Fire Pump Head Calculation

A fire pump is a part of a fire protection system’s

water supply. It is important to know that a fire
pump does not create water, it takes water that is
given to it from a water supply such as
underground water tank and increases the
pressure (energy) of the water.

Head of fire pump = Hs + Hr + HLF + HLP

Hs: Static Head

Hr: Residual Head
HLF: Friction Loss Head
Friction Loss Head = Friction Loss in Pipes
+ Friction Loss in Fittings

All these calculations are performed in the

following excel shee