Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v4 - 7 Triller Court, Pomona

         Rationale:
         Firefighters need to quickly locate water supplies in emergencies. Hydrant indicators need to be visually
         identifiable from both directions by the approaching fire truck crews and must identify the location of
         the hydrant.




          Figure 3 – Hydrant Markers                                          Figure 5 – Marker/directional arrow spacing detail




                                               INDICATOR PLATES
                                               • 254 x 76 aluminium
                                                 indicator plate.
                                               • Fix top and bottom with
                                                 galvanised clouts.
                                               • HP indicates hydrant
                                                 located in footpath.
                                               • HR indicate hyrdant
                                                 located in road
                                                 carriageway.




          Figure 4 – Hydrant marker posts                                     Figure 6 – Location of cats eyes on a sealed roadway



4.3 Hydrant Location
                                                           Hydrant Location
                    Expectation                                         Acceptable Outcomes
          Hydrants are located in              Residential Streets and Accessways
          positions that will enable           Above or below ground fire hydrants should be provided at not more
          firefighters to access water         than 120m intervals along residential streets and at each street
          safely, effectively and              intersection. Above ground fire hydrants may be single outlet.
          efficiently.
                                               Commercial and Industrial Streets and Accessways
                                               Within streets serving commercial properties such as factories,
                                               warehouses and offices (building classes 2-9 not requiring hydrants by
                                               NCC), above or below ground fire hydrants should be provided at not
                                               more than 90m intervals and at each street intersection. Above ground
                                               fire hydrants should have dual valved outlets.
         Rationale:
         Upon arriving at a structure fire, firefighters site the fire truck with considerations to safety, access to the
         fire, other responding trucks and accessible water supply for fire fighting purposes. Firefighters have an
         expectation that fire hydrants will be located on reticulated water systems no more than 120m apart as
         per AS 2419.1 2005, Appendix B. QFES equipment, procedures and the training of personnel is based
         on this preferred standard of fire hydrant placement and associated access requirements.




Fire Hydrant Guidelines (Effective: 03/2019)                     - Public -                                                          5