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climate change and weekly testing of sprinkler systems

Former Community Member
Former Community Member
hello,

i was wondering, while the world is trying to move in the direction of zero carbon, why do insurance companies still insist on weekly running of large diesel powered engines being run every week on sprinkler systems?

this seems illogical. they won't take the risk if you want to remove the sprinklers, they cannot produce anything in law that says this needs to be done this often, only that this is an industry standard?

i can understand how these industry standards get drawn up, but how to promote change?

thank you
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  • Former Community Member
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    Don’t blame the insurance companies. The testing of firewater/ sprinkler systems is governed by national requirements e.g., in the USA its NFPA-25 Standard for the Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water­ Based Fire Protection Systems, Australia its AS-1851 Routine service of fire protection systems and equipment.

    NFPA requires that diesel pumps are tested each week and run – without flowing water - for 30 minutes – electric pumps weekly for 10 minutes.  By contrast the Australian Standard requires monthly testing of diesel and electric driven pumps and a run time of 10 minutes minimum.

    Not sure what is required in the UK.

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    Don’t blame the insurance companies. The testing of firewater/ sprinkler systems is governed by national requirements e.g., in the USA its NFPA-25 Standard for the Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water­ Based Fire Protection Systems, Australia its AS-1851 Routine service of fire protection systems and equipment.

    NFPA requires that diesel pumps are tested each week and run – without flowing water - for 30 minutes – electric pumps weekly for 10 minutes.  By contrast the Australian Standard requires monthly testing of diesel and electric driven pumps and a run time of 10 minutes minimum.

    Not sure what is required in the UK.

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