.

  • To perform and practice the filling and refilling procedure for Gas Cartridge Dry Chemical Powder type Fire Extinguisher.

Reference Books

  • Paul Spurgeon, Fire Service Hydraulics and Pump Operations, Penn Well Corporation-2012.

  • Essentials of Fire Fighting International fire Service Training Association.

  • G.C.Mishra, Concept and Calculation: Fire Service Hydraulics PPA Publications.

  • N. Sesha Prakash, Manual of Fire Safety CBS Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd.