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Contractor’s Material and Test Certificate for Underground Piping

PROCEDURE
Upon completion of work, inspection and tests shall be made by the contractor’s representative and witnessed by an owner’s
representative. All defects shall be corrected and system left in service before contractor’s personnel finally leave the job.
A certificate shall be filled out and signed by both representatives. Copies shall be prepared for approving authorities, owners, and
contractor. It is understood the owner’s representative’s signature in no way prejudices any claim against contractor for faulty material, poor
workmanship, or failure to comply with approving authority’s requirements or local ordinances.
Property name Date

Property address

Accepted by approving authorities (names)

Address
Plans
Installation conforms to accepted plans ❏ Yes ❏ No
Equipment used is approved ❏ Yes ❏ No
If no, state deviations

Has person in charge of fire equipment been instructed as to location of ❏ Yes ❏ No

control valves and care and maintenance of this new equipment?
If no, explain

Instructions
Have copies of appropriate instructions and care and maintenance
charts been provided to the owner or owner’s representative?
❏ Yes ❏ No

If no, explain

Location Supplies buildings

Pipe types and class Type joint

Pipe conforms to standard ❏ Yes ❏ No

Fittings conform to standard
Underground If no, explain ❏ Yes ❏ No
pipes and joints

Joints needing anchorage clamped, strapped, or blocked in ❏ Yes ❏ No

accordance with standard
If no, explain

Flushing: Flow the required rate until water is verified to be clear of debris at outlets such as hydrants and blow-offs. Flush at one of
the flow rates as specified in 10.10.2.1.3.
Hydrostatic: All piping and attached appurtenances subjected to system working pressure shall be hydrostatically tested at 200 psi
(13.8 bar) or 50 psi (3.4 bar) in excess of the system working pressure, whichever is greater, and shall maintain that pressure ±5 psi
(0.34 bar) for 2 hours.
Test Hydrostatic Testing Allowance: Where additional water is added to the system to maintain the test pressures required by 10.10.2.2.1,
the amount of water shall be measured and shall not exceed the limits of the following equation (for metric equation, see 10.10.2.2.6):
description
L = testing allowance (makeup water), in gallons per hour (lpm)
SD P S = length of pipe tested, in feet (m)
L=
148,000 D = nominal diameter of the pipe, in inches (mm)
P = average test pressure during the hydrostatic test, in pounds per square inch (gauge) (bar)

New underground piping flushed according to ❏ Yes ❏ No

standard by (company)
If no, explain

How flushing flow was obtained Through what type opening

Flushing ❏ Public water ❏
Tank or reservoir ❏ Fire pump ❏ Hydrant butt ❏ Open pipe
tests
Lead-ins flushed according to standard by (company) ❏ Yes ❏ No
If no, explain

How flushing flow was obtained Through what type opening

❏ Public water ❏
Tank or reservoir ❏ Fire pump ❏ Y connection to flange ❏ Open pipe
and spigot

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Δ FIGURE 10.10.1 Sample of Contractor's Material and Test Certificate for Underground Piping.

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 UNDERGROUND REQUIREMENTS 24-23

All new underground piping hydrostatically tested at Joints covered

Hydrostatic
test psi (bar) for hours ❏ Yes ❏ No

Total amount of leakage measured

gallons (liters) hours

Leakage
test Allowable leakage

gallons (liters) hours

Forward flow Forward flow test performed in accordance with 10.10.2.5.2:

test of backflow
preventer ❏ Yes ❏ No

Number installed Type and make All operate satisfactorily

Hydrants
❏ Yes ❏ No

Water control valves left wide open ❏ Yes ❏ No

If no, state reason
Control
valves
Hose threads of fire department connections and hydrants interchangeable with ❏ Yes ❏ No
those of fire department answering alarm

