Fire Hydrants

In Accordance with IFC 2018,NFPA 24 & NFPA 1142

Contents
Types of Hydrants
Location of Fire Hydrants
Clear Space around the Hydrants
Distance Between the Fire Hydrants
Fire Hydrant Accessibility and Access
 Types of Fire Hydrants

Dry Hydrants People Generally get Wet hydrants

confused between this Two

Wet Barrel
According to NFPA 1142 Standard on Water Supplies for
Suburban and Rural Fire Fighting:
Key Sentence
“Dry hydrant is an arrangement of pipe permanently connected to a
water source other than a piped, pressurized water supply system that
provides a ready means of water supply for fire-fighting purposes and
Dry Barrel
that utilizes the drafting (suction) capability of a fire department pump”
DRY FIRE HYDRANTS
In dry hydrant water has to be drawn from the supply
(lake, pond, reservoir, tank) by a fire pumper through a
pipe that is typically located underground
WET FIRE HYDRANTS
 Private vs Public Fire Hydrants
Everything after street valve will be maintained by
Property owner Fire Hydrant
Public
Fire Line private
to building

Street Valve
8” Water mains
 LOCATION
4.5 inch should face
the street

36” of clear space

must be maintained
around the hydrant

Min. 457 mm
Max. 914 mm Approximately 6
feet from traffic
Bottom of the safety lanes when no curb
flange should be at is present
least 2.5 inches above
the grade where it is set
LOCATION

No parking within 15 feet of a fire

hydrant, which is marked by signage
and painting!!!
 DISTANCE FROM THE BUILDING

Proposed
Building
Avoid placing it in Collapse Zone
Wall i.e. perpendicular to the walls
Collapse
(Collapse zone = 1.5 X height of building)
Fire hydrants must be Zone
placed at least 40 feet
from the building they
serve.
Wall
At least 40 feet from the building they serve.
Collapse
Zone
Public Street
DISTANCE FROM THE BUILDING
Criss-cross fire hydrant

Proposed walkway
25 feet

60 feet Proposed Building

Proposed Building Proposed walkway 90 feet

30 feet

Proposed Building

Too close to building

 DISTANCE BETWEEN THE
HYDRANTS
Building Type Maximum Distance between
Hydrants(feet)
Industrial buildings and warehouses 250

Schools, day care centers What Exactly these distances 300

means ..?
Offices, commercial establishments, church, 350
hospitals, nursing homes

Apartments, multifamily dwellings, town houses 350

Single-family dwellings 500

These measurements indicate what one fire hydrant can cover
along the fire access road depending on building type, fire load
and no. of fire streams required
FIRE HYDRANT COVERAGE
Within 150’

Proposed Building

IIB, B, 2-story, Within 150’

40 height, not
Path 2: 350 feet max coverage sprinklered
along required vehicle path

Fire trucks connect supply hoses to fire hydrants; so

the distance is based on how far the truck can travel from
a fire hydrant Path 1: 350 feet max coverage
along required vehicle path
FIRE HYDRANT COVERAGE

Fire Truck Access way

Fire Truck Access way

Is it a right way to show
hydrant coverage ..? i.e. by
Plot drawing a circle around the
hydrant.
 FIRE HYDRANT COVERAGE
143’-9”

106’-3”
 143’–9”+ 106’–3” = 250’

Path of truck travel with hose lay

We need to check coverage by laying

Plot Coverage is not met if we
hose along the truck access path consider a circular coverage
considering all possible obstructions!!! around hydrant
Thank You