PROJ00294

• Contract/PO #: C153035
• Contractor Name: Carbondale, Town of
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 0
• County: Garfield
• Bill Number: SB 75-468
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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TABLE VI-H
RELATIVE CLASSES OF FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM

Relative Fire Protection
Total Deficiency Points Class of Municipal ity
o - 500 Fi rs t
501 - 1,000 Second
1,000 - 1,500 Th i rd
1,50 I - 2,000 Fourth
2,001 - 2,500 Fi fth
2,501 - 3,000 Sixth
3,001 - 3,500 Seventh
3,501 - 4,000 Eighth
4,001 - 4,500 Ninth"
More than 4,500 Tenth *"

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,', A ninth-class municipality is one (a) receiving 4,001 to 4,500
points of deficiency, or (b) receiving less than 4,001 points,
but having no recognized water supply.

,,* A tenth-class municipality is one (a) receiving more than 4,500
points of deficiency, or (b) without a recognized water supply
and having a fi re department grading over 1,755 points, or (c)
wi th a water supply and no fi re department, or (d) wi th no fi re
protection.

Storage requi rements are dependent on rate of water supply and required fire

flows. The rate of supply
determined by the requl red

will be covered subsequently.

The fire demand is

fi re flow which

in turn is determined by the type
the buildings, and the type of

of structural exposure, the "fi re load" in

bui Iding constr~ction, all according to ISO guidelines.

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The minimum fire flow requirement is set at SOO gpm and the maximum for a

single fire at 12,000. Simultaneous fires requi re increases of 2,000 to

8,000 gpm. In a community such as Carbondale, the "fi re load" is usually

ordinary. It has be"n determined that a reasonable fire flow for multi-

family residential areas is 2,500 gpm; in other residential zones, 1,500 gpm;

and in comnlercial areas, up to 3,000 gpm.