Ruhrpumpen´s Spotlight: February 2025
The natural gas that powers homes, fuels industries and generates power is delivered daily through a robust network of pipelines. The Natural Gas, LNG, and Simple or Combined Cycle Power Generation industries provide confidence in design and equipment specifications to maximize performance and operations.
Ruhrpumpen’s principles are mirrored in every product we deliver. We remain committed to our values as a key driver of customer satisfaction. With this in mind, we recently delivered a Fire Pump House that embodies our values: Safety, Innovation, Responsibility, Collaboration, and Integrity. A safety mindset, creative solutions, sustainability and accountability for results, and engaging others to solve problems with honesty and respect to create value and fulfill commitments.
A vertical diesel fire water pump was supplied today UL listed and FM approved. Its 18” flanged bowls in duplex material and 10” discharge head also in duplex as well as a flanged high-pressure column 10” in duplex too. A Clarke diesel engine C13H0-UFAD68 at 422HP and 1760RPM was supplied including a right-angle Deran gear drive.
Our pumphouse also includes a controller, Tornatech, model GPD 1PH/60 HZ/12 VDC/ 12O VAC. It includes a low fuel level switch, weekly test alarm contacts, over speed alarm contacts, low oil pressure alarm contacts, high temperature alarm contacts and failure to start alarm contacts.
Our factory acceptance test, our hydrostatic pressure test, our non-destructive examinations, impeller balancing, and tortional analysis were part of our scope of supply and results were above satisfactory.
A special feature, requested by our customer, was added to our pumphouse. A jib crane with hoist was included to manipulate or remove equipment from the pumphouse using the double hatches on the rooftop.
Don't forget to visit this link to find more information about our Fire Pumps & Systems: Fire Pumps and Systems for Firefighting Applications - RP Systems
Ruhrpumpen's Fire Campus: January 2025
To curb the growing losses caused by wildfires, the U.S. must implement significant policy changes at all levels of government. In 2021, the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) introduced Outthink Wildfire™, a comprehensive strategy aimed at reducing community risk over time. The approach is based on two fundamental truths: wildfires are inevitable, and the fire service cannot extinguish them quickly enough to protect people and property in their path. Anticipating increased wildfire activity in the future, Outthink Wildfire calls for collaboration across diverse U.S. organizations and disciplines to create and enforce policies that better safeguard vulnerable neighborhoods, residents, and first responders.
The five tenets of Outthink Wildfire must be supported by all levels of government:
- Require all homes and businesses in the wildland urban interface (WUI) to be more resistant to ignition from wildfire embers and flames.
- Current codes and standards, as well as sound land use practices must be in use and enforced for new development and rebuilding in wildfire-prone areas.
- Fire departments for communities in the WUI must be prepared to respond safely and effectively to wildfire.
- Government must increase resources for vegetative fuel management on public land.
- The public must understand its role and act to reduce wildfire risk.
In May 2022, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) held a one-and-a-half-day summit in Sacramento, California, to generate ideas and recommendations for implementing property mitigation measures on a scale that matches the wildfire risk faced by residential areas near wildfire-prone landscapes in the United States. The summit brought together participants from diverse backgrounds, knowledge, and expertise to discuss the challenges faced by individual property owners, communities, and policymakers at all levels of government. They also identified the necessary actions to address and overcome these challenges.
FireWatch: World Updates, January 2025
Several fast-moving and destructive wildfires are raging across Los Angeles County, California, fueled by exceptionally dry conditions and hurricane-strength seasonal winds. With gusts exceeding 145 kilometers (90 miles) per hour, the fires rapidly spread into urban areas, forcing over 100,000 residents to evacuate and claiming at least five lives as of January 9.
The largest wildfire, the Palisades Fire, broke out on the morning of January 7 on Los Angeles' west side. It has since scorched approximately 7,000 hectares (17,000 acres) and destroyed around 1,000 structures. The second largest, the Eaton Fire, ignited near Pasadena later that night, burning over 4,290 hectares by the following morning. Additionally, three smaller fires — the Sunset, Hurst, and Lidia fires — continue to burn in other areas of the region.
Large wildfires are uncommon in California during the early months of the year. However, fire alerts—triggered by satellite data that identifies heat generated by fires—have been increasing as wildfires spread across Los Angeles County. By January 13, over 170 fire alerts were recorded in the area, exceeding the average for the first three weeks of the year from 2012 to 2024 by more than 100 times.
Typically, Los Angeles experiences no fire alerts during the first three months of the year. The only other year with more than 10 fire alerts in the area between January and March was 2021, which ultimately became one of California's most devastating wildfire seasons.
Southern California's fire season is traditionally believed to run from May to October. However, recent studies reveal that increasing temperatures and declining precipitation are extending its duration. This trend is expected to persist, with some regions of the state already experiencing fire season as a year-round phenomenon.
