IS 636 : 2018
Non - Percolating flexible fire fighting delivery hose - Specification (Fourth Revision)
Current edition: 2018
BIS department: PCD
What this standard covers
This standard prescribes requirements and test method for Types 1, 2 and 3 of non-percolating lay flat delivery hoses for firefighting purposes, which are intended for use at working pressures not exceeding 15 kgf/cm? of nominal sizes 38, 50, 63 and 70 mm.
Scope, quoted from IS 636 : 2018. Read the full standard
Requirements and tests, as the standard names them
- 5.1 Classification of Tests
- 5.1.1 Type Tests
- 5.1.2 Acceptance Tests
- 6.1 General
- 6.1.3 Workmanship
- 6.2 Internal Diameter
- 6.3 Length
- 6.4 Mass
- 6.5 Coil Diameter
- 6.6 Hydrostatic Proof Pressure Test
- 6.7 Hydrostatic Burst Pressure Test
- 6.8 Kink Test
- 6.9 Change in Length
- 6.10 Change in Diameter
- 6.11.1 Adhesion
- 6.11.2 Accelerated Ageing Test
- 6.12 Abrasion Resistance
- 6.14 Heat Resistance
- 6.16 Ozone Resistance
- 6.17 Hot Surface Resistance
- 6.18 Pressure Loss
Sub-clause names as printed under the headings “TESTS”, “REQUIREMENTS” in IS 636 : 2018. Values and limits are deliberately not reproduced here — read them in the standard itself.
How the standard is organised
- 4 TYPES
- 5 TESTS
- 6 REQUIREMENTS
- 8 TIME LAPSE BETWEEN RECEIPT OF MATERIAL AND TESTING
Edition history (per the BIS registry)
- IS 636 : 2018 — current edition
Where this standard is used on NirmanDost
CPWD DSR E&M 2022
| Item code | Description (verbatim) |
|---|---|
| 18.16.1 | Supplying and fixing 63 mm dia, 15 m long RRL hose pipe with 63 mm dia male and female couplings duly bound with GI wire, rivets etc. conforming to IS 636 (type-A) as required : — Gun Metal |
| 18.16.2 | Supplying and fixing 63 mm dia, 15 m long RRL hose pipe with 63 mm dia male and female couplings duly bound with GI wire, rivets etc. conforming to IS 636 (type-A) as required : — Stainless Steel (Grade 304) |
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Notes
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- Generated 2026-07-27.