Centrifugal fire pumps long have been the backbone of pumping apparatus in the fire service because of their efficiency and their versatility. They come in various configurations, so departments must ...

A San Gabriel Valley man who built a water pump that was credited with saving a home from the Palisades Fire is getting inundated with calls and emails from apprehensive homeowners looking to protect ...

While the Los Angeles fires have destroyed up to 20,000 structures and left tens of thousands of people displaced, some homes have miraculously escaped the blazes. One white mansion in Malibu, owned ...

When it comes to fire pumps, there's more to designing and installing these units than meets the eye. As projects become larger and more complex, such as those found in campus settings, installation ...

THIS article is intended to provide a brief overview of water supplies for fire protection and standpipe systems. It is not a code compliance article. For detailed requirements, check with your local ...

As a young driver/engineer and fire apparatus mechanic, I have a fascination with pump operations, water supply and fire apparatus mechanics in general. Time and time again, over the last 12 years of ...

In the NEC, the normal philosophy for circuit protection is to shut down equipment before allowing the supply conductors to overheat. Article 695 departs from this philosophy. The fire pump motor must ...

Watch our Chief Engineer, Jeff Sadler, talk about the BB-4 Diesel high-pressure fire pump and MARK-3 portable fire pump at FDIC. When fires occur in remote locations such as wildland forests and ...

As thousands of homes started to burn across Los Angeles on Jan. 7, fire hydrants stopped working. The rapid spread of flames in winds up to 100 miles per hour was happening too quickly for water ...