Category
Rotating Equipment
Subcategory
Pump
Applicable standards
3
Issuing bodies
3
Description
Stationary fire-protection pump (electric, diesel or steam driven).
Applicable Standards (3)
ISO — 1 standard
ISO 9906
Rotodynamic pumps — Hydraulic performance acceptance tests — Grades 1, 2 and 3
Hydraulic performance acceptance testing of pumps.
Hydraulic Institute — 1 standard
HI 1.3
Rotodynamic Centrifugal Pumps for Design and Application
Application guidance for centrifugal pumps.
NFPA — 1 standard
NFPA 20
Standard for the Installation of Stationary Pumps for Fire Protection
Fire water pump installation, controllers, drivers, testing.
Key requirements (8)
- Stationary fire-protection pumps — electric, diesel, steam-driven.
- Pump types: horizontal split-case, end-suction, vertical-inline, vertical-turbine, multistage.
- Performance: minimum 100% rated flow at 65% rated head and 150% rated flow at 65% head (rough rule).
- Listed/labeled pumps (UL, FM) required.
- Diesel driver: dedicated fuel for ≥ 8 hours; 2 batteries; weekly run test.
- Jockey pump (pressure maintenance): not for fire flow — sized to maintain system pressure.
- Suction conditions: positive head preferred; flooded suction with ≥ 150% rated capacity available.
- Annual full-flow testing required.