Centrifugal fire pumps long have been the backbone of pumping apparatus in the fire service because of their efficiency and their versatility. They come in various configurations, so departments must ...

Standpipe systems can be found in occupancies that range from apartments to high-rises to large commercial buildings. These systems are relatively simple, yet most of the breadth of knowledge that ...

Whereas Part 1 of this three-part installment covered connections to and power sources for fire pumps (August 2024), and Part 2 dealt with disconnecting means, overcurrent protection, and transformers ...

Single VFDs are often integrated into new and existing applications due to the huge amount of energy savings and programming benefits. Specialty pump drives often go above and beyond the requirements ...

Pierce Manufacturing Inc. delivered three Pierce Velocity® PUC Pumpers to the Clark County (NV) Fire Department, marking the ...

Part I of this series introduced the lead/lag control strategy as it applies to parallel pump operation and discussed the need for identifying the designer’s intent for a particular system. Part II ...

KASE Pumping Systems was founded as a specialist in carbon fiber composite pump systems for fire trucks and other industrial applications, filling a need in the industry to build lighter weight, ...

In the first installment of this three-part series of articles, featured in the August 2024 print issue and online, we discussed fire pump requirements along with Code-related references in the ...