1.

0 INTRODUCTION
For this mini project, I have choose to design a hose reel system for primary school which is located at
Alor Setar Kedah. The school is establish on 1 January 2001 which address at Jalan Kilang Tebu,
06600 Alor Setar Kedah.

Figure 1: Sekolah Kebangsaan Peremba

The main school building is a 3 storey high and mainly consist of 4 main buildings. Among those
building, there were several type of area that can be classified into different class. But for this case we
are going to focus on common area for fire fighting case purpose.
Area Type
Area 1

Nomenclature
Class

Area 2
Office
Area 3
Storage
Table 1: List of Area in the building
The main building is almost all the same length, therefore we are going to assume that the 4
buildings are approximately 60 meters in length, 12 meters height, and 12 meters wide and the
total area of the floor is 720 meter square. The sketch of the building layout were sketch in order
to give a better understanding of the dimension of the building. The sketch of the building front
layout and cross section layout of the building are placed in the appendix section.
2.0 OBJECTIVES
The main objectives of this project as below:

To design hose reel system for the building selected as fire protection system according to the
Building By Law requirement.
To apply codes of practice required by Building By Law.
To estimate the total equipment needed and costing for installation for the design suggested
for the hose reel system.

3.0 HAZARD ANALYSIS OF THE BUILDING

3.1 Analysis of the Building
Mainly the building is for institutional purpose which consist of students and office
workers inside the building. The possibility of the fire cases that might happen in this
building is on a medium level since this place is a non-smoking area. But due to the fact
that students or the staff or visitors might neglect the rules, there a still chances of fire
cases from smoking cases, the laboratory experiment and electric appliances inside the
building in case of short circuit cases. Do notice that most of the school equipment in the
class used wood type of furniture such as table and chair for the student and also the books
that is placed inside the school such as textbooks and note books will help promote the
rate of fire spreading throughout the building.
3.2 Analysis of Occupants
The majority of occupants inside the building is mostly student and teacher and also office
staff who are involved in this institutional building. According to the type of occupancy
hazard, this type of building is listed in non-industrial where the amount of combustibility
of the content is low which is the classification of the building is placed in Light Hazard.

3.3 Analysis of the Fire Protection System

By referring to the 10th schedule in Uniform Building By Law guide, the institutional
building is located in row number II which as follows:
Occupancy Hazard

Extinguish System
Note 2
G

Fire Alarm System

Note 3
1-2

Emergency
Lighting Note 4
-

Used for instructional

purpose only. Open
design Balcony approach
b)3 to 5 storey
Table 3.1: 10th Schedule (By-Law 225(1) and 237 (1))
Notes2:
G

- Hose Reel System

Notes3:
1.
2.

Automatic Fire Detection System

Manual Electrical Fire Alarm System

This building has been categorized as 3 storey building and has more than 1000 floor area
if totalled up, and also the school is equipped with laboratory for each building making the
automatic fire detectors system and manual electric fire alarm system must be equipped.
For the fire extinguish system, the recommended system is G which is hose reel system.
Therefore, the required fire protection system for Sekolah Kebangsaan Peremba are Hose
Reel system, Automatic Fire Detection System, and Manual Electrical Fire Alarm
System.
4.0 BY-LAW REQUIREMENT OF THE DESIGN SYSTEM

The design standards that will be used as references for design of hose reel system are:
1. M.S.1489 Part 1: Hydrant System, Hose Reels and Foam Inlets;
2. M.S.1447 - Hose Reels with semi rigid hose;
3. M.S.1488: Semi rigid hoses for first aid fixed installations.
The Hose reels should be complied with MS 1447 Hose reels with semi-rigid hose; BS
5306 part 1 or equivalent MS, Pr EN 694.
4.1 Hose Reel Requirement
In our code of practice, the design of each fire precaution system in a building must meet
the requirement by law. For the hose reel system, the design of the hose reel system must
the criteria which is specified in M.S 1447.
According to M.S 1447- Hose Reels with semi rigid hose;

1. One hose reel is utilized to cover 800 sq meters of usable floor space.
2. The hose reel is set where it could cover 30 meters of hose scope between the
hose reels stack for each one hose reel.
3. The least release outlet of each one hose reel should be 30 lit/min (1.8 m/min)
of water inside 6 meters of all parts of the space protected.

4. Size of Hose Reel Pipe is 50mm (nom. dia.) and the material is Galvanized
Steel Medium Grade Class B for over the ground however for Underground
G.i Pipe -Heavy Grade Class C & to be feed to individual hose funnel size
25mm dia.
5. The rubber hoses that utilized should comply to M.S 1488 which is with least
length of 30 m.
6. The pipe might be painted with first stage and completed with red paint or may
be related to red bands.
7. Nearer to fire fighting access lobbies.
4.2 Hose Reel Pumps
The source of water that going to be supplied to the pump that going to be
delivered to the hose reel system is going to be the water from the storage tank. The
water shall be delivered to the pump and then delivered to the pump according to the
specific pressure that is recommended by the hose reel system.

1. The Hose Reel Pumps comprise of one unit on Duty and one unit on Standby.
2. The pump flow rate for the hose reel pump is 120 lit/min with the working
pressure at 2 to 3 bars where 4 Hose Reels could be initiated at one time.
3. For the Standby Hose Reel Pump. The pump should be supplied with the
power from the emergency generator or diesel engine driven. The supplied of
fuel should be satisfactory for least 1 hour of operation with pumping limit at
30 Igpm.

4. Diesel pump set should be capable of automatic starting however should only
be stopped manually.
If the total of hose reel < 4 Units than no need reason to utilize emergency
power for example Electrical Generator or Diesel Engine Driven.
4.3 Hose Reel Tanks
By referring to the UBBL 1984, Water storage capacity, which is the minimum
required for the hose reel system only as follows:

1. The minimum storage needed for the first hose reel is 2275 L.
2.

For every addition of hose reel, an addition of 1137.5 L up to the maximum

volume of 9100L for every system.

3. For the Fire Tank's material it can utilized either produced using Pressed
Steel (hot dipped galvanized and covered internally with bituminous paints
for corrosion protection, Fiberglass Reinforced Plastics (FRP) or R.C
Concrete.
4. The minimum flow rates of the water to refill the Hose reel tank with
50mm supply pipe is 150lit/min.
5. Pump rooms would be placed at the Ground Floor or Roof Floor Level.
6. When the tank is placed on the hose reels may be sustained specifically
from hose reel tank by gravity.

5.0 DESIGN PROCESS & CALCULATION

The installation and provision of the hose reel system shall be in accordance with the
following rules and regulations:
a) Building Control Act 1989 and the Regulations made thereunder;
b) Public Utilities Act and the Public Utilities (Water Supply) Regulations made
thereunder;

c) Professional Engineers Act 1991;

d) Fire Safety Act 1993 and
e) Any other relevant rules, regulations and by-laws.
The principle of operation of the system is assumed to be operated efficiently thus the
following instruction should be followed.
a) Turn open the stop valve
b) Run out the hose
5.1 Number of Hose Reel
According to the M.S.1447 Hose Reels with semi-rigid hose: each one of the
hose reel able to cover an area of 800sq meters of usable floor space. The hose reel
is installed where the distance of each from the first hose reel is 30m away from
the 2nd hose reel and the same applies to the next hose reel installation.