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NFPA 20, Standard for the Installation of Stationary Pumps for Fire Protection, offers the latest provisions to help ensure fire pump readiness and reliability. This standard offers the requirements for the installation of stationary fire pumps used to provide water supply for fire protection.

Designers, engineers, contractors, and installers can look to this standard for the latest up-to-date requirements for fire pump design, electrical and mechanical construction, acceptance testing, operation, and more.

Expert Instruction in Fire Protection Systems for Your Team.

When your team is responsible for the installation, testing, and maintenance (ITM) of stationary fire pumps, it’s important that they’re up to date with the latest standards. And when you invest in team training, you can improve business performance, increase profits, and retain your most talented employees. This training on NFPA 20, Standard for the Installation of Stationary Pumps for Fire Protection, takes your team through the experience of designing, installing, and testing a fire pump.

Key topics:

• Differentiating between fire pump types, applications, and characteristics
• Requirements for fire pump performance based on unit sizing, water supply, power supply, and additional factors
• Identifying and applying the requirements for the installation of fire pumps and peripheral equipment and construction and protection of fire pump enclosures
• The criteria for determining the appropriate components and system layout for a fire pump assembly
• Defining important terms and design considerations and referencing considerations for special project situations, such as high-rise buildings
• Locating and applying requirements for finalizing a fire pump installation, including acceptability testing, inspections, and documentation

NFPA 20 training can benefit anyone who makes decisions about stationary fire pumps and needs to be informed of the latest information for their work, including:

• Engineers, Designers, and Architects: To identify the appropriate fire pump to adequately supply water to a building’s sprinkler systems and the requirements for protecting it.
• Fire Marshals and Insurers: To increase knowledge of requirements and code compliance relating to fire, including plans review, acceptance testing and inspections, and ongoing ITM.
• Installers, Fire Protection Contractors, Sprinkler System Fitters, Sprinkler Technicians, and Project Managers: To learn requirements for installing fire pumps.

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