Sprinkler
When do I need a Plumbing Industry Compliance Certificate for Sprinkler works?
Just a little while ago, I received an email from a customer (Greg) who asked an important question about when a Plumbing Industry Compliance Certificate is required for Sprinkler works... Here is my answer...
500 Million litres of water wasted annually in fire sprinkler tests
Reported in the Herald Sun on Monday October 13, 2008, the Fire Protection Industry received its first shot across the bow from the main stream media.
For a number of years now, the fire industry has known about the excessive waste of fresh drinking water used as part of a fire sprinkler test. This water consumption comes from testing of fire sprinklers, fire pump-sets and fire hydrant systems.
There are now an array of solutions that will enablus to drop this consumption significantly but there is resistance from almost all parts of the building industry.
Simply put, the capital cost to reduce consumption is far greater than the cost of the water.
Perhaps this shot by the media might be the catalyst for social change...
FP-001-01 AS1851 Sprinkler Sub Committee
Standards Australia is not part of government, they do not make laws or regulations. Australian Standards are not legal documents but many, because of their rigour, are called up into legislation by government and become mandatory. This is a decision made by elected governments, not Standards Australia. Standards are also often incorporated into legal contracts.
Fire Sprinkler Bulb Temperatures
A fire sprinkler is the part of a fire sprinkler system that discharges water when the effects of a fire have been detected, such as when a predetermined temperature has been reached. The following illustration shows the glass bulbs used in a fire sprinkler and their operating temperature.
waterMAP - Water saving initiatives for fire services
In October 2003 a voluntary program between Melbourne’s top 200 non-residential water consumers and their respective water authorities was launched called “Pathways to Sustainability”. This program was designed to develop water management plans with significant water using customers. Given the success of the program (which saved 6.2 billion litres of water or greater than 13% of sector usage), the Victorian Government has committed to its expansion. This will now affect all Victorian non-residential customer sites which consume 10 million litres of potable (drinking quality) water or more at any one site from an urban supply.
