Fire Service Hydraulics, Second Edition

Dick Sylvia
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Fire Service Hydraulics, Second Edition

By Dick Sylvia, edited by James F. Casey

This time-honored classic has been used to help instruct personnel throughout the country in the science and art of fire service hydraulics. The fundamentals of hydraulics are unchanging. Topics discussed include water distribution systems, friction loss calculations, discharge and nozzle pressures, fire streams, standpipe systems, sprinkler systems, and foam systems.

Contents:

  • ‰Part I: Theory 
  • Wate - at rest and in motion 
  • Velocity and discharge 
  • Part II: Water
  • Water distribution systems
  • Fire service pumpsŒ‰
  • Part III: Practice
  • Friction loss calculations
  • Engine and nozzle pressures Œ‰
  • Fire streams
  • Standpipe systems
  • Automatic sprinkler systems 
  • Part IV: Foam
  • Fire fighting foams and foam systems
  • Appendices: Fire stream tables 
  • Friction loss table
  • Conversion tables
  • Contents of cylinders 
  • Circumferences and areas of circles 
  • Square roots
Format:
Softcover
Number of Pages:
427
Published Date:
1970
ISBN:
9780912212050

Reviews

  • 4
    Old school engineer book

    Posted by Ed on Mar 27th 2023

    I purchased this book to continue studying all aspects of Fire Hydraulics. This book however is in every fire station in my department and has been for the past 30 years. The information is very "old school" There is nothing wrong with that, but it seems very distant from todays teaching. Some of the pictures and the drawings are interesting, but many are outdated compared to todays water supply components. Great book to see how they used to do it.