Firefighting Water - Required Volume Flow
Required water for firefighting.
Water demand for firefighting can be estimated as
Q = 1020 n1/2 (1 - 0.01 n1/2) (1)
where
Q = water demand (gpm)
n = population of people (in thousands)
- 1 US gal/min (gpm) = 0.227 m3/h
Firefighting Water Calculator
population (in thousands)