Fire Sprinkler Systems Explained

[@mochji_]

now this, this is the type of video i like to watch at 2 am

[@DarnelGamer]

It’s actually 2am rn lol😂😊

[@DDLarssonii]

😂😂😂 5am here

[@alexenzo2651]

Wow. It's actually 2:01am and here we are 😂

[@tahseenjawaduppal6536]

Thanks a lot. I was stuck in understanding the working of the pre-action sprinkler system. And here I'm clear and quite satisfied.

[@CamelSmokes23]

One of my favorite passions while working Security was learning about fire systems. One mall I worked at had actual Fire Life Safety guys that were full time, they were a huge help. As the years go by sometimes branch lines get installed (retail suites are always changing size and location) so System 10 may now service a different suite or area than in years prior as an example. I loved draining and filling systems. I got good at panels as well. I'm usually the only non "expert" that can disable devices, figure out if a waterflow sensor is acting up, heck even filling a system correctly (if you leave too much air in a wet system you can trigger false alarms etc). That being said, I only have experience with wet systems so I still have a ton more to learn. I think I might go into the Fire Life Safety field!

[@calebsumners567]

You should do it! I was a security director and learned all about the trade from the engineers in the building and the contractors that came in to work. After proving my competency and good work ethic they picked me up and its been amazing. Life changing

[@cityprotrackfiresafetymana8170]

Great Historic Review. Every new building requires this type of fire system. This is a good overview for the newly informed.

[@TheIrfanxz44]

great video I'm in fire sprinkler business for 15 years in Massachusetts USA and all buildings are required to be sprinkled

[@danielharperpe]

all? i could be mistaken but i don't believe that is true

[@9HighFlyer9]

azsdfghjkl; I think other than one and two family homes under 14,400ft/2 he's right. So actually he'd be wrong then because not all buildings require sprinklers.

[@edwardcouch974]

From 2005 to present any new buildings been build has to have a sprinkler system in it due to the NFPA

[@CamelSmokes23]

How do you like it? I'm between careers right now and I've always loved working with fire systems.

[@phoenixdna7133]

@@CamelSmokes23 I'm currently studying to become a sprinkler fitter, it's really nice so far I love it. I'm already hired by a company so when I'll graduate there's a job waiting for me. Here in Montreal (Canada) there's labor shortage in my field so it's pretty easy to find a job. All the best for to you my friend.

[@MundoDaEletrica]

Perfect! I'll use this information in my videos in Brazil! Thank you!

[@jlribeiro]

Mas olha só quem encontrei por aqui!!! Sou inscrito no seu canal. Eu sou projetista desses sistemas.

[@samyyousef6566]

Fire Sprinkler will protect us and the future generations, Awesome video you should've given a multiple choice test at the end of this terrific lesson

[@michelenembhard8349]

great presentation

[@Fr0zen14]

As a kid, I used to love watching that one show "How it works" ye I love youtube. this is awesome

[@alinijim1943]

Proud to be working in Fire Sprinkler Systems

[@An_Official_Scratcher]

Even though this video was created in 2014 and has poor video quality, STILL VERY GOOD INFORMATION!

[@stuartlloyd2861]

Thanks, the video itself actually dates back to the mid 1990’s, although standards have updated, the basics remain the same, I am glad you found it helpful.

[@An_Official_Scratcher]

@@stuartlloyd2861 Thank you!

[@twistedwhiskers8776]

@@stuartlloyd2861 at the very end it says copyright 2002

[@RisingStarOfKorea]

Inventor of fire sprinklers deserves a Nobel prize

[@kalingahhh80]

Perfect information. Thank you.

[@R0BERTMAY]

Excellent video!!!

[@martinuk1001]

Very informative and well-presented video. Thank you for sharing.

[@SoutheastElevatoes]

A video from 2002 that brings back memories from that decade in so many ways XD

[@jiachenxie7562]

But this video is from 2014

[@Master-ls2op]

i have hit one with a axe and the head did not go off. they work. had to put some heat on it to get it to trip.... Fire Department we had a small fire in a building to small to trip the sprinkle but big enough it was a problem. stupids left paint thinner in the stair well next to the ashtray.

[@kennethmckay6391]

If only Hollywood had watched this; we would never see the myth of "all the sprinklers come on, when activated" again.

[@heavyglassglass]

Looking at you kindergarten cop

[@kylehill3643]

@@heavyglassglass So did Hocus Pocus have it wrong then when the kid held the candle to the sprinkler alarm and activated it on the 3 witches?

[@heavyglassglass]

@@kylehill3643 if he held it to one sprinkler and multiple were activated, then yes. I haven't seen that scene in a long time, if ever

[@markburston1321]

Love fitting fire sprinklers it's just a shame some company's don't pay the fitters on time

[@michelenembhard8349]

Mark im in jamaica we have a fire protection company. DO you do programming as well.

