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Which option best describes a the term: Operational
✓ Water availability
An Automatic Standpipe System is
✓ A standpipe system that is attached to a water supply capable of
supplying the system demand at all times and that requires no action
other than opening a hose valve to provide water at hose
connections.
Auxiliary water supply
✓ supplementary source of water for a standpipe and/or sprinkler system.
Control Valve
✓ A valve controlling flow to water-based fire protection systems. Control
valves do not include hose valves, inspector's test valves, drain valves,
trim valves for dry pipe, pre-action and deluge valves, check valves, or
relief valves.
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Branch line
✓ A pipe system, generally in a horizontal plane, connecting not more
than
✓ one hose connection with a standpipe.
___ is known as a Deficiency
✓ A condition in which the application of the component is not within its
designed limits or specifications.
Discharge Device
✓ A device designed to discharge water or foam-water solution in a
predetermined, fixed, or adjustable pattern.
What is a Dry Standpipe?
✓ A standpipe system designed to have piping contain water only when
the system is being utilized (No automatic water supply.)
____ is commonly refereed to as Dunnage
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✓ designing a raised series of beams (usually steel) bearing on posts or
bearing walls to support mechanical equipment (usually on a roof
✓ top).
Fire Department Connection
✓ A connection , normally on the exterior of the building, through which
the fire department can pump supplemental water into the sprinkler
system, standpipe, or other system furnishing water for fire
extinguishment to
✓ supplement existing water supplies. (Formerly know as Siamese
connection.)
Fire Hose
✓ A flexible conduit constructed with one or more reinforcements
(Jackets), with or without a coating or covering but with an approved
nonpermeable lining, or with an inner reinforcement between a
protective cover and an approved nonpermeable lining.
Fire Hydrant
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✓ A valve connection on a water supply system having one or more
outlets and that is used to supply hose and fire department pumps with
water.
Fire Pump
✓ A pump that is a provider of liquid flow and pressure dedicated to fire
protection. A fire pump is a part of a fire standpipe system's water
supply and can be powered by electric, diesel or steam. The pump
intake is either connected to the public underground water supply
piping or a static water source (e.g., tank, reservoir, lake). The pump
provides water flow at higher pressure and volume to the standpipe
system risers and hose standpipes.
A Fold is a ___
✓ A transverse bend (fold) occurring where the hose is lengthwise double
over on itself, as on a pin rack.
Gallons per minute (GPM)
✓ typically used to measure fluid flow rate (such as water) or pump
capacity. Measurement of water flow rate for a pump or a fire
standpipe or sprinkler system.
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