MUNICIPAL WATER MAIN

MAKE UP TANK

COOLING TOWER

DOMESTIC TANK

FIRE FIGHTING TANK

THESE HYDRANTS ARE INSTALLED

UNDERGROUND IN A BRICK OR CAST IRON
CHAMBER WITH ITS TOP COVER SLIGHTLY
ABOVE STREET LEVEL. WITH LETTERS 'F.H.'
INSCRIBED ON THE TOP COVER FOR
INDENTIFICATION.

MUNICIPAL CONNECTION TO
SITE
OPERATING ARRANGEMENT
FOR STEM

FERRULE

DN

FLUSH HYDRANTS:

OUTLET

C.I. COVER

G.L.

BREECHING LINE:
BREECHING LINE IS PROVIDED NEAR THE
BOUNDRY, FOR FILLING OF UGT, WHEN IT IS
EMPTY DUE TO USE FOR FIRE FIGHTING.

MASONARY WALL

GATE VALVE

STEM

FERRULE:

LEATHER VALVE
VALVE SEAT

STRAINER

FERRULE CONNECTION IS USED FOR TAKING

OUT DOMESTIC SERVICE CONNECTION
FROM MUNICIPAL MAINS.

LIFT ROOM

WATER METER
8M WIDE SERVICE ROAD

ATRIUM

SECTION THROUGH FLUSH WATER HYDRANT

STOP VALVE

DN

SIAMESE
CONNECTION

FIRE
FIGHTING
TANK

SUPPLY PIPE TO
WATER HYDRANTS

DOMESTIC
TANK

BREECHING LINE

FIRE HYDRANTS

FIRE CONTROL ROOM- F.C.R.

THIS ROOM IS PROVIDED ON THE GROUND FLOOR
WHICH COMPRISE OF PANEL SHOWING WORKING OF ALL
THE SMOKE DETECTORS.
IN CASE OF FIRE, THE FIREMEN ASSESS THE SITUATION AND
CAUSE OF FIRE THROUGH THIS ROOM.

BOOSTER PUMP
DN

COOLING TOWER TO
CONDENSOR
9M WIDE ROAD

CONNECTION FROM THE

STATIC TANK TO WET RISER
WET RISER CUM DOWN
COMER PIPE
MAIN ROAD

SITE PLAN

SCALE-1:200

FIRE HYDRANTS:
FIRE SAFETY:
THE TECHNICAL INTERPRETATION OF FIRE
SAFETY OF BUILDING IS TO CONVEY THE FIRE
RESISTANCE IN TERMS OF HOURS WHEN
SUBJECTED TO FIRE OF KNOWN INTENSITY.
WIDE INTERPRETATION OF FIRE SAFETY COVER
THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS:
FIRE PREVENTION & REDUCTION OF NUMBER
OF OUT-BREAKS OF FIRE.
SPREAD OF FIRE, BOTH INTERNALLY &
EXTERNALLY.
SAFE EXIT OF ALL OCCUPANTS IN THE EVENT
OF AN OUT-BREAK OF FIRE.
FIRE EXTINGUISHING APPARATUS.

COMPOUND WALL

ROAD

FOOTHPATH

SERVICE PIPE
MUNICIPAL WATER
SUPPLY LINE

STOP VALVE
WATER METER
SUPPLY PIPE TO
UNDERGROUND
STORAGE TANK
METER BOX WITH
COVER

GOOSE NECK
FERRULE

A FIRE HYDRANT IS AN OUTLET PROVIDED IN WATER PIPE FOR

TAPPING WATER MAINLY IN CASE OF A FIRE. THE CONNECTION IS
MADE WITH FIRE HYDRANT WHEN A FIRE OCCURS IN THE AREA
UNDER THE COMMAND OF FIRE HYDRANT AND THE WATER THUS
OBTAINED FROM FIRE HYDRANT IS USED FOR FIRE FIGHTING PUPOSE.
FIRE HYDRANTS ARE PLACED AT 33 M C/C FROM EACHOTHER IN
INHABITED AREAS & 300 M C/C IN OPEN AREAS.
FIRE HYDRANTS ARE PROVIDED ON A RING MAIN OF 150MM DIA IN
THE GROUND AROUND THE BUILDING PRIPHERI. THE RING MAIN
GETS WATER FROM UNDERGROUND TANK WITH PRESSURE SO THAT
AVAILABLE PRESSURE AT EACH HYDRANT IS OF THE ORDER OF

PILLAR OR POST FIRE HYDRANTS: IT REMAINS STANDING ABOVE THE

GROUND LIKE A POST BY ABOUT 0.9 M TO 1.20 M AND CONNECTED
TO A WATER MAIN UNDERGROUND.

WEATHER CAP
BONNET
OPERATING NUT
6 CM. HOSE
CONNECTION

BARREL

G. LVL

DRAIN HOLE

POST HYDRANT:
SECTION OF MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY CONNECTION

STEM NUT

FOOT PIECE

SEAT RING
VALVE

SECTION - POST HYDRANT