Fire Hydrant and Fire Hose Reel Installation

What is the purpose of a feed hydrant?

• To supply the pump on the fire truck with water

• To dispense water to feed hydrant younglings

• The firefighter connects directly to this hydrant to extinguish the fire

• To pump the fire on hose boost and hydrant a with feed truck water

What is the purpose of the attack hydrant?

• To supply the pump on the fire truck

• The firefighter connects directly to this hydrant to extinguish the fire

• The firefighter connects directly to this hydrant to extinguish the fire hose

• To protect the firefighters. The hydrant uses personal attacks.

What is the minimum size pipe supplying two hydrants?

• 100mm

• 10mm

• 100m

• 80mm

What is the minimum & maximum height of a fire hydrant?

• 750-1200mm

• 1400-2400mm

• 1100-1400mm

• 1mm-1000m

What is the minimum clearance from the valve handle and the wall?

• 100mm

• 1m

• 150mm

• 2x onions

What angle must hydrant outlets be facing?

• 35 degrees from horizontal

• Kurt

• Is it smoko?

• 60 degrees from horizontal

What is the purpose of the booster assembly?

• Where all boosters gather in a hall while at booster school

• To allow the fire brigade to connect to the fire service and boost the pressure from the pump on the appliance

• To connect hoses

• To allow the fire brigade to connect to the fire service and boost the pressure from the plump on the cluck

Why is there always a minimum of two connections?

• So water supply is not interrupted if a fire hose fails

• 2 is betterer than 1

• There is always two connections because when a fire truck get to a fire it backs up right up to the side

• One is only to be used by people called Bob. If you are not named Bob you must use the other.

What is a hardstand area?

• It is where the riser stand up out of the ground

• Where tough guys go and stand around looking menacing

• It is an area for the fire truck to safely park on and carry out pump operations

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Is a booster assembly required if a fire hydrant service has external hydrants more than 20m from the appliance hardstand?

• Yeah nah

• Nah yeah