Water-Based Fire Protection Engineering: Applied Hydraulic Design, Model Verification, and Life-Cycle Assurance for Sprinkler and Standpipe Systems
A fire-protection calculation can be flawless on paper - and still fail when the fire comes.
Codes give you the rules. Software gives you a number. Neither teaches the one skill that decides whether a building's people have water between them and the flames: knowing whether the answer is actually right - and being able to prove it.
Water-Based Fire Protection Engineering is the practice-led guide that takes you the entire distance - from the properties of water to a system that is designed, verified, commissioned, and kept sound for its whole service life. It doesn't just show you how to run a hydraulic calculation. It teaches you to explain the result, test whether it's credible, catch the "flawless wrong answer" before an inspector or a fire does, and defend every decision that follows.
Inside, you'll master:
Hydraulics from the ground up - pressure, head, flow, friction loss, and pipe networks, built from first principles with every variable and unit defined.Real water supplies - flow tests, supply curves, and the demand-versus-supply proof that decides adequacy.Complete system design - sprinkler discharge, fire pumps, storage, standpipes, deluge, preaction, water mist, and foam-water systems.The full node-by-node hydraulic calculation - worked end to end, by hand, so you finally own what the software does.Calculation verification & model auditing - the discipline most books skip: how to find the error that makes a perfect-looking design deadly.Commissioning, acceptance & field validation - hydrostatic tests, pump tests, and the acceptance baseline that protects a system for decades.Life-cycle, ITM & resilience - keeping a system as sound as the day it was accepted.Built around the engineering principles behind modern fire codes and standards (including NFPA 13, 14, and 20), written SI-first with U.S.-customary units throughout, and illustrated with 60 clear technical figures, it turns intimidating math into approachable, professional practice.
Who it's for: fire-protection, mechanical, and building-services engineering students; early-career designers building calculation and review fluency; candidates preparing for the PE Fire Protection exam and NICET certification; plan reviewers, inspectors, and AHJs who need a defensible basis for asking the right questions; and practicing engineers who want one reliable, systems-level reference.
What sets it apart: 250+ fully worked examples and 300+ practice problems with boxed answer keys - 16 chapters and 470+ pages, with a glossary, list of symbols, and reference appendices - a one-of-a-kind design-to-assurance path: reason first, calculate second, verify always.
Anyone can produce a number. This book makes you the engineer who can prove it's the right one. Add Water-Based Fire Protection Engineering to your cart today - and design systems you can stand behind on paper, in the field, and when it matters most.
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