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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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HSPS 266 - Fire Service Hydraulics
PREREQUISITES: HSPS 160 - Fire Apparatus and Equipment .
PROGRAM: Homeland Security/Public Safety
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2014
Provides a foundation of theoretical knowledge in order to understand the principles of the use of water in fire protection and apply hydraulic principles to analyze and solve water supply problems. Applications are related to fire protection systems, fixed and mobile, water supply systems and foam systems. Other areas of study will focus on fluid properties, principles of fluid statics, flow system principles, and other appliances and hydraulic devices.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be expected to:
- Discuss the different characteristics of fluids.
- Calculate pressures from given facts.
- Calculate the flow of liquid through different types of orifices.
- Compute flow conversions.
- Calculate the energy pressure developed from fire pumps.
- Perform hydraulic calculation of sprinkler systems.
- Explain and apply the Bernoulli theorem.
- Perform hydraulic calculation on standpipe systems.
- Calculate hydraulic characteristics of water systems.
- Calculate friction loss in hoses.
- Calculate friction loss in appliances and devices.
- Calculate friction loss in foam systems.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- Movement of fluids
- Energy pressures
- Liquid flow
- Bernoulli theorem
- Pressures
- Sprinkler systems
- Conversions
- Fixed and mobile water systems
- Hydraulic calculations
- Fire hose friction calculations
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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