Fire Protection Water Tanks - Xerxes

The need for reliable, cost-effective water storage for &#;re protection systems is rapidly growing. Fiberglass tanks offer numerous material and design advantages. For a start, a lightweight fiberglass tank is delivered as a single-unit tank, making it easy to ship and install. A Xerxes fire protection water tank can be used for either primary or secondary water supplies. They can provide water for either sprinkler systems or dry-hydrant connections, giving fire trucks quick access to emergency water supplies.

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Municipalities and developers often install our tanks at sites far from municipal water supplies or where there is insufficient volume or pressure to supply suction pumps. Where development is growing faster than the municipal water supply system, many rural and suburban fire regulatory agencies mandate a fire protection water tank.

The material specifications are the same as for cylindrical tanks.

These tanks are built on a single sheet folded ring nut &#;fretwork&#; of up to 2.5 m high and 1 m wide. Depending on its size the tank is internally reinforced with tension or transverse straps.

We adapt to the available surface, rectangular tanks can be done, squares &#; allowing to save columns or leave them in the tank.

They are a solution for certain types of work where there is limited space.

Every fire protection system requires a water supply system capable of providing  the flow for the relevant installation to operate uninterruptedly the time necessary to contain or extinguish the fire.

Water sources will be categorized into three main groups: the public water network, inexhaustible water sources and fire water storage tanks.

In this article we will focus on fire water storage tanks, which must follow a specific process for their design, manufacture, and subsequent assembly in the corresponding fire protection installation.

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At Engineered FirePiping S.L. we have developed our fire tanks with the state-of-the-art design tools, such as: Cypemetal 3D, Tekla, Technometal, SolidWorks and AutoCad. Thanks to that we can simulate, calculate and design the most appropriate water tank for each application.

As in all industrial sectors, in the fire protection sector, and particularly in the development of water supply tanks, there are standard like: AWWA D-103, FM , NFPA 22, UNE 23.500. covering the tank sizing, manufacturing and installation.

FIREPIPING fire protection tanks meet the highest quality requirement and are approved by  CEPREVEN and FM.

Types of firefighting tanks according to their water tightness

Depending on their sealing system, water supply tanks for fire protection can be divided into two groups: bladder tanks and mastic tanks.

The bladder tank watertightness is granted by an inner 1,100 gr/m2 density PVC bladder together with neoprene gaskets in every tank connection.

The mastic ones get it using Sikaflex 11 FC polyurethane mastic and a Sikawell P double expansion joint.

It is possible to install bladders for drinking water supply tanks together with AISI-316 stainless steel fittings and special neoprene seals.

A geotextile blanket is placed at the bottom of the bladder for the bladder self-protection, allowing a bladder useful life of up to 20 years.

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