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Fire Apparatus Testing

Every test filed before you leave the site.

Every department's pumpers and aerials on one board, annual test readings kept every five minutes, and open repairs followed to a re-test.

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Free tool: next due date

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From How often should I be testing my Waterous Pump? (Waterous) (a summary of the standard), checked Wed, October 28, 2026.

The rules, with where each one came from.

Each date this app counts and each check it runs on a save is listed here with its source and the day we last read it. Where a rule lives in a paid standard, we cite it and keep the same facts in our own layout; we never copy the standard's text or forms.

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sourced rules in this trade, each read on or after Oct 28, 2026.

Dates it counts

  1. Annual pump test: 1 year from the last test.From How often should I be testing my Waterous Pump? (Waterous), checked Oct 28, 2026.
    Rule

What it checks when you save

  1. A full pump test is three tests and takes about 40 minutes.From Annual Pump Testing (Fire Engineering) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.
    For reference
  2. The first test is a 20-minute run at rated capacity and 150 psi net pump pressure.From Annual Pump Testing (Fire Engineering) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.
    For reference
  3. Keep the pump test records for as long as the apparatus is in service.From Annual Pump Testing (Fire Engineering) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.
    For reference
  4. A pump is tested once a year and again after any major repair.From How often should I be testing my Waterous Pump? (Waterous) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.
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Asked, and answered from the rule.

How often should a fire apparatus pump be tested?

  1. Annual pump test: 1 year from the last test.From How often should I be testing my Waterous Pump? (Waterous) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.
  2. A pump is tested once a year and again after any major repair.From How often should I be testing my Waterous Pump? (Waterous) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.

How long does an annual pump test take?

  1. A full pump test is three tests and takes about 40 minutes.From Annual Pump Testing (Fire Engineering) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.
  2. The first test is a 20-minute run at rated capacity and 150 psi net pump pressure.From Annual Pump Testing (Fire Engineering) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.

How long should fire pump test records be kept?

  1. Keep the pump test records for as long as the apparatus is in service.From Annual Pump Testing (Fire Engineering) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.

What it keeps for you.

Apparatus

Unit number, VIN, Type, Pump rated capacity, Manufacturer, and more.

Pump test reading

Test stage, Minutes into stage, Engine speed, Net pump pressure, Flow, and more.

What your client receives.

The pump test report, as the app issues it the moment the test is saved: signed, dated and frozen, with what is next due. This one is filled with invented records so you can read it before you sign up.

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Sample Inspection Co. (fictional) · Fire Apparatus Testing

Pump test report

UN-4100

Apparatus

Unit number
UN-4100
VIN
VI-4100
Type
Pumper
Pump rated capacity
1 gpm

and 2 more fields

Test

Scheduled
Sep 1, 2026
Completed
Sep 1, 2026
Status
Completed

Pump test

Three-stage pump test run, readings logged every five minutesPass
Results compared with the pump's rated capacityPass
Pressure control, relief valve, gauges, priming and tank-to-pump flow checkedPass
Water source, hose layout and nozzles notedPass
Deficiencies and any out-of-service or derate decision recordedPass

Aerial

Aerial: structure, hydraulics, load and operation checked per its sectionPass

Pump test reading

Test stageMinutes into stageEngine speedNet pump pressureFlowGauge calibration date
ST-410011 rpm1 psi1 gpmSep 11, 2026
ST-484088 rpm8 psi8 gpmApr 4, 2026
ST-55801515 rpm15 psi15 gpmAug 22, 2026
ST-632033 rpm3 psi3 gpmMar 15, 2026
ST-70601010 rpm10 psi10 gpmAug 2, 2026
ST-78001717 rpm17 psi17 gpmFeb 23, 2026

and 4 more on the full report

Readings

Pump deviation from design rating6 %Pass

Findings

No findings on file.

Signature

Not signed in the app; signed on paper if at all.

Next due

Annual pump testSep 1, 2027Set by rule

Limitations

This report shows the records on file on the day it was issued.

A recordkeeping aid. It does not certify compliance and is not legal advice.

Every name, date and number on this sample is invented.

What Fire Apparatus Testing costs.

Free

$0
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  • 1 person

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  • 100 apparatuses
  • 2 people

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$24 a monthFounders price; list $49
  • 800 apparatuses
  • 10 people

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$49 a monthFounders price; list $99
  • 5,000 apparatuses
  • 25 people

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$74 a monthFounders price; list $149
  • 5,000 apparatuses
  • 25 people
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