Weekly inspection of steam system pump components

They’re pretty rare these days, but steam turbine fire pumps are still
around. They work when heated water is converted into high-pressure
steam which rotates “the blades of a turbine to create mechanical or
rotational energy.” NFPA 25 guidance on weekly inspection is pretty
simple:

From the 2017 Edition of NFPA 25

(5) *Steam system conditions: Steam pressure gauge reading is within acceptable
range

What about inspections at longer

intervals than a week?
NFPA 25 outlines a host of inspections that must be done monthly,
quarterly, semiannually, yearly, and biennially. Many of these checks line
up with additional maintenance and testing requirements. Because of
this complexity and the potential for dedicated testing and maintenance,
a life safety professional is typically utilized for these inspections.

Again, NFPA explicitly instructs individuals who are responsible for

inspection, testing, and maintenance of a fire pump to consult the
manufacturer’s specific instructions. But the organization also
provides a useful backup schedule; to see the complete, massive list of
all inspection, testing, and maintenance requirements specified by NFPA,
click on the preview image of the table below:

 
NFPA 25 offers a complete checklist of 71 different inspection,
maintenance, and testing actions spanning different types of
pumps. Click here or on the image above to see the entire list.
To be continued: What Facility
Managers Need to Inspect on a Fire
Sprinkler System
This concludes part three of QRFS’ series on the inspection of
commercial fire sprinkler systems – but we’re not done yet. In the next
and final installment of this series, we cover the inspection of waterflow
alarms, signage, and other components.

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