Evaluating commercially available pumps for use in the wildland-urban interface, Mercedes Textiles' Pumps - wick 375, wick 100g, and the wick si 300-10b
Several commercially available pumps for wildfire suppression are also used in sprinkler operations in wildland-urban interfaces (WUI). Given the variety of pumps on the market, a standard test methodology is needed to understand how different pumps perform against key metrics such as pressure, flow rate, casting distance, fuel economy, etc.
In this report, a standard test methodology was developed and used to evaluate three portable fire pumps: Mercedes Textiles’ WICK 375, WICK 100G, and WICK Si 300-10B. Important data on key performance metrics were gathered and presented to help end users assess which pumps best suit their needs.
