Syllabus - FIRE 2205 - Fire Service Hydraulics
Fall 2008
Monday Class 8:00AM – 9:50AM
Wednesday Class 8:00PM – 9:50PM
Mr. Don Zimmerman
Cell: 440-537-0874
Email: zimmerman@cityofmentor.com
Works B Shift
Mr. Clayton Kovats
Cell: 440-479-0484
Email: cbkovats@msn.com
Works A shift
Text Book
The text for this course is Fire Service Hydraulics and Water Supply by Michael A. Wieder
ISBN 0-87939-239-8
Course Goals and Objectives
This course will introduce the student to the principles and calculations involved in the safe
and efficient delivery of water and other extinguishing agents on the fire ground.
Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:
Explain the basic extinguishing properties of water that make it useful for fire fighting operations.
Explain the relationship between height and density and head pressure.
Define the following terms and explain their relevance to fire protection hydraulics: Atmospheric pressure,
Head pressure, Static pressure, Normal operating pressure, Residual pressure, Flow (velocity) pressure
List and explain the four principles of friction loss.
Demonstrate the procedures for determining the flow pressure and volume from a fire hydrant.
Perform a flow test on a water supply system.
List and describe the characteristics of the types of fire apparatus equipped with fire pumps, including:
Pumpers, Attack Pumpers, Wildland Apparatus, Tankers/Tenders, Aerial Apparatus, Rescue Vehicles
Describe the various types of pressure regulating devices used on fire apparatus pumps.
Perform the following service tests on a fire apparatus equipped with a fire pump:
Engine speed check, Vacuum test, Pumping test, Pressure control test, Gauge and flow meter test
Explain the characteristics of solid streams, including their flow and reach characteristics.
Explain the characteristics of fog streams, including their volume, stream velocity, reach, and water particle
size characteristics.
Calculate the flow from a solid stream nozzle.
Calculate nozzle reaction forces on solid and broken stream nozzles.
Calculate pressure loss in single and multiple hoselines using the modern FL=CQ2L method.
Determine pressure loss or gain due to changes in elevation between the pump and the nozzle.
Calculate total pressure loss for simple and complex hose layouts.
Describe the various rule-of-thumb and other methods for performing field calculations of pressure loss.
Describe the operational considerations for establishing and operating a relay pumping operation.
Calculate the pump discharge pressure necessary to supply an automatic sprinkler system.
Calculate the pump discharge pressure necessary to supply a standpipe system.
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES
This course will be taught using lectures supplemented by audio-visuals, group discussions / problemsolving, and supplementary materials and documents. Other methods may be added as needed to meet the
course requirements and student interests.
A student supplied calculator will be required for classroom instruction, examinations, and quizzes.
GRADING
Item
Six quizzes 20 points each
One Mid Term Exam
Points
120
50
One Final Exam
Attendance / Class
participation
100
Total Possible Points
200
Grade
A = 90% to 100%
B = 80% to 89.9%
C = 70% to 79.9%
D = 60% to 69.9%
F = 0% to 59.9%
Points
>180
160-179
140-159
120-139
<120
30
The college policy on dropping, adding, or withdrawing from a course will be followed If you decide this
course is not for your and you fail to formally and properly withdraw from the course you will be assigned a
failing grade, as per college policy. "Incomplete" grades generally are not granted, unless there are
extenuating circumstances such as a major illness documented by a physician.
The college has a formal policy on academic honesty and this is enforced in this class. Cooperative work on
individual assignments or tests is not permitted and is considered cheating.
EXTRA CREDIT
For those students who feel the need, an additional 10% (maximum) is available for preparing a minimum
three page typed paper on a hydraulics topic approved by the instructor.
CLASS ATTENDANCE
The student should make every effort to attend as many classes as possible. If you are absent it is your
responsibility to contact the instructor for information on class assignments for the following session.
Students will be permitted to miss three (3) classes without penalty. For the fourth, fifth, and sixth missed
classes students will have 5% per miss deducted from their final grade. No more than six (6) missed
classes will be permitted.
Examinations may be made up for just cause if APPROVED IN ADVANCE. Requests for examination
make-ups must be received by the instructor by 5:00 PM Thursday the week before the exam.
The class is offered on Wednesday evening and Monday morning. Students may attend either class.
NOTE: Due to the complexity of the material it is imperative that students attend classes, or in the case of
missed classes contact other students to obtain notes on material presented
OFFICE HOURS:
The instructors for the day and night sections of this course are available before their respective classes,
immediately after class, and as arranged. Should you need to meet with your instructor it is recommended
you call ahead to determine where he will be in case he is making pre-class preparations.
TENTATIVE READING ASSIGNMENTS AND TESTS / EXAMS:
The information listed under assignment and/or topic is that which you are responsible for having read prior
to class on the date specified.
Quizzes and tests are always to cover the material that has already been presented to the class.
Week of 8/25
Week of 9/1
Course introduction; Syllabus review; Chapter 1: Water as an Extinguishing Agent
NO CLASS
LABOR DAY HOLIDAY Note: Due to the flip/flop schedule for fire science
classes, Monday and Wednesday is a "holiday" for FIRE 2205 only.
Most other Lakeland classes will still meet on Wednesday as scheduled!
Week of 9/8
Week of 9/15
Chapter 2: Hydrostatics; Chapter 3: Hydrokinetics.
QUIZ
Ch. 1-3
Week of 9/22
Week of 9/29
Chapter 6: Calculating Required Fire Flows.
QUIZ
Ch. 4-6
Week of 10/6
Chapter 7: Apparatus Equipped with a Fire Pump
Chapter 8: Fire Service Pump Design
Week of 10/13
QUIZ
Ch. 7-8
Week of 10/20
MID TERM
Ch. 1-8
Week of 10/27
QUIZ
Ch. 9-10
Week of 11/3
Week of 11/10
Chapter 4: Water Distribution Systems; Chapter 5: Water Flow Analysis.
Chapter 9: Fire Department Pumper Testing
Chapter 10: Types of Fire Streams
Chapter 11: Fire Hose Nozzles
Chapter 12: Principles of Fire Service Pressure Loss Calculations
QUIZ
Ch. 11-12
Week of 11/17
Chapter 13: Determining Pump Discharge Pressure
Chapter 14: Relay Pumping
Week of 11/22
QUIZ
Ch. 13-14
Week of 12/1
TBA
Week of 12/8
FINAL
EXAM
Chapter 15: Supporting Sprinkler and Standpipe Systems
Fire Department Tour and pumping demonstration
THE TIMES WILL BE POSTED BY THE COLLEGE AND ANNOUNCED IN CLASS.