AS 2419.1-2021

Description

AS 2419 Part 1, 2021 Edition – Fire hydrant installations: System design, installation and commissioning

This document specifies the requirements for the design, installation, commissioning and testing of fire hydrant installations.

This document applies to on-site fire hydrant installations for —

(a) class 7b or 8 buildings having a total volume not more than 108 000 m3;
NOTE 1 See Appendix C for guidance on Class 7b or 8 buildings having a total volume more than 108 000 m3.
(b) buildings that do not include automatic racked storage systems;
NOTE 2 See Appendix C for guidance on buildings that include automatic racked storage systems.
(c) buildings having an effective height not more than 135 m; and
NOTE 3 See Appendix D for guidance on buildings having an effective height more than 135 m.
(d) buildings and associated areas that do not include special hazards.
NOTE 4 See Appendix E for buildings and associated areas that include special hazards.

This document may apply, either in part or in full, to any —

(i) buildings outside the scope of this document; or
(ii) sites, including any storage yard, marina, wharf, plant, or infrastructure.

AS 2419 Part 1 does not apply to the design or performance of reticulated water supplies and street hydrants controlled by the network utility operator. However, this document does permit the use of street fire hydrants in lieu of on-site feed fire hydrants, provided they conform to the requirements for feed fire hydrants in relation to location, available pressure, and flow.

The flow requirements in this document, which are based on the floor area of a building, provide sufficient water to enable firefighting operations to commence at a single location within a building or site. Where a risk assessment of a building or site determines that multiple ignitions or rapid-fire growth and spread is probable, then additional provisions are considered.

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Amendments, rulings, supplements, and errata include: