Revisión bibliográfica: condiciones técnicas e hidráulicas que justifiquen la conexión de los sistemas de protección contra incendios de las edificaciones del área urbana de Tunja con la red de acueducto

Abstract

The present study arises from the discrepancy found between some Colombian technical standards that indicate the possibility of using the aqueduct system as a direct and reliable source for the water supply of fire protection systems (SPCI) in buildings and other regulations governing water systems, which do not allow such connection. In the United States, where Colombian construction professionals have adopted most good practices, prescriptive design requirements and knowledge acquisition through research conducted by organizations such as the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Factory Mutual Global (FM Global) among others, this type of connection is a viable practice in its regulations, which facilitates the protection of buildings, however, in Colombia not only does not carry out this type of connection, but there is no known research or case study on it, the reasons for this study, which aims to analyse by means of a literature review, the technical and hydraulic conditions which justify the connection of fire protection systems in buildings to the aqueduct network and pave the way for further case studies, starting with Tunja.