Fire Fighting Pump
Portable Fire Fighting Pump for Sale
If you have a fire bearing down on your property, and you decide to defend, you’ll need a fire fighting pump. These are specifically designed to be high pressure water pumps to get the maximum output of water.
If you live near a state forest or rural property there’s always a threat of fire in Australia’s harsh dry conditions. It only takes a couple of days of temps above 35 degrees and the landscape can turn brown.
Bushfires can be caused by lightning strikes, sparks from farm machinery, or electrical accidents like fallen power lines.
What do you need to prepare for fire season?
Not only should you do precautionary land management activities in the cooler months. In summer you need to clear the property around and on your building of debris.
Another thing is to make sure you have water accessible nearby and a water pump
What is a fire fighting pump?
As power outages often occur during fire events, fire fighting pumps are usually a petrol water pump or a diesel water pump.
These portable water pumps can be moved easily around the property in the instance of fire.
Diesel fire pumps are more fuel efficient, will usually perform for longer and are considered a safer option than Petrol. However, petrol options are often cheaper and more widely available.
What to look for in a fire water pump?
Power: ensure you are able to use the equipment in times of fire
Pressure: For firefighting, irrigation and equipment washdown, you’ll need around 100PSI or above.
Maximum Head: This is how high your water can flow up hill. If you fire pump has a maximum head of 40 metres, your flow rate will about zero at 40 metres up hill.
Inlet/outlet size: It makes send that the bigger the inlet/outlet size, the faster you can move water. Inlet/outlet sizes of Firefighting pumps generally range from 1″ to 4″.
Alternative uses for firefighter pumps
Due to their high pressure water spraying a portable fire pump are not only suitable for firefighting, but also as a water transfer pump, high head dewatering, construction site dust suppression, and fast fill tanker applications.
Fire Fighting Pumps Canberra
Here at CDBS Construction Centre we stock fire water pumps right here in Canberra. Just give us a call on 02 6242 8996 so we can help you work out the best fire pump for your needs.