[@faisalosmond5184]

is through bro they don't pay us on time

[@edwardcouch974]

Well if it was easy every body would be doing it

[@currbag]

Then dont be a scab and go work union. I've never not been paid on thursday 10 years in the trade

[@bobwilson2829]

Excellent video.

[@edwinjackson8147]

Edwin Jackson

[@CarlHubscher]

Retrofitting Sprinklers is difficult or costly. Think out of box or this case out of house. Aesthetic pvc conduit maybe appearing like trim or downspout on exterior walls connected to wall mounted sprinklers. Water released into exterior pipe once smoke or heat detector triggers.

[@stuartlloyd2861]

neat idea, but cpvc pipework for sprinklers needs to be listed/approved by a test lab like UL/BRE/FM/VdS etc. and listed cpvc pipes have limitations around being exposed. Another challenge is preventing pipework from freezing which may break the pipe or impair the system if plugged with ice. Trace heating and lagging is not cheap, needs maintenance and has some running expense added to it.

[@jreese46]

I'd love to know if the attack line blew off the side of the engine after that stunt at 4:45

[@gerrithoevers]

Hey, thanks for making this video. It's very informative.

[@vincentzimmer2507]

I install these systems very helpful and a life saving device

[@rajaieabujoudeh717]

4 years experience in fire fighting field. Iv done big projects in Dubai. I adore this field ❤

[@WUSZNN]

What's the money like over there? I am in this field in Australia and although the money is great a new work atmosphere would be nice

[@isnoozen]

@@WUSZNN you can make anywhere from 80,000$ - 120,000$ depending on experience

[@allymacky4039]

@@isnoozen In Dubai? As an installer or designer?

[@sharathabraham4744]

@@WUSZNN it's bad now as most projects are completed due to the expo. How is the market in Australia

[@rahulunniambadi8314]

Haii

[@zachgoobee3706]

I saw that and I loved it!

[@birkhamangurung7395]

great content for everyone thanks..

[@LUSK-LEARN-UNKNOWN-SHARE-KNOWN]

Ships fire fighting system- English kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6CylWZvqdGmiA

[@pimps1069]

I am so enlightened

[@jandell7]

Mechanical Engineers for LIFE!

[@Kanawanu]

great video!

[@parthibandatchinamurthi5569]

superb content delivery thank you for this video

[@kellymoses8566]

My 1300 sqft apartment has 8 sprinklers.

[@BinoshKumar-k8o]

Good

[@jeevanandanys6930]

Superb sir.

[@Ahmed-er2cy]

Very useful video , Thank you !

[@Gencturk92]

its useful but what use is it if people are not going to take any precautions from it ? If they had used this in Grenfell Tower along with smoke alarms, fire alarms, fire extinguishers and fire exits, people could have survived.

[@WhitneyDahlin]

Yeah but how do you turn off the sprinklers once they start? Especially the ones connected to the town water supply. It's not like they're going to run out of water. So how do you shut off the sprinklers?

[@stuartlloyd2861]

Whitney, great question - each sprinkler system will cover an area of the building from a valve station. This valve station or riser as they are also called has a shut off valve just below the alarm valve. Think of it just like your cold water supply at home, the pipe has a valve in the street, it enters the building and there is another valve just before the alarm check valve and any sprinklers. Remember a typical sprinkler will discharge 60 litres or 12 gallons of water per minute, most fires are controlled by less than 6 sprinklers, often only 1 or 2, contrast this with a fire hose that outputs 1500 litres per minute nd is not located just above the fire and needs the fire service to turn up and start fire fighting, which can be around 10 minutes after the fire starts, so a sprinkler is more water efficient and quicker operating, with less damage from fire and water if one occurs.

[@WhitneyDahlin]

@@stuartlloyd2861 oh wow! That's so interesting thank you for explaining that to me!

[@TheDurrsaku78nyc]

Only Firefighters or Fire Guard is allowed to shut off the zone valve. Everyone alse who is not authorized can not touch the valve. Beacouse each zone control valve is monitored by computer with sensors. Thats how the Fire Department know wher the fire is on.

[@stuartlloyd2861]

Mandi Durres this is true for some countries, but not all systems have electronic monitoring.

[@TheDurrsaku78nyc]

@@stuartlloyd2861 I was just saying in general. But safety first

[@kaphika]

nice video

[@rhondaterry4690]

May need each room sprinkler checked for damage and if water is turned on to system.

[@markburston1321]

Yes I do iv been in the job just over 39 years but in the uk it's just not paying to do it

[@ChuonSophak]

Sir,Why sprinkler head have red color and greed color and yellow color?

