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| **Name:**       | #                                                  |
|                 | #### *Fire Protection Hydraulics and Water Supply* |
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| **Course        | This course provides a foundation of theoretical   |
| Description:**  | knowledge in order to understand the principles of |
|                 | the use of water in fire protection and to apply   |
|                 | hydraulic principles to analyze and to solve water |
|                 | supply problems.                                   |
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| **              | Demonstration of a competency in high school level |
| Prerequisite:** | algebra or the equivalent.                         |
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| **Outcomes:**   | 1.  Apply the application of mathematics and       |
|                 |     physics to the movement of water in fire       |
|                 |     suppression activities.                        |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | 2.  Comprehend the design principles of fire       |
|                 |     service pumping apparatus.                     |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | 3.  Analyze community fire flow demand criteria.   |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | 4.  Demonstrate, through problem solving, a        |
|                 |     thorough understanding of the principles of    |
|                 |     forces that affect water at rest and in        |
|                 |     motion.                                        |
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| **Suggested     | *Introduction to Fire Pumps*; Thomas Sturtevant,   |
| Student         | Thomson, 2004                                      |
| Texts:**        |                                                    |
|                 | *Hydraulics for Firefighting*; William Crapo,      |
|                 | Thomson, 2001                                      |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | *Techniques of Fire Hydraulics*; Lawrence Erven,   |
|                 | Glencoe Fire Service Series, 1972                  |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | *Fire Service Hydraulics*; James Casey, Pennwell,  |
|                 | 2^nd^.Ed. 1984                                     |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | *Pumping Apparatus: Driver/Operator Handbook*;     |
|                 | Fire Protection Publications, 1998                 |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | *Fire Service Pump Operators Handbook*; Warren     |
|                 | Isman, Pennwell 1984                               |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | *Fire Protection Hydraulics and Water Supply       |
|                 | Analysis*; Pat Brock, Fire Protection              |
|                 | Publications, 2005                                 |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | ### Fire Protection Handbook, NFPA                 |
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| **Supporting    | **U.S. Fire Administration**                       |
| Refe            |                                                    |
| rences/Research | [Publications]{.underline}:                        |
| for Faculty and | <http://www.usfa                                   |
| Students:**     | .fema.gov/applications/publications/pubs_main.cfm> |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | See Fire Protection, Fire Administration, Fire     |
|                 | Service Operations, Wildfire                       |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | [Applied Research]{.underline}:                    |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | <http:/                                            |
|                 | /www.usfa.fema.gov/dhtml/inside-usfa/research.cfm> |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | [Research Reports]{.underline}:                    |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | <http://                                           |
|                 | www.usfa.fema.gov/dhtml/inside-usfa/r_reports.cfm> |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | [Technical Reports]{.underline}:                   |
|                 | <http://www.usf                                    |
|                 | a.fema.gov/applications/publications/techreps.cfm> |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | [Topical Fire Research Series]{.underline}:        |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | <ht                                                |
|                 | tp://www.usfa.fema.gov/dhtml/inside-usfa/tfrs.cfm> |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | [Learning Resource Center]{.underline}:            |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | <h                                                 |
|                 | ttp://www.usfa.fema.gov/dhtml/inside-usfa/lrc.cfm> |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | **National Institute for Standards and             |
|                 | Technology**                                       |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | [htt                                               |
|                 | p://www.fire.nist.gov](http://www.fire.nist.gov/): |
|                 | Fire Tests/Data, Software/Models, Publications,    |
|                 | FIREDOC (under Publications)                       |
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| **Supporting    | **Current Events/News**                            |
| Refe            |                                                    |
| rences/Research | <http://www.firehouse.com/>                        |
| for Faculty and |                                                    |
| Students:**     | <http://www.fireengineering.com/>                  |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | <http://www.withthecommand.com/>                   |
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| **Assessment:** | Students will be evaluated for mastery of learning |
|                 | objectives by methods of evaluation to be          |
|                 | determined by the instructor.                      |
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| **Points of     | Michael G. McGowan, University of Alaska           |
| Contact:**      | Fairbanks, Alaska, (907) 474-7916, <ffmgm@uaf.edu> |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | Gail Ownby-Hughes, University of Alaska at         |
|                 | Anchorage, (907) 786-6476, <aftgo@uaa.alaska.edu>  |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | **Revision 11/05**                                 |
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Course Outline

***Fire Protection Hydraulics and Water Supply***

I. Water as an extinguishing agent

A.  Physical properties

B.  Terms and definitions

II\. Math review

A.  Fractions

B.  Ratios, proportions, and percentage

C.  Powers and roots

III\. Water at rest

######## A. Basic principles of hydrostatics

1.  Pressure and force

2.  Six principles of fluid pressure

3.  Pressure as a function of height and density

> 4\. Atmospheric pressure

######## B. Measuring devices for static pressure

IV\. Water in motion

A.  Basic principles of hydrokinetics

B.  Measuring devices for measuring flow

C.  Relationship of discharge velocity, orifice size, and flow

V. Water distribution systems

A.  Water sources

B.  Public water distribution systems

C.  Private water distribution systems

D.  Friction loss in piping systems

E.  Fire hydrants and flow testing

VI\. Fire Pumps

A.  Pump theory

B.  Pump classifications

C.  Priming systems

D.  Pump capacity

E.  Pump gauges and control devices

F.  Testing fire pumps

VII\. Fire streams

A.  Calculating fire flow requirements

B.  Effective horizontal and vertical reach

C.  Appliances for nozzles

D.  Performance of smooth-bore and combination nozzles

E.  Hand-held lines

F.  Master streams

G.  Nozzle pressures and reaction

H.  Water hammer and cavitations

VIII\. Friction loss

A.  Factors affecting friction loss

B.  Maximum efficient flow in fire hose

C.  Calculating friction loss in fire hose

D.  Friction loss in appliances

E.  Reducing friction loss

IX\. Engine pressures

######## A. Factors affecting engine pressure

X. Standpipe and sprinkler systems

######## A. Standpipe systems

> 1\. Classifications
>
> 2\. Components
>
> 3\. Supplying Standpipe Systems

######## B. Sprinkler systems 

1.  Classifications

2.  Components

3.  Supplying sprinkler systems