Fire flow definition

Fire flow means the maximum rate and duration of water flow needed to suppress a fire under WAC 246-293-640 or as required under local fire protection authority standards.
Fire flow means the rate of water flow intended for providing fire protection.
Fire flow means five hundred (500) gallons per minute or the flow required for fire protection by the local government or public water system, whichever is greater.

Examples of Fire flow in a sentence

  • Fire flow and suppression systems may require larger water mains.

  • Fire flow to the Project would be required to meet City of Los Angeles fire flow requirements.

  • Fire flow demand based upon proposed construction and NFPA standards.

  • Fire flow tests have not been done yet – but could be completed in the spring.

  • Fire flow capacity to the site through the connection to the distribution system.


More Definitions of Fire flow

Fire flow means the quantity and duration of water flow required or available for fire protection in addition to the normal average domestic consumption in the same area.
Fire flow means the water flow required for fire fighting purposes;
Fire flow means water demands required to provide fire protection.
Fire flow means the amount and rate of water application required, as specified by the Approving Officer, to confine and control fires in a building or group of buildings which comprise essentially the fire area by virtue of immediate exposure.
Fire flow means the maximum rate and duration of water flow needed to ((fight)) suppress a fire((s)) under WAC 246-293-640 or ((adopted city, town, or county)) as required under local fire protection authority standards.
Fire flow means the rate of water flow needed to fight fires under WAC 246-293-640 or adopted city, town, or county standards.
Fire flow means the volume of water available from a hydrant for fighting a fire. It is calculated as that flow rate, in gallons per minute, available from the hydrant at a minimum residual pressure of twenty pounds per square inch measured at an open flowing hydrant with all other hydrants on the same main closed.