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Jockey Pumps - FM Requirements

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jonelv

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Jan 26, 2004
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Looking at previous threads on numbers of jockey pumps, I agree that one jockey pump makes sense for pressurisation of the firemains. However I'm currently looking at the design of a new system that will require three, possibly four separate diesel driven firepumps and have picked up a clause in the FM datasheet 13-4N (basically an addendum to NFPA 20) that requires a ' separate jockey pump for each firepump'. Anyone come across this who can explain the rationale behind this?
 
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