Finding water supply not listed elsewhere I'm post my topic here.
I'm looking for opinion, AND more importantly, references to standards for rural hydrant installation planning. Assume midwest farm country, widely spaced individual residences/farmsteads or in clusters of 2,3, or 4 such within a 1/4 mile radius. Gravel road grid on 1mi squares.
Issue is writing a reasonable standard for fire hydrants for a proposed rural water transmission/distribution project. Each hydrant install costs $1500-2000 that has to be financed. Looking for "industry standards".
State Law. Reads "shall establish a rural fire protection program which shall include, but is not limited to, providing access to designated soft-hose fill stations". Well what the heck does that require? Nothing except what we can require.
Potential std might be "1000gpm hydrant will located at the center of any circle with radius 1500' that contains 3 or more houses". Or perhaps every intersection should have a hydrant which while logically is much less economical and shows no planning. We are not going to get far with the ISO standard of a hydrant within 300ft of each building.
I'm willing to consider lay LDH 2-3000' (assuming I can finance purchase) from hydrants located near any housing cluster or up long farm entry drive/lane. Large fires or fires at more remote farms to use tanker shuttle. If hydrants located at road intersection most use would be for tanker fill (no LDH lay).
What do you say? What is the "industry standard".
I'm looking for opinion, AND more importantly, references to standards for rural hydrant installation planning. Assume midwest farm country, widely spaced individual residences/farmsteads or in clusters of 2,3, or 4 such within a 1/4 mile radius. Gravel road grid on 1mi squares.
Issue is writing a reasonable standard for fire hydrants for a proposed rural water transmission/distribution project. Each hydrant install costs $1500-2000 that has to be financed. Looking for "industry standards".
State Law. Reads "shall establish a rural fire protection program which shall include, but is not limited to, providing access to designated soft-hose fill stations". Well what the heck does that require? Nothing except what we can require.
Potential std might be "1000gpm hydrant will located at the center of any circle with radius 1500' that contains 3 or more houses". Or perhaps every intersection should have a hydrant which while logically is much less economical and shows no planning. We are not going to get far with the ISO standard of a hydrant within 300ft of each building.
I'm willing to consider lay LDH 2-3000' (assuming I can finance purchase) from hydrants located near any housing cluster or up long farm entry drive/lane. Large fires or fires at more remote farms to use tanker shuttle. If hydrants located at road intersection most use would be for tanker fill (no LDH lay).
What do you say? What is the "industry standard".
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