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A jockey pump, also known as a pressure-maintenance pump, is a small pump connected to a fire suppression system near the fire pump and is intended to maintain pressure in a fire protection piping system. These pumps recover pressures lost from gradual, slow pressure declines in a system due to temperature changes, trapped air escapement, or ...
The Peerless Motor Car Company was an American automobile manufacturer that produced the Peerless brand of motorcars in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1900 to 1931. [2] One of the "Three Ps" – Packard , Peerless, and Pierce-Arrow – the company was known for building high-quality luxury automobiles.
A Skid unit or Slip-on is the common name used to refer to a self-contained fire fighting rig that includes hose, water tank, pump, and an engine to drive the pump, all mounted on a skid, designed to be slid into or onto the open or flat bed of a suitable truck. Slip-on See skid unit. Small-diameter hose
Whiting's electric fire engine. William H. H. Whiting was an insurance adjustor and auditor with a special interest in fire prevention. Mr. Whiting made improvements to the design of an electric fire engine which was granted a patent (#632,665) in 1899. the principal points are the special combination of motor, a rotary force-pump, controller and safety-valve, and automatic stop-motion.
Variable Speed Fire Pump Controllers were invented and released with a UL Listing for fire pump service in 2003 by Master Control Systems, Inc. [1] [2] Paragraph 10.5.5 in the 2003 edition of NFPA-20 recognized Variable Speed as an accepted method for operating the fire pump. Then in the NFPA-20 2007 edition, section 10.10 was added to clarify ...
IFSTA committee members provide the technical review and validation of the manuals. Fire Protection Publications researches, acquires, produces, and distributes these manuals. A partial list of validated training manuals produced by FPP under the IFSTA imprint include: Essentials of Fire Fighting; Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer
The fire pump was reinvented in Europe during the 16th century, reportedly used in Augsburg in 1518 and Nuremberg in 1657. A book of 1655 inventions mentions a steam engine (called a fire engine) pump used to "raise a column of water 40 feet [12.2 m]", but there was no mention of whether it was portable.
From 1903 to 1908 complete motorcycles were produced [8] from the development of the first overhead valve motorcycle engine to be produced in the UK. [9]After that the factory concentrated on supplying its engines to other manufacturers, including Brough Superior, [10] Triumph Motorcycles, [11] A. J. Stevens & Co. Ltd, Enfield Cycle Co, Hazlewoods Limited, Zenith Motorcycles, Grindlay Peerless ...