[@stuartlloyd2861]

Indicates temperature rating of sprinkler

[@ChuonSophak]

Thank you @@stuartlloyd2861

[@mihirkumar6552]

Nice ❤

[@helensherwood4856]

Excellent informative video without being too technical

[@Ithinkiwill66]

Mmm glass tubes, with the liquid inside, that bursts when heated....and only still the sprinklers will activate when heat is present...not when the tube gets damaged, now I know how they work! Very interesting.

[@coleriley3619]

wow that is a very good video

[@BloodyKnives66]

Invented 120 years ago, still cost like $6,000 dollars to get installed in a home.💰 Not sure how much it cost else where but in America it's expensive.

[@jin-soontan9358]

Excellent video..enlightening

[@3ktone685]

8:25 Why the f**k is the yellow Australia outline not lined up with the satellite picture?????

[@stuartlloyd2861]

Konrad Schneider no graphics line up with the satellite pictures, they are outlines of countries or areas which jump out from the globe.

[@BrokenAbyss]

This is what I do for a living. Idk why I’m even watching this tbh

[@wigit2510]

That's dedication.👍

[@higslife884]

I do the same thing but I'm unemployed rn.

[@tiencuongtran9531]

Good video for every one !

[@Chocomelon303]

Very informative......

[@rjocad8241]

AWESOME

[@Linux4Ever2011]

great video

[@czarsss]

very informative

[@WillKJEONG]

Thanks for the video ^^

[@golekhchandra8810]

superb video

[@khaldounalnasser2013]

Can this system be activated manually?!

[@Fredengle]

I think there are some sprinkers that can be activated manuall but I I thinks its only common in an industrial application if I live in a condo which I do the buildings around are mall houses theaters and hosopitals and grocery stores I think a system that would allow for manual activatiion is limited to special insdustral building maybe an aircraft hanger or something int he above metioned buildings they have an automatic sprinkler system if any most sprinkler systems do not have a method of manual activation but most building like the above mentioned may possibly be required in addtion to having automaitc sprinklers like the things metnioned above could possibly be required to have automatic fire extinguishers like over a restaurant fat fryer such a system example here these type of extingusihing systems might allow for manual activation : kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaXRlGWOqNqVZtUsi=bOzksecpmp8Ki_QF

[@edfox1334]

I live in an apartment and my bedroom is right next to the fire sprinkler system I regularly hear a high pitched noise. The maintenance guy says there is nothing they can do about it. Is this true? Not easy to move but the sound gets on my nerves

[@georgieporgie1791]

Ed Fox fire panels beep it doesn’t stop

[@DinoChongs]

The fire panel shouldn’t beep unless there is a problem with the system

[@lindancube906]

this is wonderful, thank you

[@ОляП-д4х]

This good video

[@thomas4489]

Why doesnt any water come out if the glass valve of the sprinkler is destroyed by physical impact and not by heat?

[@stuartlloyd2861]

Water is normally discharged whenever a sprinkler is broken or set off by heat, except for a dry system which is charged with air, this is to avoid frost damage, air will discharge first quickly followed by water - However I sense you are referring to a Pre-Action system, these have special control valves that only release water into pipes after a set of detectors sense a fire, normally before a sprinkler would activate - and therefor if pipe or sprinkler was damaged, these valves would still hold back the water as no fire was detected. This is explained just after the 7 minute mark in the video.

[@kingsleyizamosa2499]

My work I'm proud of your explanation

[@vinayakhinge123]

useful video

[@karimmohamed9430]

very great and useful vedio realy thanks and appreciated

[@chriswells4028]

Yep I'm a twenty year journey men out of Tampa Florida love my trade

[@themilfologist]

Beast Mason it’s so hard to get into Sprinkler fitting here in Canada your lucky

[@ericluk68]

@@themilfologist is it because of trade unions' protectionism?

[@themilfologist]

@@ericluk68 you need to know the right people. the company's throw your resume in the garbage. it all about what union people you know basically if you dont know someone in the union ur not getting hired

[@mansiburad5275]

Thanks useful info for my studies

[@anagada3gedan590]

V useful video

[@Arkiiyan]

What kind of pipe use for water distribution in sprinkler system its thickness and gauge?

[@Familyactionteam]

The most common pipe used for sprinkler system is black steel and the branch lines that usually have the sprinkler heads on them the thickness of the pipe is schedule 40 and for the main pipes that's Supply those branch lines is called the main and usually that pipe is called thin wall and its scheduled 10 thickness

[@Familyactionteam]

Schedule 40 is the thicker pipe and they make it thicker so you can use a pipe threading machine to put threads on the pipe and then attach the fitting. Thin wall pipe is too thin and you cannot threat it so therefore you put a Groove in the end of the pipe and you and use a special coupling called a Victaulic coupling and a rubber gasket to connect those two pieces of pipe

[@currbag]

Depends on spec of job. Customers with money will install sch.40 mains and branches.....most places will install sch.10 mains and branches.

