How often does fire hose need to be tested?
Hose that is in service should be service tested at least annually. Hose held in storage for longer than 1 year shall be service tested before being placed into service. Service-testing of nozzles – Testing should be done at least as frequently as the hose to which it is attached.
How many feet of hose are tested at once?
Most authorities recommend that the length of the hose line to be tested should not exceed 300 feet. The reason for this recommendation is that it permits those doing the testing to be fairly sure that all the air has been expelled from 300 feet of hose before the test pressure is applied.
Does new fire hose have to be tested?
If the hose is repaired, or the couplings are repaired or replaced, the hose shall be service tested in accordance with Section 4.8 before being placed back in service. After testing, all hose shall be thoroughly cleaned, drained, and dried as specified in Section 4.6 before being placed in service or in storage.
What is a 5 year hydrostatic test?
Since the inception of NFPA 25 in 1992, hydrostatic testing has been required on specific systems typically at five-year intervals. It is conducted to verify the integrity of a system. Typically, the requirement has been to test systems at 200 psi or 50 psi above the maximum pressure for two hours.
When service testing fire hose necessary equipment includes a hose testing machine and a hose test gate valve?
When service testing fire hose, necessary equipment includes a hose-testing machine and a hose-test gate valve. Hose should be tested in lengths of 50 feet (15 m) in length or shorter. If defects are found during service testing, hose should be: tagged for repair.
What is the minimum psi required to test an FDC?
150 psi
This means that the fire department connection for manual dry standpipe and semiautomatic standpipe systems still need to be tested at 200 psi, and all other fire department connections are tested at 150 psi.
How often should a fire hose be service tested?
For instance in Chapter 4 Section 1.2 it states “Hose that is in service shall be service tested as specified in Section 4.8 at least annually”. Professional, highly skilled, fully trained Fire Department hose testing personnel who do this ‘every day’.
Who is the largest fire hose testing company?
Fire Hose Testing. Hose testing is one of the main services offered by Waterway, Inc. Established in 1989, Waterway is now substantially the largest fire-hose testing company in the USA. Through its network of Co-ops across the country, Waterway tests millions of feet of fire hose for thousands of fire departments, factories,…
What are the benefits of outsourcing fire hose testing?
The benefits of outsourcing fire-hose testing are: Modern state of the art equipment which uses annually calibrated gauges (virtually NO fire departments have their gauges re-calibrated annually, rendering the ‘in house’ test invalid per NFPA) Crews are capable of testing more hose, more quickly than ‘in house’.