Fire reservoir - refill/recharge/make-up requirements
Fire reservoir - refill/recharge/make-up requirements
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On a rural site with large buildings (conference centre, more or less) I'm doing some preliminary sizing to determine if a stormwater pond or a tank is more cost effective to provide the required firefighting water supply of one million litres or 250,000 gallons (round numbers).
I can't find anywhere any advice/requirements regarding the maximum rechage/refill/make-up time for a reservoir (pond or tank). Can you point me to something useful?
Obviously waiting weeks or months for rain to top the reservoir back up is a possibility - is it prudent or even legal? Or should we run a well full-steam for a week?
(Sidenote: neither the Fire Underwriters Study (FUS) - pdf here: ht tp://www.s cm-rms.ca/ docs/Fire% 20Underwri ters%20Sur vey%20-%20 1999%20Wat er%20Suppl y%20for%20 Public%20F ire%20Prot ection.pdf nor the Ontario Building Code seem to consider this issue.)
Thanks for your thoughts!
Chris, Ontario Canada
I can't find anywhere any advice/requirements regarding the maximum rechage/refill/make-up time for a reservoir (pond or tank). Can you point me to something useful?
Obviously waiting weeks or months for rain to top the reservoir back up is a possibility - is it prudent or even legal? Or should we run a well full-steam for a week?
(Sidenote: neither the Fire Underwriters Study (FUS) - pdf here: ht
Thanks for your thoughts!
Chris, Ontario Canada





RE: Fire reservoir - refill/recharge/make-up requirements
RE: Fire reservoir - refill/recharge/make-up requirements
Assuming there was a huge fire and the entire water supply was used ... what's the best way to fill it up again and how quickly should that happen?
Hope that questions conveys my thoughts better.
Thanks!
RE: Fire reservoir - refill/recharge/make-up requirements
if you can't collect and store enough rainwater than you will need to bring in water either with a pipeline or by truck.