[@Hambxne]

what a fantastic video

[@NipkowDisk]

Old Hank Parmelee would be proud...

[@fuison55]

Very informative!

[@durgab.k.2051]

nice video...thanks!

[@Mcgovern124]

167 pyros obviously don’t like this video.

[@Shotty_Gunny]

227 now :/

[@hayes2147]

Unfortunately 300 pyros don't like this video..

[@irfanmalik9560]

Such as everything,😊

[@queuemaster]

Great Video, thank you

[@senthilsaravana6636]

GREAT....

[@uzairmalik498]

👌👌👌👍👍👍

[@izzuddinidris59]

Thank you

[@No-pm4ss]

Why aren't sprinkler systems electronic like fire alarms? This system seems like a slow process and it is! Couldn't it prevent more damage if it activates as early as the alarm?

[@stuartlloyd2861]

Anki, sprinklers are heat detectors and available in standard or quick response. Additionally some sprinklers can be actuated by detection systems already, their use is not widespread due to risk of spurious, unwanted or unplanned activation. The odds of a sprinkler activating for no reason is 16 million to one, much lower than ‘false or unwanted’ alarms by detection systems. Imagine the potential damage caused by higher frequency unwanted activations.

[@dickcheney6]

If the alarm ever malfunctioned while you were holding / using something electrical, and suddenly got drenched without warning you could get electrocuted.

[@currbag]

Some specialty systems can be activated with an electrical solenoid. Either a smoke detector or heat detector goes off and sends an immediate signal to the solenoid to open which dumps the water holding back the water at the valve. These systems are called pre actions

[@pmylnikov]

fire and Fire and Fire

[@XxSALTMINERxX]

Are Europeans stingy with oxygen masks for firefighters or...? Cause in America in those scenes of firefighter in action each would be wearing oxygen. Also, in Europe, is it common for sprinklers to be in homes?

[@stuartlloyd2861]

I don't believe they are stingy, no-one would deny protective equipment where needed, I noted they do have oxygen in some scenes (going into buildings) and perhaps the external scenes either do not need or the angle may make the fire look closer. I would not say it is common, each country makes it own legislation, they are more prevalent in Nordic countries such as Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. The UK is becoming more aware of the benefits after Grenfell.

[@tommcadam9897]

It's not oxygen, it's compressed air, 4500 psi.

[@Fredengle]

my true question for you is if you are calling scba oxygen how much do you really now about firefighting ??? scba tanks contain special compressed air I refilled a few of those type cylinders when I was employed at the fire department I was never shown how to fill a cylinder with oxygen !!! which could possibly be more dangerous and you would possibly need more specialized equipment to do so ???

[@shrutinahar9240]

Thanks a lot for this

[@alpha6183]

Sir i want to buy how much 1 sprinkler water?

[@EXPLORINGPIPING]

great sir jai frm India

[@كولونحمحدكولونحمحد]

nice vido

[@chnomigujjar1611]

Good information

[@noridahable]

Good system

[@0mniessence548]

thank you

[@asd36f]

I had no idea that there were different types of sprinklers.

[@sharafudeensharaf6091]

How many temperature need this sprinkler open

[@demondrummingonyourcasket1095]

7

[@Fredengle]

the answer is differernt types of sprinklers have differnt temperature settings !!!!

[@fredrickdavis5746]

They don’t always active to fire dept

[@eliudottonatus4265]

very very uselful

[@jumpropestairs6129]

Light hazards, Ordinary, & Extra high hazard. Carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, & hydrogen chloride, Wet system, dry system, pre action, deluge,

[@patoviajero9907]

An amazing invention that saves our lives everyday but yet we just find it as an ugly disturbance in our houses or workplaces

[@siddharthsoni2555]

Thanks

[@devendrachoudhary9694]

good installed

[@billsidle1839]

YES

[@بوفارسبونورا-ص7ه]

W done . Go ahead

[@firewall1153]

good explane

[@farewell_to_normalcy9352]

I install these systems for a living. You’re welcome 😉

[@thegeneralissimo470]

I'm trying to figure out if the sidewall deflectors are the rightway round in my local library. Hmmm. Edit, they're not. Hmmmm.

[@stuartlloyd2861]

The Generalissimo so many models and so many variations on deflector styles, but biggest mistake is assuming all sidewalls are horizontal sidewall type.

[@thegeneralissimo470]

@@stuartlloyd2861 Yeah, they're pendant ones and they hang down, and the deflector points TOWARDS the wall, which I thought was funky, so I came here. Lol.

[@venkysarayuvenkysarayu]

Thank you sir