Date left in service

Remarks

Name of installing contractor

Tests witnessed by

Signatures For property owner (signed) Title Date

For installing contractor (signed) Title Date

Additional explanation and notes

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 ANNEX C 24-51

C.4.12.6 If, however, additional pumping units are not availa‐

Hydrant Flow Test Report ble, the distribution system would be capable of delivering the
computed quantity, but the water system as a whole would be
Location Date limited by the pumping capacity.
Test made by Time C.4.12.7 The portion of the pressure drop for which a correc‐
Representative of tion can be made for tests on systems with storage is generally
estimated on the basis of a study of all the tests made and the
Witness
pressure drops observed on the recording gauge at the station
State purpose of test for each.
C.4.12.8 The corrections could vary from very substantial
Consumption rate during test portions of the observed pressure drops for tests near the
If pumps affect test, indicate pumps operating pumping station, to zero for tests remote from the station.
A1 A2 A3 A4
Flow hydrants: C.4.13 Public Hydrant Testing and Flushing.
Size nozzle
Pitot reading C.4.13.1 Public fire hydrants should be flow-tested every 5
Discharge coefficient Total GPM years to verify capacity and marking of the hydrant. When flow
GPM test data are needed, such data should not be more than 5
Static B psi Residual B psi years old since conditions in the piping and system demands
Projected results @20 psi Residual gpm; or @ psi Residual gpm
can change. It is not the intent of C.4.13.1 to require routine 5-
year testing of each hydrant if there is no immediate need for
Remarks: flow test data or if test data less than 5 years old are available
from an adjacent hydrant on the same grid.
C.4.13.2 Public fire hydrants should be flushed at least annu‐
ally to verify operation, address repairs, and verify reliability.
Location map: Show line sizes and distance to next cross-connected line. Show valves and
hydrant branch size. Indicate north. Show flowing hydrants – Label A1, A2, A3, A4. Show
location of static and residual – Label B.
Indicate B Hydrant Sprinkler Other (identify)

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Δ FIGURE C.4.11.2 Sample Report of a Hydrant Flow Test.

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120
(827)
110
(758)
100
(690)
90
(621)
80
(552)
Pressure, psi (kPa)

70
(483)
60
(414)
50
(345)
40
(276)
30
(207)
20
(138)
10
(69)

0
100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
(380) (760) (1150) (1500) (1900) (2250) (2650) (3050) (3400) (3800)
Q1.85 Flow, gpm (L/min) (Multiply this scale by _______.)

Δ FIGURE C.4.11.4 Sample Graph Sheet. [291:Figure 4.11.4]

Annex D Recommended Practice for Marking Δ Table D.1.4 SI Units and Conversion Factors
of Hydrants
This annex is not a part of the requirements of this NFPA document Unit Name Unit Symbol Conversion Factor
but is included for informational purposes only. Liter L 1 gal = 3.785 L
D.1 Annex D was developed based upon the procedures Liter per minute per (L/min)/m2 1 gpm ft2 =
contained in NFPA 291. For additional information on marking square meter (40.746 L/min)/m2
of hydrants, see NFPA 291, 2019 Edition, Chapter 5, “Marking Cubic decimeter dm3 1 gal = 3.785 dm3
of Hydrants.” Pascal Pa 1 psi = 6894.757 Pa
Bar bar 1 psi = 0.0689 bar
D.1.1 Scope. The scope of this annex is to provide guidance Bar bar 1 bar = 105 Pa
on marking of hydrants.
Note: For additional conversions and information, see IEEE/ASTM-
D.1.2 Purpose. Fire flow tests are conducted on water distri‐ SI-10.
bution systems to determine the rate of flow available at various
locations for fire-fighting purposes.
D.1.3 Application.
D.1.4.1 If a value for measurement as given in this recommen‐
D.1.3.1 A certain residual pressure in the mains is specified at ded practice is followed by an equivalent value in other units,
which the rate of flow should be available. the first value stated is to be regarded as the recommendation.
D.1.3.2 Additional benefit is derived from fire flow tests by the A given equivalent value might be approximate.
indication of possible deficiencies, such as tuberculation of D.2 Referenced Publications.
piping or closed valves or both, which could be corrected to
ensure adequate fire flows as needed. D.2.1 General. The documents or portions thereof listed in
this section are referenced within this annex and should be
D.1.4 Units. Metric units of measurement in this recommen‐ considered part of the recommendations of this document.
ded practice are in accordance with the modernized metric
system known as the International System of Units (SI). Two D.2.2 NFPA Publications. (Reserved)
units (liter and bar), outside of but recognized by SI, are
commonly used in international fire protection. These units
are listed in Table D.1.4 with conversion factors.

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