Ruhrpumpen´s Spotlight: January 2025
Quality and on-time delivery are two metrics we worked hard last year to improve our customer experience and satisfaction. We are pleased to announce the delivery of a diesel fire water pump with its jockey pump, all on a skid and in an enclosure. Our 18D-410-3 Stage vertical pump: VS1, vertically suspended, single casing, discharge through column/diffuser UL listed & FM approved pump; has 3 stages, 18” cast iron bowls, 304SS impeller material, bronze bowl bearing material, and carbon steel bolting material.
A 12” discharge head with a cast iron nozzle head has a flanged high-pressure column in carbon steel (ASTM A53). Line shaft material is 400 Stainless Steel and includes two hardened bearing journals under the shaft sleeves. Our diesel engine (T3 emission level) model JW6H-UFADF0 offers 327HP @1760 rpm includes a 300-GAL diesel fuel tank, UL-142, dual wall has an NPT lockable fuel cap, screened tank vent, fuel gauge NPT, NPT lockable drain valve, fuel fill pipe and NPT lockable fuel valve.
Protecting the lives, property, and assets of our clients worldwide is our main objective. We offer code compliant, performance based, and creative solutions that are practical and cost effective to our customers. Don't forget to visit this link to find more information about our Fire Pumps & Systems: Fire Pumps and Systems for Firefighting Applications - RP Systems
December 2024
The holiday season arrives every year and with it comes an increase in home fires. We want to share with you some statistics that are relevant to consider during this season.
Winter Holiday Fire Facts
- U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated average of 835 home structure fires per year that began with decorations, excluding Christmas trees. These fires caused an annual average of 3 civilian fire deaths, 30 civilian fire injuries and $14 million in direct property damage.
- Electrical distribution or lighting equipment was involved in more than two in five (41%) home Christmas tree fires.
- Nearly one of every five (20%) Christmas tree fires were started by lamps or bulbs. Eleven percent were started by candles.
- Roughly two of every five (40%) home Christmas tree fires started in the living room.
- Candle fires peak in December and January with 11 percent of candle fires in each of these months.
- Thanksgiving is the peak day for home cooking fires, followed by Christmas Day and Christmas Eve.
- Year round, one-third (32%) of home decoration fires were started by candles. This jumped to almost half in December when candles started 46% of such fires. Cooking started one-fifth (20%) of decoration fires.
Source: NFPA's Applied Research.
Christmas tree & decoration fires
Carefully decorating your home can help make your holidays safer. Between 2018-2022, US fire departments responded to an average of 155 home fires that started with Christmas trees per year. US fire departments responded to an estimated average of 835 home structure fires per year that began with decorations, excluding Christmas trees.
Christmas tree disposal
As Christmas trees dry out, they become more and more flammable. Thirty-six percent of Christmas tree fires were in January. Although Christmas tree fires are not common, they can grow very fast.
Holiday cooking
In 2022, the three leading dates for home structure fires caused by cooking were: Thanksgiving, Christmas day and Christmas Eve. That's why it's important to know what you can do to help keep your friends and family safe while entertaining for the holidays.
At Ruhrpumpen, we care about your safety. We hope you enjoy these holidays in the safest way possible surrounded by your friends and family. We also want to thank you for your continued support and for being an invaluable part of the Ruhrpumpen family.
Warmest wishes from all of us at Ruhrpumpen.
December 2024
FIRMS US/Canada is a joint effort by NASA and the USDA FOREST SERVICE to provide access to low latency satellite imagery and science data products from Earth Observation System (EOS) EARTH OBSERVATION satellite assets to identify the location, extent and intensity of wildfire activity and its effects.
FIRMS US/Canada tools and applications provide geospatial data, products and services to support strategic fire management needs of US and Canadian agencies and inform the general public.
- Active fire detections, satellite imagery and other relevant data for the US and Canada in an interactive FIRE MAP
- Active fire data in downloadable SHP, KML, TXT formats and Web Map Services
- Satellite imagery accessible from Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) and as custom subsets from Worldview Snapshots
- Email/text Fire Alerts for new fire detections within defined areas of interest
- Fire Data Academy features examples of analyzing and visualizing fire data using Google Colaboratory (Colab), Jupyter Notebooks, and Python.
FIRMS US/Canada is enabled by data and applications provided by NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS), including NASA’s Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EO (LANCE), as well as data from the direct readout community and technologies facilitated by the NASA Direct Readout Laboratory.
The USFS, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is responsible for overseeing 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands for an impressive total of 193 million acres. The history of federal forest management goes back as far as 1876, when Congress recognized the need for oversight of the quality and conditions of forests throughout the country, creating the office of Special Agent in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
This foresight has evolved into our modern day United States Forest Service whose mission continues to be firmly rooted in sustaining the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations.