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NFPA 1142
NFPA 1142 is a high-level NFPA reference for Standard on Water Supplies for Suburban and Rural Firefighting. Water-supply planning framework for suburban and rural areas where a reliable municipal fire protection water system might not be available.
Water-supply planning framework for suburban and rural areas where a reliable municipal fire protection water system might not be available.
Rural structure fires can quickly become water-supply incidents. Departments need realistic plans for stored water, drafting, tanker/tender shuttle, fill sites, dump sites, and sustained delivery.
- Firefighting water-supply planning
- Required water-supply concepts
- Alternative and static water sources
- Rural and suburban fire protection
- Water delivery and availability considerations
- Tanker or tender shuttle planning
- Dry hydrant and drafting operations
- Rural pre-incident planning
- Fill-site and dump-site planning
- Evaluating non-hydranted response areas
- Rural water supply means only using tanker trucks.
- The nearest pond or cistern is automatically a dependable fire water source.
- Urban hydrant assumptions apply unchanged to rural incidents.
- Pre-identify and verify usable static water sources
- Measure realistic fill, travel, dump, and return cycle times
- Plan redundant fill sites when possible
- Train tanker shuttle operations under realistic staffing conditions
When is NFPA 1142 especially relevant?
Does rural water supply include tanker shuttle?
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