FreeStandardprovidedbyBISviaBSBEdgePrivateLimitedtoDirectorateStateFirePreventionServices-Gandhinagar(dir-sfps-gnr@gujarat.gov.in)43.250.164.250[fornon-commercialuseonly].Hkkjrh;ekudIndianStandardIS13039:2014ckgjhgkbZMsªu~Vfll~Ve—izkoèkkurFkkj[k&j[kko—jhfrlafgrk(igykiqujh{k.k)ExternalHydrantSystems—ProvisionandMaintenance—CodeofPractice(FirstRevision)ICS13.220©BIS2014Hkkjrh;ekudC;wjksBUREAUOFINDIANSTANDARDSekudHkou]9cgknqj'kkgT+kiQjekxZ]ubZfnYyh&110002MANAKBHAVAN,9BAHADURSHAHZAFARMARGNEWDELHI-110002www.bis.org.inwww.standardsbis.inJune2014PriceGroup9(Reaffirmed2019)FreeStandardprovidedbyBISviaBSBEdgePrivateLimitedtoDirectorateStateFirePreventionServices-Gandhinagar(dir-sfps-gnr@gujarat.gov.in)43.250.164.250[fornon-commercialuseonly].FireFightingSectionalCommittee,CED22FOREWORDThisIndianStandard(FirstRevision)wasadoptedbytheBureauofIndianStandards,afterthedraftfinalizedbytheFireFightingSectionalCommitteehadbeenapprovedbytheCivilEngineeringDivisionCouncil.Oneofthemethodsforextinguishingfireintowns,citiesandindustrialbuildingsisbyprovidingexternalhydrantsystems.Firehydrantsystemsconsistofsuitablecapacityreservoirs,arrangementstoimpartpressuretothewater,meanstoconveythewatertovariouslocationsandsuitablewateroutletsattherequiredlocations.Inorderthatsuchsystemcouldfunctionefficiently,itisnecessarytogiveguidancefortheprovision,installation,inspectionandmaintenanceofthissystem.Table23ofSP7:2005‘NationalBuildingCodeofIndia’,governsrequirementsforvarioustypesofindividualbuildingsandsmallscaleindustriesonly.Forotherindustries,requirementsaretobeworkedoutbasedonrelevantIndianstandardsnamely‘IS9668CodeofPracticeforprovisionandmaintenanceofwatersuppliesandfirefighting,IS13039CodeofPracticeforexternalhydrantsystemsprovisionandmaintenanceandIS3844CodeofPracticeforinstallationandmaintenanceofinternalfirehydrantsandhosereelsonpremises’inconsultationwithlocalfireauthorities.IS9668coversprovisionsandmaintenanceofwatersuppliesforextinguishingfiresintowns,citiesandindustrialbuildingsandIS13039coversprovisionandmaintenanceofexternalhydrantsystems.PurposeofthisrevisionofIS13039istodeletewatersupplyrequirementsforindustriesfromIS9668andbringoutanup-to-datecomprehensivestandard,forexternalhydrantsystemsinmediumandlargescaleindustries(otherthanpetroleumrefiningandpetrochemicalplantswhicharegovernedbyOISDstandards),whichwouldincludewatersupplyrequirementsalso.IS9668wouldnowcoverprovisionsforwatersuppliesfortownsandcitiesonly.Forthepurposeofdecidingwhetheraparticularrequirementofthisstandardiscompliedwith,thefinalvalue,observedorcalculated,expressingtheresultofatestoranalysisshallberoundedoffinaccordancewithIS2:1960‘Rulesforroundingoffnumericalvaluesrevised’.Thenumberofsignificantplacesretainedintheroundedoffvalueshouldbethesameasthatofthespecifiedvalueinthisstandard.FreeStandardprovidedbyBISviaBSBEdgePrivateLimitedtoDirectorateStateFirePreventionServices-Gandhinagar(dir-sfps-gnr@gujarat.gov.in)43.250.164.250[fornon-commercialuseonly].1IndianStandardIS13039:2014EXTERNALHYDRANTSYSTEMS—PROVISIONANDMAINTENANCE—CODEOFPRACTICE(FirstRevision)1SCOPEThisstandardcoversprovisionofinstallationInspectionandmaintenanceofhydrantsystemsinmediumandlargescaleindustrialrisks(otherthanpetroleumrefiningandpetrochemicalplantswhicharegovernedbyOISDstandards).2REFERENCESThestandardslistedatAnnexAcontainpro...
