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AS 1851.2—1995

Australian Standard 

Maintenance of fire protection equipment

Part 2: Fire hose reels

This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee FP/7, Fire Hose Reels It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 7 June 1995 and published on 5 September 1995

The following interests are represented on Committee FP/7:

Auckland Manufacturers Association Australian Building Codes Board Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Australian Fire Authorities Council

Commonwealth Fire Board Fire Protection Industry of Australia New Zealand Fire Equipment Association Plastics Industry Association Inc

Standards New Zealand Telecom Australia Sydney Water Western Australia Fire Brigade Board

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AS 1851.2—1995

Australian Standard 

Maintenance of fire protection equipment

Part 2: Fire hose reels

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA (STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)

1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140

ISBN 0 7262 9907 3

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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee FP/7 on Fire Hose Reels to supersede AS 1851.2 — 1988

This Standard is the result of consensus among representatives on the Joint Committee to produce it as an Australian Standard

The objective of this Standard is to provide the personnel involved with servicing fire hose reels with a maintenance regime to ensure a fire hose reel is fit for its purpose

This edition specifies a maintenance requirement for fire hose reel pumps ensuring greater efficacy of the fire hose reel assembly It also requires that any defect found during periodic inspections be reported to the building owner or occupier, or both and where required the Regulatory Authority

A six-monthly inspection to ensure that any corrosion or damage does not adversely affect the operation of the reel is included in this Standard

CONTENTS

Page

1 SCOPE 3

2 REFERENCED AND RELATED DOCUMENTS 3

3 INSPECTION AND SERVICE 3

4 RECORDS 4

Originated as part of AS CA18 — 1968.

Previous editi on AS 1851.2 — 1988.

Fourth edit ion 1995.

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3 AS 1851.2 — 1995

STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Australian Standard Maintenance of fire protection equipment

Part 2: Fire hose reels

1 SCOPE This Standard specifies requirements for the maintenance of fire hose reels

It includes requirements for six-monthly and 12-monthly inspections

2 REFERENCED AND RELATED DOCUMENTS

2.1 Referenced documents The following documents are referred to in this Standard: AS

1221 Fire hose reels

1851 Maintenance of fire protection equipment

1851.1 Part 1: Portable fire extinguishers and fire blankets

2.2 Related documents Attention is drawn to the following related documents:

AS

2441 Installation of fire hose reels

2941 Fixed fire protection installations — Pumpset systems

3 INSPECTION AND SERVICE

3.1 Personnel All maintenance work is required to be carried out by experienced personnel in accordance with recognized safety procedures Persons with the necessary training and experience, with access to the requisite tools, equipment and information, and capable of carrying out the inspection and maintenance procedures of this Standard, are considered to be experienced personnel

3.2 Six-monthly inspection Each fire hose reel shall be inspected at intervals not exceeding six months at which time the following points shall be checked:

(a) That operating instructions marked on the hose reel and on or adjacent to the manual stop valve assembly, are clearly legible

(b) That there is no leakage of water exceeding 5 mL in a three-minute period from the valve gland, spindle gland or discharge nozzle with the stop valve turned fully open the nozzle closed and the hose partially run out to at least 5 m

(c) That the hose runs freely through the guide Where the hose guide is fixed to the hose reel supply pipe, it shall be located in a manner that will prohibit the guide from moving vertically

(d) That there are no signs of corrosion or damage which may adversely affect the operation of the reel

After inspection, the hose shall be rewound in even layers, the nozzle re-engaged correctly

in the interlock, the valve shut off and the hose depressurized by opening the discharge nozzle in a vertical position The nozzle shall then be closed

NOTES:

1 Fire hose reels manufactured prior to 1989 may not be fitted with interlocks

2 For automatic fire hose reels, there is no valve to turn off and no interlocking device

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3.3 Twelve-monthly inspection At intervals not exceeding 12 months, each fire hose reel shall be inspected in accordance with the requirements of Clause 3.2, excluding Item(b) In addition, the following points shall be checked:

(a) That there is no leakage of water exceeding 5 mL, in a three-minute period, from the valve gland, spindle gland or discharge nozzle with the stop valve turned fully open, the nozzle closed and the hose fully run out

(b) That the hose can be withdrawn easily in its intended direction, i.e the hose shall be capable of being unwound when subject to an initial horizontal pull not exceeding

100 N (see reel unwind test in AS 1221)

(c) That the rate of flow shall be not less than 0.33 L/s with the nozzle in the jet mode

3.4 Defects Any defects found shall be reported to the building owner or occupier, or both and where required the Regulatory Authority and corrective action taken forthwith A label with the date of service entered, describing the fault, shall be attached to the fire hose reel

3.5 Fire hose reel pumps The fire hose reel pump shall be checked at monthly intervals for correct start up and the result recorded in a log

NOTE: A drain cock will facilitate the testing of the pump independent of the fire hose reel

4 RECORDS The date of each inspection shall be recorded on a tag securely tied to an accessible fixed component of the hose reel The tag shall comply with AS 1851.1

The maintenance record system (where applicable) shall contain the date of inspection, any defects and any consequent remedial action or advice given by the service person

A maintenance record system may take the form of —

(a) A log book;

(b) A computer based record system; or

(c) Other permanent record system that is capable of easy interpretation or generally easily interpreted reports

The maintenance record shall be available for the property at all times Where a log book

is used, it shall be substantially bound and not in loose leaf formats, and it shall have numbered pages in triplicate The log book shall include the signature of the owner or agent, service person and have a required distribution of copies printed on each page, i.e — (i) original— owner/occupier/agent;

(ii) duplicate — service person; and

(iii) triplicate — retain in book