The City of Hays Fire Department will began its annual citywide fire hydrant inspection and flow testing program on Monday, March 2. This coordinated effort ensures the reliability of the city’s water ...

Operating handlines in a high-rise fire scenario has its difficulties. Because of their many pressure limitations, fire protection systems in high-rise buildings can create inadequate performing fire ...

Test data derived on a flow bench is measured in cubic feet of air per minute (cfm), and, as you will see, may not relate directly to horsepower potential. Beyond the ease of testing, the flow bench ...

Before you begin flow testing, ask the water utility for a hydrant map that shows a diagram of the water-supply system. Reviewing the system layout lets the tester understand the underground water ...

Wet flow testing has moved in and out of the realms of mainstream power topics many times during the last 40 years. Like many aspects of race engine development that are a step aside of normally ...

The rheology of powders is vitally important. The rheology and flowability of a powder can affect many of its properties, from its behavior in specific mediums to how it packs as a solid. The ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority has announced that fire flow and hydraulic testing will begin on Monday, July 17, and conclude on Friday, July 28. “Water utilities ...

Water in the area will be discolored during the testing and for a few hours afterward, the town said.

We all have heard the statement that an engine is an air pump; the more air it can pump the higher the output will be. The industry standard for quantifying the amount of air passing through the ...