Underground fire hydrants – new Standard published
Issue 24 – February 2011
Standards New Zealand recently published a new Standard for Underground fire hydrants NZS 4522:2010. NZS 4522 promotes the manufacture, supply, and use of fire hydrants with consistent high performance, long life, and low maintenance requirements, and provides guidance on their installation.
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[more]Bringing fire sprinklers into homes to reduce the risk of house fires
Issue 24 – February 2011
The simplest, most efficient, and cost-effective solution to house fires is a home sprinkler system. This can now be integrated into the domestic plumbing.
Without fire, survival would be a supreme challenge. Its creation and control is thought to be one of humankind's first inventions and has allowed us to build our own environment.
But fire can be both friend and foe. In our built environment, the risk from fire is greatest in the home. The New Zealand Fire Service combats over 3,500 reported house fires every year, many resulting in complete destruction.
A well-proven solution to help reduce this problem has been at our fingertips for well over 100 years. Fire sprinkler technology was first used to protect specialised industrial buildings in the 1880s and is now commonplace throughout the commercial world. It has been so successful that it is now rare to find some types of building without this technology specified ...read more [opens in new window]