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NFPA 25 fire pump test acceptance criteria

Pump:
Rated Flow gpm The fire pump assembly is considered acceptable if either of the following conditions is shown:
Rated Pressure psi • The test is no less than 95% of the pressure at rated flow and rated speed of the initial unadjusted field
Rated speed rpm acceptance test curve
• The fire pump is no less than 95% of the performance characteristics as indicated on the pump nameplate
Installation Standard (shop curve or initial field acceptance test)

Water tank size gal. See EMANI standard 12.31 (Acceptance criteria for fire pump annual flow test) for more details
Water elevation in tank ft

% nominal Flow in Pressure in psi Speed Gliss Current Correction

Flow gpm Dis Suc Net rpm % (A) Flow Pressure
Shop curve
Information to be provided if shop curve
available

Initial field acceptance test

Date:
Information from the first field fire pump
test available

Fire pump test

Date:
Information from the last fire pump test (to
be compared)

Compared to unadjusted field acceptance test

12.0

10.0 Unadjusted
field
acceptance
test
Pump test
(actual
8.0 discharge)
5% below
psi

initial
10% below
initial
6.0

4.0

2.0

0.0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
gpm

Compared to initial performance characteristics (corrected values)

1.0

Performance
0.9 characteristics
Pump test
0.8 (corrected
values)
0.7 Nominal
psi

5% below
0.6 performance
10% below
0.5 performance
Lower
0.4 acceptable
pressure limit

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
gpm